Around the city there was a wave of brutal murders, the victims are defenseless people. A new victim of a telephone maniac from the town of Woodsboro is another girl - Sidney Prescott. A year ago, her mother was raped and killed, and now the maniac threatens her. But at the first night of showdown with the killer, the girl was able to escape. Police fins a mask and a cloak on the crime scene. However, these masks could be bought in the shop of horrors, and prosecutors found no evidence for the investigation. It also seems that there is no motive for the murders, unless taking as the major version that the maniac is a passionate fan of horror films and kills its victims just for fun.