Windsor College is the location of the events of Scream 2 (1997 film), set in the Fall of 1997 with Mickey Altieri and Nancy Loomis as Ghostface. Filming occurred in both Georgia and California for Windsor College.
History
Scream 2
Little is known about the history of the fictional college. We know that sororities and fraternities are present, there is a film class, a theatre and drama class, a library, a film-viewing room and a cafeteria. There is also a movie theatre nearby. Medical studies are a popular major for the students, including Derek Feldman and Maureen Evans. As for the exact location of the college, based on the police department badge sewed onto Chief Lewis Hartley's uniform, he was working for the "Stone Ridge Police Department", suggesting the college was located in a fictional place named "Stone Ridge", as Ohio has no such place in real life.
Sidney seems to have a passion for theatre and that is where the final revelation takes place, so we can assume, that she is in a theatre major, because she portrays Cassandra in the Fall of Troy.
Though it is not explicitly stated in the film, it is clear that Windsor College is located in Ohio (the police cars use Ohio plates, the microphone on the local news report at the beginning of the film reads "Ohio 66"). We can also assume that Windsor College is in a small town and is possibly in the southern part of the state (the area code from Cory Gillis prank phone call is "513," which is the area code reserved for the southwestern corner of Ohio because Sidney wanted to distance herself from the horror of the Woodsboro Murders in California.
Windsor College Murders
For more in-depth information, visit the page: Windsor College Murders.
Known studies
- Film
- Medicine
- Psychology
- Theatre
Known students
Class of 1997 (seniors):
- Maureen Evans † - Med
- Phil Stevens † - Unknown
Class of 2001 (freshman):
- Sidney Prescott - Theatre (Honorary degree; did not complete formal studies)
- Randy Meeks † - Film
- Hallie McDaniel † - Psychology
- Derek Feldman † - Pre-Med
- Mickey Altieri † - Film
- Cici Cooper † - Film
- Lois - Theatre
- Murphy - Theatre
- Dawnie - Unknown
Unseen Class of 2001:
- Paul - Randy's roommate (possible graduate)
Unknown Year Class:
- Cici's Friend - A friend of Cici.
- Ted - Cici's boyfriend.
Known Staff
- Gus Gold - Theatre professor
- Film class professor
Behind the Scenes
- Windsor College is more than likely named after Windsor, California.
- Some scenes were filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, which would become the setting for the third season of the TV series, Scream: Resurrection.
- Despite being set in Ohio, Windsor was filmed in California, which is a main location for the franchise, as the fictional Northern California town of Woodsboro where Scream, Scream 4, and Scream (2022) is set.
- With Los Angeles, California also used as location (and Hollywood) located in Southern California, which was the setting for Scream 3.
Trivia
- Both the fraternity and sorority in this college, Omega Kappa Beta of which Sidney's second boyfriend, Derek Feldman, was a part of, as well as Omega Beta Zeta, of which Cici Cooper was part of, are reintroduced as chapters at Blackmore University in New York City in Scream VI, nearly 25-26 years later.
- With Tara Carpenter attending the fraternity party on October 29th, 2023 alongside her friends Mindy and Chad-Meeks Martin, with one of the frat bros, Frankie, being a Kappa Beta, who asks Tara if she's a Beta Zeta.