Scary Movie 2

2001 "More merciless. More shameless."
5.3| 1h23m| R| en
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While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.

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TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
adonis98-743-186503 Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks are invited to spend a night in Hell House. Professor Oldman has convinced them it is for a school project, but the night won't go past quietly. Master Kane is long dead, but still plans on enjoying himself, especially with Alex Monday. When things really start getting bad, the gang must work together to find a way to capture this ghostly menace. Scary Movie 2 is a suprisingly great horror, parody and comedy sequel that does the same retread but it's also packed with more new faces and movie references. (A+)
The Movie Diorama You know I said the original was the worst in the trilogy? Yeah...I take that back. I didn't remember this sequel being that terrible, but boy was I wrong. Whilst the first flick focused on parodying the slasher sub-genre, the second instalment targeted classic supernatural horror films. A group of college students must stay in a manor for an assignment, where a ghostly presence starts to haunt them. A mixture of 'Poltergeist', 'House on Haunted Hill' and 'The Haunting', yet somehow the plot seems less cohesive than its predecessor. Reminiscent of random sketches stitched together in an attempt to create a story. Starting with 'The Exorcist' which holds no importance whatsoever, and concluding with an action sequence from 'Charlie's Angels' (although actually my favourite scene). It makes no sense. Heck, I myself could invite some friends over and imitate some horror films for you and mash them together using Windows Movie Maker calling it a "film". The vulgarity is increased to maximum potential, including a myriad of fart, poo and vomit jokes. The dinner preparation scene highlights the sickening tone of this sequel, and unfortunately that type of humour has expired. It's not funny in the slightest, it gained no laughs from me. Regina Hall as Brenda is just euphoric. "Cindy, it's a skeleton! It's just bones!" to which she really is the only good aspect to this. Tim Curry is in this, no idea why. Although, I have calculated a formula to solve the "Curry Conundrum". 'Charlie's Angels' is parodied which features Curry in a towel who is in 'It' as a clown which is not spoofed in this, therefore mathematically proving that Curry was in it for the money. Yes! It makes perfect sense now. No other way to justify his involvement in this piece of rubbish that bathes in the runny poo that it adores using in the countless unfunny jokes presented to us. Fortunately, the next sequel is a big guilty pleasure for me...
Rickting The thing is, Scary Movie wasn't that bad. Seriously, it was actually a half-decent spoof. This? Not so much. A spoof of haunted house movies, this starts out well with a funny Exorcist parody before descending into juvenile spoof fare that actually defies belief. How did someone come up with all these terrible jokes and see them as funny? Still, to come up with so many awful gags and stuff them into an 80 minute film must take a lot of skill, so for that the many writers should be given some sort of credit I suppose. Otherwise, this film deserves no credit at all. Ironically, the parts where it works are during the more action-based set pieces which can be quite fun. It has a reasonable cast as well, with the returning leads (Even though their characters died in the first one) giving serviceable performances. Tim Curry and David Cross are both good as well. The reason why this spoof doesn't work is because the jokes are so lame, juvenile, over-the-top and coarse that you'll find yourself nostalgically thinking of many horror films this kind of spoof parodies, since most of them are funnier than this. The truth is, it'd be a good spoof for young children since they might find this kind of humour funny. Sadly, since it's also very adult and at times pretty offensive, which clashes jarringly with the juvenile nature of the movie, the people that will go to see this are mostly just going to be annoyed. Overall, this just isn't a good movie. At first, you can sort of enjoy it due to its silly, unrestrained atmosphere but eventually it just becomes highly annoying. There are decent jokes at times, but they pop up too rarely to salvage this train wreck of a comedy.2/10
Baghdaddy Scary Movie 2 continues in the vain of its prequel, with hilarious spoofs of infamous movies!This time, the main film that is having the mickey taken out of it is The Exorcist, with references to other horror movies such as Chucky!The film once again revolves around the majority of the main cast from the Scary Movie 1, but this time they have been falsely led to a haunted house by their university professors!From the beginning, this film is hilarious, with the opening scenes involving the priests' exchange with the possessed child being absolutely hilarious!The film maintains its humor throughout, with Anna Faris & Marlon Wayans deserving extra credit for their part.At times, the jokes can be a bit too silly, nonetheless, its not one to watch with expectations of a gripping plot, and much more funny if one is familiar with the films that are being imitated. Overall, still a good laugh!