Scarily awful -- this spoof horror franchise needs a stake driven through its heart, and quick...
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:1
Rotten:6
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: Instead of being funny, this gross-out sequel plays like a sloppy, rushed-out product.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The Wayans brothers scored a surprise monster hit with SCARY MOVIE, and in the advertising for that film they promised "no sequel." So here it is, SCARY MOVIE 2, featuring the return of Shawn and... The Wayans brothers scored a surprise monster hit with SCARY MOVIE, and in the advertising for that film they promised "no sequel." So here it is, SCARY MOVIE 2, featuring the return of Shawn and Marlon Wayans as well as Anna Faris and Regina Hall in addition to some new faces added to the gross-out fun, including Chris Elliott as a caretaker with a deformed hand that he uses extensively in his cooking, Tim Curry as a professor with a thing for the girls, David Cross as a wheelchair-bound computer geek with a great combover, and Tori Spelling as a hot teenager looking for some ghostly action. The movie begins with a prologue that spoofs THE EXORCIST, with Andy Richter as the young priest, James Woods as the old priest, and Natasha Lyonne as the poor possessed child with the salty tongue. From there the plot uses and abuses from Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING--in this case, a group of college students must spend a weekend in a haunted castle in exchange for receiving an A from their naughty professor. Once again Keenen Ivory Wayans directs, this time borrowing liberally from such classic (and not-so-classic) films as THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE, FRIDAY THE 13TH, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, POLTERGEIST, GHOSTBUSTERS, AMERICAN PIE, PAULIE, THE ENTITY, THE INVISIBLE MAN, DIRTY HARRY, WHAT LIES BENEATH, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, ROCKY, CAT PEOPLE, THE FOG, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, TWISTER, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, M:I-2, and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, among countless others. [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, David Cross
Starring: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, David Cross, Tim Curry, Chris Elliott, Regina Hall, Natasha Lyonne, Andy Richter, Tori Spelling, James Woods, Richard Moll, Kathleen Robertson
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Alison Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Michael Anthony Snowden, Craig Wayans, Dave Polsky
Producer: Eric L. Gold
Studio: Dimension Films
Reviews for Scary Movie 2
It shows no understanding of or insight into the genre it's attempting to parody, nor indeed of cinema in general.
If you haven't seen the target film, not only is it not funny, it becomes totally pointless.
This isn't a movie -- it's a vaudeville sketch aimed at the lowest common denominator.
Perhaps, in a rare instance of subtle social satire, this film is being released on July 4 to remind America of the high cost of freedom of speech.
The problem is that Wayans and his raft of writers, including his brothers Marlon and Shawn, who are also among the film's stars, begin on such an extreme, in-your-face note that they have no place to go.
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