Scary Movie 2
This sequel to a box-office sleeper hit that spoofed teen slasher flicks takes its cues from haunted house and possession films, particularly The Haunting (1999) and The Exorcist (1973). Although many of the first film's main characters were homicide victims, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Anna Faris return anyway to "re-possess" their roles for this follow-up in which four students are invited by their professor (Tim Curry) to his haunted mansion, Hell House, for a weekend sleep-deprivation study. Providing the sleep deprivation, however, is a series of murderous, supernatural goings-on. Scary Movie 2 co-stars Tori Spelling, Andy Richter, Christopher Masterson, Kathleen Robertson, James Woods, Chris Elliott, and Natasha Lyonne.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Chris Masterson
An act of nose-thumbing that never quite figures out how, or even where, to position its thumb.
A pure Frankenstein flick -- ugly, profane, terror-inducing, clumsy, nasty, desperate, stupid, contemptible, horny and brought to life by schlocky, shoddy science and an electric wish to prove that its makers still matter.
Just a bunch of spotty sketches slapped together that will satisfy no one except the diehards.
Scary Movie 2 had seven writers. Seven. That's one writer for every big laugh in its stealthy 82 minutes. More frightening: these jokes are worth waiting for.
It's a formula and hard to describe as good in any artistic sense, but the viewers who pay to see it -- and many, many people are going to -- will get exactly what they want.
Excellence in Make-Up in Television and Film
ALMA Awards (2002)
Bogey Awards, Germany (2001)
Film - Pretty Funny Female Performance
Canadian Comedy Awards (2002)
Film - Choice Movie Your Parents Didn't Want You To See
Teen Choice Awards (2001)
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