Scary Movie 2

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Scary Movie 2

Though the tag-line of Scary Movie promised "no mercy, no shame, no sequel", the original film's success made this hasty follow-up inevitable. Even by the ten-to-one ratio of dud to hit gags in the first film, this is a poor showing--cut back to under 80 minutes plus end credits, it barely manages three laughs in its entire running time, and a lot of the strained routines go beyond being unfunny into actual torture. It opens with a skit of The Exorcist as priest James Woods, taking over a role written for Marlon Brando, plays duelling vomit with Natasha Lyonne. Then, it turns into a redundant parody of the quite-bad-enough remake of The Haunting as returnees from the first film (Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Regina King) and some new blood (Tim Curry, Chris Elliott, Kimmy Robertson, Tori Spelling) take part in a paranormal investigation in an old haunted house, pestered by a foul-mouthed parrot, a kung-fu cat, a horny ghost, a giant marijuana plant, an evil puppet and pointless jibes at Charlie's Angels and Hannibal. Director Keenen Ivory Wayans, backed up by a parcel of credited scriptwriters (some not even related to him), demonstrates the now-familiar rule that the more Wayanses there are credited in a film the less amusing it is likely to be. Where to buy online in the UK Savapoint - Recommended Where to buy online in the USA