Scary Movie 2

United States

2001

83 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 1.9/5 Stars.
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EXEC Peter Schwerin, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Brad Weston

SCR Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Dave Polsky, Michael Anthony Snowden, Craig Wayans

CAST Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Tim Curry, Regina Hall, Kathleen Robertson, David Cross, James Woods, Chris Elliott, Christopher Masterson, Tori Spelling, Andy Richter, Richard Moll, Veronica Cartwright, Natasha Lyonne, James DeBello, Vitamin C, Beetlejuice

ED Thomas J. Nordberg, Richard Pearson, Peter Teschner

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

Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, director and writer known as the host and creator of the FOX sketch comedy series In Living Color. Wayans is the director/creator of Scary Movie, the highest grossing movie ever directed by an African American. He briefly hosted his own show called The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show.

Wayans was born in New York City, son of Howell Wayans, a supermarket manager, and his wife Elvira, a homemaker and social worker. His dad was a devout Jehovah’s Witness. Wayans attended Tuskegee University, where he became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity through the Gamma Phi chapter. However, he dropped out in his final year to become a comedian.

In 1990, Wayans and his brother Damon created, wrote and starred in In Living Color, an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox Network from 1990 to 1994. The show was notable for producing comedy with a strong emphasis on modern black culture… read more

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Pedro Tavares

19Jun12

Cast: Beetlejuice. (!)

Kelly Ricardo

17May12

I forgive you, David Cross.

Tundramamine and kerfuffles like this

Steve Pulaski

21Feb12

To this day, this is the only sequel I find better than the original.

Stephen

3Jan12

A few great gags (the clown under the bed reminded me of Are You Afraid of the Dark? as much as the obvious reference, plus the so-stupid-it's-kinda-genius human spliff sequence) doesn't really save this from being an underwhelming effort compared to the original, which it apes on a little bit too often.