Written by Shawn Wayans And Marlon Wayans And Alyson Fouse And Greg Grabianski And Dave Polsky And Michael Anthony Snowden And Craig Wayans
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cindy: "Oh, my god, Brenda we're gonna die."
Brenda: "IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN YOU IF YOU HAD JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
With the first movie being such a massive hit, the Wayans certainly didn't waste time in getting that sequel out. It's certainly of a similar quality. Take that as you like.
The opening scene decided to lampoon The Exorcist with the likes of Veronica Cartwright, Natasha Lyonne, James Spader and Andy Richter assuming the roles of Mrs. Voorhees, Megan, Father McFeely and Father Harris. It's amusing enough, gross as expected and not overly long.
As for the main bones of the movie, it's all bit The Haunting Of Hill House, isn't it? First of all, the survivors of the previous movie - Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall), Shorty (Marlon Wayans) and Ray Wilkins (Shawn Wayans) have returned. They're also in college and they've made some new friends to boot.
The friends being Buddy Sanderson (Chris Masterson), Theo (Kathleen Robertson) and Alex Monday (Tori Spelling). They're taking part in an investigation in Hell House. They're brought together by Professor Oldman (Tim Curry) and his assistants creepy butler Hanson (Chris Elliott) and wheelchair bound Dwight Hartman (David Cross). There's a rivalry of sorts between Hanson and Dwight that's amusing enough to watch.
Anyways the ghost of Hugh Kane (Richard Moll) has been causing trouble in Hell House and Cindy just happened to look like his wife while Shorty found himself getting involved with Hugh's mistress, Victoria Crane (Jennifer Curran). That was better than him being smoked by a giant weed plant.
As the rest of the movie, there's a smart mouthed parrot named Polly (Matt Friedman), a violent black cat, a villainous clown being a victim of Ray, a possessed Hanson and the means of getting rid of Hugh Kane. Add in a funny Charlie's Angels homage and it's reasonable silly fun.
- Other homages are IT, What Lies Beneath, Titanic, The Sixth Sense to name a few.
- There's no explanation given as to why Brenda and Ray are still alive but there's a pointed moment about the black characters being separated from the white characters when there's danger.
- Standout music: Vitamin C's Graduation (Friends Forever), The Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up and Nelly's Ride Wit Me. Beetlejuice was in Shorty's brain.
- Chronology: The majority of the film took place a year after the opening scene.
While Scary Movie 2 was definitely rushed as a sequel, I really enjoyed it. Brenda was the highlight and the use of Shirley Jackson's classic story worked well. Yes, there are things that have not aged well too.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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