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- It’s not that the Marlon Wayans horror spoof “ A Haunted House 2 ” isn’t stupid. It is, incredibly so, as well as technically inept, damn near plotless, and mired in humor so puerile, ugly and regressive that this critic witnessed a gaggle of preteen theater-hoppers groan with exasperation at several of the running sex jokes.
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Apr 18, 2014 · “A Haunted House 2” tones down the gay jokes but ups the streak of animal cruelty. Taking a page from “ The Hangover Part III ,” co-screenwriter Wayans tries to wring comic mileage out of the graphic destruction of live animal tissue.
- Frightfully unfunny.
- Verdict
By Gregg Katzman
Posted: Apr 18, 2014 4:56 pm
The modern era has produced a lot of terrible and painfully unfunny spoof movies. 2013's A Haunted House, directed by Michael Tiddes and co-written by Marlon Wayans and Rick Alvarez, was most definitely one of them. Even though it received some pretty brutal reviews, the movie did well enough at the box office to generate a sequel, and now the same team is back for more. Unfortunately, the follow-up sticks to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach and offers exactly the same kind of humor and gags. Needless to say, that means it's every bit as predictable and terrible as the first.
After surviving the events of the first movie (spoiler alert!), Marlon Wayans' character, Malcom, finds himself in a relationship with Megan (Jamie Pressly) and moves into a new home with her and her two kids. Pressly's role is pretty much limited to being completely oblivious to all of the supernatural activity going on in the house and getting into argument after argument with Malcom. Megan's son, Wyatt (Steele Stebbins), has an "invisible friend" that makes the child say virtually everything a youngling shouldn't say. Megan's daughter, Becky (Ashley Rrickards), finds an old box in the home and what follows is joke after joke inspired by The Possession. Also, seeing as it's referred to as "the box," you can probably guess the obvious jokes they'll make about that one as the movie progresses. There's also quite a few Sinister spoofs after Malcom finds some old footage in the house. This demon, however, is a little less effective at killing the residents.
Gabriel Iglesias' character, Miguel, has an amusing bit at first. However, it's not long before you see the dynamic between him and Malcom is super formulaic. Malcom says a stereotype, Miguel acts offended and then embraces said stereotype a moment later. This relationship may get one or two smiles from you, but a majority of the racial stereotypes are something you've seen or heard countless times before in other shows, movies, or stand-up acts. Sadly, this is something the entire movie suffers from as well.
It's just not original with its content and even casual moviegoers will likely be able to anticipate upcoming punch lines. Even the slapstick scenes are insanely predictable. For example, the joke about the Sinister-esqe demon is that he's completely worthless at his gig. Even when he has people at his mercy, he fails miserably.
Did you enjoy watching Marlon Wayans screw a stuffed animal in the first one? If so, you'll probably dig this one, too. Everyone else should avoid A Haunted House 2 because it's mostly unoriginal and drags on and on. If you're determined to see a movie this weekend, do yourself a favor and go see Captain America: The Winter Soldier again. The openi...
- Gregg Katzman
Parents need to know that A Haunted House 2 is the sequel to the Marlon Wayans' horror-spoof A Haunted House. It has nonstop sexual content, including tons of crude innuendo and some nudity (female breasts and a male bottom). There are also jokes about racism and bodily functions and even a brief….
- Michael Tiddes
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Open Road Films
Apr 21, 2014 · It goes horribly wrong, but it goes horribly wrong for a three minutes of set destruction and bad physical comedy (that was a joke stolen from Family Guy in the first place). There’s nothing...
Apr 18, 2014 · A Haunted House 2 is now playing in U.S. theaters nationwide. It is 87 minutes long and is Rated R for crude and sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violent images. Moviegoers who enjoyed the first Haunted House as pure guilty pleasure viewing may get additional mileage out of the sequel.
A Haunted House 2 isn't the worst way to entertain a switched-off brain for an hour and a half, but it's nothing you haven't already seen.
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