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Scary Movie 2 [VHS]

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Hi, I'm from the UK and I'm not sure what US critics think of Scary Movie 2, but the UK critics hate it. I don't though, I thought it was better than the first movie ( which is my favourite comedy ) and it's a brilliant movie.
The first scene featuring their re-make of the Exorcist had me laughing so hard as well as everyone else in the cinema. The undertaker is also a funny character with his disfigured arm which adds many scenes of laughter.
Sure, the plot is kinda weird but it's very funny and mocks those films we love including "Hannibal, Charlie's Angels, House on Haunted Hill and Mission Impossible 2". The scene where Cindy and her new love interest are trapped in a walk-in freezer (Hollow Man) mocks that tear-jerking scene in Titanic (where Leo and Kate are freezing in the water) and made me laugh very hard.
So, anyway, go and see it and I'm sure you'll love it. I will definitely buy the DVD of it.

I give Scary Movie 2 a 3½ stars. I believe the movie does contain the same jokes as the first, but it's still funny. I think it is a good comedy, but I think that everyone held it up to the original Scary Movie. And by no means could they have made the second as good as the original. If you learn anything in watching a series of movies, none are better than the original. (E.G Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Jurassic Park, which the 3rd was great, the 2nd JP does'nt make a very good movie.)

Anyways I know the dvd is packed with extra features, with such spoofs as "Wison" and tons of extras. Here is what comes with this dvd:

*Deleted Scenes
*Alternate Scenes
*Behind the Special Effects
*Trivia Game
*Still Gallery
*Original Website Links

I think it will be a definite addition to any dvd collection, especially if you like the original Scary Movie.

Scary Movie 2 is a delightful film for those who love to see horror movies mocked and abused by a bunch of actors that love to have fun. The film makes fun of many different classic horror films, such as The Exorcist, House on Haunted Hill, The Sixth Sense, What Lies Beneath, ect. I do recommend, that before you see this film, you should rent some horror movies. If you don't do this, it will be hard to understand the humor since it is so closely related to the horror films. Scary Movie 2 is a pure comic gem!

The slogan for the first movie said "No shame. No mercy. No Sequel". I wish they would've kept their promise.

First off, if you're thinking of seeing this movie, you should A.) Wait For The Video or B.) Just go out and rent the first one, because the first Scary Movie beats all.

The movie starts out with a parody on the Exorcist, which is funny, and really gets your hopes up for the rest of the movie... unfortunately after the tattoo spoof of "Dude, Wheres My Car?" it all goes downhill. They use alot of the same jokes from the original movie (You'll recognize it right away if you saw the first one)... and they said they were gonna avoid the same joke twice... yeah... ok...

The only highlights of this movie is Marlon Waynes as Shorty and a cameo from Howard Stern wack pack member Beetlejuice (Good cameo, even though it's for a few seconds). There are a few scenes that'll get a smile out of you, but not get you to laugh hysterically like the first one... dont get me wrong, i wasnt expecting to see the same thing as the first, but I wasn't expecting to see a bad movie either. I knew it would be different... but not terrible.

After seeing such a horrible sequel (Sequels always tend to be inferior to the original), I know why "Cats And Dogs" was number one at the box office on July 4th...

Scary Movie 2 is terrible. With the exception of the moderately entertaining first exorcist-spoof scene and Chris Elliot's role as the deformed caretaker, this movie fails on so many levels. First, is the abscence of a story (satires and lampoons can be
excused for failing to have a coherent plot, but this movie doesn't even have a story!). Second, the direction is terrible (then again, you don't go into a Wayans brothers movie expecting ground-breaking, or even entertaining, film-making). Finally, the humor (in obvious rip-offs to satires like "Kentucky Fried Movie" and "Naked Gun"), doesn't work because the characters are uninteresting and boring. We can all predict with 100% what Shorty Meeks is going to do -- what a surprise that
he smokes pot and will roll a giant fatty! What a surprise he has sex with the zombie! Normally, entertaining satires like "The Naked Gun," "Johnny Dangerously," "Up in Smoke," "Airplane," or "Kingpin" work by creating interesting characters and putting them in unusual situations (actually, most
humor works this way). But without a story or interesting characters, this movie fails miserably. Only a machoist or would find it entertaining.

I usually wouldn't spend time writing a bad review of a movie, but this movie was so disappointing that I felt compelled to warn everyone I know not to see this movie. My husband and I went to see it, as we both LOVED Scary Movie, but we left in utter disgust and disappointment. We had no clue what the point of the movie was. Sure, there were some funny parts, maybe a handful of them, but mostly it was repulsive humor. I know a lot of people will like it, but I think it's an insult to people's intelligence to put garbage like that on the screen and expect people to laugh and enjoy it. I'm no prude - I enjoy Scary Movie and I LOVE the American Pie movies, but Scary Movie 2 is pointless, poorly made, and just plain stupid. The movies they parodied weren't even popular movies, which defeats the purpose of spoofing scary movies. After seeing the movie, we saw the list of movies that were supposedly parodied, and we couldn't even point out where in the movie they were spoofed - for example - Castaway? Anyway, from the first five minutes of the movie - the Excorcist scene - I knew this movie would suck. We feel it was a complete waste of our time to see this movie. I warned coworkers and friends not to see it, yet some saw it anyway, and they returned in agreement that it was a horrible movie and wished they had heeded our warnings. Maybe, at 26, I'm just too old for this. The teenagers in the theatre seemed to enjoy it, so I guess if you are a teen who liked the first one, you may like it because of all of the sexual and gross-out humor. But, if you enjoyed the first one mostly because of the parodies of other movies, you will be completely let down by this movie.

Scary Movie 2 proves that the Wayans's never run out of spoofs/jokes that are absolutely hilarious. Like in Scary Movie (2000), few jokes fall flat, and most succeed.

This time, the opening scene is The Exorcist spoof, with Natasha Lyonne, Andy Richter, and James Woods. James Woods and Andy Richter do a "laughably" good job, while Natasha Lyonne is pretty funny as "Regan." Only one thing, like in Scary Movie, this part of the movie has nothing to do with the rest.

The rest of the movie entirely spoofs the Haunting. Well, not ENTIRELY. Anna Faris returns as Cindy. Also returning are Brenda (Regina Hall), Ray (Shawn Wayans), and Shorty (Marlon Wayans). Newcomers include Theo(Kathleen Robertson), Alex (Tori Spelling), Professor Oldman (Tim Curry), and Chris Elliot's character, Hanson, the caretaker of Hell House (where most of the movie takes place), who has disgustingly small hands (it's sick what he does with them, but also funny!). Anyway, the story follows the Haunting, where they're all taken to the House, and all Hell breaks loose. A hell of a lot of jokes, that is. I won't give any away, but if you've seen Scary Movie, you should expect Scary Movie 2 to be just as crude, sick, and vulgar as the original.

Like Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2 is the most outrageous comedy of the summer. I know I was laughing non-stop.

I have to admit that I'm giving this movie a very weak 3 stars and am even leaning towards towards 2 stars. I guess that it does have a fair share of laughs but it mainly is pretty bad and really idiotic. The first one was idiotic but its jokes were great. But a lot of the jokes here were unpleasentful and disgusting. This one like the others is a spoof off horror movies such as the exorcist and hannibal. It even mocks Charlie's Angels. I found a lot of the jokes distasteful but recommend it for a rent ONLY if you like the first one. Believe me, this one's really stupid and a lot worse than the first. The opening exorcist scene is hilarious as are a good deal more of them but I was expecting something more tasteful and a lot funnier. A dissapointment compared to the hilarious original but it still packs in some memorable jokes.

I've seen all three of the Scary Movie films several times, and it's always THIS one that rises above the rest as THE best. The story itself is more engaging because there IS a story, not just a hodgpodge mix of scenes. That said, there IS a hodgepodge mix of scenes IN a story. See what I mean? Ha...Anyway, Chris Elliot's character with his shriveled hand goes down in history as one of the funniest and grossest things on celluloid. It's like a "Ewwww, hahaha" thing going on. Some of the best laughs in the world are first marked by grossness.

I personally think this one is the best SCARY MOVIE of all three of 'em. I laughed from the begging, which has the best intro to a great movie as such. I swear that I needed more air, 'cause I couldn't breath at all. You have got to buy this one. If you love strong crude, gross and sexual humor, you'll love this one. Buy this one. You won't regret it.