Not a great movie but a fun one

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2001)

Some people take comedy too seriously. Look, if you want to kill some time and get some laughs in, SCARY MOVIE 2 is a good choice.

Like many parody films, this one assembles its inspiration from a wide range of films. As I started watching it, I almost started to write down the films they were lifting scenes from. Fortunately, I stopped myself and went back to laughing. Still, it's interesting to watch scenes progress that switch from one flick to another. For example, the "trapped in the freezer" scene from HOLLOW MAN switches to the "do I drown or freeze to death" scene from TITANIC.
Other flicks I caught references to--
THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (Richard Matheson's homage to THE HAUNTING)
THE EXORCIST (most of the opening sequence)
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (the flies in the bathroom)
Stephen King's IT (the clown doll)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (the invisible seduction)
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (the remake; the maze of basement corridors)
HANNIBAL (the second dinner scene)
CHARLIES ANGELS
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON
HOLLOW MAN (I think they LITERALLY swiped the infrared goggles from that flick)
SCREAM (talking to Dad on the phone at the end of the flick)