scary how bad this film is...

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2001)

What a step down from part 1. I didn't totally enjoy that first installment, but it only just barely missed being on my DVD "to buy" list. I knew about 15 minutes into to this one that there was NO WAY I'd have to consider whether or not to add this to my collection. Aside from the fact that it's not as funny, the direction and editing are atrocious. Angles where the actor is nearly out of the frame or shots that last literally half a second. Wayans has directed a number of movies, so who knows why he dropped the ball here and made this look like a student film. But, of course, above all else, you have to focus on the lack of laughs. The targets this time around were either too old ("Poltergeist" was damn near 20 years ago people!) or too unknown (did more than 10 people actually see that crapfest, "The Haunting"?). Then when they stray away from horror all they do is copy something instead of parodying it. The "squeaky cleets" basketball commercial is basically just re-shot, and the "Charlie Angels" stuff looks like that movie's scenes. Or they just throw in confusing and out-of-place moments like the idiotic wheelchair battle (what the hell was that supposed to be anyway??). Only three cast members return, like poor Anna Faris, a cute and talented actress, who is reduced to bugging her eyes and dropping her mouth every other scene. The unfortunate young girl appears to be trying hard, given the junk script she's working with. And when they can't come up with witty lines for her, they reduce her to getting put downs, or touches, upon her breasts, as well as masturbating a guy till he bombards her with gallons of sperm. Yep, that's right! They even resort to ripping THEMSELVES off here! Everyone else is reduced to swearing (even a trash-mouthed parrot), or is just wasted, like cult fave Curry. This whole thing smells of "rushed into production" as over 10(!!!) writers couldn't come up with more than 2 or 3 good jokes. The opening 10 minutes featuring James Woods in an "Exorcist" spoof actually provide a bulk of the film's big laughs, but don't seem connected to this movie, seeing how awful the rest of it is. And even they ripped off THAT too! An "Exorcist" parody was done over 10 years ago in a film called "Repossessed". Just one last sign that this belongs in the crapper of the year's worst.