"I'm fine... I broke my fall." Absolutely hilarious to those with a slightly twisted sense of humour, like me...

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2006)

Scary Movie 2 starts at 'Hell House' as Father Mceely (James Woods) & Father Harris (Andy Ritcher) perform an exorcism on the possessed Megan Voorhees (Natasha Lyonne)... Jump 'One Year Later' where professor Oldman (Tim Curry) & his wheelchair bound assistant Dwight Hartman (David Cross) select various students to accompany them to Hell House to experience & measure paranormal activity. Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), Buddy (Chris Masterson), Brenda (Regina Hall) & Shorty Meeks (co-writer Marlon Wayans), Ray Wilkins (co-writer Shawn Wayans), Theo (Kathleen Robertson) & Alex Monday (Tori Spelling) are all told by professor Oldman that they have been selected to stay at Hell House for a weekend to study various sleep disorders for a school project. Once there they discover the freakish servant Hanson (Chris Elliott) who quickly becomes the least of their worries are they encounter the evil ghost of the previous owner Hugh Kane (Richard Moll) & a whole host of other spooky goings on...
Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans Scary Movie 2 was the first sequel to the horror spoof Scary Movie (2000), the series is now up to Scary Movie 4 (2006), & I personally thought it was better than the original & quite simply I found it totally hilarious. The script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Dave Polsky, Michael Anthony Snowden & Craig Wayans spoofs just about every well known horror film there is from The Legend of Hell House (1973), The Exorcist (1973), Poltergeist (1982), The Shining (1980), Hollow Man (2000) to Hannibal (2001) & it spoofs all other sorts of film from various genres like Charlies Angels (2000), Harry Potter, Mission: Impossible II (2000), Rocky (1976) & Dirty Harry (1971) to name but a few. I must admit I had a great time trying to spot them all & I'm sure any film buff would, although I doubt many film buffs would agree with the way Scary Movie 2 treats these classic films. There are also some swipes at a few topical issues that were prevalent back then like the Bill Clinton 'affair'. At only 85 odd minutes long Scary Movie 2 moves along like a rocket with a constant stream of bad taste & gross out gags that I just found really funny, I haven't laughed so much during a film for ages, I don't really know what that says about me & frankly I don't care either.
Director Wayans keeps the humour coming thick & fast, he seems to want cater for the lowest common denominator with a succession of gross bad taste gags from toilet humour, poo, fart, puke, spunk, sex, masturbation, drugs, paedophile priests, racism, sexism, gay jokes, a ghost helping himself to a blow-job in a pretty female students mouth, plenty of foul language including a funny Budgie & even the disabled aren't safe as Scary Movie 2 is one of the most politically incorrect films I've ever seen. There are plenty of jokes in Scary Movie 2 that I would imagine many would find offencive which is fine I suppose but I will openly say right now that I found the disabled jokes funny, the racist humour amusing & all the bad taste gags hilarious & frankly I have no problem saying that although I would imagine many would. It doesn't make me a racist or look down on those with disability, I think the whole world's gone political correctness mad anyway.
With a supposed budget of $45,000,000 Scary Movie 2 very well made with great special effects & loving recreation of various classic scenes from films. The acting was good & everyone played their parts really well whether they were serious or campy & that Anna Faris is really rather hot.
I loved Scary Movie 2, I found it hilarious, it's as simple & straight forward as that. In a world that's gone mad with political correctness Scary Movie 2 isn't afraid to poke fun at just about anything & seems to have no boundaries, I really can't remember laughing so much during a film, I really can't. If your prudish or easily offended then avoid Scary Movie 2 like the plague but if you like crude juvenile gross out humour then it's an absolute must see!