The film takes place a year after the first one, and the usual gang is
back, doing a study in sleep disorder at Hell House overnight. This house is
possessed due to a bad exorcism, and all sorts of things go bump in the night
as the horny teens try to stay alive.
I suppose the question most people wonder is, "Is it funny?" Well, yes and
no. There are some funny parts to it, enough for me to be entertained while
it was showing. However, some of the gags poke fun at films that were either
lampooned many times over or too old to recall (The Exorcist and
Poltergeist), or the films are too
unsuccessful to merit a spoof at all (The Frighteners,
Hollow Man, and
The Haunting).
What laughs there were came at a hefty price, and all too frequently I
found myself wincing at some of the gags in disgust. I would consider myself
to have a high threshold for potty humor and sex jokes, and even if I don't
find them funny, I can usually take the worst examples of them without being
too put off. Scary Movie 2 not only ventured far too often into the
area of bad taste, it absolutely wallowed in it, and eventually became mired
to the point of drowning in it's own mental diarrhea. It's not that potty
humor can't be funny -- it can if used properly (Blazing
Saddles comes to mind), but a movie that is almost 90 minutes of
bodily emissions leads to a feeling more of nausea than of hilarity.
If Scary Movie had you doubled over in laughter, Scary Movie 2
most likely will put you in the same position with dry heaves. Scary Movie
2 is only recommended for people high in tolerance and low in brow.
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