While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.
It's a formula and hard to describe as good in any artistic sense, but the viewers who pay to see it -- and many, many people are going to -- will get exactly what they want.
Just a bunch of spotty sketches slapped together that will satisfy no one except the diehards.
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Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
An act of nose-thumbing that never quite figures out how, or even where, to position its thumb.
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Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The movie occasionally makes an unexpectereference -- though with more desperation than wit.
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New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The Worst Comedy of the Year race heats up today with the release of Keenen Ivory Wayans' Scary Movie 2. This one is so bad, even Adam Sandler will be impressed.