Scary Movie 2

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Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 American supernatural parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Craig Wayans, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Michael Anthony Snowden, and Dave Polsky. It is the sequel to Scary Movie (2000) and the second installment in the Scary Movie film series. The film stars Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Shawn, and Marlon all reprising their roles from the first film (despite their characters having been killed off) as well as Tim Curry, Tori Spelling, Chris Elliott, Christopher Masterson, Kathleen Robertson, David Cross, and James Woods. The film was the last in the series to feature the involvement of the Wayans family until the upcoming sixth installment. Marlon would eventually go on to co-write, produce, and star in a similar horror-themed parody, A Haunted House, which also got a sequel. In the latter film, Wayans pokes fun at the Scary Movie series' decline in quality after his family's departure.

While the first film was mainly based on slasher films from the 1990s, Scary Movie 2 parodies an array of supernatural and haunted house films from various decades, namely The Haunting (1999), Stigmata (1999), The Exorcist (1973), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), The Amityville Horror (1979), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Poltergeist (1982), The Legend of Hell House (1973), House on Haunted Hill (both the 1959 and 1999 versions), The Changeling (1980), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), What Lies Beneath (2000), and Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984). It also spoofs the comedy film Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), classic action film Dirty Harry (1971), and some then-contemporary films, such as Hannibal (2001), Save the Last Dance (2001), Hollow Man (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and Mission: Impossible II (2000).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Scary Movie 2 received largely negative reviews from critics but grossed $141 million worldwide from a $45 million budget, making it a box office success (albeit far less than the first film). A sequel, Scary Movie 3, directed by David Zucker and written by Craig Mazin and Pat Proft, was released in 2003.

Plot

At the haunted mansion Hell House, teenager Megan Voorhees becomes possessed by the spirit of Hugh Kane, the house's cruel, wicked previous owner. She interrupts a formal dinner party, thrown by her mother, who seeks help from two Roman Catholic priests, Fathers McFeely and Harris. After an unsuccessful attempt to exorcise Kane's ghost, McFeely pulls a gun and shoots Megan.

One year later, Cindy Campbell, Ray Wilkins, Brenda and Shorty Meeks are attending college, trying to live new lives after surviving the events of the first film. Cindy and Brenda are tagged by socially maladjusted Alex. Shorty is still the same stoner he was before. Ray, still confused about his sexuality, has two new male friends, Tommy and Buddy, the latter of whom becomes romantically interested in Cindy. She rebuffs him but agrees to be friends.

The sinister professor Oldman and his charming paraplegic assistant, Dwight Hartman, plan to study the paranormal activity at the Hell House. They recruit Cindy and her friends as test subjects under the pretense of a psychological experiment on sleep paralysis. On her drive to the mansion, Cindy listens and sings badly along to "Graduation" by Vitamin C, who through the radio tells her to shut up.

At the mansion, Cindy encounters a foul-mouthed parrot named Polly and Hanson, a creepy caretaker with a badly malformed hand. Later, the attractive Theo joins the group. They sit down for dinner but soon lose their appetite due to Hanson's repulsive handling of the food.

That night, Cindy hears voices directing her to a secret room, where she and Buddy find the diary that belongs to Kane's wife. Seeing her portrait, they note Cindy's slight resemblance. Meanwhile, the others also experience bizarre encounters: Kane has sex with Alex in her bedroom and quickly departs at the mention of commitment and Cindy gets into a fistfight with the house cat, Mr. Kittles. When Cindy tries to tell Oldman, he dismisses it and sends Theo to take Cindy to bed.

Later, Cindy is possessed by the spirit of Kane's wife, and attempts to seduces Oldman, but quickly returns to normal with no memory of the event. A toy clown attempts to kill Ray, but in a strange turn of events, the doll is molested by him instead. A monstrous weed rolls Shorty into a joint and proceeds to smoke him, much to Shorty's enjoyment, but gets distracted and lets him escape.

The next morning, Oldman tells Dwight that no one is leaving the house despite the attacks and shows his lecherous nature. Dwight is given the only house keys and told to give them to noone. Theo offers fellatio to Dwight in exchange for the keys, but to no avail; instead, Dwight does it to himself. She knocks him out and takes the keys.

After Dwight equips the teens with weapons that can injure their spectral enemy, they are pursued throughout the mansion. Alex attempts to win Kane's love and searches for him, but is killed by the ghost of Kane's mistress Victoria Crane. Buddy and Cindy are locked in the walk-in freezer, but Cindy uses a collection of random objects to produce a Caterpillar 2-Ton tractor and escapes the freezer.

Hanson becomes possessed by Kane and kidnaps an inebriated Shorty. Cindy, Brenda, and Theo team up to battle him with highly stylized fight choreography but are defeated until Cindy successfully exorcises Kane's ghost out of Hanson. Dwight regroups with the teens, and Cindy volunteers to act as bait to lure Kane into a device that will destroy him. The plan succeeds, freeing the group from the house's curse.

Two months later, Cindy and Buddy are in a relationship. They are out on a walk when Hanson appears to take her away with him. Buddy disappears as Hanson gets hit by a car driven by Shorty, who is receiving fellatio from Crane.

Cast

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Production

The film is a sequel to Scary Movie. According to director Keenen Ivory Wayans, the filmmakers watched over 130 horror films for background research.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Marlon Brando was originally cast as Father McFeely and completed one day of filming before he had to leave the production due to illness.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was replaced by James Woods who was paid $1 million for four days work.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Charlton Heston had also turned down the Woods role. At one point, former President Bill Clinton, who had just left office the year the film was released, was also considered.

Because Miramax had not greenlit the sequel until the massive box office success of the first, the film faced a punishing production schedule that involved coming up with a script and tearing through production and post-production in a total of less than nine months, roughly half the average time for all those steps to be completed on a standard Hollywood production in 2000–2001. It was this rushed production that made the Wayans never want to make another Scary Movie, and they were not involved in any of the sequels until returning to the franchise with the sixth film.

Music

Unlike its predecessor, the film does not have an official soundtrack. It features a heavily hip hop and rap catalogue, with some rock and techno songs. Sugar Ray, who appear on the soundtrack, were also on the soundtrack for the second entry in the Scream franchise in 1997, which the Scary Movie franchise was initially parodying.

Release

Home media

The film was released on VHS and DVD by Buena Vista Home Entertainment under the Dimension Home Video banner on December 18, 2001,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with an array of special features, including commentaries and various deleted scenes.

Dimension Films was sold by The Walt Disney Company in 2005, with its parent label Miramax then being sold by Disney in 2010. That same year, private equity firm Filmyard Holdings took control of Miramax and the pre-October 2005 library of Dimension.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following the sale of Miramax to Filmyard Holdings, they licensed the home media rights for several Dimension/Miramax titles to Lionsgate Films. Lionsgate Home Entertainment later reissued the DVD, and released the film on Blu-ray on September 20, 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In March 2016, Qatari company beIN Media Group purchased Miramax from Filmyard Holdings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Then during April 2020, ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Skydance) bought a 49% stake in Miramax, which gave them the rights to the Miramax library and the pre-October 2005 Dimension library.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Through this deal, Paramount Pictures and beIN became co-owners of the first three films in the Scary Movie franchise, which were released between 2000 and 2003. Paramount Home Entertainment reissued the film on DVD and Blu-ray on July 27, 2021, also reissuing many other Dimension/Miramax titles around this time.<ref>https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Scary-Movie-2-Blu-ray/293842/</ref> Paramount Home Entertainment also released the first three Scary Movie films on a Blu-ray pack.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This release was a reissue of an earlier Lionsgate release from December 2011.<ref>https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/1984/Scary-Movie-3-(2003).html</ref> The film was made available on Paramount's subscription streaming service Paramount+,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and on their free streaming service Pluto TV.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Reception

Box office

Scary Movie 2 opened on the Fourth of July weekend and ranked second at the US box office behind Cats & Dogs, with $20.5 million.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In North America, the film grossed $71.3 million. With $69.9 million internationally, the worldwide gross comes to $141.2 million. Out of the first four Scary Movie films, this was the least successful to date, until the fifth film in 2013.<ref name=mojo>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, Scary Movie 2 has an approval rating of 13% based on 110 reviews and an average rating of 3.50/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Instead of being funny, this gross-out sequel plays like a sloppy, rushed-out product."<ref name=rt>Template:Cite web</ref> On Metacritic, the film has a score of 29 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref name="Meta">Template:Cite web</ref> Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Awards and nominations for Scary Movie 2

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2001 Bogey Awards Bronze Award Template:N/A Template:Won <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie of the Summer Template:N/A Template:Nom <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Choice Movie Your Parents Didn’t Want You to See Template:N/A Template:Won <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 ALMA Awards Excellence in Make-Up in Television and Film Rebecca DeHerrera Template:Nom <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Canadian Comedy Awards Best Female Performance Kathleen Robertson Template:Nom <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sequel

Template:Main A sequel titled Scary Movie 3, was released in 2003.

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