Scary Movie 2 MPAA Rating: R Entertainment: +3 Content: -4

Although the first film promised no sequel, the Wayan brothers and Miramax couldn’t ignore the surprising box office response. But this second, grossly crude spoof of horror/slasher films follows the seemingly standard rule of thumb; films with numbers rarely match the original. The film opens with an extended parody of THE EXORCIST and loosely bases the remainder on THE HAUNTING as Tim Curry plays a college professor using student insomnia studies in an old mansion to cover his interest in ghosts. Without any coherent plot, the film features a variety of scenes spoofing recent popular films including SAVE THE LAST DANCE, HOLLOW MAN, HANNIBAL and CHARLIE’S ANGELS. However, the success of the first film may draw a crowd to see the continuing crude bathroom humor in these loosely connected skits.

The Wayan’s parents reportedly walked out of the first film’s premiere. No doubt they’d walk out on this one as well. Sick humor in the opening parody includes extensive urination and flatulence sounds, a lascivious priest who endorses child abuse, simulates intercourse with a demon-possessed girl and takes part in a three-way vomiting spree. Two characters trade tasteless puns based on their handicaps. Marlon Wayans’ character smokes and grows marijuana, as well as being smoked by an animated, overgrown hemp plant. Shawn Wayans plays a clueless bisexual who takes on both a demonic clown toy as well as his girlfriend. And Tori Spelling’s character has a graphic sexual encounter with a ghost. Surprisingly, with the amount of crude sexual humor, only brief nudity occurs as a woman’s breasts inflate like safety airbags before hitting a wall and a brief shot of a naked man with female genitals. With offensive material throughout, SCARY MOVIE 2 presents a new low in entertainment.

Preview Reviewer: Paul Bicking
Distributor: Dimension Films (Miramax - a division of Disney), 375 Greenwich, New York, NY 10013