Scary Movie 2

After the runaway success of the first Scary Movie, this sequel takes aim at haunted house flicks rather than straight slashers. A group of college students heads to a mansion known as Hell House for a weekend of thrills, practical jokes, and bad decisions. As the night unfolds, a string of ridiculous happenings and deadly misunderstandings pile up, spoofing familiar horror tropes from haunted mansions to creepy servants and mysterious letters. The would-be sleuths stumble into gags that mix parody with gross out humor, while a running set of familiar faces from the original return in cameos. The tone stays light, with self aware humor that keeps the scares at bay. The film leans on pratfalls and disguises to pace.

Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Scary Movie 2 is the second film in the franchise. It keeps the ensemble energy of the Wayans duo and targets haunted house and spoof style cinema, featuring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, and a lineup.

The film sits in the early 2000s spoof wave and helped popularize a fast paced joke style that blends horror cliches with broad gags. It fed audience appetite for pop culture spoof cinema and kept franchise momentum alive. Its humor relies on quick gags.

Critics gave mixed reviews, noting the humor lands when it leans into parody and lampoons the genre while skirting cleverness in favor of quick punchlines. It treats fear as a setup for punchlines and keeps cast chemistry at the fore. The film leans on pratfalls and disguises to pace.