Synopsis
This sequel to a box-office sleeper hit that spoofed teen slasher flicks takes its cues from haunted house and possession films, particularly The Haunting (1999) and The Exorcist (1973). Although many of the first film's main characters were homicide victims, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Anna Faris return anyway to "re-possess" their roles for this follow-up in which four students are invited by their professor (Tim Curry) to his haunted mansion, Hell House, for a weekend sleep-deprivation study. Providing the sleep deprivation, however, is a series of murderous, supernatural goings-on. Scary Movie 2 co-stars Tori Spelling, Andy Richter, Christopher Masterson, Kathleen Robertson, James Woods, Chris Elliott, and Natasha Lyonne.
What Critics Say
The first film promised no sequel. Too bad the Wayans brothers failed to keep their word.
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Movie News
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No Brando in "Scary Movie 2" DVD
Scary Movie 2 director Keenen Ivory Wayans has revealed that although he got "a good amount of footage of [Marlon] Brando" before the actor was forced to pull out of the film, none of it will be used on the Scary Movie 2 DVD.
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Woods replaces Brando in "Scary Movie 2"
James Woods will replace Marlon Brando in Dimension's Films'Scary Movie 2 after Brando exited a cameo role last month because of health and availability issues, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Woods will appear in the opening scene as a priest who performs an exorcism. The film is directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and screen-written by brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. The film is scheduled for a July 4 release.