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Scary Movie 2 (2001)

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Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Overview

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.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Christianity: Negative

Viewer Rating
3.9

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Paramount+ logoParamount+
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Scary Movie 2 is a horror parody that relies on slapstick, gross-out humor, and genre deconstruction, and it lacks any discernible political agenda or thematic engagement with societal issues, leading to a neutral rating.

Scary Movie 2 features a visibly diverse ensemble cast in its parody of horror films. The narrative, however, does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on strong DEI themes, instead focusing on comedic lampooning of genre tropes.

Secondary

Scary Movie 2 utilizes effeminate stereotypes and implied same-sex encounters primarily for crude humor and ridicule. Characters are consistently mocked for their perceived sexuality or gender expression, and queer themes are exploited for shock and degradation. The film offers no positive counterbalance, reinforcing harmful stereotypes and presenting queer identity as a source of mockery.

Scary Movie 2 includes a scene where a character is tricked into intimacy with a male ghost disguised as a woman. The humor stems from the character's disgust upon this reveal, employing a 'deceptive' male-presenting-as-female trope. This portrayal, though not explicitly featuring a transsexual character, reinforces problematic stereotypes often associated with trans identity, resulting in a negative net impact.

The film portrays Christian (Catholic) exorcism rituals and its practitioners as absurd, ineffective, and undignified. The narrative uses the religious context for crude humor and sacrilege, offering no counterbalancing positive portrayal or nuance.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Scary Movie 2 primarily parodies characters from horror films like The Haunting and The Exorcist. All parodied characters, such as those based on Dr. Marrow, Mr. Dudley, Hugh Crain, Father Merrin, Father Karras, and Regan MacNeil, maintain their original established genders from their respective source materials. The film does not feature any instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.

The film primarily features original characters created for the 'Scary Movie' franchise. For characters who parody roles from other films like 'The Exorcist' or 'The Haunting,' the actors cast are of the same race as the original characters they are spoofing. No established character's race was changed.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

3.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
5.4
The Movie Database logo
5.8

Critic Ratings

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1.3
Metacritic logo
2.9

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