Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 comedy movie directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, with a running time of 1h 22m. It stars Anna Faris, Regina Hall and Marlon Wayans.

Anna Faris and the Wayans crew return to send up every haunted-house movie ever made. A professor lures a group of students into Hell House for a fake sleep study, and the mansion's ghosts, killer birds, and possessed dinners take it from there. Keenen Ivory Wayans directs, with Tim Curry, Chris Elliott, and James Woods hamming through the gags. The jokes run crude and relentless, spoofing The Exorcist, The Haunting, and Hollow Man with equal disregard for taste. Nobody involved is aiming for subtle, and the cast plays every bit at full volume.

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What is Scary Movie 2 about?

When was Scary Movie 2 released?

Scary Movie 2 was released on 4 July 2001.

How long is Scary Movie 2?

Scary Movie 2 runs 1h 22m.

Who made Scary Movie 2?

Scary Movie 2 was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.

Where can I watch Scary Movie 2?

Scary Movie 2 is available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, fuboTV, Kanopy and Amazon.

Where to watch Scary Movie 2

Stream: Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, fuboTV

Watch free: Kanopy

Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home

Buy: Fandango at Home

Official site

http://www.miramax.com/movie/scary-movie-2

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For more haunted-house comedy that treats horror as a punchline, try Tenacious D, whose mock-metal bombast shares the film's gleeful bad taste. Nintendo's Luigi's Mansion turns the same spooky-mansion setup into slapstick, sending a nervous plumber to vacuum up ghosts one creaking room at a time.

More horror spoofs from the Scary Movie era and beyond

Scary Movie 2 doubles down on the haunted-house gags of the first film, and this cluster covers the rest of that spoof lineage. Scary Movie and Scary Movie 3 bookend it on either side, the 2026 Scary Movie reboot picks the format back up decades later, and Not Another Teen Movie and Don't Be a Menace apply the same rapid-fire, genre-mocking formula to teen movies and hood dramas.

Haunted houses and possessions played for laughs, not scares

Scary Movie 2 turns a haunted mansion sleep study into pure slapstick, playing ghosts and demons for laughs instead of scares. Luigi's Mansion sends a coward chasing ghosts with a vacuum, My Best Friend's Exorcism and Sabrina the Teenage Witch play possession and witchcraft as teen comedy, and Slumber Party Massacre II, Hair High and Bhooth Bangla keep the scares broad and the punchlines bigger.

Gross-out comedy that never once apologizes for the joke

Scary Movie 2 throws every taboo it can find at the wall, and this set matches that same appetite for going too far on purpose. Animal House and Joysticks set the template for chaotic, no-shame campus and arcade comedy, This Is the End and Desperate Living push celebrity and suburban norms into absurd territory, and Citizen Toxie and Amazon Women on the Moon push the gross-out even further.

Manga built entirely around crude, over-the-top gags

Scary Movie 2's sense of humor is broad, physical and unashamed, the same energy that runs through this corner of manga. Crayon Shin-chan and Dr. Slump built entire careers on a kid or robot-girl being gross in public, Gintama turns every episode into a fourth-wall-breaking gag reel, and City Hunter mixes hard-boiled action with jokes that are somehow even less subtle.