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Scary Movie 2 |
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When the first Scary Movie hit theaters
last summer, secular critics marveled
that it avoided an NC-17 rating for sexually
explicit humor. The perverse slasher spoof
grossed $157 million and sent the
Disney-owned studio responsible scrambling
for a sequel. It’s here. And according to ads for
Scary Movie 2, it’s “More merciless.
More shameless.” Give ’em points for
honesty. The original horror/comedy
dismantled slasher films. This sequel
parodies supernatural thrillers (What Lies Beneath, Poltergeist, The House on Haunted
Hill, etc.) with equal zeal and eagerness to
offend. It opens with an Exorcist
takeoff that portrays a Catholic priest as a
foul-mouthed child molester who prays
fervently to cast out a bowel movement. That
establishes the tone for what follows—85
minutes of vulgar, profane, mean-spirited,
violent, desperately unfunny gags. No bodily
fluid is left unspilled.
The setup (“plot” is far too kind) involves the
survivors from the first film attending college
and taking part in a psychology experiment in
a haunted house. Once there, a bisexual guy
molests a possessed clown doll. The stoner
of the group gets rolled up and smoked by a
giant, triffid-like cannibus plant. And the
resident spook rapes Tori Spelling (much to
her glee). This is sick stuff, and it only gets
sicker.
Cameron Meier of the Orlando Weekly
stated, “It truly can be blamed, along with other
recent adolescent comedies, for desensitizing
audiences to disgusting sexual visuals, drug
references and obscenities.” Pray that it
doesn’t earn enough to justify Scary Movie
3.
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