A Haunted House 2

Director: Michael Tiddes Michael Tiddes

Overview

Mischievous spirits plague Malcolm (Marlon Wayans), his new girlfriend and her two kids after they move into their gorgeous dream house.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/12/2014
UPC:	0025192212048
Original Release:	2014
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00
Sales rank:	41,185

Special Features

Deleted and extended scenes; Feature commentary with writers/producers Marlon Wayans & Rick Alvarez and director Michael Tiddes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Marlon Wayans	Malcolm,Police Officer
Jaime Pressly	Megan
Essence Atkins	Kisha
Gabriel Iglesias	Miguel
Dave Sheridan	Aghoul
Ashley Rickards	Becky
Affion Crockett	Ray Ray
Rick Overton	Professor Wilde
Tom Virtue	Father Callahan
Steele Stebbins	Wyatt
Cedric the Entertainer	Father Williams
Mikal Kartvedt	Police Officer
Kurt Carley	Dr. Rousch
Mark Henry	Tough Voice Guy
Iva La'Shawn	1st Grade Teacher
Taylor John Smith	Joey
Mirna Granados	Hot Coed
Missi Pyle	Actor
Hayes MacArthur	Actor
Kym Whitley	Church Lady
Michael Tiddes	Actor
Kirsty Hill	Hot Coed
Mari Possa	Hot Coed
Melissa Barker	Pool Mom
Scott Burn	Kill Family Dad
Chris Gann	Pool Dad
Mark Heidelberger	Police Officer #2
Lawrence Moran	Father White
Marissa Welsh	Exorcism Girl
Jesse Voccia	Composer

Technical Credits

Marlon Wayans

Rick Alvarez

Michael Tiddes	Director
Marlon Wayans	Screenwriter
Rick Alvarez	Producer,Screenwriter
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones	Executive Producer
Steven Squillante	Executive Producer
Stuart Ford	Executive Producer
Randall Lawson	Sound Mixer
Mikal Kartvedt	Stunts
Deepak Nayar	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

The follow-up to Marlon Wayans and Michael Tiddes' box-office hit A Haunted House, A Haunted House 2 dips back into the well of horror spoofs on a microscopic budget, but with a blander supporting cast and less originality this time around. Shot in the found-footage style of Paranormal Activity, the movie mashes together elements from Insidious, Sinister, The Possession, and The Conjuring (among other horror flicks), resulting in a loose narrative that follows Malcolm (Wayans) as he moves into a new house with his girlfriend Megan (Jaime Pressly) and her two children Becky (Ashley Rickards) and Wyatt (Steele Stebbins), with whom he amusingly struggles to bond. It soon becomes apparent that something is frighteningly amiss with the new house, foreshadowed by a precariously hung safe accidentally falling onto -- and flattening -- Malcolm's beloved dog. His fears of a demonic presence go ignored, however, and he's left to solve the mystery himself, although he receives help from a few absurd characters along the way. Staying true to the theme of mocking existing material, much of the non-spoof humor in A Haunted House 2 feels regurgitated as well. You've heard all of its sex and race jokes before, and the shock effect of an animal being slain in unnecessarily brutal fashion depreciates in value faster than a used car -- which becomes apparent by the time a chicken is thrown into a spinning ceiling fan, boringly blowing it to bits. There are also only so many times one of Marlon Wayans' wacky faces can put a smile on yours before you just start hoping it doesn't freeze that way. There are a few good laughs sprinkled throughout the movie's slow 87 minutes, though, with a handful coming from Malcolm's complicated affair with a possessed doll, a bit that just barely stays funny enough to not overstay its welcome. The ambiguously indecent Father Williams (Cedric the Entertainer, who reprises his role from the first movie) is also good for a chuckle or two, as are the Super-8 films (found in the attic by an Ethan Hawke-esque Malcolm) depicting a blundering killer's failed attempts to murder the previous owners of the house. A Haunted House 2 isn't the worst way to entertain a switched-off brain for an hour and a half, but it's nothing you haven't already seen.