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A Haunted House 2
Theatrical release poster with original release date
Directed byMichael Tiddes
Written byMarlon Wayans
Rick Alvarez
Produced byMarlon Wayans
Rick Alvarez
StarringMarlon Wayans
Jaime Pressly
Essence Atkins
Gabriel Iglesias
Cedric the Entertainer
CinematographyDavid Ortkiese
Edited byTim Mirkovich
Music byJesse Voccia
Production
companies
Distributed byOpen Road Films
Release date
  • April 18, 2014 (2014-04-18)
Running time
87 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[2]
Box office$17,067,705[2]

A Haunted House 2 is a 2014 American comedy horror film directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Marlon Wayans. The film is the sequel to the 2013 film A Haunted House. It is produced by IM Global Octane and distributed by Open Road Films. The film was released on April 18, 2014.[3]

Plot

After losing his possessed girlfriend Kisha (Essence Atkins) in a car crash, Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) meets and falls for Megan, a single white mother of two. As he moves into a new home with the family, Malcolm discovers bizarre paranormal events surrounding the children and the property. To complicate matters, a back-from-the-dead Kisha moves in across the street, and there’s nothing worse than the scorn of a demonic ex-girlfriend.

Cast

Production

On April 8, 2013, it was confirmed that Wayans, Open Road Films, and IM Global Octane would produce a sequel due to the financial success of the first film.[5] On May 3, 2013, it was confirmed that a sequel titled A Haunted House 2 would be released on March 28, 2014.[6] On August 24, 2013, it was announced that Jaime Pressly, Ashley Rickards and Gabriel Iglesias had joined the cast of the film.[7] Principal photography and production began on August 26, 2013, and ended on September 29, 2013.[7][8] On January 18, 2014, the film was pushed back three weeks from March 28, 2014, to April 18, 2014.[9]

Reception

Critical response

A Haunted House 2 was universally panned by critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 9% based on reviews from 33 critics, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The site's consensus reads: "Sloppy, vulgar, and manic, A Haunted House 2 might be worth a chuckle or two, but mostly it's a string of pop culture references and crude gags that fail to hit their intended targets."[10] Another review aggregation website, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 17 out of 100 based on 16 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[11]

Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star gave the film half a star out of four, saying "It is a vile, wretched, appalling waste of time, a movie for morons that is offensive on so many levels. It is loud, profane and profoundly stupid. One has to question how a film so awful could even be made, it is that bad. Most regrettably, it is not funny, not even a tiny bit."[12] John Semley of The Globe and Mail gave the film zero stars out of four, saying "A Haunted House 2 is dumber than dumb dumb, which at least has the nerve to be unapologetically dumb. Worse, it's Wayans dumb."[13] Kevin C. Johnson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the film three out of five stars, saying "This send-up of current horror movies is a go-for-broke hoot, a hot mess of a comedy that doesn't have a lick of sense. And knowing that going in adds to the often knee-slapping laughs."[14] Jennifer Miller of Film.com gave the film a one out of ten, saying "There are almost no redeeming qualities to this movie. It is bad enough to trigger an existential crisis in the heartiest of movie-lovers."[15] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review, saying "Wayans' performance again relies primarily on mugging it up and outrageous attempts at self-indulgent humor to elicit laughs, topped with copious doses of raunchy sexual innuendo and activity."[16] Stephan Lee of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a D, saying "You don't walk into a movie like A Haunted House 2 expecting anything remotely scary or serious, but you don't expect to walk out feeling a terrible sense of dread, either."[17]

Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave the film a negative review, saying "A Haunted House 2 is so bombastically stupid that its well-earned R rating doesn't seem sufficient. The movie should come with another warning: The following 87 minutes would be better spent alphabetizing your spice rack."[18] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a negative review, saying "Calling this one an improvement is like saying that being kicked in the shin is better than being punched in the stomach. Either way, it hurts."[19] Andrew Barker of Variety gave the film a negative review, saying "Marlon Wayans' parody sequel is as inept and puerile as its predecessor, but let no one say its screenwriter and star doesn't give it his all."[20] Sherilyn Connelly of The Village Voice gave the film a positive review, saying "Though he's not for all tastes, there's something admirable about Wayans's willingness to do anything for a laugh, often reminiscent of Jerry Lewis at his most frantic."[21] Scott Tobias of The Dissolve gave the film a negative review, saying "Like sunrise over a steaming pile of garbage, A Haunted House 2 offers another sharp whiff of its predecessor, a Scary Movie-style spoof of the Paranormal Activity movies that makes up in volume what it lacks in invention."[22] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a D+, saying "A Haunted House 2 is unlikely to put anyone to sleep. That’s enough to mark it as an improvement over its predecessor, a Scary Movie take-off so poky and dull that it played more like a bad festival-circuit art film than a bad lowbrow comedy. However rubbery and manic, though, A Haunted House 2 still can’t overcome star attraction Marlon Wayans’ severely limited comic skill set."[23]

Box office

As of May 3, 2014, it has grossed $15,048,795.[2] In North America, the film opened at number five in its first weekend, with $8,843,875, behind Transcendence, Heaven Is for Real, Rio 2, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[24] In its second weekend, the film dropped to number 10, grossing an additional $3,202,679.[25] In its third weekend, the film dropped to number 14, grossing $1,075,668.[26] In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number 22, grossing $346,430.[27]

References

  1. ^ "A Haunted House 2". AMC Theatres. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  2. ^ a b c "A Haunted House 2 (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  3. ^ McNary, Dave. "Jaime Pressly Joins Marlon Wayans' 'Haunted House' Sequel". Variety. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "A Haunted House 2 Trailer, News, Videos, and Reviews". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  5. ^ "Open Road Films Plans A Haunted House 2". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  6. ^ "Open Road Films Sets A Haunted House 2 Release Date". ComingSoon.net. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  7. ^ a b "Jaime Pressly, Two Others Enter Wayans' A Haunted House 2". ComingSoon.net. August 24, 2013.
  8. ^ "Twitter / MarlonWayans: Soooo tired. Did my daddy duty". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  9. ^ "A Haunted House 2 Pushed Back Three Weeks". ComingSoon.net. January 18, 2014.
  10. ^ "A Haunted House 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  11. ^ "A Haunted House 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  12. ^ Saturday, April 19, 2014 1:12 PM EDT Facebook Twitter RSS. "A Haunted House 2 a witless horrific mess: review". Thestar.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ John Semley. "A Haunted House 2: So dumb it's scary". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  14. ^ Johnson, Kevin C. "Check good taste at door of hilarious 'Haunted House 2' : Entertainment". Stltoday.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  15. ^ "Review: 'A Haunted House 2′". Film.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  16. ^ "A Haunted House 2: Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  17. ^ Stephan Lee. "A Haunted House 2 Movie Review". EW.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  18. ^ Post Store. "'A Haunted House 2' movie review". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  19. ^ "'A Haunted House 2' Review: Less Terrible, Still Terrible". TheWrap. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  20. ^ Andrew Barker. "'A Haunted House 2′ Review: Incredibly Bad, Yet Tragically Admirable". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  21. ^ Sherilyn Connelly (2014-04-16). "A Haunted House 2 Raises the Low Bar Set by the Original". Village Voice. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  22. ^ Tobias, Scott. "A Haunted House 2". Thedissolve.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  23. ^ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy. "A Haunted House 2 is better than its predecessor, but that ain't saying much". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  24. ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for April 18-20, 2014". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  25. ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for April 25-27, 2014". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  26. ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for May 2-4, 2014". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  27. ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for May 9-11, 2014". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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