Writer: Casey Lee

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Watch this if you liked: "A Haunted House" and "Scary Movie"

The Good, the Bad and the Haunted:

Anyone who has seen the Wayans' "Scary Movie" franchise or the previous "A Haunted House" should know the shticks that would be used for this sequel by now. Picking up where "A Haunted House" left off with his girlfriend Kisha being possessed, Malcolm ditches his lady and runs off to begin a new life in a new house, with a new girlfriend, Megan, who comes in a package with two children.

When Malcolm stumbles onto old film reels, a mysterious box and a vintage doll left in the house, Malcolm relives his nightmares of staying in a haunted house inspired by the spirits and ghost of recent horror hits. While Marlon Wayans still stays strong as the main attraction with his wild antics and unabashed ways of telling you what he wants to do to your mama, the lighter skin toned cast gives new layers of gags and raunchy humour to the usual spoofs that ranges from racial slurs to outright stereotypical racism, with some that can only be delivered by the fluffy Latino comedian Gabriel Iglesias.

The movies being spoofed here aren't too hard to miss, especially when it involves a certain doll, and they barely join together as simply set piece after set piece. However, it is the vulgar language being spilled left, right and center that surprisingly doesn't get a single word cut by our censors that gives the most kick out of the laugh out loud moments.

Look Out For:

Abigail.

Trivia:

"A Haunted House 2" references from "The Shining", "Insidious", "Sinister", The Possession", "Paranormal Activity 4" and "The Conjuring".

Best Watched With:

Horror movie or Wayans fans.

Cinema Online, 14 October 2014