A Movie Review for “A Haunted House 2”
Synopsis: Having exorcised the demons of his ex, Malcolm is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, however, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events.
Rating: R.
Run Time: 1 hr 26 min
Director: Michael Tiddes
Blu-ray Extra’s: Deleted scenes, commentary
Nudity Factor: Several scenes where you see parts of Waynes butt as he is having sex with a doll, several topless women in various scenes mostly revolving around drug use.
Of Note: The character of Dan the Security Man (played by David Koechner) talks about the movie Snakes on a Plane (2006). Koechner actually had a supporting role in that movie.
Recommendations: A Haunted House
If you read my review of the first one, you might wonder why I would bother with the second one. That is a question I have not fully answered for myself. Now the first one was terrible and this one finds a way to be slightly better. When I say slightly, I mean just enough to get to a full star. This one takes place after the first one. Malcolm has moved. He has a new girlfriend, and they are moving into a different house. The problem is, the house has some problems as well, mostly that it includes a creepy doll. Again, Malcolm sets up some cameras to figure out what is going on and learns that it is more than what you think. Of course a large amount of the jokes are sexual in nature and to make that worse is they are done in a very creepy way. The only thing that puts this slightly better is that a few of the jokes are funny and they are not sexual in nature. It has a few decent scenes, but they are not enough to overcome the crap that surrounds it.
Overall, I still would not recommend this movie. It has very few qualities that make it worth anything. Even less qualities that make you feel like this movie is a good use of your time. Though they found enough things to make this better than the first, it is only by a slim margin. My biggest hope is that if we pretend like this movie and the one before it didn’t exist, them maybe they won’t.