Scary Movie 2

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Scary Movie 2
Directed by	Keenen Ivory Wayans
Produced by	Eric L. Gold Peter Schwerin Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Brad Weston Sue Jett Barry Rosenbush
Written by	Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Alyson Fouse Greg Grabianski Dave Polsky Michael Anthony Snowden Craig Wayans
Starring	Anna Faris Christopher Masterson Regina Hall Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans David Cross with Chris Elliot and Tori Spelling
Music by	Rossano Galante Tom Hiel Mark McGrath Marco Beltrami George S. Clinton John Debney Danny Lux
Cinematography	Steven Bernstein
Editing by	Thomas J. Nordberg Richard Pearson Peter Teschner
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release date(s)	July 6, 2001
Running time	83 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$45 million (est.)
Gross revenue	$71,277,420 (US as of August 26, 2001)
Preceded by	Scary Movie
Followed by	Scary Movie 3
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Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 American comedy/horror/sci-fi sequel to Scary Movie and was followed in 2003 by Scary Movie 3 and in 2006 by Scary Movie 4.

[edit] Plot summary

The sequel to Scary Movie begins with a parody of The Exorcist, in which Megan Voorhees (Natasha Lyonne), is possessed and two priests, Father McFeely (James Woods) and Father Harris (Andy Richter), must drive the demon out. The exorcism doesn't go as planned, and a chain of The Exorcist-like vomiting occurs . In the end, Mcfeely pulls out a gun and shoots Megan in the head after Megan insulted his mother.

One year later, Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall), Ray Wilkins (Shawn Wayans) and Shorty Meeks (Marlon Wayans)(even though most of them died in Scary Movie) are at college, trying to live new lives, after the incident in the last movie. Cindy and Brenda get tagged by a dorky girl, Alex Monday (Tori Spelling); Ray, who is still confused by his sexuality, has two new friends, Tommy (James DeBello) and Buddy (Christopher Masterson); while Shorty is still the same stoner he was in the last movie.

The story begins when a college professor, Professor Oldman (Tim Curry) and his wheel-chaired assistant Dwight (David Cross) plan to study ghosts from a haunted mansion, with the clueless teens as bait. As Cindy drives to the mansion she is singing along with a song (Graduation Song by Vitamin C) when the radio stops and says, "Shut the fuck up and let me sing". When Cindy arrives at the mansion, she meets a talking Amazon parrot who is vulgar and slanderous, and the caretaker, Hanson (Chris Elliot), who has a grossly disfigured hand. After some weird incidents on that night (Cindy being beaten up by a cat, Ray raping a toy clown, Shorty getting attacked and smoked by a weed-monster, etc.), the teens finally learn about the professor's plan and try to escape the mansion, but the professor gets killed by a beautiful ghost. (This part of the movie is very similar to the 2000 Nickelodeon TV movie starring Kenan and Kel, Two Heads are Better than None.) The gang would like to kill the ghost of the mansion's former owner to escape, but they can't really be bothered to. Hanson gets possessed, and Cindy, Brenda and Theo (Kathleen Robertson) parody Charlie's Angels to get him, but end up beaten up.

In the end, they use Cindy as bait to kill the ghost. Two months later, Cindy encounters Hanson again when she and Buddy are taking a walk. After Buddy disappears without notice, she looks up to see Hanson serving at the hot dog stand (The Alternative ending reveals that he killed Hue Kane and his mistress, and also he loved Caroline, but she rejected him, possibly his swelling left hand) She screams "No!" while Hanson screams "Yes!" Straight after this, Hanson gets hit by a car. The car is being driven by Shorty, who is getting fellatio from the beautiful ghost, now with a bag over her head, in reference to the first movie.

[edit] Parodies

• The Exorcist
• It
• Hollow Man
• Child's Play
• The Shining
• The Haunting
• Poltergeist
• Thinner
• Hannibal
• Dirty Harry
• Mission Impossible II
• Casper
• Charlie's Angels
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Titanic
• What Lies Beneath
• The Changeling
• Rose Red
• Dude, Where's My Car?
• Pet Sematary
• Twister
• The Amityville Horror
• Final Destination
• Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Cast Away
• Save the Last Dance
• May
• The Fog
• The Weakest Link
• Halloween Resurrection

[edit] Box Office Performance

In the U.S., the film grossed $71,308,997. Worldwide, it grossed $141,220,678. Although being a hit, out of the four Scary Movie films, this is the least successful to date.[1]

[edit] Cast

• Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell
• Marlon Wayans as Shorty Meeks
• James DeBello as Tommy
• Shawn Wayans as Ray Wilkins
• David Cross as Dwight Hartman
• Regina Hall as Brenda Meeks
• Christopher Masterson as Buddy
• Tim Curry as Professor Oldman
• Kathleen Robertson as Theo
• Chris Elliott as Hanson
• James Woods as Father McFeely
• Andy Richter as Father Harris
• Tori Spelling as Alex Monday
• Natasha Lyonne as Megan Voorhees
• Veronica Cartwright as Mrs. Voorhees
• Richard Moll as Hugh Kane (Hell House Ghost)
• Beetlejuice The Dwarf (aka Lester Green) as Shorty's Brain

[edit] Production companies & distributors

• Dimension Films (USA)
• Wayans Bros. Entertainment (USA)
• Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
• Gold/Miller Productions
• Miramax Films (USA)
• Alliance Atlantis (Canada)

[edit] Trivia

• An alternate ending was filmed, with James Woods reappearing as Father McFeely. It was a twist ending, and had Cindy discovering that all of her friends were dead. This ending was ultimately rejected.
• The map Cindy reads in the car has the following text on the bottom: "Directions: If you had any brains you would take your ass home. But since you don't, head North 2 miles on Hades Divide. You will pass Elm St. on your left. Whatever you do, KEEP MOVING! 6 Miles to Kane Manor. If you reach Compton, lock your door, bend over, and kiss your ass goodbye!"
• When editing the movie, they forgot that they had removed the "did you hear something" ending from the first movie (which was a callback to the beginning) and mistakenly left it in this one.
• Composer George S. Clinton originally wrote a 70-minute, full orchestral score for the film but it was ultimately rejected in favor of the style of the temp score. Most of the temp score was compiled from recordings of Marco Beltrami's work, and he was asked to score the film. However, Beltrami did not have the time to do it, and thus hired 11 other people to write music.
• Charlton Heston turned down James Woods' part.
• Marlon Brando was originally cast as the priest in the opening Exorcist parody. It was to be his first film role in three years. But shortly before filming was to begin, Brando became sick with pneumonia and was unable to continue. He had been paid $1,000,000. He was replaced with James Woods who claims that he was paid the same amount.
• While the "Basketball scene" was a parody of a Nike commercial played during the game, most people do not realize that a character's wheelchair is actually 'playing' a song from the cult film Manos: The Hands of Fate. The squeaks of the wheelchair mimic the melody played whenever the character Torgo walks.
• Keenan Ivory Wayans said this was the last Scary Movie film until David Zucker took over to create sequels that would be rated PG-13.
• Megan Voorhees' last name is a reference to last names of Mrs. Voorhees and her son Jason in the Friday the 13th films.
• It is rumored that the reason behind this film's profits was a result of fans of Kevin Smith's films buying tickets just to see the trailer for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (released later on in 2001).
• The only Scary Movie to be filmed in the USA. Scary Movie 1, 3 and 4 were filmed in British Columbia, Canada.
• The scene where Cindy is running from the skeleton is shown in Herbie: Fully Loaded.
• Tori Spelling's character, Alex Monday, is a parody of Alex Munday, the name of Lucy Liu's character in the Charlie's Angels movies.she also bares a striking resemblence to former WWE wrestler Amy'Lita'Dumas
• The movie was originally NC-17, but ended up being a R after removing a couple of scenes that were in Deleted Scenes of the DVD Version.
• The tongue used in the spoof of The Exorcist is the tongue used in the original Exorcist movie.
• The mansion exteriors used for the house were filmed at the same house used in the movie Delirious and the TV Series "Batman".
• The song that Hanson sings to Cindy is the same song the Reverend sings in Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
• Tori Spelling and Kathleen Robertson reunited in the film after both actress co-starred together on Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1994 to 1997.
• During the hall way scene where Buddy And Cindy meet Cindy drops her book and Buddy gives it back to her and the title is Harry Pothead a parody of Harry Potter

[edit] External links

• Scary Movie 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• Scary Movie 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Scary Movie 2 at Metacritic
• Scary Movie 2 at Box Office Mojo