I firmly believe that if a film has a Wayans brother in it, it is guaranteed hilarious. The sequel to A Haunted House was no exception. The film starred Marlon Wayans, but had an interesting cast that included Essence Atkins (starred in the first film), Cedric the Entertainer (also in the first film), and surprisingly MTV’s Awkward lead character Ashley Rickard, who I was definitely not expecting to be in the film, but who nonetheless pulled it off.

The first A Haunted House was a horror flick parody about Malcolm  [Marlon Wayans] and his girlfriend Kisha (Essence Atkins) who are making the next step in their relationship by shacking up together. Following true to its satirical style, the couple starts to deal with paranormal entities in their new house. Eventually Kisha becomes possessed and a “reformed” ex-con turned priest [Cedric the Entertainer] must come to cleanse the home of all demons. The audience is left laughing as Malcolm is dragged away in the final scene of the movie.

In the sequel A Haunted House Two the characters pick up right where they left off: the beginning scene of the sequel featuring a scared Malcolm, possessed Kisha, and Malcolm’s gangster cousin Ray-Ray (Affion Crockett) in an eventful car ride. The film proceeds to show  Malcolm’s life a year later with a new lady and stepkids all moving into a new house, “ironically.” The sequel is a parody of popular horror films The Devil Inside and Paranormal Activity Three.

A Haunted House Two certainly surpasses the first film in all aspects. New faces joined, along with familiar ones who made the movie that much more funny. I was hesitant to go see it because I was slightly disappointed in the first movie, but my 12 dollars did not go to waste on this one. The only negative comment that I had was predictable and had the same plot as the first, which was to be expected.

8.5/10