A Haunted House 2

"It'll scare the #2 out of you."

2014 1h 27m EN

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Synopsis

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After exorcising the demons of his ex, Malcolm starts afresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events.

“It'll scare the #2 out of you.”

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Cast

Marlon Wayans
Malcolm
Jaime Pressly
Megan
Essence Atkins
Kisha
Gabriel Iglesias
Miguel
Missi Pyle
Noreen
Ashley Rickards
Becky
Affion Crockett
Ray Ray
Steele Stebbins
Wyatt

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Tiddes
Writers: Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "A Haunted House Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Tiddes, shot by David Ortkiese. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jesse Voccia. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tim Mirkovich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Tiddes directs. David Ortkiese behind the camera. Jesse Voccia scores. Tim Mirkovich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 6.3× over at the box office.
4Released 12 years ago.
5Part of the "A Haunted House Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Michael Tiddes, shot by David Ortkiese. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Jesse Voccia. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Tim Mirkovich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Marlon Wayans and Jaime Pressly and Essence Atkins carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "It'll scare the #2 out of you.".
11IMDB entry: tt2828996 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "exorcism", "haunted house", "parody", "sequel".
13Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Ortkiese
Original score: Jesse Voccia
Editing: Tim Mirkovich
Production design: Ermanno Di Febo-Orsini
Costume design: Ariyela Wald-Cohain
VFX supervisor: Christian Cardona
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $25,343,661
Return: 634% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: A Haunted House 2 (2014)

Part of

A Haunted House Collection

A spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.

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Kamurai2021-06-19
★ 7/10
Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. I'll easily watch anything with Jaime Lee Pressly in it, but Marlon Wayans is kind of the big treat in this. One of the reasons I liked the first movie is that they got back to the spirit of the original "Scary Movie" franchise before they took it from the Wayans. There are a few jokes that just run too long, but over all the jokes are pretty funny and consistent, even doing call backs. The movie rolls together several different paranormal tropes very well, and given some very short re-writes could have been a rather complex legitimate horror movie.

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