Scary Movie 2 (2001)

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General		Extras
Category	Comedy	Main Menu Introduction Menu Animation & Audio Featurette-Behind The Scenes Deleted Scenes-19 Alternate Ending-3 Gallery Featurette-Special Effects Tour with Lou Carlucci Featurette-Here Kitty, Kitty Featurette-Scary Effects Featurette-Behind The Make Up with Barry Koper
Rating
Year Of Production	2001
Running Time	78:46 (Case: 82)
RSDL / Flipper	RSDL	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	2,4	Directed By	Keenen Ivory Wayans
Studio Distributor	Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.	Starring	Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Anna Faris Regina Hall David Cross Tori Spelling James Woods Tim Curry Christopher Masterson
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	$34.95	Music	Nelly Tom Hiel

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s) Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.85:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.85:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	English English for the Hearing Impaired Italian Italian Titling	Smoking	Yes
		Annoying Product Placement	Yes
		Action In or After Credits	No

    Scary Movie 2 manages to be even worse than the first movie -- and that took some doing.

     Whereas the plot of Scary Movie was based loosely on Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, the plot of Scary Movie 2 is based on The Haunting and House On Haunted Hill. Of course, like the first Scary Movie, the sequel also parodies a number of other movies, television programs, and commercials.

    The story opens with a decent parody of The Exorcist, but after that, it's all downhill. The crass and low-brow humour is unoriginal, and caused me to wince more than laugh. I can forgive a comedy anything if it's funny, but sadly this movie is not. In fact it's boring, and the movie seems to run a lot longer than its running time.

    The plot of the movie is hardly important here, but basically, Professor Oldman (Tim Curry) entices a group of high school students to stay in a haunted house for research purposes. Those young people are mainly characters taken from the first Scary Movie. Anyway, soon a ghost is on a rampage, and well, you can imagine the rest . . .

Video

    Another excellent transfer wasted on a crappy movie.

    The transfer is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, 16x9 enhanced.

    The sharpness of the transfer is excellent throughout. The black level and shadow detail are also great, as evidenced by the dungeons scenes at 45:38.

    The colour is rich and flesh tones are accurate.

    There are no MPEG artefacts or film-to-video artefacts to complain of.

    Film artefacts appear throughout, but most are small black or white flecks. Larger examples can be seen at 40:49 and 46:18.

    All the subtitles promised on the packaging are present, and the English subtitles are accurate.

    This is a RSDL disc, but I did not spot the layer change. I suspect that it is between the feature and the extras.

Video Ratings Summary

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Audio

    Apart from the English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track, there are also an Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track.

    The dialogue quality and audio sync are excellent on the default English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track.

    The musical score is credited to Tom Hiel, with additional music by Kevin Kliesch, Buck Saunders, and Michael McCuistion. There is also a rap song by Nelly over the end credits. Almost all of the music is a variation on the original film score of the movie being parodied, whether that be the industrial house music of Charlies Angels, or the lush orchestral score of Titanic.

    The surround presence and activity is subtle but effective. The rear speakers are used effectively to help carry the score, for example at 57:58, and to provide ambience. There are not a great deal of rear directional effects, but good moments include the storm at 36:35, and the explosion at 68:11.

    The subwoofer is also utilised very subtly but effectively, such as the rocks tumbling down the stairs at 52:59.

Audio Ratings Summary

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    There are plenty of extras, but no trailer. Unless stated otherwise, all the extras are presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, with Dolby Digital stereo surround-encoded audio. They're all fairly self-explanatory . . .

Menu

    An animated menu, presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 16x9 enhanced, with Dolby Digital stereo audio.

Behind The Scenes Featurette (7:49)

Alternate and Deleted Scenes (41:55)

Still Gallery

    Photographs from the production.

SFX Tour with Lou Carlucci (5:31)

    Lou is the SFX Supervisor. He provides a very basic 'tour' of some of the movie's SFX.

Here Kitty, Kitty (1:44)

    A look at some of the cat puppets.

Scary Effects (2:02)

Behind the Make-Up with Barry Koper (4:06)

    Scary Movie 2 has been released in Region 1, and appears to be the same, except that the Region 1 version claims to have some DVD-ROM content. I would call it even, but I would favour the local release for its affordability, and most importantly, its superior PAL image.

    Scary Movie 2 is a crappy comedy with a great transfer. One of the worst things I can say about a movie is that it wasted my time. After reviewing this movie, I felt robbed of the time it took to watch the feature (twice) and then all the extras.

    The video quality is great.

    The audio quality is also very good.

    The extras are plentiful.

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Plot
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