HUMOR TRUMPS HORROR
Scary Movie 2, as well as the whole series, uses a mixture of humor and horror when creating their films. The film series is a parody of several famous horror movies and incorporates comedy films as well to create a comedic horror film. The series is not necessarily created to cause horror and fear among the audience, but rather, laugh at the humorous appeals and famous scenes from the horror films. For example, the photo on the left is a scene from the coming-of-age comedic film Clueless, while the image on the right is a remake of the Clueless scene from Scary Movie 2.
For instance, the house on the left is the visual representation of the house from the 1999 horror film, The Haunting. The house on the right is inspired by The Haunting house and where the majority of Scary Movie 2 takes place throughout the film. Although the mansion appears scary, the subject and actions within the Scary Movie 2 film are comedy driven.
In addition, Scary Movie 2 plays another parody of the film Poltergeist. The 1982 film, Poltergeist, shows a clown scene in which a character from the movie is attacked by a clown doll in his bedroom. Scary Movie 2 depicts the same scene in which the character, Ray, is attacked by a clown hiding underneath his bed, but as the scene continues, Ray is able to defeat the clown. A scene that is not necessarily average in typical horror films, but comedic in its sense in Scary Movie 2.
Scary Movie 2 uses an assortment of different films to capture a new movie in a different essence. The Scary Movie series is created to poke fun at the famous horror films that cause fear to their audiences and prove that they could be made into humorous parodies.