4.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.5 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.3 |
After losing his beloved Kisha in a car accident, Malcolm starts anew, by remarrying Megan, a mother of two. When things begin to get back into their paranormal ways, targeting both the children and the property, things complicate even more when his back-to-life Kisha moves into the neighborhood.
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Essence Atkins, Gabriel Iglesias, Missi PyleComedy | 100% |
Horror | 87% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH, French, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
UV digital copy
DVD copy
BD-Live
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 0.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
On April 30, 2013, Blu-ray.com's Kenneth Brown had the misfortune, and suffered the indignity, of reviewing the Marlon Wayans Paranormal Activity and general found footage genre spoof A Haunted House. In the review, Kenneth asks "what's worse than a bad found-footage horror movie? A bad found-footage horror movie spoof. What could possibly be worse than that, you ask? A bad Wayans Brothers found-footage horror movie spoof. Still worse than that? A cinematic abomination like A Haunted House, which falls into all the previous categories and somehow tacks one more to the list: rock bottom disaster." Sorry about opening an old wound, Ken. It still hurts. It lingers. The pain. The suffering. The unshakable sights stills racing before the eyes, the blood-curdling sounds still echoing in the ears, the fear that it would one day come back, stronger than ever, ready to finish what it had only begun. And that day is here. Marlon Wayans is back. It's sequel day. The answer to the question -- "what's worse?" -- is here, and it's A Haunted House 2. But no worries, my colleague-in-arms, the cavalry is here, ready to relieve the weary, to take the bullet, to suffer the consequences, to bleed so others may remain whole and safe from the onslaught of cinematic depravity, idiocy, and still "rock bottom disaster" that is the "two" in one of the most heinous one-two punches in cinema history.
Our sentiments exactly.
At least it looks good...right? A Haunted House 2 lures in viewers with a mostly pristine 1080p, 1.85:1-framed, HD video-sourced transfer. Though the film opens rather weakly in a dark, poorly defined car interior that's home to more than a bit of noise and fatigued black levels, the image tightens up beautifully once the action shifts to light-drenched suburbia. Colors dazzle with natural vibrancy and vitality. Even whites are bright but naturally so. Details are crisp and revealing, with facial lines and stubble, clothing seams, grasses, concrete, woods, and the various materials that construct the doll looking shapely and well defined down to the finest nuance. Black levels tighten up, noise drops to nearly nonexistent, and the image suffers from no appreciable bouts of banding or blocking. All in all, a rock-solid effort from Universal.
Universal scares up a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack for A Haunted House 2. The presentation is good all-around, with music enjoying lively details, good spacing, and light surround support. Ambient effects are healthy but unobtrusive, bringing minor details of suburbia into the stage in support of primary dialogue and sound effect action. The track provides a few good directional effects. For example, an inflated dog zips across from speaker to speaker as the air pushing out of it propels it through the family's front yard. The track also offers some deep, healthy bass at several junctures, including heavy knocks on a door that send positive, deep jolts into the listening area. Background, and naturally mildly muddy, music-based bass also defines a party scene. Various crashes and slams, notably during the "chicken fight" midway through, offer detailed specifics and nice, natural placement. Dialogue is well defined and focused straight up the middle.
A Haunted House 2 contains deleted and extended scenes for the truly courageous and an audio commentary for traitors turning to the dark
side. Inside the Blu-ray case, buyers will find a DVD copy of
the film and a voucher for a UV/iTunes digital copy.
The horror. The horror. A Haunted House 2 proves that the enemy is strong, weak-minded to be sure but steadfast in resolve and ready -- eager, even -- to see the cinema universe crushed under the power of its perversions, wrecked by the weight of its witless ways, stomped by the size of its sheer stupidity. It comes like a thief in the night, a trojan horse made of silly faces, sex jokes, and fluffy support units. But looks can be deceiving. Looks can be dangerous. Looks can be deadly. Belittling A Haunted House 2 may be easy, but doing so only wins the battle, not the war. And with Wayans open to the idea of a third film, total destruction lies just beyond the corner. No. The line must be drawn here! Pay heed, weary moviegoers. Dare not tread that path, dare not ask for yet another installment lest ye seal your own fate. For those who wish to face the terror head-on, Universal's Blu-ray does offer splendid video and audio along with some extra torture, er, deleted scenes, and a commentary track. Pay heed. Pay heed...
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