Thursday, 20 June 2013

A Haunted House (2012, Dir. Michael Tiddes,USA) (Cert: 15/R) *


 
 

Starring: Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Nick Swardson

 

Malcolm (Wayans) and Kisha (Atkins) move into their new home and Malcolm starts having cameras installed around the property. At first, things seem fine but things sour when a ghost starts having fun.

 

A Haunted House seems to occupy another dimension. A strange dimension where the standards of what is funny are much different to the norm. Fart jokes? So funny they must be used a lot. Violence against women? Funny. Rape (male and female)? Funny. Having a gay character being a hideously stereotypical lisping molester? Apparently, the funniest thing ever. The found footage sub-genre, and its spoofs, are growing so tiresome and unoriginal, they need to be put to bed and the execution of the plot here is very lazy. My one good comment on A Haunted House? The film-makers take no prisoners about what demographics to mock, but how much of a recommendation can that really be?

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