A Haunted House

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"A Haunted House" (2013) directed by Michael Tiddes and staring Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins and Marlene Forte, is a film about Malcom (Marlon Wayans) and his girlfriend, Kisha (Essence Atkins) moving in together for the first time. But Kisha has a secret; she made a deal with the Devil for some shoes and now he has followed her into Malcom's home. When Kisha is possessed by a demon, Malcom tries to help her by bringing in a priest, a psychic, and a team of ghost hunters to exercise the demon from Kisha's body. This film is a spoof of recent paranormal and exorcism movies, like 2007's "Paranormal Activity."
Perhaps this film is considered the "# 1 Comedy in America this year" because the year has just begun. This film relies heavily on sexual jokes; at times, it becomes soft core porn. This is not, in the reviewers opinion, to be considered real comedy. The film makes the audience giggle in certain scenes, but overall, it makes one want to get up and leave the theater, despite the $8 spent on the ticket. This is not just because of the overdone sex jokes in the film, but because the acting is also lacking.
The writer understands that this is a spoof, but was never drawn in. Marlon and Essence had little chemistry. At times, Atkins would resort to an annoying baby voice that made the viewer want to start plucking the hair from their head. Wayans held his own in some of the movie, but it eventually turns into acting that heavily relies on cheesy facial expressions.
The movie was filmed in the same video camera style as "Paranormal Activity," but with better resolution. Because of this, "A Haunted House" was not able to achieve the feel of the movie it makes fun of.
Overall, one can tell that they had fun and worked hard to make this movie mainstream, but the reviewer can not bring herself to give this film more than 2 and a half stars.