If “A Haunted House 2” is a step up from the previous go-round, it’s either because a slightly more talented crew of comic actors are being asked to waste their time or because 2013 offered a better crop of horror films (“The Conjuring,” “Sinister,” etc.) to be lazily parodied.
In any event, calling this one an improvement is like saying that being kicked in the shin is better than being punched in the stomach. Either way, it hurts.
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Marlon Wayans returns as Malcolm, moving into yet another dicey piece of real estate with yet another lunatic shrew — the only kind of woman movies like this know how to portray.