At first, the ghost is only a nuisance, rattling pots and slamming doors, but as things get worse, Malcolm turns to a rag-tag crew of stereotypes, from a pseudo-priest (Cedric The Entertainer), a gay psychic (Nick Swardson), and a bald-headed security system installer/ghost hunter (David Koechner) to help him get a handle on his possessed girlfriend and the demon invading their house, smoking their weed, and sexually assaulting them. Nothing says laff-riot like anal rape! Given the title, the crew involved, and the trailer, you know exactly what to expect from A Haunted House. It’s a Paranormal Activity spoof about five years too late. That’s the one advantage the movie has over, say, the later Scary Movie films. Rather than just spoofing everything, A Haunted House sticks to a single genre – found footage horror – and really picks it apart. All the little things about Paranormal Activity are referenced, except for the fact that it’s strange for these people to be recording everything they do. But hey, at least they get to make some unfunny sex tape jokes! This is very much a Marlon Wayans project, with him serving as producer, co-writer (with Rick Alvarez, who has no writing credits to his name), and star. You can tell that this is the kind of stuff that he thinks is funny, since he’s so responsible for the entire movie, but this is probably one of the least funny comedies I’ve seen in a long time, despite throwing a whole lot of energy at its jokes. I think the only thing I nearly laughed at was David Koechner making a Snakes On A Plane joke, but aside from that? A Haunted House was 86 minutes of jokeless flailing, mugging, racism, stereotypes, and flatulence. After all, there’s nothing funnier than ghost rape. I went into A Haunted House suspecting it may have problems, and it’s got an abundance of them. I tried to give the movie a chance, and after it failed to interest me in any way, I listened to the people around me. Nobody laughed. Cell phones rang more often than people chuckled. Whoever the target audience for this film is, I imagine they’re not enjoying it either. US Correspondent Ron Hogan would like to see Keenan Ivory Wayans make a movie, rather than Shawn, Marlon, or even Damon at this point. Find more by Ron daily at Shaktronics and PopFi.