A Haunted House

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A Haunted House

R

Released Jan 11, 2013

1h 26m

Comedy

Horror

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Young couple Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) have just moved into their dream home. As they settle in, they learn that they're not alone -- not because the house is haunted, but because Kisha is possessed by a demon. Desperate to salvage his relationship -- and more importantly -- his sex life -- Malcolm hires a coterie of paranormal specialists, which includes a priest and ghost busters, to banish the unwelcome intruder from Kisha's body.

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Critics Consensus

A Haunted House seeks to offend every sensibility, but it's greatest sin: not being funny!

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Heck, worse films starring Robert De Niro have been released this year.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 21, 2013

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Joe Cunningham

Empire Magazine

Dreadful.

Rated: 1/5

May 27, 2013

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A.A. Dowd

Time Out Chicago

You know a fright-flick craze is in danger of running its course when Marlon Wayans comes along to broadly, belatedly spoof it.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 25, 2013

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Mark H. Harris

Black Horror Movies

The writing from Wayans and his collaborators is lazy, derivative and never fails to go for the easiest - and usually most base - punchline.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jan 7, 2020

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Richard Haridy

Quickflix

A Haunted House is technically inept, monotonous, and stiflingly cheap-looking. How this cost $2.5 million dollars to produce is beyond me.

Rated: .5/5

Nov 25, 2013

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Victoria Luxford

The National (UAE)

Too banal to be offensive, it's certainly one to miss

Rated: 1/5

Oct 18, 2013

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Stephen C

Unfunny in 1 hour and 26 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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noah j

Funny as flip and it was pretty good for dark humor

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/25

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Vaughan A

This is a great comedy movie. It’s so random and creative. This is a wild movie. Don’t watch it around people you respect or your children. This movie is very funny and quite inappropriate. The main actor for this is hilarious and the hate on these ratings are not deserved!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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KerryWhite's S

Rating: 6/10. 61/100

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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Korra N

You have to have either really poor taste in comedy or you only know toilet-bowl humor, because A Haunted House is wildly dumb & unfunny.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Markus S

What did the critics just smoke to hate on this movie?! Did they forget that some are just born to be stupidly funny and a total parody of a genre, with an incoherent narrative on purpose?! And this movie does a good job with this idea, hell yeah, I did laugh a lot!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/24/24

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Synopsis

Young couple Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) have just moved into their dream home. As they settle in, they learn that they're not alone -- not because the house is haunted, but because Kisha is possessed by a demon. Desperate to salvage his relationship -- and more importantly -- his sex life -- Malcolm hires a coterie of paranormal specialists, which includes a priest and ghost busters, to banish the unwelcome intruder from Kisha's body.

Director: Mike Tiddes
Producer: Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez
Screenwriter: Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Baby Way
Rating: R (Language|Crude and Sexual Content|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 11, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 12, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.0M
Runtime: 1h 26m

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