Hell Baby

It soon becomes apparent that the filmmakers, many of whom worked together on "The State" and "Reno 911!", aren't committed to their film's main conceit.

The film's reliance on female nudity for edge seems approximately as ancient as the withered hag who keeps trying to get it on with Corddry.

[It] rarely dares to be smart, settling instead for familiar gags that would have the Devil himself yawning.

A film that's less than half as funny as its predecessor, and a sliver as clever as the original.

This offensive, crass pastiche makes "Grown Ups 2" look like a paragon of wit and good taste.

There are genre satires, and then there are dumb comedies that wish they could qualify for that status.

A slog through improv run amok -- a film that seems allergic toward anything that might be construed as a legitimate throughline, lest that somehow be interpreted as 'selling out,' and not subversive enough.

Hell Baby offers a welcome alternative to the overwrought seriousness of modern horror movies with its frequently hilarious take on familiar genre tropes.

This is just about the one-billionth movie to lampoon the horror genre, but so what? It's hilarious.

Given the talent involved, it's a project that sounds promising (if maybe more than slightly derivative), but it winds up an unfortunate misfire.

The jaw drops at the drought of laughs in the horror spoof "Hell Baby," especially considering the massive amount of comic talent in front of and behind the cameras.

I can't say I didn't laugh during Hell Baby. I just didn't laugh as much as I would have liked to, or as much as I expected to.