It's well into "A Haunted House" before the cast of idiots finally reaches the foregone conclusion that the spirits and demons haunting the place were brought in by the hero's girlfriend — or, as jailhouse priest Father Williams (Cedric the Entertainer) n more

A review revue of this week's new films: "Gangster Squad," "Zero Dark Thirty" and "A Haunted House." http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/01/11/gangster-squad-zero-dark-thirty-a-haunted-house-review-revue/?mod=WSJBlog

Ever since Abbott and Costello spoofed monster flicks in the 1940’s, the parody film has delivered plenty of memorable movies. Blazing Saddles, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, and Airplane! made smart observations about film genres, mixed with some truly more