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(From left front) Marlon Wayans as Howard, John Michael Higgins as Principal Floyd, and Priah Ferguson as Sydney in The Curse Of Bridge Hollow<\/em><\/figcaption>photo: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nafter two Scary Movie<\/em>s and two A Haunted House<\/em>s, Marlon Wayans has moved on from raunchy horror parody to lead a family Halloween comedy, though to call this one \u201ccomedy\u201d might be overly generous. The Curse Of Bridge Hollow<\/em><\/span> aims at the lucrative, somewhat under-served market for funny Halloween movies that can be tolerated by the easily scared. In the vein of the goosebumps<\/em> movies, Hubby Halloween<\/em>, Ernest Scared Stupid<\/em>and Boo! A Madea Halloween<\/em>yet notably less entertaining than any of them, Bridge Hollow<\/em> is kid-safe and parent-sedating.<\/p>\nThere’s a germ of a good idea in here, though. What if all those Home Depot werewolves, 12-foot skeletons, and the like came to life in a neighborhood overrun with spooky seasonal displays? Thanks to a malevolent spirit named Stingy Jack, that’s what happens. Presumably, writers Todd Berger (The Happytime Murders<\/em>) and Robert Patent (Alice’s Misadventures In Wonderland<\/em>) have, like the rest of us, been inside a Spirit Halloween store and imagined it was actually demon-possessed. In the moments that the movie conjures that feeling, Bridge Hollow<\/em> briefly comes as magically alive as its creepy clown decorations. You’ll just want a fast-forward button to get through the other parts.<\/p>\n