In a night of reprisals for Marcello Hernandez , the repertory Saturday Night Live player brought back his Weekend Update character The Movie Guy — a cinephile with a wan viewing history.

Brought on by co-anchor Colin Jost to talk about spooky movie season, Hernandez was first asked about Blumhouse’s recent box office win , Black Phone 2.

“Oh, yeah, Black Phone 2 . Ring, ring! Hello? Sorry, you have the wrong number, because I have not seen that one yet,” he quipped.

When Jost segued to the biggest genre film of the year, Hernandez’s persona once again disappointed: “Oh, yeah, Weapons . That was a very big movie, Colin. Everybody saw Weapons . And I have to tell you: I was not one of those people.”

Continuing the bit, Hernandez joked, “I love scary movies because, in

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