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In the tradition of such genre parodies as AIRPLANE!, THE NAKED GUN, and SPACEBALLS, Keenen Ivory Wayans takes on the teen horror flick with SCARY MOVIE, a campy, riotous send-up of everything from the SCREAM and HALLOWEEN franchises to I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, CARRIE, and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. In a small town, a .. Read more

Starring Carmen Electra, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Director Keenen Ivory Wayans
Genres Comedy, Horror, Teen

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Scary Movie

In the tradition of such genre parodies as AIRPLANE!, THE NAKED GUN, and SPACEBALLS, Keenen Ivory Wayans takes on the teen horror flick with SCARY MOVIE, a campy, riotous send-up of everything from the SCREAM and HALLOWEEN franchises to I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, CARRIE, and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. In a small town, a copycat is reenacting the SCREAM murders, and local reporter Gail Hailstorm will do just about anything to get the story. The six high school students who ran over a man on a sharp curve the year before think the killer is out for revenge, but sweet and innocent Cindy Campbell believes that the madman might just lurk a lot closer to home.
Cowritten by Shawn and Marlon Wayans (and four others), the script leaves no cliche unturned; in addition to the horror parodies, the film also spoofs such teen sex comedies as AMERICAN PIE and such hit films as THE SIXTH SENSE, THE MATRIX, and FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. The film never lets up in its striking re-creations of classic scenes, and it never passes up the chance for a joke, no matter how crude. The young, attractive cast looks like it just jumped out of DAWSON'S CREEK, playing everything up to the hilt--and beyond.

Starring Carmen Electra, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Keenen Ivory Wayans, James Van Der Beek
Director Keenen Ivory Wayans
Studio HOLLYWOOD PICTURES HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 25 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 25 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Comedy, Horror, Teen
Language English
Dubbed Italian
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles English, Italian
Released DVD: 02 Jul 2001
Blu-ray: 29 Oct 2007
Production year: 2000
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (5) of Scary Movie

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  • "...Hilarious fun....Busting with raunchy, gross-out humor....Keenan Ivory Wayans keeps it all fleet-footed and light..." -- 4 out of 5 stars

    • Total Film
  • In this hugely successful movie - a pastiche of Scream - the Airplane!-style comedy is scattershot and stupid, but with... read more on Time Out

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  • 12 out of 18 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    A FEW JOYOUS MINUTES ONLY

    Oh dear, what a let down. If you have a sense of humour and enjoy all kinds of horror movies, which I do ~ even those repetitive ones about teenagers in peril on vacation ... on the campus ... on the rampage ... this film is dismal.

    What made Airplane and Naked Gun hilarious was the actors did not pull funny faces and splendid gags were delivered straight-faced. Only during the first few minutes is Scary Movie is in the same league.

    It starts as a great spoof. You settle down anticipating more of the same quality, but wait in vain ~ because from then on it?s old fashioned knockabout stuff.

    In the script are great gags and punch lines which the cast hurl like custard pies. You can see they have loads of fun playing it for laughs, but people trying so hard to be desperately funny are not.

    In my minority opinion this film is a turkey. Shame because it could have been terrific if the makers had stuck with the successful spoof formula. Maybe they did not realise how funny those opening moments were and lost their nerve.

    One star for trying but no more.

      • Peter from London
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    what a load of rubbish!

    I watched this due to the 4th one having had its recent release and wish now that I had never bothred. Not funny, just a pointless story spoofing Scream and I know what you did last summer. To be honest you will probably find more humour in the teen horror flicks themselves.

      • Nicola123 from Surrey
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