Scary Movie Reviews

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.

To try and come up with a really enjoyable spoof these days is a daunting task as its pretty much all been done before with such benchmarks as Airplane and naked gun,but here with have a winner.

The wayans brothers triumph with comic timing and character assassination in this parody of modern chillers and teen horrors.there are some really memorable scenes that are true comic genius and the cast just have a riot with the material thats available to them.

although it does tend to lose pace towards the end its worth seeing just for the first five minutes.

its a great laugh and definately worth multiple viewings.there has been a sequel but as usual its just a money making exercise and does not even come close to the original.

Braindead Parody

Dreadful and unintelligent film, with all the wit and wisdom of a sledgehammer.

Keenen Ivory Wayans doesn't so much as direct as let the whole mess plod along in an unrelated and incoherent way.

I love parodies, such as Airplane! or The Naked Gun. This film is not in the same league at all.

Unless you have the humour of a schoolboy, avoid!

Hey

I watched this movie, and I have to say it is simply the worste every movie I have ever seen!

Would not advise anyone to watch it!

Well it aint scary.....

Certainly the best of the 3 scary movies, but really loses it touch after the first watch. My advice is watch it once then wait 20-30 years and watch it again, you will have forgotten the bad jokes by then.

Awesome!

I think Scary Movie is awesome! I've got it on DVD now it's so good!

If you love comedy watch this, if you like teen movies watch this! If you hate teen movies comedies or any type of film still watch this because anyone will love this (except little kids).

Little tip about the movie at the end after Shorty does a snatch and grab thing wait or fast forward all the directed by .... music by....... etc until the end then press play because there is a bit at the end where Doofy does something that includes dumping someone and a vacuum cleaner! It's pretty funny!

Watch this it rocks!

As boring as to be expected. No substance or plot but then it's that kind of film

Dull, dull, dull

I didn't even attempt a smile during this movie. I could see attempts at spoof but they were just plain bad.

Also rented Scary Movie 2, but based on this film I sent it back without watching it.

Very disappointing. It's not scary and it's not funny. The best scenes are in the selection of additional footage on the dvd, left out of the movie.

Fun stuff - just when the Scream bandwagon needed a spoof. Better than the other spoofs from the same time.