Scary Movie

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Scary Movie

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2000

1h 28m

Comedy

Horror

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Defying the very notion of good taste, Scary Movie out-parodies the pop culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, television and commercials. The film boldly fires barbs at the classic scenes from Scream, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Blair Witch Project, then goes on to mock a whole myriad of teen movie clichés, no matter the genre.

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Critics Consensus

Scary Movie overloads on crudity and grossness to get its laughs.

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Paul Tatara

CNN.com

Oct 19, 2018

These gags are hardly the height of inspiration, but it could be that people laugh at them because they're not as pathetic as a character having a penis jabbed through his head like an ice pick.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 19, 2018

The Wayans brothers just want to make us laugh... And for the first 20 minutes, they do. After that the gag-rate plummets, and it's a long haul to the credits.

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Glenn Lovell

San Jose Mercury News

Oct 10, 2003

2.5/4

The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 5, 2026

3/4

A quarter-century later, many of the gags don’t hold up — honestly, many didn’t even work back then — but those viewers who can get on the movie’s lowbrow wavelength should find it a scream.

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

Oct 20, 2026

… the original still stands out as a strong horror parody, even with the jokes that don’t land as strongly.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jun 5, 2026

1/4

...a pervasively (and perpetually) lackluster comedy...

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R T

@RT44834321 Nov 4, 2026

Except one joke that was a bit to predatory it was great and funny

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Rodrigo L

@RT41277085 Nov 1, 2026

Lo que odió está película es por sus escenas no tan niños yo prefiero las películas de terror

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Ethan G

@etgor26 Oct 26, 2026

This parody of classic horror movies doesn't meet expectations. Sex, nudity, crude humor, language, violence.

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Daniel B

@DANIEL2004 Oct 16, 2026

Envejeció horrible, pero la frase culminante de los 2000’s Wazaaaaa hace que le perdonemos todo. "Scary Movie" sigue siendo una auténtica delicia. Más allá de lo mal que ha envejecido en el plano visual, de un CGI sencillamente espantoso y de sus inmensas lagunas argumentales, la película conserva una frescura e hilaridad envidiables. No solo revolucionó el género de la parodia, sino que estableció la piedra angular del tipo de humor políticamente incorrecto y desacomplejado que definiría a la primera década de los 2000. Su magia reside en el enfoque: cuando el espectador decide no sobrepensar la coherencia global y abraza el metraje como una sucesión de bocetos humorísticos ligeramente conectados, la experiencia resulta absolutamente desternillante. Ciertamente, su mayor defecto es la ambición de abarcar más tramas de las que su endeble estructura puede sostener.

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Steve R

@RT04499405 Oct 12, 2026

Is it funny to take the same script from a horror movie and exaggerate the lines word for word so they seem comical? I guess for some it is. There are a few chuckles, but for the most part, you have to be high as Shorty for these "jokes" to land.

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Jessie Z

@za2011 Oct 1, 2026

For the most part, this film still holds up and has some of the funniest scenes you’ll see in a movie. But what I really appreciated about the film was the mixture of the plots of “Scream” “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “The Usual Suspects”. Found it to be very clever and moved the film along nicely.

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Synopsis

Defying the very notion of good taste, Scary Movie out-parodies the pop culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, television and commercials. The film boldly fires barbs at the classic scenes from Scream, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Blair Witch Project, then goes on to mock a whole myriad of teen movie clichés, no matter the genre.

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Producer: Eric L. Gold, Lee R. Mayes, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans
Screenwriter: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Production Co: Wayan Bros. Entertainment, Miramax, Gold/Miller Productions, Dimension Films, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Rating: R (Drug Use|Crude Sexual Material|Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 7, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 20, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $157.0M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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