Scary Movie (film series)
| Scary Movie | |
|---|---|
 DVD set containing the first four films | |
| Directed by | Keenen Ivory Wayans (1–2) David Zucker (3–4) Malcolm D. Lee (5) |
| Written by | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans Craig Wayans Buddy Johnson Phil Beauman Alyson Fouse Greg Grabiansky Dave Polsky Michael Anthony Snowden Pat Proft Craig Mazin Jim Abrahams |
| Produced by | Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans (1–2) Robert K. Weiss (3–4) David Zucker Phil Dornfield (5) |
| Starring | Anna Faris (1–4) Regina Hall (1–4) Ashley Tisdale (5) Erica Ash (5) |
| Cinematography | Francis Kenny (1) Steven Bernstein (2) Mark Irwin (3) Thomas E. Ackerman (4) Steven Douglas Smith (5) |
| Edited by | Mark Helfrich (1) Tom Nordberg Richard Pearson Peter Teschner (2) Jon Poll (3) Craig Herring Tom Lewis (4) Sam Seig (5) |
| Music by | David Kitay (1) Mark McGrath (2) James L. Venable (3–5) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films The Weinstein Company |
Release date | 2000–2013 |
Running time | 423 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $177 million |
| Box office | $896.5 million |
Scary Movie is an American film series that comprises five parody films mainly focusing on spoofing horror films. The films have collectively grossed almost $900 million worldwide at the box office. The two recurring actresses are Anna Faris and Regina Hall as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks, appearing in all installments except the fifth film.
The franchise was developed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans, who wrote and directed the first two entries, with the latter two also starring. Produced by Dimension Films, the films saw distribution through Miramax Films (1–3) and The Weinstein Company (4–5).
Films[]
| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scary Movie | July 7, 2000 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Aaron Seltzer Phil Beauman Shawn Wayans Buddy Johnson Marlon Wayans Jason Friedberg |
Eric L. Gold Lee R. Mayes |
| Scary Movie 2 | July 4, 2001 | Dave Polsky Thomas Craig Craig Wayans Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Greg Grabianski Michael Anthony Snowden |
Eric L. Gold | |
| Scary Movie 3 | October 24, 2003 | David Zucker | Pat Proft Craig Mazin |
David Zucker Robert K. Weiss |
| Scary Movie 4 | April 14, 2006 | Pat Proft Craig Mazin Jim Abrahams |
Craig Mazin Robert K. Weiss | |
| Scary Movie 5 | April 12, 2013 | Malcolm D. Lee | Pat Proft David Zucker |
David Zucker Phil Dornfeld |
Scary Movie (2000)[]
Scary Movie is the first film of the franchise. It was the highest-grossing film of the series, with $278,019,771 worldwide. It is a spoof of several films and television shows, with a primary focus on Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.[1]
After a group of teenagers (consisting of Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), Bobby Prinze (Jon Abrahams), Buffy Gilmore (Shannon Elizabeth), Greg Phillipe (Lochlyn Munro), Ray Wilkins (Shawn Wayans), and Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall)) accidentally hit a man with their car, they decide to dump his body in a lake and never talk about it again. A year later someone wearing a Ghostface mask and robe kills them one by one.
Scary Movie 2 (2001)[]
Scary Movie 2 is the second film of the franchise. It grossed $141,220,678 worldwide with $71,308,997 in the U.S. This is the last installment to receive an R-rating and also marks the end of the Wayans siblings' involvement with the franchise.
The film starts with a parody of The Exorcist, in which Megan Voorhees (sharing the same last name as the fictional serial killer Jason Voorhees) is possessed by Hugh Kane, and two priests, Father McFeely and Father Harris (James Woods and Andy Richter) have to force Hugh Kane out. But after Megan insults McFeely's mother he shoots her in the head.
Cindy, Brenda, Ray, and Shorty return in this film. Greg, Buffy, and Bobby are replaced by Buddy (Christopher Masterson), Theo (Kathleen Robertson), and Alex (Tori Spelling).
The film then merges into a parody of The Haunting with the story beginning when a perverted college professor, Professor Oldman (Tim Curry) and his wheel-chair bound assistant, Dwight (David Cross), plan to study ghosts inside a haunted mansion with the clueless teens as bait.
At the house, strange things happen: Ray gets attacked by a clown (whom he also rapes), Shorty gets attacked by a living marijuana plant, Cindy gets in a fight with a possessed cat, and Dwight gets into an argument with a foul-mouthed bird. When they find out about the professor's plan they try to escape the house, finding out that there is a ghost who still lives in the house. They must defeat the ghost in order to escape.
Scary Movie 3 (2003)[]
Scary Movie 3 is the third film of the franchise. With $220,673,217 earned worldwide,[2] it is the second most successful film in the series. The plot of the film is a spoof of The Ring and Signs as well as several other films and celebrities. Michael Jackson planned to sue the filmmakers for parodying him in such a way that made him seem like a child molester and having a fake nose.[3] This was the first Scary Movie film to receive a PG-13 rating in the United States[2] as well as the first to have no involvement from the Wayans family.[4][5]
The film revolves around strange crop circles found near an old farm and the circulation of an unusual videotape. Upon watching this tape, the phone rings and a creepy voice says: "You're going to die in seven days". Cindy falls in love with a rapper named George (Simon Rex) (a parody of Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. of 8 Mile), when she hears that she is to die in seven days. Meanwhile, George and his older brother Tom (Charlie Sheen) - the farmers who discovered the crop circles in their corn field - learn that extraterrestrials are coming to Earth to destroy the killer responsible for the deaths of those who have watched the tape.
Scary Movie 4 (2006)[]
Scary Movie 4 is the fourth film of the franchise. The film opened with $40 million at the weekend box office, making it the third best opening in the series. With a $178,049,620 at the worldwide box office, Scary Movie 4 ranks as the third highest grossing entry. The main target of spoof was War of the Worlds, Saw, The Village and The Grudge. The film concludes the story-arc that began with the first film and is also the last in the series to feature any of the original cast members.
Scary Movie 5 (2013)[]
Scary Movie 5 is the fifth film of the franchise. It is the only film in the series to not feature Anna Faris and Regina Hall. The film was panned by critics and fans alike, and grossed $72,992,798 worldwide in the box office, thus being the least successful film in the franchise.
Jody (Ashley Tisdale) and Dan Sanders (Simon Rex) move into a new home after adopting three mysterious children. There are video cameras to record the events, and Jody and Dan soon discover that a powerful creature known as "Mama" is haunting them, trying to claim their newly adopted children.
Cast and crew[]
Principal cast[]
| Actor | Films | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 | |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006 | 2013 | |
| Anna Faris | Cindy Campbell | ||||
| Regina Hall | Brenda Meeks | ||||
| Marlon Wayans | Shorty Meeks | ||||
| Shawn Wayans | Ray Wilkins | ||||
| Carmen Electra | Drew Decker | Holly | |||
| Chris Elliott | Hanson | Ezekiel | |||
| Charlie Sheen | Tom Logan | Himself | |||
| Simon Rex | George Logan | Dan Sanders | |||
| Anthony Anderson | Mahalik | ||||
| Kevin Hart | CJ | ||||
| Leslie Nielsen | President Harris | ||||
| Drew Mikuska | Cody | ||||
| Edward Moss | Michael Jackson Alien | ||||
| Molly Shannon | Marilyn | Heather Darcy | |||
| Jon Abrahams | Bobby Prinze | ||||
| Shannon Elizabeth | Buffy Gilmore | ||||
| Lochlyn Munro | Greg Phillipe | ||||
| Dave Sheridan | Doofus "Doofy" Gilmore / The Killer | ||||
| Cheri Oteri | Gail Hailstorm | ||||
| Kurt Fuller | Sheriff Burke | ||||
| Christopher Masterson | Buddy | ||||
| Kathleen Robertson | Theo | ||||
| David Cross | Dwight Hartman | ||||
| James Woods | Father McFeely | ||||
| Tim Curry | Professor Oldman | ||||
| Tori Spelling | Alex | ||||
| Andy Richter | Father Harris | ||||
| Richard Moll | Hugh Kane | ||||
| Marny Eng | Tabitha | ||||
| Camryn Manheim | Trooper Champlin | ||||
| Queen Latifah | Aunt Shaneequa / The Oracle | ||||
| Eddie Griffin | Orpheus | ||||
| George Carlin | The Architect | ||||
| Simon Cowell | Himself | ||||
| Pamela Anderson | Becca Kotler | ||||
| Jenny McCarthy | Kathy Embry | ||||
| Craig Bierko | Tom Ryan | ||||
| Beau Mirchoff | Robbie Ryan | ||||
| Conchita Campbell | Rachel Ryan | ||||
| Laura Dash (puppetry) Craig Mazin (voice) |
Billy the Puppet | ||||
| Garret Masuda | Toshio Saeki | ||||
| Tomoko Sato | Kayako Saeki | ||||
| Bill Pullman | Henry Hale | ||||
| Cloris Leachman | Emma Norris | ||||
| Ashley Tisdale | Jody Sanders | ||||
| Erica Ash | Kendra Brooks | ||||
| Lindsay Lohan | Herself | ||||
Additional crew[]
| Crew | Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 | |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006 | 2013 | |
| Director | Keenan Ivory Wayans | David Zucker | Malcolm D. Lee | ||
| Producer(s) | Eric L. Gold Lee R. Mayes |
Eric L. Gold | Robert K. Weiss David Zucker |
Robert K. Weiss Craig Mazin |
David Zucker Phil Dornfeld |
| Writer(s) | Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans Buddy Johnson Phil Beauman Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer |
Thomas Craig Greg Grabianski Dave Polsky Michael Anthony Snowden Craig Wayans Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans |
Craig Mazin Pat Proft |
Screenplay by Jim Abrahams Craig Mazin Pat Proft Story by Craig Mazin |
Pat Proft David Zucker |
| Composer | David Kitay | Mark McGrath | James L. Venable | ||
| Cinematography | Francis Kenny | Steven Bernstein | Mark Irwin | Thomas E. Ackerman | Steven Douglas Smith |
| Editor | Mark Helfrich | Tom Nordberg Richard Pearson Peter Teschner |
Jon Poll | Craig Herring Tom Lewis |
Sam Seig |
| Production company | Dimension Films Wayans Bros. Entertainment Gold/Miller Productions Brad Grey Pictures |
Dimension Films Brillstein-Grey Entertainment Wayans Bros. Productions Gold/Miller Productions Brad Grey Pictures |
Dimension Films Brad Grey Pictures |
Dimension Films Miramax Films Brad Grey Pictures |
Dimension Films Brad Grey Pictures |
| Distributor | Miramax Films | The Weinstein Company | Dimension Films The Weinstein Company | ||
Production[]
Parodies[]
Scary Movie's main parodies are of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, with elements of The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, and The Usual Suspects.
Scary Movie 2's primary target is The Haunting, while the rest of the film contains traces of The Exorcist, What Lies Beneath, Poltergeist, Titanic, The Amityville Horror, Hollow Man, and Charlie's Angels.
Scary Movie 3's general parodies are of The Ring and Signs. It also features elements of The Others, Airplane!, 8 Mile, The Matrix Reloaded, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Minority Report.
Scary Movie 4's parodies are of the Saw films, The Village, The Grudge, and War of the Worlds, as well as Million Dollar Baby and Brokeback Mountain.
Scary Movie 5's central areas of satire are the Paranormal Activity films, Mama, Black Swan, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Other notable parodies are those of The Cabin in the Woods, Evil Dead, Fifty Shades of Grey, Inception, Sinister, and Madea.
Reception[]
Box office performance[]
| Film | Release date | Box office revenue | Box office ranking | Budget | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time domestic (US) | All time worldwide | |||
| Scary Movie[6] | July 7, 2000 | $157,019,771 | $121,000,000 | $278,019,771 | #221 | #326 | $19 million |
| Scary Movie 2[7] | July 4, 2001 | $71,308,997 | $69,911,681 | $141,220,678 | #854 | $45 million | |
| Scary Movie 3[8] | October 24, 2003 | $110,003,217 | $110,670,000 | $220,673,217 | #453 | #449 | $48 million |
| Scary Movie 4[9][10] | April 14, 2006 | $90,710,620 | $87,552,000 | $178,262,620 | #606 | $45 million | |
| Scary Movie 5[11][12] | April 12, 2013 | $32,015,787 | $46,362,957 | $78,378,744 | #2,109 | $20 million | |
| Total | $461,058,392 | $435,496,638 | $896,555,030 | $177 million | |||
Critical and public response[]
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| Scary Movie | 52% (117 reviews)[13] | 48 (32 reviews)[14] |
| Scary Movie 2 | 14% (112 reviews)[15] | 29 (25 reviews)[16] |
| Scary Movie 3 | 35% (131 reviews)[17] | 49 (27 reviews)[18] |
| Scary Movie 4 | 35% (128 reviews)[19] | 40 (23 reviews)[20] |
| Scary Movie 5 | 4% (52 reviews)[21] | 11 (16 reviews)[22] |
Music[]
Soundtracks[]
- Scary Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000)
- Scary Movie 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2001)
- Scary Movie 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2003)
- Scary Movie 4: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
- Scary Movie 5: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013)
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- ^ "Starswelove.com". Angry Michael Jackson to Sue "Scary Movie 3". Retrieved February 23, 2008.
- ^ "Boxofficemojo.com". Scary Movie MPAA Rating. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
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External links[]
Internet Movie Database[]
- Scary Movie at IMDb
- Scary Movie 2 at IMDb
- Scary Movie 3 at IMDb
- Scary Movie 4 at IMDb
- Scary Movie 5 at IMDb
Box Office Mojo[]
- Scary Movie Series Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie 2 at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie 3 at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie 4 at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie 5 at Box Office Mojo
Rotten Tomatoes[]
- Scary Movie at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie 3 at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie 4 at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie 5 at Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic[]
- Scary Movie at Metacritic
- Scary Movie 2 at Metacritic
- Scary Movie 3 at Metacritic
- Scary Movie 4 at Metacritic
- Scary Movie 5 at Metacritic
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