Eric Brainard
almost 2 years
ago
It was good the first couple views. Watching now? It did not age well. Best of them all.
Jane Kenney
7 years
ago
Hilarious, and captivating as the scary movies are made fun of and a good time.
Andy Whitfield
almost 8 years
ago
Much like the Scream franchise which it parodies, it goes quickly downhill after this one.
Kakra
almost 8 years
ago
6.5/10
Josh Steadman
almost 8 years
ago
Yeah it's a satire of other movies. But it's still awful, and spawned more bad movies.
Dylan Clites
8 years
ago
The only movie in the whole series which is even remotely funny. Best for 13 year olds.
Scary Movie is a 2000 comedy-parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, as part of Warner Bros. Entertainment. It is an American dark comedy which heavily parodies the horror, slasher, and mystery genres. Several mid- and late-90s films and TV shows are spoofed, most predominantly Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, along with The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project, and Dawson's Creek.
The tagline reads "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.", the last reference being an ironic nod towards the tendency of popular horror movies becoming cash cow franchises. 2001 saw the release of Scary Movie 2, whose tagline stated "We lied". Later video covers of the first film frequently drop the tagline's third statement. The film was originally titled "Last Summer I Screamed Because Halloween Fell on Friday the 13th". Scary Movie was followed by three more sequels Scary Movie 2 (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003), and Scary Movie 4 (2006). Its title serves as a homage...