Scary Movie is finally here!
The latest installment of the spoof horror franchise hits theaters on Friday (June 5). Here’s the synopsis:
Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer (“Ghostface”), the Core Four are back in the killer’s crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe. Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite in Scary Movie alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final. Nothing is sacred. No trope survives. Every line gets crossed. The Wayans are back to cancel the Cancel Culture.
Kenan Thompson, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Kim Wayans, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, Damon Wayans Jr., Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Cameron Scott Roberts, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Gregg Wayans, Benny Zielke, and Ruby Snowber all star as well.
But what do the critics have to say about it?
Scary Movie has a 25% Rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes
The movie currently has a 25% Rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes.
TheWrap says: “The film’s stubborn insistence that nothing about Scary Movie needs to change and it’s the children who are wrong now makes its profane and controversial jokes feel conservative.”
ScreenCrush gave it a 4 out of 10, writing: “Like the raw notes from a writers’ room brainstorming session.”
The Guardian gave it 2 out of 5, saying: “The Wayans would probably describe this as classic take-no-prisoners comedy, prioritizing belly laughs above satire, horror or any sense of propriety. But honestly? They seem a little scared, too.”
AP gave it a 1.5 out of 4, noting: “Especially toward the end, the filmmakers tread water with their references to M3GAN, Get Out, Candyman and The Substance — simply showing us a set-up from those films without doing anything to really skewer them.”
Variety adds: “It’s jammed with spoof-genre history, but that makes it feel more exhausting than exhilarating. It’s a top-heavy satirical party that’s become so meta it’s meh.”
The Daily Beast says: “A familiar stew that’s as scattershot as ever, and engineered to appeal to teens who can’t get enough jokes about sex, race, and movies they’ve already seen.”
THR adds: “This kind of broad, slapstick parody needs a steady stream of laugh-out-loud moments, but the new Scary Movie generates barely a trickle.”
IndieWire gave it a C+, writing: “The good news is that the Wayans have still mostly reclaimed the franchise they founded… For longtime Scary Movie fans, that development alone carries enough genuine emotional weight to make a trip to the movie theater worthwhile.”
Empire says: “The posters — inspired parodies of recent horror films — are wittier than the film, suggesting that maybe next time get those ad creatives into the writers’ room. Not your favourite Scary Movie.”
NME concludes: “The film is really just an excuse to string together a bunch of cinematic in-jokes, meaning it lives or dies on the strength of its sketches. The result is a slow death that drags even at 96 minutes.”
Check out the photos from the movie’s premiere!
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