Scary Movie

Scary Movie (2000), an American film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, is a comedy-gross-out film spoof that parodies the horror and mystery genres. Several mid- and late-1990s movies are skewered, including The Sixth Sense, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Usual Suspects, The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project, and the Scream trilogy.

It was promoted with the tagline "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.", with the last reference being to the tendency of popular horror movies to become long-running franchises. However, in 2001, Scary Movie 2 was released (with the appropriate tagline "We lied"). A second sequel, Scary Movie 3, followed in 2003. Scary Movie 4 was released on April 14, 2006.

Plot

The movie follows the same general plot as the first Scream movie. The opening starts with a young woman (Carmen Electra) being called at home by a mysterious caller, who then proceeds to threaten her. The woman runs into a field where the mysterious caller rips off her shirt and skirt, revealing only her underwear. She then sees two traffic signs pointing in opposite directions - one to 'Safety', the other to 'Death'. The young woman runs in the direction of 'Death', is stabbed by the killer (though when the killer pulls out the knife from her chest, he rips out her silicone implant) and is run over by her father (who is too busy getting fellatio to notice - referenced to the movie Thinner). This is considered a blonde joke.

The movie then follows Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), a student at a high school, who talks about the death of the young woman and implies that she and her friends have some dark secret they're hiding, and which is now catching up with them (with obvious references to I Know What You Did Last Summer). One by one, Cindy's friends are murdered. The local police are no help, especially since Doofy (Dave Sheridan), Buffy's retarded brother, is part of the police force.

Towards the end of the movie, the killer reveals himself - as being both Ray (Shawn Wayans) and Bobby (Jon Abrahams), who make light of the fact that Scream didn't have a plot, and I Know What You Did Last Summer didn't make any sense. Ray kills Bobby, but is killed himself by the actual killer, who has yet to be revealed. Sitting in the police station, trying to make sense of everything, Cindy comes to a revelation (parodying the scene in The Usual Suspects when Agent Kujan realizes who Keyser Soze is) - the actual killer is none other than Doofy ("Shithead?" the Sheriff asks in response). The two run out to find him. However, in a scene paralleling the ending of The Usual Suspects, Doofy sheds his outfit and mustache, revealing himself to be a 'cool' guy (with the song "Too Cool For School" By Fountains of Wayne in the background) who jumps into reporter Gail Hailstorm's car. The two drive off, with Doofy throwing the fright mask out as the final piece of evidence. Cindy stands in the middle of the street, yelling, "Noooo!" until a car comes by and runs her over (which becomes a signature sequence in the next 3 sequels).

Cast

Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell
Shawn Wayans as Ray Wilkins
Marlon Wayans as Shorty Meeks
Jon Abrahams as Bobby Prinze
Shannon Elizabeth as Buffy Gilmore
Cheri Oteri as Gail Hailstorm
Lochlyn Munro as Greg Phillippe
Regina Hall as Brenda Meeks
Dave Sheridan as Deputy Doofy Gilmore
Carmen Electra as Drew Decker
Kurt Fuller as The Sherriff
Jayne Trcka as Miss Mann

In addition, James Van Der Beek, Rick Ducommun, David L. Lander, Keenen Ivory Wayans, and Kelly Coffield have cameo roles.

Trivia

Scary Movie was at one point the working title for Scream, which was also released by Dimension Films.
The only Scary Movie film to be produced on low budget. Scary Movie 2, 3 and 4's budget production is States dollar|$" target="_blank" >^*45 million.
The only Scary Movie film to feature exposed private parts.
It was the most commercially successful feature film directed by an African American.
So far, the characters Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks have been in each film in the Scary Movie series.
Spoof character names include:
- Cindy Campbell - Neve Campbell, actress who played the main character, Sidney Prescott in the Scream trilogy, also the name Cindy sounds like Sidney.
- Bobby Prinze - Freddie Prinze Jr, actor who played the main character in I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel. His character is a parody of Billy Loomis from Scream
- Greg Phillipe - Ryan Phillipe, actor who played the main character in I Know What You Did Last Summer.
- Buffy Gilmore - Buffy Summers, fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a show that made Sarah Michelle Gellar who played in I Know What You Did Last Summer into a famous young star. The "Gilmore" part of her name could be a reference to Gilmore Girls, as both shows first aired on the WB.
- Drew Decker - Drew Barrymore, actress who played Casey Becker, killed in Scream's famous prologue scene.
- Gail Hailstorm - A reference to Gale Weathers, the reporter in Scream.
- Ray Wilkins - Ray Bronson, a character from I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
- Brenda Meeks - Brandy Norwood who played Karla Wilson in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Randy Meeks.
Many viewers thought Jayne Trcka was actually a transvestite. This is incorrect, she is a female bodybuilder with male-like appearance.
Writers Phil Beauman and Buddy Johnson went on to write Not Another Teen Movie. Writers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer went on to write and direct Date Movie.
The song "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC & The Sunshine Band has been used in every Scary Movie film trailer.

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Plot

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