Scary Movie (2000)

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• Melvin W

  
  Cindy Campbell: Look, if it's about that time I puked green slime and masturbated with a crucifix, it was my first keg party, Bobby!  "No mercy. No shame. No sequel." Scary Movie is what you would expect. It's highly stupid, but isn't short on funny moments.… More
  Cindy Campbell: Look, if it's about that time I puked green slime and masturbated with a crucifix, it was my first keg party, Bobby!  "No mercy. No shame. No sequel." Scary Movie is what you would expect. It's highly stupid, but isn't short on funny moments. It may not be intelligent humor, but it is still humor. There's a lot of sex jokes(gay and lesbian included) and it has quite a few slapstick gags to go with it. Some of the jokes work, and some don't, but their thrown at you every other second, so you're going to get your fair share of laughs; that is, if you are into spoofs. As far as spoofs go, you could do a lot worse. This first one isn't half bad, but the franchise as definitely ran on too long and has gone further downhill with every new installment.  Scary Movie makes a lot of obvious references to movies like The Shining, The Sixth Sense, and The Exorcist. But it follows the plots of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer exactly. If you've seen either or both of those movies, you should get a good amount of enjoyment out of watching them be "reinterpreted." While number two was a spoof of haunted house movies and number three was a spoof on the invasion films; this one is a straight spoof of the slasher genre. And if you're going to pick a film to base it off of; picking one of the best slashers ever(Scream) isn't a bad choice.  I've seen this movie many times now and while I find it less and less funny every time; I still enjoy it. The spoof genre doesn't have too many classics, and this definitely isn't one of them, but it is a better than average one. I wouldn't bet on anyone loving it, but drink a few beers and you'll easily be able to get through this short run time with a smile on your face.

• Jason S

  
  eh

• Sophie B

  
  An obvious mickey take that had some rather funny and clever moments parodying other movies. The father of all parodies, this spawned several others. But this is original and an easy watch. I loved the bit with the Scream guy smoking pot, really funny face.

• Alexander D

  
  Funny, but not that much.

• Jeff "

  
  Scary Movie is by the best of the four films in the franchise. This film actually had good humorous bits that actually made me laugh out loud. The film doesn't have the same problem of subsequent sequels, notably the third and the fourth in having good ideas to create an average,… More
  Scary Movie is by the best of the four films in the franchise. This film actually had good humorous bits that actually made me laugh out loud. The film doesn't have the same problem of subsequent sequels, notably the third and the fourth in having good ideas to create an average, funny spoof film. This film is pretty considering that after so many spoof films were released afterwards that became irrelevant and were simply terrible. Scary Movie is funny, silly and stupid, but also fun. Of all the Scary Movies, this is the one I preferred. The film isn't the best spoof film, but it is definitely better than the many films that would follow. Scary Movie has a decent cast for this sort of film, and they're amusing to watch on-screen. The film manages to be funny, and silly, but it is a lot of fun. I enjoyed this parody film of horror films, and I thought that this was the best film of the four films of the series. I think it's a no brainer to see why this film is the best, it's because the ideas were fresh, inspired and the filmmakers didn't try too hard to deliver something funny. The comedy came naturally, the way a goods comedy film should unwind before an audience. Scary Movie isn't the best parody film, but it's definitely not the worst. This is a fun film with plenty of laughs, and like I said, is the best of four films. After the release of Scary Movie, many other spoof films were released, and they all failed to capture the essence of the genres they were spoofing. But this first entry in the Scary Movie franchise is terrific, flawed but a good watch.

• Eric A

  
  Veryyyy dry humor. One thing I will give it credit for, is for spawning all the similar movies to come after: Date Movie, Epic Movie, etc.

• Bethany M

  
  The orignals are usually always the best ones. Very funny!

• Mike S

  
  However difficult it may be to accept, the Scary Movie franchise is about as good as spoof films get nowadays. This one in particular isn't much better than its long row of sequels, but it does have enough fun moments to be considered worthwhile. Just don't expect any… More
  However difficult it may be to accept, the Scary Movie franchise is about as good as spoof films get nowadays. This one in particular isn't much better than its long row of sequels, but it does have enough fun moments to be considered worthwhile. Just don't expect any laugh-out-loud material, as the humor overall is pretty cheap and stupid.

• Brad W

  
  A very funny movie. The comedy was smart, and the characters were funny, but in the end it was better than all the rest of the spoof Movies.

• Matt G

  
  The original and the best. B-

• Richard C

  
  B-

• KJ P

  
  Scary Movie is a hilarious spoof and one of the best in it's genre. This genre has always been poor, but this is one of the better ones to watch if you want a good laugh!

• Dead A

  
  All of their movie is mainly about sex. That's gross I tell you.

• Wahida K

  
  A lot of stupidity just like any other white trash guy on <i>Cops</i>. Obey The Rules... Or Die Laughing. inthebasket

• Dan S

  
  A consistently funny gross-out comedy making fun of teen stereotypes as well as horror film classics like "Scream". This was back in the day when making fun of these things was original and not overplayed to death, like it is now. Anna Faris really steals the show,… More
  A consistently funny gross-out comedy making fun of teen stereotypes as well as horror film classics like "Scream". This was back in the day when making fun of these things was original and not overplayed to death, like it is now. Anna Faris really steals the show, she's hilarious.

• Conner R

  
  I love how incredibly dated this movie is. Almost every joke is irrelevant and has no meaning anymore. It is the worst idea to spoof pop culture because it changes so often. The acting was just corny and repulsive. It's just obnoxious for the sake of being obnoxious.

• Jason O

  
  When I first saw the previews for "Scary Movie" over a year ago, I couldn't wait to see it. I just now watched it on tv for the first time, and now I'm embarrassed to have wanted to see it so badly. Yep, it's THAT bad. "Scary Movie" is a parody of… More
  When I first saw the previews for "Scary Movie" over a year ago, I couldn't wait to see it. I just now watched it on tv for the first time, and now I'm embarrassed to have wanted to see it so badly. Yep, it's THAT bad. "Scary Movie" is a parody of past horror giants such as "Scream," "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Blair Witch Project," and a few others. Most of it revolves around the main character from "Scream" performing most of the parodies. There were only two parts in the movie that even made me grin. To really understand the jokes, you would have to remember the horror movies that "Scary Movie" depicted. I've seen and I remember all of them, and I understood the jokes, but they just weren't funny to me, they were closer to being mindless and stupid. There are other scenes and jokes that were just plain gross. I haven't seen "Scary Movie 2" yet, but after seeing this first movie in the series, it's hard for me to believe that they even made a sequel. I guess some people think parodies, or comedy spoofs like the ones in "Scary Movie" are funny, but I didn't. I couldn't wait to see "Scary Movie" at first, but now that I watched it, I would recommend skipping watching this one no matter how bad you want to see it. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001. Every movie in this series rocks....except for this one.

• Anthony L

  
  Utter crap. I hate 'Gross out'/poor spoof movies and this is where it all started. As much as I love Airplane, its got a lot to answer for!

• EightThirty .

  
  It's funnier if you've seen the movies they got the idea's from ^_^ Like Scream and I know what you did Last Summer

• Chris W

  
  Vulgar, entertaining, and only sometimes (and even then only briefly) an ingenious spoof.

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