Scary Movie (film series)
Scary Movie | |
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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 | Dimension Films (1–5) |
Distributed by | Miramax Films (1–3) The Weinstein Company (4–5) |
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
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) |
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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
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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 and Directed By Keenen Ivory Wayans.[1] 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.[2]
After a group of teenagers (consisting of Cindy Campbell (
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
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 House on Haunted Hill 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,
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
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. The film Mama is primarily parodied with scenes parodying Paranormal Activity and Black Swan.
Cast and crew
- A P indicates a performance through puppetry.
- A U indicates the actor or actress was uncredited for their role.
- A V indicates a performance through voice-work.
Principal cast
Character | Films | ||||
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Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 | |
2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006 | 2013 | |
Cynthia "Cindy" Campbell | Anna Faris | ||||
Brenda Meeks | Regina Hall | ||||
Shorty Meeks | Marlon Wayans | ||||
Ray Wilkins | Shawn Wayans | ||||
Bobby Prinze | Jon Abraham | ||||
Buffy Gilmore | Shannon Elizabeth | ||||
Greg Phillipe | Lochlyn Munro | ||||
Doofus "Doofy" Gilmore The Killer
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Dave Sheridan | ||||
Gail Halistorm | Cheri Oteri | ||||
Sheriff Burke | Kurt Fuller | ||||
Buddy Sanderson | Christopher Masterson | ||||
Theo | Kathleen Robertson | ||||
Dwight Hartman | David Cross | ||||
Father McFreely | James Woods | ||||
Professor Oldman | Tim Curry | ||||
Alex Monday | Tori Spelling | ||||
Hanson | Chris Elliott | ||||
Father Harris | Andy Richter | ||||
Hugh Kane | Richard Moll | ||||
Tom Logan | Charlie Sheen | Charlie SheenU | |||
George Logan | Simon Rex | Simon RexU | |||
Mahalik | Anthony Anderson | ||||
CJ | Kevin Hart | ||||
President Harris | Leslie Nielsen | ||||
Cody Campbell | Drew Mikuska | Drew MikuskaP | |||
Michael Jackson | Edward Moss | ||||
Sue Logan | Jianna Ballard | ||||
Tabitha | Marny Eng Naomi Lawson-Baird Phil DornfieldV |
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Ross Giggins | Jeremy Piven | ||||
Carson Ward | Tim Stack | ||||
Trooper Champlin | Camryn Manheim | ||||
Agent Thompson | Ja Rule | ||||
Sayaman | Ajay Naidu | ||||
Aliens | Tom KennyUV Derek Stephen PrinceUV Troy Yorke Marco Soriano |
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Tom Ryan Horace P. McTitties |
Craig Bierko | ||||
Robbie Ryan | Beau Mirchoff | ||||
Rachel Ryan | Conchita Campbell | ||||
Saw Villain | Craig MazinV | ||||
Laura DashP | |||||
Japanese Ghost Boy | Garret Masuda | ||||
Japanese Ghost Woman | Tomoko Sato | ||||
Henry Hale | Bill Pullman | ||||
Marilyn | Molly Shannon | ||||
Emma Norris | Cloris Leachman | ||||
Jody Sanders | Ashley Tisdale | ||||
Dan Sanders | Simon Rex | ||||
Kathy | Gracie Whitton | ||||
Lily | Ava Kolker | ||||
Aiden | Dylan and Ryan Morris | ||||
Kendra Brooks | Erica Ash | ||||
Maria | Lidia Porto | ||||
Caesar | Chris "Critter" Antonucci | ||||
Mama | Scott Nery | ||||
Heather Daltry | Molly Shannon | ||||
Pierre | J. P. Manoux | ||||
Martin Jacobs | Terry Crews |
Additional crew
Crew | Film | ||||
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Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | Scary Movie 5 | |
2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006 | 2013 | |
Director | Keenan Ivory Wayans
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David Zucker
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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
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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
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
Scary Movie 3's general parodies are of
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 | |||
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North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time domestic (US) | All time worldwide | |||
Scary Movie[7] | July 7, 2000 | $157,019,771 | $121,000,000 | $278,019,771 | #221 | #326 | $19 million |
Scary Movie 2[8] | July 4, 2001 | $71,308,997 | $69,911,681 | $141,220,678 | #854 | $45 million | |
Scary Movie 3[9] | October 24, 2003 | $110,003,217 | $110,670,000 | $220,673,217 | #453 | #449 | $48 million |
Scary Movie 4[10][11] | April 14, 2006 | $90,710,620 | $87,552,000 | $178,262,620 | #606 | $45 million | |
Scary Movie 5[12][13] | 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 |
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Scary Movie | 51% (117 reviews)[14] | 48 (32 reviews)[15] |
Scary Movie 2 | 14% (112 reviews)[16] | 29 (25 reviews)[17] |
Scary Movie 3 | 35% (131 reviews)[18] | 49 (27 reviews)[19] |
Scary Movie 4 | 34% (128 reviews)[20] | 40 (23 reviews)[21] |
Scary Movie 5 | 4% (52 reviews)[22] | 11 (16 reviews)[23] |
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)
References
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- ^ "Scary Movie 4". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
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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