What is Scary Movie about?
Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, the Core Four are back in the killer's crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe.
A brisk, raunchy comedy finds four friends facing a familiar killer and absurdly spoofing horror tropes.
Darkly comic and absurdist, with big broad humor. A comfort watch at a brisk pace.
Streaming on Paramount+.
Scary Movie parents guide
Heads up on strong sex and nudity. That is past what the R on the box suggests. Beyond that, a few tense moments and several jump scares.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- Several
- More than a couple of sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Scary Movie scary?
- Only a little. Scary Movie has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Scary Movie?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is Scary Movie rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated R, and it earns it: several jump scares, strong sex and nudity, and frequent strong language. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byMichael Tiddes
StarringMarlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Olivia Rose Keegan, Cameron Scott Roberts
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