Scary Movie (DVD)

...as the title suggest a scary movie, so there's no need for hiding behind the sofa moments, it's just plain fun. So if you're after something that's going to be intellectually stimulating then this is not the film for you, if you're after a couple of cheap laughs however then this may well be right up your street. Although never going to be to everyone's taste, the Scary Movie franchise has earned its status through producing amusing films that although ...
...or twice/coming back to every once in a while, they are good films. If you know the plot of 'Scream' well then you'll be able to take a stab at who the killers are going to be right from the offset pretty much, as apart from a few amusing plot twists, it sticks to the 'Scream' plot fairly rigidly and uses the 'Scream' storyline as a basis to bring in the elements of other films. Obviously the film doesn't have the scare factor of 'Scream' as this ...

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...in the 80’s. So when scary movie was made, well I wasn’t too sure about it. But it was taking the Mickey out of a lot of movies and that was a good thing. So, a while back I went and bought the film on DVD, it’s got some good extras and was worth its £10. Here’s my op on a (not so) ‘Scary Movie’, M xx • What’s this film about? The best way to describe it is; have you seen Scream? Well, almost identical to that! But if you do want a plot line then ...
...• My final Conclusion on Scary Movie It’s quite amusing really that the original film ‘Scream’ was going to have the title ‘Scary Movie’ but they changed their mind. The fact that this parody took the title up is very clever! The acting’s not meant to be earth moving and it’s not. They mimic the characters from Scream in an amusing way. I enjoyed watching all the characters apart from Gail as I felt she was totally cast wrong. She wasn’t funny ...

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Scary Movie or ‘Last Summer I Screamed Because Friday the 13th Fell on Halloween’ and ‘Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween’ is the original title of the Scream series. This is series in which Scary Movie spoofs, that along with I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project and even the Budweiser ‘Wassup’ advert gets the Wayans brothers spoofage. Scary Movie follows ...
...now infamous ‘What’s your favourite scary movie?’ but not before they get a fart gag in. It doesn’t take a genius to know that she is facing the knife, however, it’s done in a gross but nonetheless funny way. Yes you heard (or read) the word ‘gross’. While this is a spoof this is in no way, shape or form on par with the likes of The Naked Gun or Airplane!, those movies had plenty of big laughs without the ...

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...anyway (you never know). Scary Movie is a love-or-hate film and this is demonstrated by the range of opinions written before mine. It is toilet humour at it's finest and for those of you that enjoy sitting back, occasionally removing your brain from it's typical resting place and letting a film merely happen to you, then this is the pic for you. The premise is almost insultingly simple. A group of teenage kids are terrorised by (the person they ...
...their drunken tomfoolery, one year previously (sound familiar yet). Horror ensues as the viscious murderer dons a frightening costume and attempts to dispatch the pesky kids one by one in increasingly blood-curdling ways. Here's the twist though and I know you want to hear this one. It isn't scary, because it's a spoof on the entire horror genre. Very clever, I hear you scream (get it?) as you prepare to head to Blockbusters to rent this little ...

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...much from the soundtrack and Scary Movie is no exception. There are some good bass moments whenever a scare is to be found but overall the surrounds are used sparingly with the majority of the soundmix confined to the fron speakers. But like I've said this is what you expect. Now because the film was huge hit and very popular you'd think that some effort would be out into the bonus materials on the dvd. Sadly that doesn't seem to have happened, what ...
...the release. The menus are nicely themed to the movie and animated with music. First up is a behind the scenes featurette that is exactly what you'd expect. A five minute puff piece that features minimal behind the scenes footage mixed with interviews that say how great the movie is and that everyone should go and see it. It's something you'll only watch once. The real bonus feature is a collection of 6 deleted scenes that are actually pretty decent. ...

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With the current trend in increasing numbers of teen horror movies, it seemed inevitable that a movie such as 'Scary Movie', a spoof consisting of parodies from many of the latest horror blockbusters from the States would be an outstanding success. Indeed it was, making the top of the movie charts here, the US and many other countries around the world. But is this mickey-take compilation movie really worth watching? Well, it depends. It seems to ...
...this movie. In fact, I am not even sure myself whether I enjoyed it or not, as it was not 'spoof' enough to fit into the 'Austin Powers' and 'Dumb and Dumber' category of hysterical stupidity, nor serious enough to make it a movie that can be taken with whole-heartedness sincerity, making it not only hard to categorise but also challenging to understand how it should be perceived. Saying that, my mum, dad and brother loved the movie, each placing ...

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...there was a plot to Scary Movie or whether it was just me who didnt understand how the film worked!! Overall it is hilariously funny and anyone who watches it will definitely be needing a change of underwear when the 95 minutes or so are over! The film itself is rude in parts, crude in humour but also ridiculously funny! The only familiar face you will see in this movie is that of actress Carmen Electra, All the other members of the cast are young, ...
...proved themselves of that in Scary Movie. The acting, casting and comedy were all amzingly good and every scene had me in tears but also had me in fits of frustration and confusion over what the hell was going on!! There seemed to be absolutely NO plot or storyline at all and this fact was driving me mad!!! I would recommend this film to anyone who has seen at least 2 of the films that it uses references from and also loves a good laugh!! It is ...

cherub3001 09.09.2001 (10.09.2001) · Read full review
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As soon as i saw the trailors for the film i knew i had to go and see it. I am already a big fan of teen-slasher horror movies and spoof films, so a film that combines the two has got to be a must see. The one thing i would point out is that you need to have watched atleast ONE scream film and possibly 'I know what you did last summer' to really enjoy the plot and understand the jokes. As most people have, this review won't be a problem. One noticable ...
...The most famous face in this film to most people is Carmen Electra (Baywatch) and even she is only in the first 10 minutes (oops, have i given a little bit of the plot away). Other than Carmen the actors are Shannon Elizabeth, Jon Abrahams, Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. None of which are well known but all give a strong performance and make the film as funny as it could be, i would be guessing that we'll be seeing a lot more of these ...

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...Speaking of which… here is Scary Movie. Following in the grand footsteps of Airplane!, Repossessed and Candyman 2: farewell To The Flesh, the Wayans brothers (previously seen in such chuckle-morgues as Senseless and Mo’ Money) have slapped together a pastiche of pretty much every teen-horror-slasher movie since Scream, under the hood of the same team responsible for ‘em – Miramax/Dimension Films (owned by Buena Vista, disturbingly ...
...Buffy – Shannon Elizabeth Bobby – Jon Abrahams Written by Shawn & Marlon Wayans Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Links: www.scarymovie.com - official site (Nb. accessible through the Scary Movie 2 frontpage), with merciful lack of Flash intro. Don't bother. It stinks. ...

peppersinclaire 05.02.2002 (07.02.2002) · Read full review
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Scary movie is supposed to be a parody on the horror genre. In my opinion it has failed to do so. But let me first explain what the movie is about. The plot ====== The plot of “Scary movie” is based on “I know what you did last summer”. A couple of adolescents fool around at night in a car and what had to happen, happens: they run over a man crossing the street. After a short discussion they decide to dump the body and to drive away. Exactly one ...
...school. Of course our adolescents suspect that the man they ran over wasn’t really dead and is back to take revenge… The critics ======== The concept --------------- The idea wasn’t bad at all. The past few years a whole bunch of new horror movies came up (“Scream”, “I know what you did last summer”, … and their respective sequels) which were all of a pathetic level. The idea here was to not to take the horror genre so seriously anymore, and ...

Bastien 15.08.2001 (22.05.2002) · Read full review
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...Scream (which was originally titled Scary Movie by the way!) the film pokes fun at all the recent horror films (I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Sixth Sense and The Blair Witch Project) and even a few films from other genres (the Matrix). For those who haven't seen Scream - a quick recap. Masked killer goes on the rampage, knocking off Cindy's friends one by one and then coming after her. Everyone is under suspicion as the members of the cast ...
...largely unknown - the biggest star (Carmen Electra) getting her come uppance in the first scene. However, having said this they pull it off well, with Doofy being the ultimate parody of David Arquette. If you don't like violence, homophobia, racism, drugs or sex scences then don't go because here they are all used to get cheap laughs - but who cares. The one and only sex scene in there will never be forgotten - its every man's dream, and rates right ...

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...movie at the same time. Scary Movie then decides to spoof this? Whilst Scream is actually very cleverly done and actually funny Scary Movie is a lame excuse for crude jokes and poor writing. Admittedly to write a movie such as Scary Movie or Hot Shots you have to know movies, and the genre that you are spoofing, inside out. The problem is that you do not have to know comedy. All you do is throw in a few ridiculous situations and make people think ...
...originality. So onto Scary Movie itself. I admit I laughed occasionally, but only for the first ten minutes. After the first ten minutes I had seen every joke that the movie would offer. This was the lowest form of the spoof. Not only were there no original ideas in there but they had lifted some stuff directly from other spoofs. Or they would go for the crude joke when the subtle would probably have been given the bigger laugh. (See penis in ear ...

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...can expect to see during Scary movie!** You can expect to see humour involving female transvestines with saggy balls, an old granny being run down by a piano hurtling down the stairs, a man so stoned he is shot in the lungs and puffs of smoke are relaeased, a retarded policeman and gay humour- this combination is lethally funny! ** What does and doesn't work in the film** Only about 30-40% of the jokes in Scary Movie work or made me laugh. There ...
...and end up boring and Scary Movie suffers from this big time! At the start of the film i was crying, with laughter but by the end i was crying with boredom! A shorter, tighter version of Scary Movie probably would have been better including less poorly thought out scenes and more well developed good comic gags! But the film's running length of 82 minutes is already on the low side. Nevertheless, the material generates so much laughter that byt he ...

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This film is a comedy horror which makes fun of the teen slasher genre by spoofing films such as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. It also makes references to such films as The Matrix and The Blair Witch Project. In fact its name was actually the working title for Scream. The local school is in shock after a man in a Ghostface outfit kills one of the students in a scream style cameo. The Drew Barrymore character in this scene is played ...
...the cloaked killer but is knocked over by her father who is on the receiving end of some light relief from his wife. The reporter, Gail Hailstorm (another Scream mickey take) seduces police officer Doofy (I don’t think I need say anything more about who this character is supposed to be) in order to get the inside information, while other school kids start to fall victim to the killer. I would not say that the film has a plot really because ...

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I have never been a big fan of movie spoofs or the slasher movie genre encompassing such movies as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer etc. so i went to see this movie expecting to be unimpressed - but was pleasantly surprised. This is a very funny movie. Taking Scream as its main influence and target, this movie takes a cast of unknown 'teenage' actors and has them killed off in a variety of hilarious ways by the man in Munch's Scream mask. ...
...killed a man last summer and believe that it is him seeking revenge as he kills them one by one. They try to stay alive - and that's about it. The movie is packed with spoofs of other movies(Scream, The Sixth Sense, The Exorcist etc) and some hilarious sexual jokes. Some of the best moments include the scene with the gym teacher("We all have little secrets") and where one member of the group has a sexually draining experience with his girlfriend ...

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