Scary Movie (2000)

A year after disposing the body of a man they accidently killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.

Director:

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writers:

Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans,

Stars:

Carmen Electra, Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams

7 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carmen Electra	...	Drew Decker
Dave Sheridan	...	The Killer / Doofy Gilmore
Frank B. Moore	...	Not Drew's Boyfriend
Giacomo Baessato	...	Trick or Treater #1
Kyle Graham	...	Trick or Treater #2
Leanne Santos	...	Trick or Treater #3
Mark McConchie	...	Drew's Dad
Karen Kruper	...	Drew's Mom
Anna Faris	...	Cindy Campbell
Jon Abrahams	...	Bobby Prinze
Rick Ducommun	...	Cindy's Dad
Regina Hall	...	Brenda Meeks
Marlon Wayans	...	Shorty Meeks
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Buffy Gilmore
Lloyd Berry	...	Homeless Man

Storyline

A group of teenagers including Cindy Campbell and Bobby Prinze, accidentally hit a man when driving, and dispose of the body, but now they are being stalked by a very recognisable masked killer. The victim count increases, whilst Cindy must survive the carnage that has she has seen in so many films before.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | masked killer | broken leg | female stockinged feet | cat | 

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Taglines:

No mercy. No shame. No sequel.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong crude sexual humor, language, drug use and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Bac Films [fr] (French) Buena Vista International [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

I Know What You Did Last Halloween

Filming Locations:

Pasadena City College - 1570 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,887,451 (UK) (8 September 2000)

Gross:

ESP 1,847,137,235 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Wayans Bros. Entertainment, Gold/Miller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of the high school is "B.A. Corpse High School".

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Goofs

The same girl walks by two or three times when Cindy and Bobby are talking in the cafeteria. Shorty even refers to this, making it clear to most viewers that it's a joke.

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Quotes

Black TV Reporter: We're here reporting live for "Black T.V.", white folks are dead so we gettin' the fuck out of here.
[the "Black T.V." news crew jump into their van and are driven away at high speed]

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, there is a brief scene in which "Doofy" breaks up with his vacuum cleaner but then decides to have one last go of it.

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Connections

Spoofs The Stand (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Visit to Florida"
Written by Jack Arel, Jean-Claude Petit

User Reviews

Unfliching crude teen spoof

A group of teenagers are targeted by a serial killer exactly one year after they ran over a man.

In 1996 Scream was a film that reinstated the slasher horror genre and Keenan Ivory Wayans' spoof is a true and funny testament to that horror classic.

Modern spoofs often contain slapstick humour, stereotypes and a fairly predictable plot. This is evident with this 2000 hit and is pure silly entertainment that you can't help but love and laugh along with despite the conventional approach.

Recent releases such as Disaster Movie have brought the spoof genre to an all time low. Filled with unfunny parodies, attacks on celebrities and ultimately silly plots, it's a wonder why they are still being made. In the nineties we had classic spoofs such as Austin Powers and Naked Gun, silly but with a sharp and entertaining plot.

Scary Movie has such a good plot, choosing to focus its energy on Scream and I know what you did last summer, that you forget its intentions to demean other films and therefore, are able to sit back and enjoy the ride.

The opening is pretty much Scream with some great moments of slapstick in, and crude slapstick at that with safety signs, sexual references and an out of control car.

This opening sets the tone for an engrossing comedy and viewers are thrust head first into typical teenagers lives, filled with some fine slapstick humour and stereotypes lives There is a consistency to Scary Movie. There is little wondering away from its objective to tell the tale of the teens being targeted and therefore achieves a realism in its own context. With follow-ups 2, 3 and 4 there is a tendency to run away from the main narrative and have sillier skits that this original remains the most sophisticated to date.

Though the comedy is frequently predictable, there is still elegance about the way Wayans achieves this effect. His close and unflinching style gives that humorous and equally horrific substance to fly across both genres into this tantalizing tale.

Spoofs are always worth viewing for their sheer cheek to criticize blockbusters and Scary Movie is no exception with its pin point accuracy on Scream and other horrors. Filled with likable slapstick and funny stereotypes, this is the finest in the series