Scary Movie

"No mercy. No shame. No sequel."

2000 1h 28m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 8,188

Comedy

Synopsis

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A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!

“No mercy. No shame. No sequel.”

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Cast

Anna Faris
Cindy
Regina Hall
Brenda
Marlon Wayans
Shorty
Shawn Wayans
Ray
Jon Abrahams
Bobby
Lochlyn Munro
Greg
Shannon Elizabeth
Buffy
Dave Sheridan
The Killer / Doofy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Writers: Shawn Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Grossed $278M — a 14.6× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Scary Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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213+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, shot by Francis Kenny. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Kitay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Helfrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Keenen Ivory Wayans directs. Francis Kenny behind the camera. David Kitay scores. Mark Helfrich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Grossed $278M — a 14.6× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
326 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Scary Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5213+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, shot by Francis Kenny. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by David Kitay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Mark Helfrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Anna Faris and Regina Hall and Marlon Wayans carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.".
11IMDB entry: tt0175142 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "high school", "psychopath", "garage", "satire".

The technical file

Cinematography: Francis Kenny
Original score: David Kitay
Editing: Mark Helfrich
Production design: Robb Wilson King
Costume design: Darryle Johnson
Makeup / hair: Angelina P. Cameron
VFX supervisor: Brian Jennings
Sound: Sandy Berman
Stunt coordinator: J.J. Makaro
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $19,000,000
Box office: $278,023,280
Return: 1463% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Scary Movie (2000)

Part of

Scary Movie Collection

Scary Movie is a 2000 horror comedy spoof film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It is an American dark comedy that heavily parodies the horror, slasher, and mystery genres. Several mid- and late-90s films and TV shows are spoofed, especially Scream, along with I Know What You Did Last Summer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project, and Dawson's Creek. Scary Movie was followed by five sequels: Scary Movie 2 (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Scary Movie 5 (2013), and Scary Movie 6 (2026). Its title serves as an homage to the production title of Scream, which was also released through Dimension Films.

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Bradley's2020-09-29
★ 10/10
This is my first review. Scary Movie: This particular Film is great, always a laugh everyday. Good cast too! ~Bradley's
katch222021-07-21
★ 7/10
Good parody movie; fun guessing which movie is being parodied during each bit.