Scary Movie 4

"Bury the grudge. Burn the village. See the saw."

2006 1h 23m EN

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★5.5TMDB · 3,759

Comedy

Synopsis

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Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.

“Bury the grudge. Burn the village. See the saw.”

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Cast

Anna Faris
Cindy
Regina Hall
Brenda
Craig Bierko
Tom
Bill Pullman
Henry Hale
Anthony Anderson
Mahalik
Leslie Nielsen
President Baxter Harris
Molly Shannon
Marilyn
Michael Madsen
Oliver

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Zucker
Writers: Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft, Craig Mazin
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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CINEMA

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

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CAST

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Zucker, shot by Thomas E. Ackerman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James L. Venable. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tom Lewis 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

David Zucker directs. Thomas E. Ackerman behind the camera. James L. Venable scores. Tom Lewis 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

183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.
3Released 20 years ago.
4Part of the "Scary Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5314+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by David Zucker, shot by Thomas E. Ackerman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by James L. Venable. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Tom Lewis 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 Craig Bierko carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Bury the grudge. Burn the village. See the saw.".
11IMDB entry: tt0362120 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 17 themes, including "haunted house", "haunting", "puppet", "parody".

The technical file

Cinematography: Thomas E. Ackerman
Original score: James L. Venable
Editing: Tom Lewis
Production design: Holger Gross
Costume design: Carol Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Angelina P. Cameron
VFX supervisor: Mat Beck
Sound: Steven Ticknor
Stunt coordinator: Tony Morelli
Runtime: 83 min · 1h 23m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $178,710,620
Return: 447% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Awards

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress

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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.