Scary Movie (2000)

Director:

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writers (WGA):

Shawn Wayans (written by) &
Marlon Wayans (written by) ...

Release Date:

7 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A killer comedy.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Farting | Female Nudity | Drug Addiction | Black Comedy | Fake Female Frontal Nudity

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Last Summer I Screamed Because Halloween Fell on Friday the 13th (USA) (working title)
Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba) (extended version) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Malaysia:U (heavily edited) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Chile:18 | Colombia:12 | Finland:K-14 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:PG-12 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Mexico:B (original rating) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Steveston, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

"Scary Movie" was the working title of Scream (1996/I), the main movie parodied.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Ray's jersey number on the field is 13; later in his room it's 12. However, some high schools use different numbers on practice and game jerseys.

Quotes:

Buffy Gilmore: Oh, look at me! I'm all dead!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Forrest Gump (1994)

Soundtrack:

Visit to Florida

Some kind of classic ... and in the worst possible taste.

For the most part, inspired lunacy, (ok, so it dips now and again but with a gag rate of about one every 30 seconds what do you expect). What plot there is is basically a rip-off of "Scream" and to a lesser extend "I know what you did last summer", (here it's 'I know what you did last Halloween'), but this crazy spoof also manages to get digs in at "The Exorcist" and "The Blair Witch Project" not to mention such non-genre specific films as "The Matrix" and "The Usual Suspects".

Sure it's crude in a frat-boy fashion but it's also very, very funny and a likable and talented cast, (in particular, Anna Faris), display real comic potential. Sequelitis set in early as it did with the "Scream" franchise but not having seen any of the other 'Scary Movies' I can't vouchsafe for their quality or lack of it but this feels like a classic, albeit a classic in the worse possible taste. (It's like an X-rated Mad Magazine spoof brought to life). So yep, Nuno, I have to say - you win again.