Scary Movie

This article is about the 2000 film. For the film franchise, see Scary Movie (film series). For the 1996 film codenamed "Scary Movie", see Scream (1996 film). For the genre, see horror film.

Scary Movie
A group of people sitting in a cinema. Among them is a masked figure in black with smiling ghost face mask.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKeenen Ivory Wayans
Written by
Produced by
  • Eric L. Gold
  • Lee R. Mayes
  • Bo Zenga
Starring
CinematographyFrancis Kenny
Edited byMark Helfrich
Music byDavid Kitay
Production
companies
  • Wayans Bros. Entertainment[1]
  • Gold/Miller Productions[1]
  • Brad Grey Pictures[1]
Distributed byDimension Films[1]
Release date
  • July 7, 2000 (2000-07-07)
Running time
88 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19 million[3]
Box office$278 million[3]

Scary Movie is a 2000 American slasher parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans (who both also star), alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Starring Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan, it follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone wearing a Ghostface mask and robe begins hunting them one by one.

The film is a parody of multiple genres including the horror, slasher, and mystery film genres. Several 1990s films and TV shows are also spoofed, and the script primarily follows the plot of the slasher films Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Some films and TV shows like Halloween, The Shining, Friday the 13th, The Usual Suspects, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, The Matrix and Buffy the Vampire Slayer were also parodied in some scenes.

Dimension Films released Scary Movie in the United States on July 7, 2000. The film grossed $278 million worldwide on a $19 million budget. It was the ninth-highest-grossing film of the year domestically in the United States.[3] The film is the first installment in the Scary Movie film series, as well as being the highest-grossing film in the series. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with the film's humor dividing critics. Although it has received more favourable reviews from audiences and has become a cult classic. It later spawned four sequels, starting with 2001's Scary Movie 2.

  1. ^ a b c d Scary Movie at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "Scary Movie (18)". British Board of Film Classification. August 3, 2000. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).