Scary Movie (film series)
| Scary Movie series | |
|---|---|
| File:Scary Movie Trilogy.jpg R2 DVD Box cover for the first three films | |
| Directed by | Films: 1, 2 Keenen Ivory Wayans Films: 3, 4 David Zucker |
| Written by | Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Craig Wayans Pat Proft Craig Mazin Jim Abrahams |
| Produced by | Films: 1, 2 Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans Films: 3, 4 Robert K. Weiss |
| Starring | Anna Faris Regina Hall Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans Leslie Nielsen Charlie Sheen Simon Rex Anthony Anderson Kevin Hart |
| Distributed by | United States: Dimension Films Miramax Films (from films 1 to 3) The Weinstein Company (Scary Movie 4 and on.) International: Miramax Films Buena Vista Distribution |
Release date | 2000 – Present |
Running time | 338 minutes (as of 2007) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $817 million (as of 2007) |
The Scary Movie series is a series of films which mainly specialize in spoofing current, popular horror films, which have collectively grossed over $817 million at the box-office worldwide. The two main recurring actors of the series are Anna Faris and Regina Hall, as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks, respectively. They are joined by new or recurring actors and characters.
They were distributed by Dimension Films through two different studios: Miramax Films, as it was originally the studio's genre film label during executive producers Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein's run and produced the first three films, and The Weinstein Company, the brothers' newly formed studio, which currently produces the rest of the series' release after departing from Miramax and taking the Dimension Films label with them. Miramax/Disney retains international distribution rights.
Plot summary
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Scary Movie
Scary Movie (July 7, 2000) is the first film in the series. The film is the only in the series to feature exposed male genitalia. Scary Movie was the highest grossing film of the series, grossing around $278,019,771 worldwide. The movie is based on other scary movies made before but some of the details are made into jokes (Scream)[1].
After a group of teenagers (consisting of Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), Bobby Prinze (Jon Abrahams), Buffy Gilmore (Shannon Elizabeth), Greg Phillipe (Lochlyn Munro), Ray Wilkins (Shawn Wayans), Shorty Meeks (Marlon Wayans), and Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall)) accidentally hit a man with their car they decide to throw him in the lake and never talk about it again (in a spoof of I Know What You Did Last Summer). A few years later a man (or woman) with a Scream mask kills them one by one. They decide to figure out who the killer is, but is the killer closer to them than they all thought?
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2 (July 6, 2001) is the second in franchise. In the U.S., the film grossed $71,308,997. Worldwide, it grossed $141,220,678. Although being a hit, out of the four Scary Movie films, this is the least successful to date[2]. Not only this is the second and final Scary Movie film to receive an R-rating, this film also marks the end of the Wayans siblings involvement with the series as they moved on to pursue other projects, among them, their 2004 comedy White Chicks.
The film starts with a parody of The Exorcist, a little girl named Megan Voorhees (sharing the same last name as the notorious fictional serial killer Jason Voorhees) is possessed by the devil, and two priests, Father McFeely and Father Harris (James Woods and Andy Richter respectively) have to force the devil out. But after Megan insults Harris's mother he shoots her in the head.
The characters who all had died in the first film mysteriously return in this film and they are joined with new characters: Buddy (Christopher Masterson), Theo (Kathleen Robertson) and Alex (Tori Spelling).
The story begins when a college professor, Professor Oldman (Tim Curry) and his wheel-chaired assistant Dwight (David Cross) plan to study ghosts from a haunted mansion, with the clueless teens as bait.
When at the house, strange things happen, Ray gets attacked by a clown, Shorty gets attacked by a living marijuana plant, Cindy gets in a fight with a possessed cat, and Dwight has an argument with a bad mouthed pet bird. When they find out about the professor's plan they try to escape the house, finding out that there is a ghost who still lives in the house. They have to defeat the ghost before they are able to escape.
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 3 (October 24, 2003) is the third film in the series. With $220,673,217 worldwide[3], it is second most successful/popular film in the series. The plot of the film is a spoof combination of The Ring and Signs with other film/celebrity spoofs thrown in. Michael Jackson planned to sue the filmmakers for parodying him in such a way that made him seem like a child molester[4]. This was the first Scary Movie film to receive a PG-13 rating in the United States[3] (as well as the first to have no involvement from the Wayans), as the first two were R-rated[5][6]. This is because from this movie forward, the films are more toned down in content.
In a spoof to Signs the film revolves around some strange Crop circles found near an old farm. And in a spoof to The Ring a strange videotape is going around, and when you've watched this tape the phone rings and a creepy voice says: "You're going to die in seven days". Everything keeps coming closer when Cindy has just fallen in love with a rapper named George (a spoof of Eminem), and she hears she is going to die in seven days. Meanwhile the farmers who had found the strange cropcircles in their cornfield discover that the aliens that are coming to earth come to destroy the killer who kills the people who have watched the tape, because they have looked at the tape themselves.
Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie 4 (April 14, 2006) is the 4th in the series. The film opened with $40 Million at the weekend box office, making it the third best opening in the series. With a $178,049,620 at the worldwide box office, Scary Movie 4 ranks as the third highest grossing Scary Movie.
This film’s main plot is a mix of The Grudge and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds with major scenes spoofing Saw, The Village, and Million Dollar Baby.
Cast/Characters
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| Character | Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4 | |
| Cindy Campbell | Anna Faris | |||
| Brenda Meeks | Regina Hall | |||
| Shorty Meeks | Marlon Wayans | |||
| Ray Wilkins | Shawn Wayans | |||
| President Harris | Leslie Nielsen | |||
| Tom Logan | Charlie Sheen | |||
| George | Simon Rex | |||
| Mahalik | Anthony Anderson | |||
| CJ | Kevin Hart | |||
Box office performance
| Year | Film | Domestic Gross | Foreign Gross | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Scary Movie[7] | $157,019,771 | $121,000,000 | $278,019,771 |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2[8] | $71,308,997 | $69,911,681 | $141,220,678 |
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3[9] | $110,003,217 | $110,670,000 | $220,673,217 |
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4[10] | $90,710,620 | $87,552,000 | $178,262,620 |
| $429,042,605 | $389,133,681 | $818,176,286 | ||
Scary movie 5
Scary movie has not been comfirmed, but it is on the IMDB website and has been given a 2011 release.
See also
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
- Date Movie (2006)
- Epic Movie (2007)
- Postal (film) (2007)
- Meet the Spartans (2008)
- Superhero Movie (2008)
- Disaster Movie (2008)
- The Onion Movie (2008)
- Dance Flick (2009)
References
- ^ "Boxofficemojo.com". Scary Movie, worldwide gross.
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- ^ Scary Movie 2 (2001)
- ^ Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- ^ Scary Movie 4 (2006)
External links
- Scary Movie Series Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie at IMDb
- Scary Movie 2 at IMDb
- Scary Movie 3 at IMDb
- Scary Movie 4 at IMDb
- Scary Movie at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie 3 at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie 4 at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scary Movie at Metacritic
- Scary Movie 2 at Metacritic
- Scary Movie 3 at Metacritic
- Scary Movie 4 at Metacritic
- Scary Movie at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie 2 at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie 3 at Box Office Mojo
- Scary Movie 4 at Box Office Mojo[1]