From the gleefully unhinged minds of the Wayans Brothers, comes SCARY MOVIE, a raucous comedy that rocks contemporary teen culture, leaving no horror film, high-school sex comedy, action flick, or even spoofs themselves, unspoofed. With SCARY MOVIE, the mad-cap, gross-out traditions of "Animal House," "There's Something About Mary" and "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" head for the next extreme, as the Wayans Brothers take on everything from anatomy to advertising with an outrageous frankness that redefines the term raunchy in a way so funny... .it's scary.
Defying the very notion of good taste, SCARY MOVIE out-parodies the pop- culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, television and commercials. The film boldly fires barbs at the classic scenes from "Scream," "The Sixth Sense," "The Matrix," "I know What You Did Last Summer" and "The Blair Witch Project," then goes on to mock a whole myriad of teen movie cliches, no matter the genre.
It all starts with the murder of a beautiful high school classmate, after which a group of misguided teens - all played, of course, by 20-30 year old actors - discovers there is a killer among them. Heroine Cindy Campbell and her clique of clueless friends, including Buffy, Brenda, Bobby, Greg, Shorty and Ray, must protect themselves from danger... .and that pesky reporter Gail Hailstorm who just won't leave them alone! Sound familiar? It certainly is, but as the story gets under way, a series of gruesome and hilarious surprises blows the lid off the expected plot twists and turns them into something funny and twisted.
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, SCARY MOVIE features a talented and hilarious ensemble cast that includes Shawn Wayans ("Don't Be a Menace..., the upcoming "New Blood," author of 150 Ways to Tell If You're Ghetto), Marlon Wayans ("Don't Be a Menace...," the upcoming "Requiem For a Dream," and "Dungeons and Dragons"), Shannon Elizabeth ("American Pie"), Cheri Oteri (televsion's "Saturday Night Live," "Inspector Gadget"), Anna Fans in her feature film debut, Jon Abrahams ("Outside Providence,) the upcoming "Texas Rangers"), Lochlyn Munro ("Dead Man on Campus," the upcoming "Duets"), Regina Hall ("The Best Man," "Love and Basketball"), and Dave Sheridan (Chicago's Second City Theater, star and creator of MTV's "Buzzkill.") A Dimension Films release, SCARY MOVIE even takes on other Dimension Film hits along with "The Scream" trilogy.
The Wayans Brothers are no strangers to ribald satire. The creators of television's "In Living Color" and the feature films "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood," the Wayans go even further to the edge with SCARY MOVIE, thumbing their noses at everything they see, and disregarding age, gender, race and social status as barriers to laughter.
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