Scary Movie (series)

Infobox Film
name = Scary Movie series


caption = DVD Box cover for the first three films
director = Films: 1, 2
Keenen Ivory Wayans Films: 3, 4
David Zucker
producer = Films: 1, 2
Marlon Wayans
Shawn Wayans Films: 3, 4
Robert K. Weiss
writer = Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Craig Wayans
Pat Proft
Craig Mazin
Jim Abrahams
starring = Anna Faris
Regina Hall
Marlon Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Leslie Nielsen
Charlie Sheen
Simon Rex
Anthony Anderson
Kevin Hart
distributor = 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
released = 2000 – Present
runtime = 338 minutes (as of 2007)
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross = $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.

Plots

"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)cite web |title=Boxofficemojo.com|work=Scary Movie, worldwide gross |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scarymovie.htm|accessmonthday=February 23 |accessyear=2008] .

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 datecite web |title=Boxofficemojo.com|work=Scary Movie 2 |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scarymovie2.htm|accessmonthday=February 23 |accessyear=2008] . 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 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 professors 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 worldwidecite web |title=Boxofficemojo.com |work=Scary Movie 3 Worldwide Gross |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scarymovie3.htm |accessmonthday=February 23 |accessyear=2008] , 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 molestercite web |title=Starswelove.com |work=Angry Michael Jackson to Sue "Scary Movie 3" |url=http://www.starswelove.com/scriptsphp/news.php?newsid=3494|accessmonthday=February 23 |accessyear=2008] . This was the first "Scary Movie" film to receive a PG-13 rating in the United States (as well as the first to have no involvement from the Wayans), as the first two were R-ratedcite web |title=Boxofficemojo.com |work=Scary Movie MPAA Rating|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scarymovie.htm|accessmonthday=February 23 |accessyear=2008] cite web |title=Boxofficemojo.com |work=Scary Movie 2 MPAA Rating|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scarymovie2.htm|accessmonthday=February 23 |accessyear=2008] . 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. Michael Jackson is again parodied, even more obviously than in "Scary Movie 3", as a child molester.

Cast/Characters

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ee also

* "Not Another Teen Movie" (2001)
* "Date Movie" (2006)
* "Epic Movie" (2007)
* "Meet the Spartans" (2008)
* "Superhero Movie" (2008)
* "Disaster Movie" (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=scarymovie.htm Scary Movie Series Grosses] at Box Office Mojo
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