Scary Movie (2026)
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SCARY MOVIE is built to deeply offend anyone who proudly defines their pronouns in their signature line and for that alone, THANK YOU Wayans Bros!
A throwback to when we could all laugh at our own crap, the latest installment skewers virtually everyone equally in a no holds barred, adult fashion that had me smiling throughout, but rarely laughing out loud.
It's been thirteen years since "Scary Movie 5" so the boys have a whole lot of horror movie fodder to rip into with goofy enthusiasm. This is their first Scary Movie film since 2001's "Scary Movie 2"!
"Sinners", "Weapons", "The Substance", "Longlegs", "Terrifier" and the latest "Halloween" and "Scream" sequels all take on direct hits in the Shawn and Marlon Wayans screenplay. They are making up for lost time by throwing everything at the screen they want with no filters applied.
They are 100% committed to hilarious violence, graphic nudity and sexual content, which our nearly full Saturday morning crowd took in stride and laughed out loud a LOT at throughout. It's not just an R, it's a HARD R after three lamer PG-13 installments.
Jordan Peele even approved the take off on his film "Get Out", which the Wayans BBQ here.
They have a lot of fun tearing into the fact that they're even making a sequel this long after the last one, with plenty of the returning actors 100% self-aware and acknowledging on camera how lame the returning killer story line is in the first place.
Marlon Wayans steals the movie, returning as Shorty, who is so stoned that he's made millions for doing absolutely nothing online. Influencers have rarely been so accurately captured! LOL
Anna Faris is back as Cindy, taking on the crazy Mom role (see Jamie Lee Curtis in the recent Halloween flicks). Faris has a keen sense of comic and physical comedy timing and she shows it off here.
Regina Hall is hilarious as Brenda, shooting off random one liners and bullets with ease. She's having a blast.
Shawn Wayans is hilarious as Ray, who claims to have been converted to straight by the church in one of the film's most laugh-filled, 'Sinners" take off storylines.
As the film goes, it falls more and more into its groove, which alternates between telling our story and serving up plenty of hilarious "Family Guy"-style, nonsensical asides that include a take off on the "Michael" trailer featuring a fatter, less talented brother and flashbacks that serve up big laughs.
It really finds it's way in its final twenty minutes or so, dropping in some major star cameos that I won't divulge here, each one funnier than the last. They also serve up a major star cameo in the opening scene that's hilarious, but NO SPOILERS here!
This is a funny, wild ride, dripping with adult humor, graphic sex, nudity and punch lines. Theaters should bundle this in a double feature with "Blazing Saddles" and make every uber-sensitive snowflake watch them back-to-back.
Republican, Democrat, Gay, Straight, Black, White, NO ONE IS SAFE! Bring it on, boys!
If the Wayans Bros mission is to get everyone to lighten up and just laugh at ourselves, this is a good start! Good luck!
SCARY MOVIE gets better as it goes and serves up plenty of laughs, especially for horror & action film buffs. The John Wick-style conclusion had me in stitches.
It gets a B-.
R rated trailer below.
