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
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Written by
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Buddy Johnson
Phil Beauman
Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Produced by
Eric L. Gold
Lee R. Mayes
Bo Zenga
Starring
Jon Abrahams
Carmen Electra
Shannon Elizabeth
Anna Faris
Kurt Fuller
Regina Hall
Lochlyn Munro
Cheri Oteri
Dave Sheridan
Marlon Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Cinematography
Francis Kenny
Edited by
Mark Helfrich
Music by
David Kitay
Production companies
Wayans Bros. Entertainment[1]
Gold/Miller Productions[1]
Brad Grey Pictures[1]
Distributed by
Dimension Films[1]
Release date
July 7, 2000 (2000-07-07)
Running time
88 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
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.[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. It later spawned four sequels, starting with 2001's Scary Movie 2.
^ abcdScary Movie at the American Film Institute Catalog
^"Scary Movie (18)". British Board of Film Classification. August 3, 2000. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
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