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You
know you're in for a painful hour and a half when the
very first gag in Scary Movie is a fart joke. Unfortunately
things don't get much better.
The
trouble this film has is that it's a spoof of movies like
Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Those were themselves digs at the horror genre. They
succeeded but Scary Movie is a joke too far.
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stare at me. Can't you see I'm running from a killer |
It's
the familiar plot of a group of six teenagers who accidentally
kill a fisherman. A year later a series of grizzly murders
take place in their home town. It must be the revenge
of the, by now, smelly fish fan.
The
rest of the film sees the largely unknown cast (with the
exception of former Baywatch star Carmen Electra)
gradually diminish.
So
what can you do while watching this puerile nonsense?
Well, you can play spot the movie it's trying to take
the rise out of. Keep your eyes peeled (ho ho, funny scary
joke - guess how the producers of this film would do that!)
for takes on The Blair Witch Project, Basic Instinct
and Usual Suspects.
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know it's a dreadful film but I'm going to make the
most of it. Thank you, thank you, thank you |
There
is the occasional visual gag. Our heroes all attend Corpse
High School.
And,
if you dare see the movie, watch out for the Teen Beauty
Pageant section which did force a brief titter from me.
Don't
get me wrong. Spoof movies can succeed. Airplane still
stands the test of time. I'd like to say Scary Movie
will be forgotten long before Christmas. It seems unlikely.
The Americans have taken it to their hearts. Scary
Movie 2 is already in production. Maybe I just saw
it on a bad day!
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