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I recently rewatched this to see just how it would age and if it could still bring in the laughs and I can confidently say that it does (for the most part)

Very funny comedy from the Wayan team. It's a take on all the recent teen horror flicks, and it does it superbly well. I hate noise in cinemas while I'm watching a film, but I couldn't keep quiet, I was laughing out loud, and I even shouted at the screen. Now I have never done that before. The gags, from one liners to the set pieces, are so funny, watch out for the sex scene and the gym teacher - I almost wet myself. This ranks next to Airplane as one of the top ten funnies.

I'm not sure what the people who dumped on this film were expecting, but I found it entertaining. I am a fan of good horror and good satire, so I was able to recognize and appreciate the jokes.

True, this film relies a bit much on poddy humor, but at the same time, there is a cleverness in the way all the films being spoofed (and there are many) get twisted together and played with here. Some of the slapstick and sight gags do fall flat, but the movie is quick paced and the satire is fun. If you don't go in expecting Shakespeare, you'll enjoy it. And you might even get some Shakespeare.

I was amazed that I remembered virtually every scene watching this maybe 20 years later. I must have watched it loads as a kid which means I am sure many others did too. It really was a classic at the time and remains so now. It doesn't have as many laugh out loud moments for me as another Wayans classic, White Chicks. But it is such a great parody of Scream and IKWYDLS. The on running gag about Ray being in the closet is absolutely hilarious, the type of joke that would perhaps not go down well today, which is a shame, because it is not offending anybody, it is simple funny comedy.

Originality: 9/10

Length/Pacing: 9/10

Immersion/Escapism: 8/10

Characters: 8/10

Acting: 7/10

Substance & Themes: 6/10

Intellectual engagement: 3/10

Emotional effect: 1/10.

The movie works suprisingly well. All the movies that it parodies are structured together in a decent way that makes sense within the movies logic. The end twist is also suprisingly well executed. The humor is pretty hit or miss but it doesn't overly rely on shock humor etc. It even has a few funny bacround gags that I missed the first time watching. Obviously there were also parts that felt painful since the humour was just plain bad in them.

Not really knowing what to expect when I went to saw this, other than a parody of the recent crop of teen horror films started by Wes Craven's excellent Scream, this was utterly puerile and silly Amercian parody humour.

It was well done though, unlike the Leslie Nielsen bores that we have seen in recent years. Going by the cast list and the credits - it was definitely kept in the family though!

Scary Movie is now (it was a little while ago it was Me, Myself & Irene) my favorite comedy of the year. This film gives another word to the spoof/comedy genre, and even though it doesn't make a breakthrough like Airplane!, it is still very, very funny. Sure it's not for everyone, but for those who have seen all the scary movies parodied in this film (example- Scream, Scream 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, Halloween, The Shining, etc) and can enjoy a good comedy, this film is definitely for you.

But the plot is unexplainable, but the jokes are. The spoof follows in the Wayans bros. tradition (this film is directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans, written by Shawn and Marlon Wayans, produced by all three, and starring all three) of they're last spoof- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Jokes include a guy who acts very gay but isn't (Shawn Wayans) a pot head (Marlon Wayans) and some other characters (Carmen Electra's cameo is my favorite). Also, the references to movies but not parodies are still funny. Very sick, very crude, very funny. The funniest film of the year. A+

My headline is what I am sure everyone remembers from the movie. People kept repeating it for a long time, maybe a bit too long. Watched it today for the first time in almost 2 decades and was doing the same thing while laughing about this classic.

Besides this scene I couldn't remember much about the movie and it ended up being pretty good. I just watched Scream a few days ago so I could get most references. They were done really well. The parody scenes were done perfectly when compared to the original. The character of the mentally challenged police guy was pretty funny even though the guy in Scream was pretty sweet.

References to other movies that I haven't watched in a while but could still recognize. Dawson climbing into the window was also a hilarious moment.

Really good parody movie catching the essence of the horror movies of the 90's and the humor of that time.

I have heard for years about the first SCARY MOVIE but never got a chance of seeing it. However, on Christmas Eve I found it on Netflix and decided to give it a try. Now that I took this off my chest I can go to the review.

In the beginning Drew Decker (Carmen Electra) is doing the exact same thing of Drew Barrymore in the beginning of SCREAM. Soon Ghostface arrives and it happens the same stuff of that 1996 classic, only in a funnier fashion. The movie has no real plot to speak of. From then, it's a lightning fast parody not only of SCREAM 1 and 2, but also of various other horrors or thrillers of those years. Some jokes are funny (especially the moment when Ghostface gets high with Marlon Wayans) and some, well, fall flat.

Despite a few times I felt bored and thought the gags were juvenile, I still liked this film for its funny moments (including the ones aforementioned) and I am one of the few who thinks the sequels are better. Not an awful parody such as SILENCE OF THE HAMS or DISASTER MOVIE... just something in the ways of the two HOT SHOTS, not to be taken seriously.

Here's yet one more example of a modern-day comedy that has its funny moments but unfortunately, to me, was more of a sleaze-fest that a parody or a straight comedy. This movie is spoofing horror films. That's cool, I like a good spoof, but why all the irreverence and sex jokes? Why is that necessary? Don't writers today have the intelligence to make people laugh using clean material? This is just one R-rated scene after another. The language is brutal, too: tons of profanity in this film.

Funny, but comedies for years made the public laugh without having to resort to profanity and sex remarks, like this film does. The really sickening part is that movie was geared for a young audience. The film business has no shame. What passes for comedy films today is, by and large, low-class material. This movie is Exhibit A.

Scream had redefined a genre, bring the slasher genre back from the depths of despair, Scary Movie rode the wave of interest in the genre and ripped it to shreds, hilariously.

Who doesn't watch a Horror movie and say to yourself don't do that, or don't go there, this film highlights all the dos and dont's ridiculing all we love about them. The gags are non stop, the Scream parody opening scenes look great to be honest, the play on the Scream mask is so funny. Doofus is hilarious, and arguably has more sense then his counterpart in Scream. Anna Faris, Regina Hall and Shaun Wayans provide the most laughs, each equally hilarious.

It's not to be taken seriously, when I'm in a bad mood, this is the film I reach for, it always changes my mood, let's be honest it's hilarious, and not afraid to offend everyone.

"Scary Movie" is suddenly somehow getting better with time; perhaps that's the pendulum swinging back against tastemakers who want content like this erased from the history books. In its day, this hilarious and sneaky-smart film outmuscled its raunchiest competitors. And its influence is still seen in sharp-witted, filth-forward flicks from "Hot Tub Time Machine" to recent record label spoof "Stadium Anthems."

Complete and utter rubbish. Not in the slightest bit funny. Most of the time I found myself cringing at the puerile humour and shaking my head in disbelief at the crassness of it all. I know it's meant to be a spoof, but PLEASE!

My considered opinion is that the Wayans clan should be banned from appearing on celluloid or video tape permanently. They are not funny, they only think they are funny. As a result, I can imagine they laughed more during the making of this film than the audience did when watching it.

It's unashamedly bad. Not funny. Just painful to watch. If I hadn't paid to see it I'd have walked out. Along with Dungeons and Dragons (which also featured a Wayans), this one goes straight to the top of my "Must NOT see" list.

Avoid it. Life is too short to waste.

Like most movie parodies, `Scary Movie' starts out well then begins to head downhill as it exhausts the possibilities of its limited material. Certainly, few genres are as rife for self-satire as the teen slasher films that have proliferated in theatres ever since the early 1980's. Seeing, however, as even some of the earliest `Friday the 13th' and `Halloween' films seem like ancient history to today's core movie going public, `Scary Movie' draws upon more contemporary examples of the genre like `Scream' and `I Know What You Did Last Summer' as its source of inspiration. In its opening stretches, `Scary Movie' has a great deal of fun parodying the many ludicrous conventions that have long defined these films: the use of 30-year old actors to portray empty-headed, nubile adolescents; the heavy emphasis on teen sexuality and partial nudity; the inane actions of the killer's victims who seem to do everything possible to hurl themselves into dangerous situations; and the oh-so-predictable false scare (usually caused by a leaping cat) followed immediately by the inevitable killer's attack.

Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans and boasting a screenplay concocted by no fewer than six (count ‘em SIX) writers, `Scary Movie' establishes a high speed rhythm and pace that the filmmakers manage to sustain through most of the film's 88-minute running time – though there is a noticeable tendency on the part of the film to lag in the last half hour. Part of the problem could be that, as with most films made up essentially of sound and sight gags haphazardly strung together, it is inevitable that some of the bits will succeed better than others and that, as the movie rolls along, the inspiration will run a little dry and the humor will become less spontaneous and more forced. Indeed, this type of movie genre parody has always worked best when applied in small doses on TV series like `Saturday Night Live,' `In Living Color' and even the `Carol Burnett Show.' Stretched out to full length, such concepts often suffer the curse of diminishing returns.

Occasionally, the screenplay edges so close to the limits of good taste that one may question whether or not the material is truly appropriate for the age group at which the movie is obviously targeted. The crudity is actually much more comically effective when it is merely hinted at than when it is so openly spelled out and displayed. But then subtlety is not exactly a strong suit of the straight horror movie genre either.

`Scary Movie' is, at least, blessed with a winning, game cast made up of appropriately post adolescent actors who understand well the mannerisms and speech patterns of the stereotypes they embody. The overall good-natured quality of the film and its fairly high laugh ratio of gems to clunkers make `Scary Movie' an imperfect but generally likeable popcorn entertainment.

The idea of spoofing Scream seems inevitable because Scream references other horror movies. They aren't referenced as comedy, except for minor inside jokes, but not as noticeably. The Wayans Brothers want to be the next Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams, but one of the problems is, the timing runs out and the performances seem delivered on purpose. The jokes start well, but after the first half or so, it seems they did as much as they can and decide to get dirtier without pacing or clear tone. There's a scene in the bathroom stall mimicking the first death in Scream 2, which is more embarrassing than funny and many jokes are of similar tone where they want to be cruder as it goes along.

Don't get confused by the high star review: this movie is very dumb and ridiculous with humor that some people will just not like, while also being a parody of several movies at once. However, I am someone who has seen almost none of the movies that it parodies and I still had such a fun time watching this. I guess it is just my style of humor, because I was laughing at most of the jokes and gags, and each character has at least one funny and memorable scene/line. It's just the dumb high school guy that still lives in me that loves this humor, but anytime I watch this with a friend or group of friends we all walk away with a smile on our faces. This movie is far better than many of the other spoofs out there, and I give it a 7/10 because it never fails to make me laugh. There is no deeper narrative, the plot is disjointed, but those things don't matter to me because this movie doesn't need a heartfelt message or intriguing plot: it is just dumb and having fun. And I absolutely love watching it.

I can't believe I wasted $2.50 to see this movie. As many others have already noted, they showed all the funny scenes (a total of four, maybe five...) in the trailer. The rest of the movie lacked taste and was designed for the many desensitized teenagers who are raving about this film. I should hope that the Wayans troupe will do better with a sequel, as they've had success in the past (in both TV and movies).

It seems like they were striving for a "Naked Gun" or "Airplane" sort of slapstick comedy with this movie, yet it comes off as images of male body parts and homosexual activity and crude jokes - none of these were necessary in those other films to make people laugh. It also seemed like the director was trying to fit as many different film references in as short a time as possible, and this just causes confusion for those of us who like a good parody.

I wouldn't honestly recommend this movie to anyone. The humor is too adult for young kids and teens, and too crude for adults. This could have been a much better (funnier, smarter) film if it had been put in the hands of another group of writers, directors, actors, etc...

For me, really successful. I laughed every now and then. Mostly Shorty, Doofy and Scream pulled it for me. It went by awfully fast because it's a shorter movie, but I still really enjoyed it, so soon it was over. For me, total satisfaction and a good comedy that pokes fun at horror movies and it worked for me.

I began watching this film the other night hopeful that I'd get some laughs. However a combination of inept attempts at humour and a rather unpleasant, obnoxious undercurrent soon made this film a chore to watch and I couldn't last the distance without fast-forwarding large chunks of the film.

One reason I disliked the film so much was how low its standards were. With the exception of one or two jokes early on, the filmmakers seemed to think that merely making the audience aware they were spoofing a Kevin Williamson-type film was in itself enough to constitute a joke.

Secondly, the film seems to have been described as "outrageous" by the LA Times for example but what exactly is so outrageous about this film? All the predictable areas are mined for humour. The only way anyone would think that the film's litany of jokes involving gore/sexual innuendo/cross-dressers/homosexuals/pot-smoking are 'outrageous' are those who haven't seen the 4000 or so films that have used this type of humour in the past.

Perhaps, like 'Something about Mary', it's deemed outrageous because it pushes the boundaries of some of these jokes a bit further but it's still a variation on the same joke.

After a while, the film's tone is so relentless and obvious that it's easy to see where the next joke is coming from. When I saw an overweight woman have a speaking part later in the film, you knew that there would a joke relating to her weight. As Hollywood deems, only 'the beautiful people' appear at the multiplexes.

In reality, 'Scary Movie' is anything but outrageous as it picks safe, obvious targets for humour that won't cause any real controversy. This film is about the same standard as 'Silence of the Hams' from a few years back but due to a few factors (mainly marketing) whereas 'Hams' did zero at the box office, 'Scary Movie' was a major hit.

A group of teenagers are targeted by a serial killer exactly one year after they ran over a man.

In 1996 Scream was a film that reinstated the slasher horror genre and Keenan Ivory Wayans' spoof is a true and funny testament to that horror classic.

Modern spoofs often contain slapstick humour, stereotypes and a fairly predictable plot. This is evident with this 2000 hit and is pure silly entertainment that you can't help but love and laugh along with despite the conventional approach.

Recent releases such as Disaster Movie have brought the spoof genre to an all time low. Filled with unfunny parodies, attacks on celebrities and ultimately silly plots, it's a wonder why they are still being made. In the nineties we had classic spoofs such as Austin Powers and Naked Gun, silly but with a sharp and entertaining plot.

Scary Movie has such a good plot, choosing to focus its energy on Scream and I know what you did last summer, that you forget its intentions to demean other films and therefore, are able to sit back and enjoy the ride.

The opening is pretty much Scream with some great moments of slapstick in, and crude slapstick at that with safety signs, sexual references and an out of control car.

This opening sets the tone for an engrossing comedy and viewers are thrust head first into typical teenagers lives, filled with some fine slapstick humour and stereotypes lives There is a consistency to Scary Movie. There is little wondering away from its objective to tell the tale of the teens being targeted and therefore achieves a realism in its own context. With follow-ups 2, 3 and 4 there is a tendency to run away from the main narrative and have sillier skits that this original remains the most sophisticated to date.

Though the comedy is frequently predictable, there is still elegance about the way Wayans achieves this effect. His close and unflinching style gives that humorous and equally horrific substance to fly across both genres into this tantalizing tale.

Spoofs are always worth viewing for their sheer cheek to criticize blockbusters and Scary Movie is no exception with its pin point accuracy on Scream and other horrors. Filled with likable slapstick and funny stereotypes, this is the finest in the series

Usually I'm very wary of laughing too loudly or saying things to the screen out loudly in a cinema, I mean, imagine you had someone like that behind you in the piccies, you'd be mad. With Scary Movie, however, I couldn't help it. Once the initial nervousness of the starting jokes is over, the humour just turns mad and comes at you fast, and I just couldn't help but Scream with laughter at some points. The gym teacher, Miss Man, got the most audience reaction. Brilliantly funny, rips off more films than you can count, you'll die laughing.

"Scary Movie" is, by far, the worst movie I have ever seen. There were so many disgusting scenes that were just not funny. While "Something About Mary" was not my favorite movie, at least "Mary" had some redeeming qualities. I hid in the theater after watching "Scary Movie" until most patrons had left because I didn't want anyone to see that I had just seen that trash. I did see someone I knew in the theater, noticed her laughing, and now I think a lot less of her.

I had the overwhelming feeling that I needed a shower after watching "Scary Movie". It was just so disgusting.

This is gross-out humor at its worst. Trying so hard to go "over the top" that no thought is put into any other aspect of the movie.