Taglines: Obey The Rules… Or Die Laughing.
Six friends – Cindy Campbell, Bobby Prinze, Buffy Gilmore, Greg Phillipe, Ray Wilkins, and Brenda Meeks – are being stalked by a serial killer. A serial killer that is after them because of an accident that they caused last Halloween. A serial killer that seems to have come out of every other scary movie. The body count has already started with Drew Decker, the local town slut, and it’s starting to build up. The friends are going to have to escape from both the killer’s clutches and annoying news reporter Gail Hailstorm if they plan on living to the sequel…
Scary Movie is a 2000 American horror comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. The film is a parody of the horror, slasher, and mystery film genres. Several mid- and late-’90s films and TV shows are spoofed, and the script is primarily based on the ’90s hit horror films Scream (1996) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
The film was originally titled “Last Summer I Screamed Because Halloween Fell on Friday the 13th”, but was changed to Scary Movie in homage to the production title of Scream, which was also released through Dimension Films. The first in the Scary Movie film series, it was followed by four sequels: Scary Movie 2 (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), and Scary Movie 5 (2013). Despite generally mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing $278 million worldwide from a $19 million budget.
About the Story
An 18-year-old girl named Drew Decker (Carmen Electra) receives a threatening phone call while home alone one night. Drew is chased outside by Ghostface, who stabs her in the breast, removing one of her silicone breast implants. She is hit by a vehicle driven by her father, who was distracted by oral sex by his wife, and is then subsequently murdered by Ghostface.
The following day, Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris) meets up with her boyfriend Bobby (Jon Abrahams) and her friends, Brenda (Regina Hall), Ray (Shawn Wayans), Greg (Lochlyn Munro) and Buffy (Shannon Elizabeth). Various news teams, including hack reporter Gail Hailstorm (Cheri Oteri), converge on the school in the wake of Drew’s murder. Gail hooks up with Buffy’s intellectually disabled brother Special Officer Doofy (Dave Sheridan), hoping to milk the facts out of him.
While Cindy is in class, she receives a note reading: “I Know What You Did Last Halloween!”. She then realizes that Drew was murdered exactly one year after she and her friends accidentally killed a man during a wild car ride. At a beauty pageant that evening, Greg is killed by Ghostface in plain view, with the audience mistaking Buffy’s screams and pleas for help as being part of her act. When Buffy realizes she’s won the pageant, she almost immediately forgets about Greg’s death and celebrates her victory.
After Cindy goes home alone, she is attacked by Ghostface. Cindy locks herself in her room and contacts the police, and Ghostface disappears. Bobby arrives momentarily after hearing the incident, but a pair of black gloves and a telephone fall out of his pocket, leading Cindy to believe that he was the killer. Bobby is arrested and taken to the police station. Afterwards, Cindy heads to Buffy and Doofy’s place, to spend the night with them. When there, she receives a call from Ghostface, mocking her.
The next morning, Bobby is released. Meanwhile, Buffy, high on the success of her victory at the pageant, ignores Cindy’s warnings about the killer and is beheaded by Ghostface with a cleaver, though her severed head still remains alive. Ghostface, visibly annoyed, dumps Buffy’s head into a Lost and Found bin. That night, Ray and Brenda go to a showing of Shakespeare In Love, where Ray is stabbed in the ear through a bathroom stall. Ghostface then goes after Brenda. Unfortunately, angry movie patrons, fed up with Brenda’s rude behavior during the movie, kill her before Ghostface can.
Scary Movie (2000)
Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans, Carmen Electra, Anna Farris, Karen Kruper, Leanne Santos, Kyle Graham
Screenplay by: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
Production Design by: Robb Wilson King
Cinematography by: Francis Kenny
Film Editing by: Mark Helfrich
Costume Design by: Darryle Johnson
Set Decoration by: Louise Roper
Art Direction by: Lawrence F. Pevec
Music by: David Kitay
MPAA Rating: R for strong crude sexual humor, language, drug use and violence.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: July 7, 2000
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