Review: Scary Movie

Dir: Keenan Ivory Wayans

Cast: John Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Cheri Oteri

Category: Comedy

Reviewer: Lorelei

Plot: No plot. This is just a dumbass sendup of horror flix. It kinda sorta has a similar story to Scream. Or little limp, wet gobs of story, stuck together with plenty of 4^th grade sex jokes.

DVD Special Features: Region 1 encoding, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, Behind-the Scenes, Deleted Scenes, Chillin' with the Villain Game DVD-ROM Features: Screen Savers (50 images), Screenplay Viewer, Interactive Character Profiles, Scary Movie: Guide for the Culturally Challenged Pop up descriptions that explain cultural references and inside jokes as you are watching the film. Viewers can switch to a quiz mode and test themselves, Widescreen anamorphic format. Lots of stuff, but based on a large, steaming mound of celluloid excreta.

The Good: Oooooh…that’s a tough one. You know, when you rent a movie like this, that it’s going to be stupid. The level of stupid on this one, however, is phenomenal. Okay, there are a few funny gags here and there. I particularly liked the one where the virginal heroine’s boyfriend starts to pull her panties down, and bats fly out. Hmm, I guess that’s it. Oh yeah, the cop with the butt plug was sorta funny, too.

The Bad: Don’t get me wrong, I love parody. "Young Frankenstein" is one of my favorite movies ever. And I’m not offended by gross-out humor. I chuckled along with "Something About Mary." But this flick starts off on the wrong foot—it’s trying to spoof a spoof. "Scream" was much more clever a send-up of the horror genre. This flick is dumb, lowbrow, and spends most of its time on ultra-crude, mega-juvenile sex jokes. Sure, it has its bright spots. The "Whazzup?" bit was almost funny. But for the most part, it’s just tedious. I kept hoping the ghost face guy would kill everybody and end my pain.

Bottom Line: Tastes of ghost ass.

Rating: Three boxes of Boone’s Farm