Scary Movie
Starring: Anna Faris, Lochyln Munro, Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth, Carmen Electra
Directed By: Keenan Ivory Wayans

In the comedy film genre, the "spoof" lies just above the "sitcom-turned-into-movie", which is often despised, rarely good. The spoof was made famous by Airplane, and has gone on to generate some good (Hot Shots) and some atrocious (Spy Hard). Unfortunately in the "spoof" area, there is no happy medium, no gray area. So then what is the fate of Scary Movie? First off it's hard to do a send-up of a movie (Scream), that virtually was spoofing all of the awful horror movies, with it's ironic wit and all. Unfortunately, Scream reinvigorated the horror genre, and re-killed it, with fast/cheap films such as I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Idle Hands, and even Scream 3. Scary Movie, though does send ups of I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Matrix, and mostly of Scream 1 &2. Does it do a good job? Well at points, yes, (as is the case of I Know, with the fatal car sequence). With others, it just falls flat on it's face (The Matrix, which is so stupid that it's not funny). But for a spoof, it has to copy it's films, which it does by almost having the entirely same script as Scream. There are many sexual refrences (fellatio, gay men), and that provides for a lot of the funnier moments. The performances are...well interesting to say the least. The funniest performances being turned in by Shawn Wayans, as a gay football quarterback, and Cheri Oteri, as a reporter. So is it good or bad? Well it falls in that region of so-bad-it's good. B-