Scary Movie
Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, the Core Four are back in the killer's crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe.
Review Sentiment
Doofy reluctantly helps Sara and Jack as Brenda theorizes the rebootquel plot
Ghostface and passengers stab Dei to death on the subway over liberal perspectives
The film's modest early goodwill generated by Doofy's well-received performance and the rebootquel meta-commentary (score 5.5 around minute 35) collapses sharply into the disjointed mid-film stretch of the subway murder and KPop animated sequence (score 3.5 around minute 65), as reviewers found the jokes increasingly dated, toothless, and structurally incoherent.
Scary Movie (2026) opens with cautious optimism from franchise fans glad to see the Wayans brothers and original cast return, but sentiment declines steadily as reviewers find the jokes stale, the new cast charmless, and the structure chaotic. A brief peak around the Doofy scenes and Cindy's action set piece provides isolated bright spots, but the film never recovers its early promise, and the ending's overt franchise-grievance meta-commentary lands as bitter rather than funny for most audiences. The overwhelming critical consensus is that the film is a disappointment that coasts on nostalgia without the comedic craft that made the originals work.
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Marlon Wayans
Shorty Meeks
Shawn Wayans
Ray Wilkins
Anna Faris
Cindy Campbell
Regina Hall
Brenda Meeks
Damon Wayans Jr.
Gregg Wayans
Brad Meeks
Kim Wayans
Nurse Ratchett
Benny Zielke
Cameron Scott Roberts
Jack Campbell
Cheri Oteri
Gail Hailstorm
Chris Elliott
Short Legs
Dave Sheridan
Doofy Gilmore
Heidi Gardner
Lochlyn Munro
Greg Phillippe
Olivia Rose Keegan
Sara Campbell
Ruby Snowber
Savannah Lee Nassif
Tuesday Campbell
Sydney Park
Dei Meeks
Jon Abrahams
Bobby Prinze
Nedim Jahić
Rick Landers
Crew
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