Scary Movie

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Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, Shorty, Ray, Cindy and Brenda find themselves targeted by another mad slasher.

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Critics Consensus

Taking a stab at modern horror movies and missing more than it cuts, Scary Movie's self-referential callbacks and tired gags make for a stunted return to what was already a hit-or-miss franchise.

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Laden with nostalgia and OG ribaldry, Scary Movie delivers stupid, good fun that’s appropriately inappropriate.

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

Jun 16

The gentrification of genre is a real and consequential development, and yet the prevailing feeling watching the latest Scary Movie is of vague disinterest, and also narrowly missed opportunities.

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Coleman Spilde

Salon.com

Jun 12

The new “Scary Movie” is stuck somewhere between then and now, with one foot in the early-millennial absurdism that spawned the series’ most beloved gags, and the other planted way too firmly in quote-unquote edgy humor.

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

Jun 8

We laugh because we’re defeated. That requires more effort than Scary Movie is usually willing to expend, but every once in a while, it gets there.

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Dino-Ray Ramos

DIASPORA

32m

2.5/5

Gen X and millennials will eat up the references and ratchet-ass tom foolery. But the film is too reminiscent of its predecessors to fully connect with Gen Z — and as the ending suggests, maybe it doesn’t care to.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

18h

2/5

Not much has changed for this old franchise, which once offered guilty pleasure giggles but, even with up-to-date references, now has a worn-out feeling, and most of the gags just don't land.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Jul 1

4/10

The movie does deliver with with multiple parodies of more recent popular horror films like the substance, weapons, smile and a lot more but some jokes fell more flat than others

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Megan M

3d

Hilarious and dumb at the same time

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Trinity B

3d

Honestly, I never seen one of these movies and this was the first and I really don’t like movies that joke about sexual things, lust is a sin and I’m not into the jokes, and the movie is not even scary

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Alfonso

3d

I love the original scary movies and I’m so glad they came back with another. I personally found it so funny.

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Alison

5d

Could have been better

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Jack

6d

Loved this movie! Very funny!

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Albert

Jul 6

Worth a watch nothing amazing

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Synopsis

Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, Shorty, Ray, Cindy and Brenda find themselves targeted by another mad slasher.

Director: Mike Tiddes
Producer: Rick Alvarez, Craig Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, Rick Alvarez
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Miramax, Wayan Bros. Entertainment
Rating: R (Drug Content|Crude Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Language Throughout|Strong Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 5, 2026, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2026
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1