Synopsis
After parodying the blaxploitation films of the 1970s in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Keenen Ivory Wayans takes aim at slasher films of the 1980s and 1990s in this raunchy satire, which was produced under the clumsy but inarguably appropriate title Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween. As you might expect, a group of teenagers -- not-terribly-bright Buffy (Shannon Elizabeth), her best friend Brenda (Regina Hall), stoner Shorty (Marlon Wayans), fey football player Ray (Shawn Wayans), loudmouthed Greg (Lochlyn Munro), sexually overexcited Bobby (Jon Abrahams), and his prim girlfriend Cindy (Anna Faris) -- are on the run from a maniacal killer who is looking for revenge after the kids accidentally kill a man following an auto accident. They also find themselves having to contend with intrusive reporter Gail Hailstorm (Cheri Oteri) and eccentric high school principal Squiggly (David L. Lander). Incidentally, the title Scary Movie is something of an inside joke: it was the working title for Scream, the movie that kick-started the mid-'90s slasher film revival.
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News Roundup: "Scary Movie" meets "Harry Potter"
Following is a news roundup for December 24. Mentioned keywords are Scary Movie Harry Pottre Star Wars Lord of the Rings Sopranos Lorraine Bracco Drew Carey Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Wayne Newton X-Files Gillian Anderson People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Nicole Kidman Robbie Williams Frank Sinatra JK Rowling Aaliyah Queen of the Damned MTV Carson Daly Last Call Michael Jackson American Music Awards CBS ABC NBC Emeril Inside Schwartz
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No Brando in "Scary Movie 2" DVD
Scary Movie 2 director Keenen Ivory Wayans has revealed that although he got "a good amount of footage of [Marlon] Brando" before the actor was forced to pull out of the film, none of it will be used on the Scary Movie 2 DVD.
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Woods replaces Brando in "Scary Movie 2"
James Woods will replace Marlon Brando in Dimension's Films'Scary Movie 2 after Brando exited a cameo role last month because of health and availability issues, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Woods will appear in the opening scene as a priest who performs an exorcism. The film is directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and screen-written by brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. The film is scheduled for a July 4 release.