Written by Marlon Wayans And Shawn Wayans And Keenen Ivory Wayans And Craig Wayans And Rick Alvarez
Directed by Michael Tiddes
Shorty: "We back!"
It's been thirteen years since the spectacular misfire that was Scary Movie 5 and twenty five years since the Wayans Brothwea had a hand in thr franchise they created. That's plenty of time to mine new material or recycle old jokes.
This franchise has never been politically correct and never will be. That often has been a mixed bag for the franchise as a whole. A few jokes here are funny enough. The majority of them however fail to stick the landing or feel a bit too try hard to be edgy in a way that doesn't work for 2026.
Anyways, the OGs - Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall), Shorty (Marlon Wayans) and Ray Wilkins (Shawn Wayans) are back. In unsurprising news, none of these characters have matured for the better.
Shorty's still weed obsessed but into cryptocurrency while Ray has been trying to literally pray the gay away. The latter led to a Sinners spoof. Cindy and Brenda have become mothers. Cindy had two daughters named Sara (Olivia Rose Keegan) and Tuesday (Savannah Lee Nassif). Brenda had twins named Brad (Gregg Wayans) and Dei (Sydney Park).
Throw in the likes of Jack (Cameron Scott Roberts), Val (Ruby Snowber) and Jess (Benny Zielke) and the groundwork for the movie would be to spoof Scream (2022) and Scream VI respectively. They were the obvious ones to do but let's add in a Ma version of Brenda and Halloween (2018) version of Cindy for shits and giggles as well.
Keeping with the returns both Ghostface/Officer Doofy (Dave Sheridan), Gail Hailstorm (Cheri Oteri) and Gregg (Lochlyn Munro) were also brought back. Three of them got killed off while one of them got The Substance (or the Stuff) and didn't live to enjoy the benefits of it. Oh and don't expect White Chicks 2 or do. Could go either way.
As for Act 3, yes it's a very biting commentary on the nature of succession and ultimately the rejection of it. It doesn't quite stick the landing and it's not as funny as it wanted to be either. So much for a new Core Four, huh?
- Other spoofs included Kpop Demon Hunters, Nosferatu (2024), Longlegs, Weapons, Smile, etc to name a few.
- I did find the Wayans getting their anger out on being removed from their own franchise rather pointed. Teyana Taylor and Carmen Electra popped up in the opening scene. There's a lot of cameos from previous movies in this one.
- Standout music: Lizzo and Sexy Redd's Messy and Redd's Hoes.
- Chronology: Over twenty years since we've last seen Cindy, Brenda, Shorty and Ray.
Scary Movie (2026) on one hand kind of proved to me that perhaps some things should be left in the past. On the other hand, the box office numbers have already guaranteed we're getting a seventh entry. It needed a lot more of Cindy and Brenda and a less of Shorty.
Rating: 5 out of 10
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