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View our Scary Movie shop⁠ Join BP, Coop and Justin as we analyse Scary Movie 4, a 2006 American science fiction parody film. It is the sequel to Scary Movie 3 and the fourth installment in the Scary Movie film series, as well as the first film in the franchise to be released under The Weinstein Company banner since the purchase of Dimension Films from Disney. It was directed by David Zucker, written by Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin, and Pat Proft, and produced by Robert K. Weiss and Craig Mazin. The film marks the final franchise appearances of the main stars, Anna Faris and Regina Hall (who portray Cindy and Brenda, respectively), and concludes the original story arc. This was initially intended to be the final film in the Scary Movie film series, until Scary Movie 5 was released by The Weinstein Company on April 12, 2013, in a different storyline, with Simon Rex, Charlie Sheen, and Molly Shannon in different roles. It grossed $178 million dollars, becoming the third highest grossing film in the series. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop our Store!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tip us $5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠ Chapters 00:00 The Grudge 00:25 Title Sequence 00:42 Introducing Scary Movie 4 01:26 Overall Thoughts 04:30 Favourite Parts 13:23 What We Disliked 19:26 Trivia 23:43 Ratings 25:45 Final Thoughts 28:01 Thank You 28:27 Karma Chameleon Box office In its opening weekend, the film grossed a total of $40.2 million, the third best opening weekend of the Scary Movie franchise. It has the best Easter weekend opening weekend ever, beating Panic Room which made $30.1 million in its opening and also the second best April opening, only $2 million behind Anger Management's record. As of October 18, 2006, the film has grossed a total of $90,710,620 at the United States box office and $178,262,620 worldwide. Critical response Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 34% of 126 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 4.60/10. The site's consensus states, "Sure to inspire a few chuckles, but not enough to compensate for the recycled material from its predecessors." On Metacritic, film has an average of 40 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "C+" on a scale of A+ to F. Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post stated that while "Scary Movie 4 never takes you close to death by laughter... it's funny enough to turn the hands on your watch much more quickly than you can believe." Nathan Lee of The New York Times' described the film as being "organized on the principle of parody, not plot... it's an exercise in lowbrow postmodernism, a movie-movie contraption more nuts than Charlie Kaufman's gnarliest fever dream. It's cleverly stupid." Accolades The film won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (Carmen Electra, also in Date Movie). #scarymovie4 #warofthewowrlds #thegrudge #saw #jigsaw #annafaris #reginahall #retrospective #behindthescenes #movie #death #horrorfilm #deathscene #blood #gore #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #scarymovie #brendameeks #cindycampbell #karmachameleon #cultureclub #boygeorge

17 Sep 202329min

View our Scary Movie shop And twins! Join BP, Coop and Justin as we take a look back at Scary Movie 3, the 2003 American parody film which parodies the horror, sci-fi, and mystery genres. It is the sequel to Scary Movie 2 and is the third film in the Scary Movie film series, and the first to be directed by David Zucker. The film stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall reprising their roles as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks, respectively. New cast members include Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex, Anthony Anderson, Kevin Hart, and Leslie Nielsen. It is the first film in the series to feature no involvement from the Wayans family. The characters of Shorty Meeks and Ray Wilkins, previously played by Shawn and Marlon Wayans, do not appear, nor are they referenced. The film's plot significantly parodies the films The Ring, Signs, The Matrix Reloaded and 8 Mile. The film grossed $220.7 million worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film in the series. A sequel, Scary Movie 4, was released in 2006. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop our Store!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tip us $5⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠ Chapters 00:00 Cindy the TV's leaking 00:26 Title Sequence 00:44 Introducing Scary Movie 3 01:25 Overall Thoughts 04:45 Favourite Parts 17:34 What We Disliked 23:50 Trivia 33:58 Ratings 35:55 Final Thoughts 37:49 Thank You 38:27 And twins! On November 22, 2002, Dimension Films announced a third Scary Movie without the Wayans brothers returning. The movie was given the title Scary Movie 3: Episode I — Lord of the Brooms, and the movie was supposed to spoof the Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter franchises. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer were the writers of the movie. David Zucker was going to shoot that script but eventually decided to not use it. Filming started on March 12, 2003 and wrapped on July 16, 2003. The movie was shot in British Columbia and in Washington, D.C. #scarymovie3 #annafaris #reginahall #alternativeending #deletedscenes #thering #signs #8mile #eminem #behindthescenes #movie #death #horrorfilm #deathscene #blood #gore #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #scarymovie #theexorcist #hellhouse #hillhouse #thehaunting #hannibal #charliesangels #nike #brendameeks #cindycampbell

19 Aug 202338min

View our Scary Movie shop Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss Scary Movie 2, the 2001 American supernatural parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It is the sequel to Scary Movie and the second film in the Scary Movie film series. The film stars Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans (all reprising their roles from the first film, despite their characters having seemingly been killed off), as well as Tim Curry, Tori Spelling, Chris Elliott, Chris Masterson, Kathleen Robertson, David Cross and James Woods. The film is the last in the series to feature the involvement of stars Marlon and Shawn Wayans, and director Keenan. Marlon would eventually go on to produce a similar horror-themed parody, A Haunted House, and its sequel, both starring himself. In the latter film, Wayans pokes fun at the Scary Movie series' decline in quality after his family's departure. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop our Store!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tip us $5⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠ Chapters 00:00 Intro - Deleted Scene 00:35 Title Sequence 00:52 Introducing Scary Movie 2 01:39 Overall Thoughts 06:06 Favourite Parts 11:33 What We Disliked 14:38 Trivia 25:02 Ratings 27:22 Final Thoughts 29:54 Thank You 30:25 Ride Wit Me 30:54 Alternative Ending Clip Where the original film was mainly based on the slasher films of the 1990s, Scary Movie 2 parodies an array of supernatural and haunted house films from various decades, namely The Haunting (1999), Stigmata (1999), The Exorcist (1973), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), The Amityville Horror (1979), Poltergeist (1982), The Legend of Hell House (1973), House on Haunted Hill (both the 1959 and 1999 versions), The Changeling (1980), What Lies Beneath (2000) and Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) while also making many references to the slasher flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). It also spoofs the comedy film Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) and some contemporary films, such as Hannibal (2001), Hollow Man (2000) and Charlie's Angels (2000). Scary Movie 2 was commercially successful, grossing $141.2 million worldwide from a $45 million budget, but received largely negative reviews from critics. A sequel was released in 2003, grossing $220.7 million against a $48 million budget, and received generally negative reviews. #alternativeending #scarymovie2 #annafaris #reginahall #behindthescenes #movie #death #horrorfilm #deathscene #blood #gore #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #scarymovie #theexorcist #hellhouse #hillhouse #thehaunting #hannibal #charliesangels #nike #brendameeks #cindycampbell

5 Aug 202331min

Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss Scary Movie, the 2000 American slasher parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans (who both also star), alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Starring Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan, it follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake and never talk about it again. A year later, someone wearing a Ghostface mask and robe kills them one by one. The film is a parody of multiple genres including the horror, slasher, and mystery film genres. Several 1990s films and TV shows are also spoofed, and the script primarily follows the plot of the slasher films Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Some films and TV shows like Halloween, The Shining, Friday the 13th, The Usual Suspects, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, and The Matrix, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer were also parodied in some scenes. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Shop our Store!⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Tip us $5⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠ Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:16 Title Sequence 00:54 Introducing Scary Movie 01:44 Overall Thoughts 04:57 Favourite Parts 10:03 What We Disliked 10:58 Trivia 15:49 Ratings 17:03 Final Thoughts 19:04 Thank You 19:35 Scary Movie 20:56 Post-Credits Scene involving Doofy #postcreditscene #scarymovie #annafaris #reginahall #lochlynmunro #behindthescenes #scream #ghostface #iknowwhatyoudidlastsummer #movie #death #horrorfilm #deathscene #blood #gore #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy

14 Juli 202321min

Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss the remake of Thir13en Ghosts, starring Embeth Davidtz (Miss Honey) Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Shannon Elizabeth (Nadia from American Pie). In Thir13en Ghosts, a family inherit a futuristic mansion, the twist? 13 ghosts are released one-by-one to torment the family. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Shop our Store!⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Tip us $5⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠ Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:17 Title Sequence 00:53 Introducing Thir13en Ghosts 01:30 Overall Thoughts 06:13 Favourite Parts 11:01 What We Disliked 14:56 Trivia 19:57 Ratings 20:30 Final Thoughts 22:52 Thank You 23:33 Ghost Town #thirteenghosts #ghost #blackzodiac #behindthescenes #documentary #horrorstories #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #graphic

26 Juni 202324min

This is a certified Mia Goth stan account. Join BP, Coop, Justin and returning special guest Pablo as we analyse X and Pearl, the 2022 horror films by director Ti West. X is a 2022 American slasher film written, directed, produced and edited by Ti West. It stars Mia Goth in dual roles: a young woman named Maxine and Pearl, an elderly woman. The film also stars Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, and Scott Mescudi appearing in supporting roles. The film follows a cast and crew who gather to make a pornographic film on an elderly couple's rural Texas property, but find themselves threatened by the killer couple. Pearl (subtitled An X-traordinary Origin Story) is also a 2022 American slasher film directed by Ti West, co-written by West and Mia Goth, who reprises her role as the title character, and featuring David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, and Emma Jenkins-Purro in supporting roles. A prequel to X (2022) and the second installment in the X film series, it serves as an origin story for the title villain, whose fervent aspiration to become a movie star led her to committing violent acts on her family's Texas homestead in 1918. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ ⁠TikTok⁠ ↪ ⁠Twitter⁠ ↪ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠ ↪ ⁠Instagram⁠ ↪ ⁠Subscribe to our YouTube channel⁠ ↪ ⁠Shop our Store!⁠ ↪ ⁠Tip us $5⁠ ↪ ⁠Linktree⁠ ↪ ⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠ Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:15 Title Sequence 00:53 Introducing X and Pearl 02:01 Overall Thoughts 07:54 Favourite Parts 15:24 What We Disliked 17:25 Trivia 21:26 Ratings 23:22 Final Thoughts 24:57 Thank You 25:15 Sweet But Psycho #x #pearl #tiwest #horror #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #graphic #a24 #wizardofoz #avamax #sweetbutpsycho

17 Juni 202325min

Don't speak! I know just what you're thinking Join BP, Coop and Justin as we review Speak No Evil, the 2022 psychological horror thriller film directed by Christian Tafdrup from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Mads. It is produced by Jacob Jarek and is distributed by Nordisk Film. Filming took place in Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy, and most of the film is shot in English, with some scenes in Danish and Dutch. The film centers on Bjørn (Morten Burian) and Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch), a Danish couple who are invited by Patrick (Fedja van Huêt) and Karin (Karina Smulders), a Dutch couple, to their country house for a weekend holiday; the hosts soon begin to test the limits of their guests as the situation escalates. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ TikTok ↪ Twitter ↪ ⁠Facebook ↪ Instagram ↪ Subscribe to our YouTube channel ↪ Shop our Store! ↪ Tip us $5 ↪ Linktree ↪ Letterboxd⁠ Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:17 Title Sequence 00:54 Speak No Evil (2022) 01:42 Overall Thoughts 04:29 Flashback to Episode 53 05:13 Favourite Parts 11:13 What We Disliked 15:00 Trivia 21:01 Ratings 21:46 Final Thoughts 23:07 Thank You 23:36 Don't Speak 24:01 Like and Subscribe The film received an invitation to the Midnight section of the 38th Sundance Film Festival, which included: "horror and comedy works that defy genre classification", where it premiered on 22 January 2022. Box office Speak No Evil grossed $631,249 against a production budget of $3.1 million. Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 84% of 90 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "A social satire with razor-sharp teeth, Speak No Evil offers a darkly delicious treat for fans of misanthropic thrillers." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Sundance Film Festival touted the film as a "brilliantly provocative and simmering satirical work of horror [that] incriminates both sides". Remake In April 2023, it was announced Blumhouse Productions was developing a remake of the same name, with James McAvoy attached to star and James Watkins writing and directing. The film is currently set to be theatrically released on 9 August 2024 by Universal Pictures. #dontspeak #speaknoevil #europe #horror #sundance #filmfestival #remake #nodoubt #gwenstefani #tonykanal #hilaryduff #thehotchick #annafaris #robschneider #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #graphic

12 Juni 202324min

She's a maneater, wish you never ever met her at all! Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss Jennifer's Body, the 20009 underrated horror/comedy written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama. Starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, J. K. Simmons, Amy Sedaris, and Adam Brody, the film follows a demonically possessed high school student who kills her male classmates and devours their flesh in order to survive, with her childhood friend striving to end her killing spree. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ TikTok ↪ Twitter ↪ ⁠Facebook ↪ Instagram ↪ Subscribe to our YouTube channel ↪ Shop our Store! ↪ Tip us $5 ↪ Linktree ↪ Letterboxd⁠ Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:13 Title Sequence 00:50 Introducing Jennifer's Body (2009) 01:14 Overall Thoughts 04:43 Favourite Parts 09:55 What We Disliked 13:18 Trivia 16:32 Ratings 17:27 Final Thoughts 19:31 Thank You 19:48 Maneater 20:45 Like and Subscribe In 2018, Constance Grady reported in Vox that a new critical consensus was forming that appreciated the film as a "forgotten feminist classic". She stated that after the Me Too movement highlighted routine sexual harassment and misconduct in the media industry, the film's story of "a group of powerful men sacrificing a girl's body on the altar of their own professional advancement" became "uncomfortably familiar." This, according to Grady, allowed viewers to see the film, rather than as a sex fantasy, as a revenge fantasy as Jennifer uses her abused body against her attackers. According to the screenwriter, Diablo Cody, the film was marketed "all wrong". She had argued with executives who wanted "to market this to boys who like Megan Fox. That's who's going to see it. And I was like. No! This is a movie for girls too! That audience, they did not attempt to reach." In a 2022 essay on its status as a classic queer and bisexual film, Carmen Maria Machado wrote that Jennifer's Body speaks to "what it means to experience parallel sexualities with your best friend as you punch through the last vestiges of childhood." Machado rejects accusations that the film is guilty of queerbaiting, considering it instead an effective depiction of the "central body of water that is bisexuality" which many queer people spend at least some of their life in. #jennifersbody #meganfox #amandaseyfried #revenge #vampire #demon #nellyfurtado #maneater #horror #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #graphic

4 Juni 202321min