Scary Movie
After our watch of Scream, E and I followed it up with Scary Movie to see how it held up, and… it really doesn’t. There’s some problematic elements to the humor, which are certainly a product of the time, but just don’t age well no matter how you look at it. The movie primarily spoofs Scream, of course, and in fact, most of the scenes just mirror that of its source material, but the funniest bit actually is the spoof of I Know What You Did Last Summer, which felt very Naked Gun. I will say, Ghostface is a much more proficient killer in Scary Movie than Scream, and it seems very likely to me that some of the body language and swagger of Ghostface in this inspired the future Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool, as they were some striking similarities in that regard. It is interesting that they chose to spoof Scream, which is such a funny movie in its own right, that it almost makes it daunting to spoof, as there’s significant pressure there to be even funnier, and the reality is that Scary Movie fell short of that mark. Scream is the more humorous of the two, and I cannot recommend you waste your time watching Scary Movie, not even for a nostalgia re-watch.
-Z
