Name: The Scary Movie
Genre: Horror
Released: 1993-01-01
Rating: 6.6

1993

And that's the sound of one hand clapping.

Horror8m

🍅52%

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52%

Tomatometer

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43%

Popcornmeter

6.6

TMDB

Storyline

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

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Details

DirectorPeggy Ahwesh

ReleasedJan 1, 1993

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$30

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

Jerome Foundation

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

3 fresh · 4 rotten

Critics consensus

“Scary Movie overloads on crudity and grossness to get its laughs.”

52% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Paul Tatara

RTCNN.comOct 19, 2018

These gags are hardly the height of inspiration, but it could be that people laugh at them because they're not as pathetic as a character having a penis jabbed through his head like an ice pick.

Peter Bradshaw

RTGuardianOct 19, 2018

The Wayans brothers just want to make us laugh... And for the first 20 minutes, they do. After that the gag-rate plummets, and it's a long haul to the credits.

Glenn Lovell

RTSan Jose Mercury NewsOct 10, 2003

The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages.

David Nusair

RTReel Film ReviewsJun 5, 2026

...a pervasively (and perpetually) lackluster comedy...