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List Price: $12.95 | | Label: Weinstein Company
Salesrank: 10853
Released: August 15, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
No spoof is left unturned in director and parody-meister David Zucker s SCARY MOVIE 4 the latest installment in the popular horror-cum-humor series. Among several returnees from previous films Anna Faris reprises her role as Cindy Campbell the eternally unlucky and hilariously clumsy heroine. In a send-up of 2004 s THE GRUDGE Campbell is assigned as full-time nurse to a mysterious old lady in a house haunted by the ghost of a small boy. In a takeoff of 2005 s WAR OF THE WORLDS next door lives Tom Ryan (Craig Bierko) a divorced dock worker somewhat in charge of his two kids who is called into action as Alien TriPods (remove the "Tr" for a hint at the inspiration for their invention) seek to destroy Earth. The two meet and quickly fall in love. Joined by Cindy s ever-present sidekick the flirtatious Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall) the protagonists must save the planet from aliens and solve the mystery of the ghostly boy. One of the stops along the way includes a sharp lampooning of THE VILLAGE complete with appearances from SCARY MOVIE veterans Carmen Electra and Chris Elliot and other cinematic spoofs including BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN MILLION DOLLAR BABY and SAW. The satirical wit extends beyond the movies containing personal jabs both self-inflicted (Charlie Sheen Shaquille O Neal and Dr. Phil) and not (Mike Tyson Michael Jackson and George W. Bush). Ultimately there is more than enough funniness to sate the SCARY MOVIE or slapstick comedy fan s appetite.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: UNRATED UPC: 796019794657 Manufacturer No: 79465
Description of Scary Movie 4 (Unrated Widescreen Edition):
Some comedy is like a scalpel; the Scary Movie series is a hand grenade, spewing bodily fluids and big-breasted women in all directions as they lampoon the latest horror. In Scary Movie 4's case, the main targets are War of the Worlds, The Village, The Grudge, Saw, and Tom Cruise jumping all over Oprah's couch (the scariest of the lot). Along the way, potshots get taken at non-horror fare like Brokeback Mountain and Million Dollar Baby, as well as obvious targets like Michael Jackson and George W. Bush, among others. Anna Faris (Lost in Translation) and Regina Hall (The Honeymooners) return as the central characters wandering through a crazy quilt of horror scenarios, joined by Craig Bierko (Cinderella Man) doing a dead-on parody of Cruise at his most manic. Cameos include everyone from Charlie Sheen to Shaquille O'Neal to Carmen Electra. Some of it's funny, some of it's not, but there's a generally buoyant zaniness that comes from director David Zucker, one of the creators of Airplane!, which started the whole firehose-of-jokes aesthetic. --Bret Fetzer
Scary Movie 4 (Unrated Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Scary Movie 4 
2008-06-10 - scary movie 4 is so funny!!!!!! some people say it's horrible but i say its awsome
i mean not the best scary movie but im not saying its bad!
im saying its very good no GREAT!!! SEE THIS MOVIE
NOT FUNNY... USED DIFFERENT WRITERS!!! 
2008-03-27 - I LOVED Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3. So I was really excited about Scary Movie 4. BIG DISAPPOINTMENT! I was amazed at how unfunny it was. The jokes were just lame. It was like they were trying to do the same formula, but it just wasn't working. I asked someone about it afterwards, and he said Scary Movie 4 had different writers from the first three movies. No wonder. I laughed maybe 2-3 times. What a crummy addition to a great franchise. They should have stopped it at three. Instead, everyone wanted to cash in on a 4th movie and it just plain SUCKED. Very sad - as I still keep Scary Movie 1-3 in my DVD collection and enjoy them. But I wouldn't keep Scary Movie 4 if you gave it to me.
Funny 
2008-01-04 - Was just as funny on DVD as it was in the theather. Enjoyed it!
Scary Movie 4
2007-12-06 - The movie is Scary Movie 4.
This movie makes fun of other movies such as war of the worlds, Saw, Ring. This movie is funny too. It has charaters such as Dr. Phil, Ann Faris, Shaq and Regina Hall in the movie. The story line in this movie does not stay the same it is changing constantly. MICHAEL S
Bring On the Funny
2007-11-26 - It's almost disturbing that this movie looks as good as it does on HD DVD. It's one of the best looking movies in my collection.
The movie itself is silly, stupid, funny, and a great pick me up for a gloomy day. Exactly as it should be.
