Remember Airplane! and the Naked Gun series? Well, Scary Movie is a movie very much in the same vein. It is a spoof of other movies, mainly Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, but also many others. And while it may not be quite as good as the Zucker brothers' movies, it is still very, very funny.
The plot, which is merely a vehicle for the jokes, is based completely on the plot of Scream, with the spoofs of other movies tacked on top of it. If you aren't familiar with Scream, all you need to know is that a serial killer in a Halloween costume is stalking a bunch of teenagers in a small town.
The humor in this movie is based on the concept that if enough jokes are fired off in a row, some of them will make you laugh. The concept works. In other words, if you are groaning over a joke that fell flat, don't worry. There are ten jokes coming right behind it that will make you laugh.
The cast does a good job of keeping it sincere throughout the madness. Like Leslie Nielsen before them, they have learned that the straighter they play it, the funnier the jokes seem.
Like all spoofs, it helps you get the jokes if you have seen the movies they are spoofing, but even if you haven't, you will still find yourself laughing.
All in all, Scary Movie is silly, light entertainment that should keep you laughing throughout.
