TheScary Moviefranchise is finally coming back to life over a decade after the last movie, and it’s returning at the perfect time. In 2000, the Wayans Brothers – Keenen Ivory, Shawn, and Marlon – seized the peak of slasher movies and developedScary Movie, a slasher parody movie.The point ofScary Movieis to parody popular horror trends, movies, and clichés, also adding other highly popular movies from other genres.Scary Moviegot mixed reviews from critics but was a box office hit, spawning a franchise with four sequels.
However, the Wayans brothers were only involved in the first two movies, and their absence was evident in the rest of theScary Moviesequels. Now, 12 years after the failure ofScary Movie 5, the franchise is coming back to life with a sixth installment and withthe Wayans Brothers back to develop it. At the time of writing,plot details aboutScary Movie 6are unknown, as well as the cast and if Shawn and Marlon Wayans will also star, but the movie is arriving at the perfect time after so many successes in the horror genre.
Scary Movie 6 Is Releasing At The Right Time Amidst So Many Popular Horror Movies
Scary Movie 6 Is Finally Happening
As the whole point oftheScary Moviefranchiseis to make fun of popular horror movies, trends, and clichés,Scary Movie 6couldn’t be releasing at a better time. The horror genre has gone through many ups and downs over the years, but recently, it has gone through a resurgence thanks to the success of reboots, legacy sequels, prequels, adaptations of other works, and original stories.
Of course, there have also been some trends that found great success, such as folk horror with movies likeMidsommarandThe Witch, AI gone wrong as happened withM3GAN, and a resurgence of the slasher genre withTi West’sXtrilogyand Damian Leone’sTerrifiermovies.One of the biggest and most surprising trends has been returning IPsthrough reboots, legacy sequels, and prequels, the most notable ones being the sagas ofScream,Halloween,The Exorcist, andThe Omen. Adaptations have also found great success in the last decade, as happened withThe Black PhoneandIt.
1 Popular Horror Trend Gives Scary Movie’s Reboot Its Best Story
Scary Movie is getting a new film, and one popular horror trend gives it its best story, through which it can answer some big questions.
When it comes to original stories, the audience has been very welcoming of creative stories, of which some might not sound good on paper but were excellent in practice. Movies likeLonglegs,Smile, andLate Night With The Devilwere critical and commercial hits, and they are different from each other. Horror is still going through a great run, and it’s the best time forScary Movieto return asit has plenty of material to choose from for a successful (and funny) revival.
Scary Movie 6 Will Have Plenty Of Horror Movies And Franchises To Make Fun Of
Scary Movie 6 Has A Lot Of Material To Choose From
Thanks to the many successful horror movies in the last decade,Scary Movie 6has plenty of material to choose from to make fun of them and fire shots at the genre. The firstScary Moviefilm took the premises ofScreamandI Know What You Did Last Summerfor its story, borrowingScream’s Ghostface as its masked killer, soit’s only fair (and expected) thatScary Movie 6will make fun ofScream’s comeback.Scary Movie 6will surely also have a lot to say about modern slashers, mostly theTerrifierfilms and Art the Clown, which have taken the genre by surprise.
Scary Movie 6’s Returning Character Makes Sense But Brings A Big Challenge
Although the cast and plot of Scary Movie 6 haven’t been revealed yet, a character from the first movie is confirmed to return, but with a challenge.
There have also been short-lived but successful trends that would be worth using inScary Movie 6, such as religious horror, seen in movies likeImmaculate,The First Omen, andThe Exorcist: Believer. Of course,Scary Movie 6surely won’t let pass some of the best and most bizarre horror characters of the last decade, such as Art the Clown,Barbarian’s The Mother, Pearl, and Longlegs himself.Scary Movie 6has all the elements to succeed, and it’s to be seen which will be its main horror trends and which other movies from other genres it will make fun of.
Scary Movie
Scary Movie is a 2000 comedy horror movie that parodies a popular horror films such as Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Blair Witch Project. Starring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, and Marlon and Shawn Wayans, the first Scary Movie spawned a franchise and popularized the parody genre in the early 2000s.
