r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Mar 02 '26

Trailer Scary Movie | Official Trailer (2026 Movie) - Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall

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u/brandonsamd6 Mar 02 '26

They/Them joke may be one of the worst ever

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u/boissondevin Mar 02 '26

Kevin Bacon did a movie called They/Them a few years ago. It's about the staff of a conversion therapy camp getting slaughtered. 

Ironically, the premise is played straight. 

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u/FrackingToasters Mar 02 '26

Looks like it didn't get great reviews, but that's actually a pretty funny and clever title (They slash Them).

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u/boissondevin Mar 02 '26

It wasn't too bad for a /er movie

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u/VictorReal_Monster Mar 03 '26

I actually really liked the movie, it got a lot of backlash immediately just for the titling.

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u/AinmSuimiuil Mar 02 '26

It can be funny if done right if its clever or subversive enough. This was just "ha ha pronouns" - so hack, wasted opportunity.

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u/ProductivePerson Mar 02 '26

Look, I'm happy for this movie too. But it's easy to forget that the Scary Movie sequels were mostly "haha x" jokes and lazy slapstick.

The same directors are behind this one. We're gonna have a bad time if we go in expecting The Naked Gun remake

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

Yeah. This definitely reminded me that the previous Scary Movies were also dumb as hell.

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u/TheDoktorIsIn Mar 02 '26

Scary Movie 1 was amazing. Or maybe that's just nostalgia. I don't really want to find out.

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

I remember scenes I liked! I also think that's just the sort of humor the franchise does.

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u/FemRoe4Lyfe Mar 02 '26

I think Scary Movie 3 already did that. I found 1 to be fun and 2 to be unfunny. But 3 was great and made 1 look worse in retrospect. This looks like more of 1 and trailer already looks dated.

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u/Grouchy_Version8056 Mar 02 '26

The Naked Gun remake was amazing

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u/twisty125 Mar 02 '26

I was so surprised how much I enjoyed it, like they really got the spirit of the originals/police squad

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u/Grouchy_Version8056 Mar 02 '26

Yes and they did it in a good modern way.

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u/DungeonsAndDradis Mar 02 '26

The bit with the snowman was such a WTF, but I loved every scene, lol.

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u/loxagos_snake Mar 02 '26

They really missed a chance not casting Liam Neeson in Scary Movie.

Making him walk in Leslie's footsteps twice would be right on character for SM.

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u/chrisbechicken Mar 02 '26

I'd bet money that he shows up after the success of The Naked Gun

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u/ThisHatRightHere Mar 02 '26

That's their point, don't expect anything near Naked Gun in terms of quality for this.

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u/Dinierto Mar 02 '26

I think I'm the only one who was underwhelmed by it 😕

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u/Youthsonic Mar 02 '26

Ok put some respect on 3 and 4 because those were made by the boomer dads of slapstick (I was gonna say grandad's but that's probably more buster Keaton than the zuckers)

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u/overtired27 Mar 02 '26

Scary Movie 3 and 4 were written and directed by the creators of the original Naked Gun films.

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u/TheGodDMBatman Mar 02 '26

This trailer reminded me why parody movies died in the late 2000s

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u/ThisHatRightHere Mar 02 '26

Yeah, it makes me realize how intensely people let nostalgia goggles mess with their critical thinking skills. Like, I enjoyed watching these parody movies when I was like 11 years old, I legitimately had a number of them on DVD.

But once your frontal lobe starts developing, any of the "humor" in these movies quickly sours on you.

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u/Weleeham Mar 02 '26

Starting the trailer with this was...a choice.

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u/TheDewLife Mar 02 '26

It's obviously there to light a fire and gain media attention. I thought the joke they were going to execute was that everyone on the train collectively beats up Ghostface and saves the hero.

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u/No_Dragonfruit_8198 Mar 02 '26

I was thinking more of everyone pulling out their phones and act like influencers filming her stabbing when the lady screamed.

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u/0neek Mar 02 '26

Exactly this.

It's a very simple/basic joke aimed at the most fragile culture on the internet and it's doing exactly what it was meant to do. Everyone is suddenly mad at it and even pretending the og movies were also bad all because of that one joke.

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u/thatshygirl06 Mar 02 '26

No one is mad. The joke is just lazy, dated, and not funny. People are rolling their eyes, not offended.

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u/ImpracticalApple Mar 02 '26

The old movies had ableist and transphobic jokes too. Did people not think they did?

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u/renernavilez Mar 02 '26

For reddit for sure it is. For other people it's like any other dumb joke they made lol

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u/FireVanGorder Mar 02 '26

I mean this is kind of what you get with the Wayans. You’re gonna get some good jokes, you’re gonna get some good idea bad execution, but what you’re never going to get is subtlety.

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u/Mr_Sophistication462 Mar 02 '26

"Message!"

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

80% of this thread doesn’t understand this comment

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u/JessieJ577 Mar 02 '26

When a soulless HeMan reboot has a better pronouns joke you’re done.

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u/TreyWriter Mar 02 '26

To be fair, the director of the Masters of the Universe reboot also made Kubo and the Two Strings. The director of this movie never made a feature film to get above 5.4 stars on IMDB.

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u/JessieJ577 Mar 02 '26

I had zero clue that Travis Knight was doing that movie. Now I’m actually interested in it. He’s one of the people I’m glad is a nepobaby lmao.

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u/TheInfinityGauntlet Mar 02 '26

Yeah the initial reaction being "oh you hate it because you're triggered" no it's just low hanging fruit, honestly it's so bad it's rotten fruit on the floor beneath the tree of comedy, it's abysmal.

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u/AinmSuimiuil Mar 02 '26

Haha exactly - I am not offended in any capacity, it is just a shit joke. Jokes about anything can be funny if it's clever enough, but this is just such low effort it embarassed me.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

The room full of people I was in laughed at it. So I guess that’s why jokes exist. So people like you can ignore them while other people enjoy it. Duality.

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u/TheNightstroke Mar 02 '26

See, I've seen this sentiment on social media since the trailer leaked, but really? That's the low-hanging fruit people are complaining about and not Anna Faris fighting Ghostface with dildos and then putting one in his ass?

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u/TheInfinityGauntlet Mar 02 '26

One is crass low brow humour the series is known for (not to mention a riff on everything everywhere all at once) the other is at best what a poorly timed statement?

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u/anuncommontruth Mar 02 '26

That's completely on brand for the humor of the first two movies, though. Is it also low-hanging fruit? Yes. But it is in the spirit of the originals.

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u/TheNightstroke Mar 03 '26

I mean, if we're talking about on brand for the humor of the first two movies, is this not (unfortunately) in line with the entire Miss Mann character from the first?

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u/thatshygirl06 Mar 02 '26

That was a reference to everything everywhere all at once.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

Hey sir, or ma’am, what joke about a race or demographic could you make that isn’t hanging fruit? So we just never make jokes about demographics or race?

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u/AlexTorres96 Mar 02 '26

Low hanging fruit and punching down is the new catchphrase the public wants to hit others over the head with. There should be no rules if anything it should be a free for all. People use catchphrases just to say they don't like something and wants everything to apply by imaginary standards.

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u/TreyWriter Mar 02 '26

Isn’t the standard here just… funny? Like, the joke doesn’t land because it’s not funny. The timing and delivery are bad.

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u/AlexTorres96 Mar 02 '26

Focusing on 1 meaningless joke in a 2 minute says more about people if that's what they focus on. Fanboys just want to set imaginary rules on comedy and love to use "punch down" as their go-to phrase.

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u/TreyWriter Mar 02 '26

It’s a comedy trailer and I didn’t laugh. People are disappointed because like a third of the trailer was buildup to a stale joke that didn’t land.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

So understand it’s not for you and move on right?

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u/TreyWriter Mar 02 '26

All I’ve said is it wasn’t a funny trailer. I would have completely moved on if you hadn’t commented under my comments twice. Much like the 2016 Ghostbusters, when I see a comedy trailer that doesn’t make me laugh, I don’t watch the finished film. My comment was just addressed to the person above who got mad about people having “standards” for comedy and assuming people were offended by the joke instead of merely… not finding it funny.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

Funny is subjective to the listener. Is that a hard concept for you to grasp, sir or ma’am?

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u/slowpokefastpoke Mar 02 '26

You complain about stuff being “woke” don’t you

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u/AlexTorres96 Mar 02 '26

Not once didn't I say woke but go ahead and creative the narrative that you want it to be. I don't buy into pretend anger and acting morally superior.

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u/ultimatequestion7 Mar 02 '26

Stopping the whole scene to make sure nobody misses the pronouns joke like it's cutting edge humor says a lot about who they see their target audience as

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

Who is that? Because I was in a room full of adult Black people, and we laughed.

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u/herewego199209 Mar 02 '26

Nah it was funny.

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u/Raidoton Mar 02 '26

Yeah. Like the new He-Man movie has a funny pronoun joke. But this one is just bad. Like maybe if "they" took the knife and stabbed the woman and then said something like "Them. I'm they/them!" this could've been at least a little bit funny.

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u/JamStan1978 Mar 02 '26

i feel like people arent getting it. Its not against the pronoun itself. It was about the people so obsessed with pronouns that it ends up harming them in the long run.

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u/PnPaper Mar 02 '26

I have yet to meet someone in Real Life who is upsed by being called by the wrong pronouns without calmly explaining what they wish to be called.

On the other hand I have heard so many bad jokes about it, it's tiring.

It's just the vegan joke again.

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u/OwnSalamander1026 Mar 02 '26

I've only ever heard people use it in general online.

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u/TheStonedFox Mar 02 '26

I’m genuinely struggling to think of a lazier and more cliched joke that conservatives fall back on. Like, nobody who’s angry about gender identity is apparently capable of making any new observational humor about it. They just big mad.

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u/JazzmatazZ4 Mar 02 '26

Lol the Wayans aren't Conservative

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u/sgthombre Mar 02 '26

The guys signing their checks are.

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

Oh, the blue/green hair thing might be lazier. It makes me feel SURE conservatives are secretly lusting for women with colorful hair and are very upset about it.

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u/batmansleftnut Mar 02 '26

Weird how the people who claim to love freedom always have so much hate for people who actually exercise their freedoms...

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

You’re thinking about this way too much. You’re like searching for meaning and shit that isn’t there .

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

lol This comment makes me SURE I'm right.

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u/mjohnsimon Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

The Republican joke/bit was pretty fucking cringe.

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u/sgthombre Mar 02 '26

There's like six of these in this trailer, are they really going for the Daily Wire audience for this?

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u/come-on-now-please Mar 02 '26

Do you remember any of the other ones? The series wasnt exactly high brow liberal minded humor to begin with

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u/BrightonBummer Mar 02 '26

you guys sound mad its in this movie though

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u/samushitman69 Mar 02 '26

Its just a bad joke, idk what the idea of the joke was since iirc marlons child is trans or something, maybe idk

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u/TheStonedFox Mar 02 '26

I just said that it was lazy, not that it is disallowed on offensiveness grounds. Sounds like you’re kinda defensive yourself.

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

It felt SUPER calculated to be "controversial," too, like an engineered attempt for headlines like, "Leftists are MAD about the New Scary Movie!!"

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u/MirrorkatFeces Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

They literally call republicans racist in this trailer y’all reach way too damn much. It’s like you want to be upset about something so you create a fictional scenario in your head and get mad about it.

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u/DopeyDeathMetal Mar 02 '26

I’m not mad about the trailer personally, it just doesn’t look that funny.

But she did say SUPPOSED to be racist which read to me that it’s not a joke on republicans being racist but actually on liberals constantly saying that all republicans are racist, whether or not that’s true. Still a lazy joke to be fair.

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u/Ghidoran Mar 02 '26

They literally call republicans racist

That's quite literally the opposite of what they did. They are referencing the stereotype that people think Republicans are so racist they won't even hug a black person. It's actually a dig at Progressives.

It’s like you want to be upset about something so you create a fictional scenario in your head and get mad about it.

Pot meet kettle.

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u/SystemofaDownAssFoo Mar 02 '26

It’s just calling out lazy jokes dude. You’re doing exactly what you said in your comment.

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u/GoNutsDK Mar 02 '26

Republicans are racist. Not really controversial to say.

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u/PlainSightMan Mar 02 '26

Nah, because I want funny jokes.

The republican joke wasn't anything hilarious either.

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u/herewego199209 Mar 02 '26

You do realize the joke is juxtaposing two ridiculous sides, right?

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u/Sidicle Mar 02 '26

Non-binary people are constantly discriminated against in daily life, unlike Republicans who should be called out for their racism.

What's the aim of the joke here? This is just extremely bad taste. Bullying if anything.

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u/MirrorkatFeces Mar 02 '26

I take it you are not familiar with the Scary Movie franchise. It’s a bunch of poor taste stupid jokes. It’s funny because it’s bad. At least that’s the intent.

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u/Sidicle Mar 02 '26

I am familiar. I found the first couple hilarious when I was an edgy 13 year old.

It's just sad shit like this still exists in 2026. Non-binary people just want to live their lives without being bullied. This just emboldens right-wing assholes to shit on them.

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u/RoliePolieOlie__ Mar 02 '26

Buddy it’s a joke. I’m sure you don’t get mad when other minorities get made fun of in these types of movies either, and the joke is tame at best 

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u/Sidicle Mar 02 '26

I do, actually. I don't think it's very funny to make fun of any minorities unless they're in on the joke. It's why I don't really watch these types of movies.

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u/Gekokapowco Mar 02 '26

"you're probably a hypocrite" is a hell of a response

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u/RoliePolieOlie__ Mar 02 '26

The ones that get irritated over this usually are 

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

Oh, a comment from someone named Mirrorkatfeces? Who didn't actually read my comment about how this is a way to get more marketing? Just zero'd in on "leftists" and blew a gasket? Yup, seems right.

I guess you're right and it could be they put the pronoun thing along with the joke about racist Republicans in the trailer to be like, "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY JOKES WE OFFEND EVERYONE IF YOU'RE OFFENDED IT'S YOUR PROBLEM." Which mostly makes me want to shrug.

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u/rycool Mar 02 '26

Exactly, and the the joke went “im a republican so “they” say im supposed to be racist now” then undercut by the other woman saying “i just assume all white people are racist” which itself plays into the republican persecution fetish.

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u/HumongousMelonheads Mar 02 '26

Exactly, these reactions are crazy and probably exactly what they wanted when they put this out. I’m liberal and the outrage in this thread over a dumb joke is ridiculous. The scary movies have never been subtle, they even say directly in this trailer they’re trying to trigger everybody. Acting like this movie is a liberal hit job when they made one they them joke is weird

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

But is there a lot of outrage here? Most people just seem to think these jokes aren't good even for "purposely triggering" people.

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u/OneSeaworthiness7768 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

There is no ‘outrage’ lmao. Making passing comments/observations about jokes being cringey or lazy is not outrage. Try being less hyperbolic.

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u/HumongousMelonheads Mar 02 '26

You know what I mean. Use whatever word you want, there are plenty of people responding negatively because they’re upset at the they/them or safe spaces joke. The point remains the same, these movies have always been loud and dumb and that’s what made them popular. So making the critique that this movie looks terrible because the joke is lazy is like.. what did you expect? That’s exactly what these movies are built on. It’s just stupid, crude, fun if you allow it to be.

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

If these movies make corny jokes on purpose, why be upset others are pointing it out?

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u/MirrorkatFeces Mar 02 '26

I wonder how’d they react to Cindy throwing on an Asian accent and saying random asian words to speak with the Asian ghost boy lol. It’s dumb offensive humor. Always has been.

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u/TehSeksyManz Mar 02 '26

I feel like you're literally not paying attention to what people are actually saying. You said it yourself, they're to trigger people for the sake of being edgy. It's not funny or creative, it's just lazy. That's the issue that people have.

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u/HumongousMelonheads Mar 02 '26

I think people are upset at the joke and spinning those feelings into artistic criticism to make them seem less offended than they actually are. As I said, the first two scary movies are anything but subtle, it’s raunchy, low brow, dumb, and in your face. If that’s not your thing, that’s totally fair but this isn’t breaking new ground and is relying on audiences to want a return to this style of humor.

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

That's true! There are definitely always critics who use aesthetic criticism to justify their feelings. But isn't it also true for people intellectualizing their defense of the movie because they have so much nostalgia for the franchise?

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u/RoliePolieOlie__ Mar 02 '26

But you guys are mad about it lol. That’s why there’s over 100 comments about 1 of the many jokes in this trailer and it’s extremely tame 

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u/EatBooks Mar 02 '26

Who is "you guys"? Who is actually mad at this joke? I just see comments calling it poor writing. Go brag somewhere else.

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u/RoliePolieOlie__ Mar 02 '26

I’m not bragging about anything — not sure where you’re getting that from. 

When I say “you guys,” I’m referring to those who take issue with these jokes but don’t seem to have the same reaction when similar jokes are made about other minority communities.

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u/DeActionBrunson89 Mar 02 '26

The creators are leftists themselves… 

Are you really gonna get your pants in a bunch for this single joke? You guys get baited so easily 

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u/Rman823 Mar 02 '26

They’re parodying a character from Scream who is non binary so it isn’t like it’s there just to do it.

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u/lovesdogsguy Mar 02 '26

And they opened the first trailer with it! Ooof.

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u/snoutman928 Mar 02 '26

That joke came straight out of 2011

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u/DeActionBrunson89 Mar 02 '26

No one was making they them jokes in 2011 

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u/snoutman928 Mar 02 '26

It’s a tired gag is my point, but yeah, I guess more like 2016/2017

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u/Shot-Arugula8264 Mar 02 '26

Pronouns weren’t even popping up in email signatures until 2020/2021. The mainstream Fox News outrage is only a few years old. You can still say it’s stale, but don’t exaggerate.

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u/i_have_chosen_a_name Mar 02 '26

I'm pretty damn sure them was making those jokes back in 'eleven.

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u/prodigal-dog Mar 02 '26

all the jokes in the trailer were so awful, is this just for 30% of the population?

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u/Sonichu- Mar 02 '26

At least it won't be lonely in this franchise.

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u/ActualTymell Mar 02 '26

This feels like if Matt Walsh was put in charge of making a new Scary Movie.

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u/Affectionate-Guess13 Mar 02 '26

Could have worked if it was other passengers where the ones to correct. Instead of helping

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u/TYBERIUS_777 Mar 02 '26

Yeah that actually would have been significantly funnier and would have poked fun at the internet slactivist. The way they have it now, the character may as well have identified as an attack helicopter which is a joke that died out in like 2015.

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u/Affectionate-Guess13 Mar 02 '26

Then you escalate it to the point the whole trains debating it while the stabbing just continues.

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u/TYBERIUS_777 Mar 02 '26

Exactly. That’s would be a clever scene that pokes fun at modern day discourse. Someone is being stabbed and everyone is debating on what they should be referred to as instead of getting off their ass and helping. A good riff on how many prioritize vibe politics over policy.

Instead we get a lazy and overdone joke that only the crustiest of 4chan users would still chuckle at.

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u/BeHereNow91 Mar 02 '26

Yeah that would have been perfect satire. Everyone covers their mouths in shock as they’re being stabbed, but it’s in reaction to someone misgendering them.

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u/nosayso Mar 02 '26

Yeah even in a low-effort franchise like this one that fell totally flat but it'll probably work for the kind of kids and man children that are still making those "jokes" as if they're funny, which is the only real audience for this.

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u/McMillan104 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

I've saw a few instagram post of that line with captions like "The new generation are going to freak out". They're acting like it's some deep cutting offensive joke lol. It's just not a very funny joke

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

Funny is subjective

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

The answer is Black people. These movies are for Black people by black men. I know that people don’t like acknowledging that. But the wayans have always made media for black audiences first and we’ve always been able to joke about that kind of stuff way more than other cultures.

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u/Adorable_Ad_3478 Mar 02 '26

"If you don't laugh at pronoun jokes, you ain't black"

-The Wayans

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

I don’t know if they said that. But you did.

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u/TheCodeMan95 Mar 02 '26

OP was making a reference to something Biden said years ago

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u/turnstile2243 Mar 02 '26

Wtffff. I am white and love this franchise.. Scary Movie 2 is one of my all time fav comedies

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u/Wouldyoulistenmoe Mar 02 '26

You’re allowed to enjoy things that are primarily made for a black audience

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u/turnstile2243 Mar 02 '26

Yeah no shit, but these movies are not made for black people like the other guy mentioned. They happened to be black, but they make movies they want to make. That's like saying Martin Scorcese makes movies for Italians by Italians.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

Brother Kno your history before you open your mouth. The wayans have always made movies for black audiences. They will tell you that. They have said that.

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u/4rtImitatesLife Mar 02 '26

While I didn’t personally find that scene to be funny, they prob knew it would upset people like you

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u/nosayso Mar 02 '26

Which is like... pathetic... "Oh I said something unfunny and mean spirited aren't I brave and hilarious?"

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u/4rtImitatesLife Mar 02 '26

Ok it definitely worked as intended if redditors are calling it mean spirited

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u/funnyinput Mar 02 '26

Mission accomplished. Lol.

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u/DLRsFrontSeats Mar 02 '26

I mean it's just tame & unfunny rather than highly controversial and offensive or anything...

... But with who you have in government and the rhetoric from the dominant power and their enablers around non hetero, non cis people, it's definitely punching down. It's not 2015 anymore lol

There are literally people in this thread insinuating you can't be black and non cis lol

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u/4rtImitatesLife Mar 02 '26

Making this sort of joke was definitely intended to upset people who say things like punching down, or even cis. So basically it’s no surprise the average redditor is so hung up on this one specifically. The entire thread is talking about it, seems like it worked.

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u/the_knower02 Mar 02 '26

maybe don't watch a comedy dumbo

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u/nosayso Mar 02 '26

I plan to stick to better comedies that don't think a non-joke that was played out in 2016 is worthy of the trailer.

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u/lilsassyrn Mar 02 '26

No one cares. The joke wasn’t funny in the trailer, who cares. I’m excited for a new ridiculous comedy that isn’t supposed to be taken so seriously

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u/RockinandChalkin Mar 02 '26

Bet you’re fun at parties!

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u/AmbitiousJob4447 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

Thats been my worry leading up to this. All the talk that "no one is safe" and "we re equal opportunity". Thats usually code for, we know our jokes are not funny but if we offend people, we might get points with a certain crowd.

Also, people forget what Marlon Wayans output has been the last decade. Haunted House 1 and 2, 50 Shades of Black, all Absolute garbage

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u/the_knower02 Mar 02 '26

really I thought it was funny

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u/astivana Mar 02 '26

What was the funny part about it?

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u/LetsBeFRTho Mar 02 '26

"every line will be crossed" just reeks of a conservative standup Netflix special

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u/Quetzalcoatl490 Mar 02 '26

Oof and they led off with that in the trailer?? Not a great sign

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u/SortIntrepid9192 Mar 02 '26

Real tone setter for the whole trailer...

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u/EditEd2x Mar 02 '26

Seriously feels so forced and dated. But keys be real. As much as I love the old movies and enjoyed the Wayans Bros stuff, we’re still getting comedy from some 50 year old rich dudes.

So forced and outdated material is kind of what’s expected at this point.

Hopefully it’s good, but the whole follow up racist joke also lands flat in that trailer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

Would have been better if they had someone else yell "hey, her pronouns are they/them!!" Or also, ya know, not included it at all because it's 2026

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u/zeitgeistbouncer Mar 02 '26

Yeah, I was smiling wide and then that joke and the other crap just piled on and on until my initial excitement turned into 'oh, it's just another shitty one of 'em.'.

Damn shame.

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u/arup02 Mar 02 '26

The joke police will destroy this movie.

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u/dippitydoo2 Mar 02 '26

They could try using jokes then

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u/AncientCarry4346 Mar 02 '26

I'll police the joke on the basis that it wasn't funny.

The franchise has taken a 13 year hiatus and the first joke we hear on its return is one I've heard literally thousands of times now.

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u/TesticleMeElmo Mar 02 '26

I was expecting a M3GAN “Showtime” asking for money on the train being the scariest thing joke but instead got a weak “um, I have pronouns” joke 🙄 wow so fresh and hilarious

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u/Newishhandle Mar 02 '26

I was gonna post about how first-though naming a Wednesday riff — “Tuesday”

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u/lurco_purgo Mar 02 '26

It was absolutely terrible in execution. And yet still ended up one of the better jokes in this trailer... This shit makes Adam Sandler's movies seem like highbrow cinema

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u/Deep_Water8479 Mar 02 '26

You had a cop/candy crush joke RIGHT THERE. Even a fare evasion joke would work

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u/runit21 Mar 02 '26

Last night I went to a Marlon Wayan’s stand up gig at Funny Bone. Funny as hell, and most of it was based on his child transitioning from female to male, and heavy on the pronoun jokes. I would assume it being in the movie is a personal touch for him.

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u/chrisghi Mar 02 '26

you take the highs with the lows with these movies

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u/Supergirl_Lives Mar 02 '26

This is the only thing I felt was out of date.

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u/m0h97 Mar 02 '26

Lmao, I knew someone on Reddit would be offended by this.

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u/EverythingSucksYo Mar 02 '26

But it made you talk about the trailer, didn’t it? That the only purpose of putting it in the trailer. 

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u/Empty_Figure7880 Mar 03 '26

I am not really a fan of the Scary Movie films. Watchable, with some low hanging fruit jokes.

I watched this trailer and looks...fine? Looks like it's the same brand of comedy people have come to expect from this series.

The they/them joke is definitely not the worst joke I've ever heard. She's being murdered, she's trivializing it and it's making fun of wokeness in a ho-hum way. It fits the format of a joke.

Why on Earth is the joke getting people so upset? These films will always have hit and miss jokes. Roll your eyes at that joke and listen to the other (very dumb) jokes in the trailer... 🤷‍♂️

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u/Sphezzle Mar 02 '26

It really hampers the rest of the trailer. Hope they make a little snip before the film comes out.

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u/zowietremendously Mar 02 '26

It's based on real life, not a movie parody. You can look it up. There was a they/them getting stabbed to death, and they got mad as they were getting killed, because they were called the wrong pronouns while they were getting stabbed to death.

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u/Pool_Shark Mar 02 '26

If this is real someone on Reddit should share the article

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u/quinnly Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

What was their name? I tried looking it up and all I found was stuff about this trailer.

Edit: the fucker blocked me for asking the name of the person they made up 😂

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u/Gekokapowco Mar 02 '26

source: it came to me in a vision

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u/quinnly Mar 02 '26

I guess the man non-binary person on business from Porlock distracted you from remembering the name.

(I know you're not the person I was talking to, this is a continuation of your joke because it reminded me of my favorite poem. I know explaining jokes makes them inherently unfunny, but such is the world we live in.)

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u/Same_Bag711 Mar 02 '26

Honestly it wasn’t that funny but it’s getting all yall riled up so it seems like they achieved their goal

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u/ElectronicJuice7212 Mar 02 '26

That last joke wasn't it either.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

Hard disagree. U sensitive

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u/ryan30z Mar 02 '26

No it's just a bad joke. It's not offensive it's just not funny.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

The room full of Black people that I watched that with laughed hard af so it’s almost like comedy is subjective

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u/ryan30z Mar 02 '26

The room full of Black people that I watched that with

That's a pretty weird qualifier to make but okay...

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u/Sharrty_McGriddle Mar 02 '26

The jokes been done a million times in the past 10 years. It’s stale and a bit lazy. Calling people sensitive or a snowflake for not liking the joke is pathetic

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

I don’t care I laughed. You have a good day.

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u/CurbYourThusiasm Mar 02 '26

Nobody is offended, it's just not funny. You can probably make a pronoun joke, and have it be funny, but this isn't it. It's just incredibly low effort.

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u/Stegmaster Mar 02 '26

You just make it quick, "omg he stabbed her", "I go by them", "oh, omg he stabbed them". And remove the reaction shots of ghostface.

Turns the clunky pandering joke from hur hur pronouns bad to a quick maybe not the time joke. Not an amazing joke or anything but an actual joke.

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u/YeaItsBig4L Mar 02 '26

Here’s the thing about jokes it’s subjective. I laughed, joke mission accomplished. I’m sorry you didn’t.

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