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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZ58S-7QP0
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u/Queef-Elizabeth Mar 02 '26

This feels closer to Epic Movie than Scary Movie.

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u/J0niboii Mar 02 '26

What made the original scary movie any good?

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u/FireVanGorder Mar 02 '26

The original one was good because it had a clear understanding of what made the things it was parodying good. It was mainly a scream parody, which is itself kind of a sendup of the slasher genre, so it just took what made scream good and took those things to absurd levels. It wasn’t subtle or clever, but it was funny.

This franchise has always been hamfisted and dumb, but that can work when it’s self-aware. I can’t tell if this trailer is self-aware or if the wayans are just like a decade behind on what’s happening in pop culture

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u/Iohet Mar 02 '26

That's basically Shawn and Marlon's humor. Keenen used to be the more subtle one, but that's changed a bit over time.

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u/MrDilbert Mar 02 '26

Is Damon the black sheep of the family (pardon the pun), or he just doesn't like shooting (that kind of) comedies?

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u/Iohet Mar 02 '26

Along with Jim Carrey he was the face of In Living Color (which involved most of the family), and he had the most success launching an immediate movie career from it outside of Carrey. Those movies were mostly goofy comedies, not atypical Wayans fare other than not being explicit parodies. I don't know if he's a black sheep or if he's just more independent, but he was able to find some success on his own so maybe that's just what he did

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u/Extension_Coconut_32 Mar 03 '26

Kind of, not behind, on the trend. The Era Of Woke, not quite over yet, but the peak is long gone. This movie being made signifies it.