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Created Oct 25, 2007 01:37PM PST • Edited Oct 25, 2007 01:37PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Bad 1.0

   This movie, like the series it is a part of, went on for too long. Unfortuantely for the viewing public, quality film parodies are a thing of the past, especially as long as the small group of writers who continute to churn out these films get movie deals. Oddly enough this film is a slight improvement of Scary Movie Two , but collapses into the same pitfalls.

   The first film largely parodies slasher films, including Scream, by essentially overplaying their formula. All the while none of the writers seemed to notice the irony that Scream was itself a clever parody of the slasher genre. By the third outting, the series has lost all traces of true parody and has resorted to simple references with potty humor.

4. Acting

   Pretty Awful 0.5

5. Male Stars Awful 0.0

   Leslie Nielsen hasn’t been funny since The Naked Gun, but he’s back here alongside Charlie Sheen and a few others, but any pool of talent this film has was wasted.

6. Female Stars Bad 1.0

   Anna Farris is perhaps the film’s only redeming actress, but given the material she has to work with, that is not saying much.

7. Female Costars Bad 1.0

8. Male Costars Bad 1.0

10. Film

    OK 2.5

    Simply referencing a movie and adding fart jokes is not parody. Nor should a movie be called “Scary Movie” when it includes references to films such as The Hulk (which was practically a parody of itself) and 8 Mile, which is probably the film’s weakest moment. Like other films in the series, this movie takes a single joke and pounds it into the ground relentlessly for 20 mins before moving on.

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Bad 1.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0

    It’s clear throughout the film that a majority of the budget went to recreating scenes from other films rather than thinking of clever ways to pull humor from them.

15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 3.3

17. Sex Titillating 2.5

18. Violence Brutal 3.2

19. Rudeness Nasty 4.2

    Plain, old high school humor with plenty of crass references to sexual acts and bodily functions.

21. Reality

    Fantasy 5.0

    It never tries to be a realistic film, which is appropriate given the films it is based on.

22. Circumstantial Fantasy 5.0

23. Biological Fantasy 5.0

24. Physical Fantasy 5.0