Scary Movie (2000)

Scary Movie is a 2000 American parody slasher film. It was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans (who both also star), alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film stars Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan. The film is a parody of the slasher film genre, most notably I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and the Scream franchise, where the plot follows a group of clueless teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, a bumbling serial killer, wearing a Ghostface mask and robe, begins hunting them one by one.

Dimension Films, then a subsidiary label of Miramax Films, released Scary Movie in the United States on July 7, 2000. The film grossed $278 million worldwide on a $19 million budget and is the highest-grossing in the series. It was the ninth-highest-grossing film of the year domestically in the United States. The film is the first installment in the Scary Movie film series. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and later spawned five sequels, starting with Scary Movie 2 in 2001.