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The 5 ‘Scary Movie’ Movies, Ranked

With the last of the franchise hitting Netflix, might as well prioritize your viewing

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2 min readAug 11, 2020

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5. Scary Movie 5

When your franchise loses its two leads — Anna Faris and all-time queen Regina Hall — you know you’re scraping bottom. Not even Snoop and Mac Miller could save this one.

4. Scary Movie 4

Peak rap cameo here, folks: Bubba Sparxx, Bonecrusher, Fab, Chingy, Lil Jon, and Shaquille O’Neal. What, you don’t fuck with Shaq-Fu? It’s the hooper hyper protected by Viper!

3. Scary Movie 3

Notice a pattern here? The Wayans were gone and so were any hopes of transcending warmed-over parody. At least a healthy delegation from our 40 Over 40 list showed up to take on the aliens. Too bad they couldn’t take care of Simon Rex for that 8 Mile-spoofing battle scene.

2. Scary Movie 2

The younger Wayans, plus an expanding scope of references that handled everything from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to Rocky? The critics wrote it off, but…

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