**This is a spoiler-free review so feel free to read on!**
They’re back!!!
Scary Movie (2026) released in theaters on June 5th 2026. The horror comedy film is the sixth film in the franchise, starring Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall. It runs for approximately an hour and thirty-five minutes.
Twenty-six years after the first film, Shorty, Ray, Cindy, and Brenda are targeted once again by a masked killer.
Here is the trailer:
Scary Movie 6 parodies numerous horror films and gives fans a lot of cameos and nods at the original, but does it actually deliver on comedy? Let’s find out…
The Pros:
The gang is back together again.
The best part of this film was seeing the original cast back together again. I recently re-watched all of the Scary Movies to prepare for my watch and I can definitely say that Shorty and Ray’s presence was missed after the first two films.
There were a lot of other cameos and supporting roles as well by familiar faces, which was a lot of fun to see.
The younger cast didn’t really do anything for me. I didn’t find any of them funny, but I guess they delivered on what they were told to do…
Loved the nods to the original.
There was definitely some nostalgia watching this. I loved all of the nods at the original. I did chuckle a few times during this film and most of the time that happened during these moments. It would have been nice to see a few more cast members included. I still think that leaving Shannon Elizabeth out of this was a mistake…
The Cons:
Really not that funny…
Look, there were a lot of people in my theater laughing so maybe I missed something here, but I rarely laughed during this one. Scary Movie 1 and 2 are hilarious to me and I’m a huge fan of White Chicks so I did have some high expectations here and they were definitely shattered.
I think I maybe laughed out loud at one part and chuckled here and there, but there were SO MANY jokes that did not land and a lot of them were really painful to sit through.
I think part of the issue was that they tried to do too much here. It just didn’t translate well for me at all.
Also, it seemed like there were several missed opportunities. (Example, Brenda should have been able to go full Ma, but nothing happened with this other than a comment or two on her hair looking like Octavia Spencer’s).
So am I in or out?
I’m 50/50 on this one…
(2.5 out of 5 stars)
Scary Movie (2026) had a lot of great cameos, which were fun to see, but it offered very few laughs in return.
This wasn’t awful, but it really wasn’t great, which was so disappointing.
I hope you enjoyed the review and feel free to post your own thoughts and theories on Scary Movie 6 in the comments section below. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!
Best,
Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl
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