By Jonathan Klotz | Published
Horror moviethe brutal parodic takedown of horror films from the 90s and beyond, notably Shoutreturns with a new installment for the first time since 2013. One of the latest anticipated reboots gets a new boost, with the return of the Wayans brothers, Marlon, Keenan Ivory and Shawn, reuniting for the first time. Since Horror movie 2. The brothers made the announcement at CinemaCon, revealing that filming on the film would begin in 2025.
The horror movie is back
The new Horror movie will be the sixth in the series and a return to form for the franchise under the leadership of the Wayans brothers. They started by making fun Shout And I know what you did last summerand ironically, they could do the same today thanks to the two slasher franchises also benefiting from recent revivals. Later installments parodied The ring, The Haunting of Hill House, The others, Paranormal activityAnd The shinyamong countless others.
No casting has been announced for the latest Horror moviebut beyond horror movie parodies, the franchise has become known for its guest stars, including Shaq, Snoop Dogg, Simon Cowell, Method Man, Jenny McCarthy and even James Earl Jones, although the full list is an incredible time capsule of 2000s pop. culture. Holding the madness together, even as the director and writers changed behind the scenes, were Anna Faris and Regina King as Cindy and Brenda, who starred in all but Horror movie 5which starred Ashley Tisdale and Simon Rex.
The most successful parody franchise of all time
The Scary Movie franchise was incredibly successful from the start, with the first installment grossing $278 million worldwide against a budget of just $19 million. Horror movie 5the least successful series, grossed $78 million worldwide, but the reported budget was only $20 million, so it still made a profit and, for example,even without taking into account inflation, did much better than Joker: Folie à Deux.
Horror films success launched a series of imitators, ranging from Epic movie (parody of Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean and other successful adventures) for Disaster movie (parody of the filmography of Roland Emmerich), and ahead of its time superhero moviewhich if it came out today, could only parody Batman v Superman and not even use all the equipment. None of these imitators, however, had the comedic touch of the Wayans brothers, who became a multi-generational comedy dynasty.
An uphill battle for success
Today’s entertainment landscape is very different from that of 2000, when Horror movie first films released theatrically, with no genre more severely affected than comedies. The biggest comedies of the decade were romantic comedies Anyone but you And No hard feelingswhile critical hits Palm Springs And Down failed to find a large audience. We are even further from successful parodies, Robin Hood: men in tights And Space ballsso there is no way to estimate the outcome of a new parody in 2025.
With the cards stacked against them, the Wayans brothers face an uphill battle to create the new Horror movie a success, especially since current plans are to present it in theaters first instead of streaming it.