Scary Movie 5 (2013)
Scary Movie 5 is a 2013 comedy movie directed by Malcolm D. Lee, with a running time of 1h 28m. It stars Ashley French, Simon Rex and Gracie Whitton.
Broad, shameless, and stuffed with cameos, the fifth Scary Movie flings its gags at whatever horror hits were filling multiplexes. Ashley Tisdale and Simon Rex play Jody and Dan, a couple who adopt three feral kids and move into a house that soon fills with slamming doors and demonic mischief. They rig security cameras to catch the culprit. From there the film riffs on Paranormal Activity, Mama, Black Swan and the Evil Dead reboot, with Snoop Dogg, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan turning up for quick jokes. Zucker-brand slapstick, aimed squarely at easy targets.
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What is Scary Movie 5 about?
Broad, shameless, and stuffed with cameos, the fifth Scary Movie flings its gags at whatever horror hits were filling multiplexes. Ashley Tisdale and Simon Rex play Jody and Dan, a couple who adopt three feral kids and move into a house that soon fills with slamming doors and demonic mischief. They rig security cameras to catch the culprit. From there the film riffs on Paranormal Activity, Mama, Black Swan and the Evil Dead reboot, with Snoop Dogg, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan turning up for quick jokes. Zucker-brand slapstick, aimed squarely at easy targets.
When was Scary Movie 5 released?
Scary Movie 5 was released on 11 April 2013.
How long is Scary Movie 5?
Scary Movie 5 runs 1h 28m.
Who made Scary Movie 5?
Scary Movie 5 was directed by Malcolm D. Lee.
Where can I watch Scary Movie 5?
Scary Movie 5 is available on DirecTV On Demand, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, fuboTV and Pluto TV.
Where to watch Scary Movie 5
Stream: DirecTV On Demand, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, fuboTV
Watch free: Pluto TV
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Cast
- Ashley French as Jody Sanders
- Simon Rex as Dan Sanders
- Gracie Whitton as Kathy
- Ava Kolker as Lily
- Erica Ash as Kendra Brooks
- Heather Locklear as Barbara
- Lidia Porto as Maria
- Molly Shannon as Heather Darcy
- Lindsay Lohan as Lindsay Lohan
- Josh Robert Thompson as Narrator (voice)
- Charlie Sheen as Charlie Sheen
- Sarah Hyland as Mia
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A few thoughts on Scary Movie 5
The pleasure here is dumb comedy, not dread. The Simpsons has spent decades skewering the same pop culture with far sharper aim. Tenacious D brings the same gleeful, juvenile energy in album form, mock-epic and proudly stupid. For horror played strictly for giggles, the Goosebumps - Deep Trouble books serve up spooks with a wink.
Watching every Scary Movie in order
Scary Movie 5 is the fifth lap around the same formula, roasting Paranormal Activity, Mama and Black Swan the way earlier entries roasted Scream and The Matrix. Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2 and Scary Movie 3 set the template of stacking horror-movie riffs onto slapstick sketches, and the 2026 reboot picks the format back up for a new generation of scares to make fun of.
Spoof comedies that roast whatever genre is hot
Scary Movie 5 turns Paranormal Activity's security cameras and Black Swan's psychological dread into pratfalls, the same move Not Another Teen Movie makes on high-school romance, Mystery Men makes on superhero teams, Johnny English makes on suave spies, Hot Shots! makes on hotshot fighter pilots, and Last Action Hero makes on the action blockbuster itself.
Celebrity-stuffed comedies that don't take pop culture seriously
Scary Movie 5 hands quick cameos to Snoop Dogg, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan and lets them wink at their own reputations. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, This Is the End, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and Dogma all do something similar, dragging real celebrities or celebrity culture itself into the joke instead of hiding behind fictional stand-ins.