I really cannot think of a better time for Hollywood to come out with a Scary Movie 6 than now. Not only is the parody movie genre in the process of making a comeback but we have seen some great horror movies released in recent years that are ripe for lampooning.
So, who is involved with the latest installment to the Scary Movie franchise, will any stars from the original comedy favorite make an appearance, and what new horror movies are destined to be knocked down a size this time? Let’s focus on what we can san say about Scary Movie 6 for now.
What Is The Scary Movie 6 Release Date?
Not much time has passed since Scary Movie 6 was announced, so no official release date has been confirmed yet. However, it is expected to secure a spot on our upcoming 2025 movies schedule.
We first caught word of the Scary Movie franchise’s return during Paramount’s panel at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas. This was actually not the only spoof movie revival that was addressed during the event. Also in 2025, we can expect to see star Liam Neeson’s long-awaited reboot of The Naked Gun — which originally starred the late, great Leslie Nielsen — and it will be directed by Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island fame.
Who Is In The Scary Movie 6 Cast?
We do not have any Scary Movie 6 cast members to report on at the moment either. However, when speaking to People in July 2024 Anna Faris expressed interest in reprising Cindy Campbell — based on original Scream cast member Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott – on two conditions: “money” and the return of Regina Hall. Hall herself later told TV Insider in November that she thinks it would be “fun” to come back Brenda, whom we last saw sharing the screen with Faris’ Cindy in 2006’s Scary Movie 4.
Also interested in appearing in Scary Movie 6 is someone who has a close connection to the beloved horror franchise that inspired the original parody: Melissa Barrera. The modern horror movie Scream Queen told Inverse that she thinks it would be fun to spoof her role as Sam Carpenter in the fifth and sixth Scream movies — a stint that ended abruptly and shockingly when she was fired from Scream 7 for social media comments about the Israel-Palestine conflict deemed controversial by Spyglass, which produced the films. The Scary Movie franchise has always been at its best when it goes for the jugular with meta humor and such a cameo would be undeniably epic.
The Wayans Brothers Are Co-Writing Scary Movie 6
Perhaps the most exciting news regarding this sequel so far is that the Wayans Brothers are involved with Scary Movie 6, and thankfully so. The original film is one of the best movies by any Wayans Family member, having been directed by In Living Color cast member and creator Keenen Ivory Wayans and starring his brothers, Shawn and Marlon, who also co-wrote the film with several others. According to Deadline, the trio and Rick Alcarez and producing the film and penning the script.
Also producing Scary Movie 6 under Miramax, which is now a subsidiary of Paramount, is Neal H. Moritz, who actually has experience with spoof movies — namely the highly underrated high school movie parody, Not Another Teen Movie — as well as horror movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend. His filmography also includes even more versatile choices, including Sweet Home Alabama and the Fast and Furious movies, as well as TV shows like Amazon Prime’s The Boys.
Scary Movie 6 Starts Shooting In 2025
We know from the Deadline article that announced the Wayans Brothers’ involvement that the wait for the spoof sequel should not last too much longer. The movie is set to start filming in 2025.
How To Watch The First Five Scary Movies
The Scary Movie franchise is a great marathon to have on Halloween night when you are in the mood for a not-so-scary movie (or, more accurately, a not-at-all scary movie) but love to see those kinds of thrillers get lampooned. Here’s a quick guide to where you can watch them now:
- Stream Scary Movie on Paramount+
- Stream Scary Movie on Freevee through Amazon
- Stream Scary Movie 2 on Paramount+
- Stream Scary Movie 2 on Pluto TV
- Stream Scary Movie 3 on Paramount+
- Stream Scary Movie 3 on Pluto TV
- Stream Scary Movie 4 on Plex
- Stream Scary Movie V on Starz
What Classic Horror Movies Has The Franchise Spoofed So Far?
Scary Movie
As previously mentioned, the Scream movies were the primary target of the original Scary Movie (which, coincidentally, was the original working title for director Wes Craven’s 1996 slasher revival) but it also borrowed the plot and key moments from another Kevin Williamson-penned thriller: I Know What You Did Last Summer. Like the subsequent installments, it also mocked films from other genres, too, such as when Cindy kicks Ghostface in the style of The Matrix's “bullet time” sequences.
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2 shifted its main focus from slashers to haunted house movies like The Amityville Horror and House on Haunted Hill but also opened with a parody of one of the best horror movies of the 1970s, The Exorcist.
Scary Movie 3
The third installment takes aim at alien invasion movies — specifically M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs — but is also heavily inspired by Gore Verbinski’s 2002 remake of the classic Japanese horror movie, The Ring.
Scary Movie 4
The fourth Scary Movie also pokes fun at a popular sci-fi movie, Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, but also heavily references the Saw movies and another J-horror remake, 2004’s The Grudge.
Scary Movie V
Scary Movie V lifts a lot from 2013’s Mama but also largely incorporates elements of the Paranormal Activity movies.
We can only imagine what sort of recent horror flicks are getting the spoof treatment in Scary Movie 6. There could be a few references to creepy clown movies like It and Terrifier or A24 horror movies like Hereditary or Midsommar, or maybe even a few horror-comedy movies like Ready or Not to pile on the laughs. We’re looking forward to finding out what recent classics become the butt of the joke when the sequel hits theaters.
