Scary Movie 4 (2006)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

Craig Mazin (screenplay) &
Jim Abrahams (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They're coming. We need your support.

Plot:

Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.

Plot Keywords:

Alien Invasion | Overdose | Gay Cowboy | Gay Magazine | Oral Sex

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Anna Faris	...	Cindy
Regina Hall	...	Brenda
Craig Bierko	...	Tom
Bill Pullman	...	Henry Hale
Anthony Anderson	...	Mahalik
Leslie Nielsen	...	President Baxter Harris
Molly Shannon	...	Marilyn
Michael Madsen	...	Oliver
Chris Elliott	...	Ezekiel
Carmen Electra	...	Holly
Shaquille O'Neal	...	Shaq
Phil McGraw	...	Dr. Phil (as Dr. Phil McGraw)
Cloris Leachman	...	Mrs. Norris
Conchita Campbell	...	Rachel
Beau Mirchoff	...	Robbie

Also Known As:

Scary Movie 4 (Australia) (cable TV title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor throughout, some comic violence and language.

Runtime:

83 min | USA:89 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Italy:T | Sweden:11 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (edited for re-rating) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (re-rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Hungary:16 | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:10 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | France:U | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Lion's Gate Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

The sets are so exact that they look as if they're the same ones used in the original films. The Saw producers asked if they could use the bathroom set from this film for Saw III (2006).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the stabbed guy in bed tells Cindy about how the little boy got killed, and she starts remembering the incident again, look to the bottom left of the screen. The supposedly dead woman lying on the ring with her head leaning on the lower rope blinks.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Shaquille O'Neal: [screaming] Help! Help! Am I dead?
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw: You're not dead. You've been taken against your will.
Shaquille O'Neal: Kobe?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Death Proof (2007)

Soundtrack:

Go! Mary Lou

OK - so its not great art!

Its pointless trying to analyse this film as some reviewers have obviously tried to do here. Its not hilarious by any means but it does pass an amusingly enjoyable 80 minutes of time. The gags are mostly clichéd and predictable, there's lots of tired old slapstick but when there's nothing else on TV (which is why I watched this) it certainly fits the bill. As for the appearance of 'Michael Jackson' in the film, I'm still laughing every time I think about it - heaven knows how they got away with it, but its certainly a funny moment!! Im' glad that I had seen all the films that this tries to spoof and the re-creation of the sets for War of the Worlds is fantastic. Its so close to the original.