Scary Movie 4 (2006)

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:

Neck Breaking Scene | Blind Woman | Husband Wife Relationship | Gay Magazine | Widow

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Anna Faris	...	Cindy
Regina Hall	...	Brenda
Craig Bierko	...	Tom Ryan
Bill Pullman	...	Henry Hale
Anthony Anderson	...	Mahalik
Leslie Nielsen	...	President Baxter Harris
Molly Shannon	...	Marilyn
Michael Madsen	...	Oliver
Chris Elliott	...	Ezekiel
Carmen Electra	...	Holly
Holly Madison	...	Girl Next Door
Bridget Marquardt	...	Girl Next Door
Shaquille O'Neal	...	Himself (as Shaq)
Phil McGraw	...	Himself (as Dr. Phil McGraw)
Kendra Wilkinson	...	Girl Next Door

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 | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

The fingers on the poster has a “Hello Kitty” band-aid, with the character looking shocked.

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:

Brenda Meeks: Here's Detroit.
[Points to a TV showing a destroyed city]
Brenda Meeks: Here's Detroit after the invasion.
[City is still destroyed, but now tripods are roaming around]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Saw (2004)

Soundtrack:

You Make Me Feel So Dead

Funny, Yet Insanely Stupid: Sounds like a Scary Movie to Me

"Scary Movie 4" is one of the most bizarre, stupid, insanely implausible, and all-over-the-place films I have ever seen, making it about like all of the other "Scary Movies," if not more so. The plot mainly spoof-parallels four films, them being "War of the Worlds," "Saw," "The Village," and "The Grudge." Unlike "Date Movie," it actually succeeds in making fun of these films, being that they are not too difficult to make fun of. We get to see "triPods" that look like giant iPods, a very humorous looking Jigsaw, and Carmen Electra as the blind girl in "The Village" among many others. The plot, as one might expect, is meaningless and stupid. I felt as if I were losing brain cells as I watched the film. In addition, the performances are O.K. at best, except for that of Anna Farris who i thought was pretty good. Still, the film is very funny, especially the random spoofs of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Million Dollar Baby". I'd recommend it to teens who are having some friends over and want to watch a stupidly funny film. 5/10