Scary Movie 5
Short description
Scary Movie 5 follows Dan and Jody, a married couple who bring their newborn son Aiden home from the hospital and soon notice strange occurrences around the house. As the disturbances grow and begin to affect Jody's work as a ballet dancer and Dan's career as a researcher, the two conclude that a demonic presence is targeting their family. They turn to qualified experts and set up cameras throughout the home in an attempt to identify what is haunting them and put a stop to it. The film is a comedy that assembles jokes at the expense of other horror and pop-culture titles, with Ashley Tisdale and Simon Rex in the lead roles.
Malcolm D. Lee directed the film, which sits in the middle of the run of features he made across the 2000s and 2010s. David Zucker and Pat Proft wrote the screenplay, and Zucker produced alongside Phil Dornfeld. The cast runs large, with 76 credited performers and 229 credited crew members. Dimension Films and Brad Grey Pictures produced it on a budget of 20 million dollars, and it went on to take in about 79 million dollars worldwide.
Reception was weak. On IMDb it holds a rating of 3.6 out of 10 from roughly 83,000 votes, and on TMDB it stands at 4.8 out of 10 from a much smaller base of just over 3,000 votes. A critics' rating of 2.3 out of 10 from 50 reviews places professional response below even the modest audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Ashley Tisdale took ballet lessons specifically for her role in this film.
- Anna Faris did not appear in the film due to pregnancy. Other actors from previous films in the series (Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Anthony Anderson) were offered roles in this film, but they declined.
- David Zucker and Chris Duffy are avid fans of the Green Bay Packers. Both appeared in cameo roles in a parody scene of "Black Swan" (2010) near the end of the film dressed as fans of the football club.
- Initially, the film was supposed to parody "Scream 4" (2011), but the studio abandoned this idea when "Scream 4" (2011) performed below expectations at the box office.
- Producer David Zucker oversaw additional filming from January to February 2013. Actress Ashley Tisdale revealed in an interview that the material shot during this time comprised approximately 60% of the final version of the film. Director Malcolm D. Lee was not involved in these revisions, as he was already working on 'The Wedding Ringer' (2013) at the time. For unknown reasons, Lee did not even attend the premiere of 'Scary Movie 5' in Los Angeles.
- This was the longest gap between films in the franchise – almost 7 years.
- David Zucker said in an interview that the film's release was delayed by three years because the studio was trying to convince him to return as director. They eventually reached an agreement where Zucker would return as a screenwriter. Malcolm D. Lee was then hired as director. Lee had previously worked on "Soul Men" (2008) for the same studio. Before Zucker joined the project as a screenwriter, the initial script was written by Steven Leff, John Aboud, and Michael Colton. Zucker rewrote it first with Lee, and then with his longtime colleague Pat Proft.
- The bear from "Ted" (2012) appears on the film's posters, but is not present in the theatrical version of the film. It can only be seen in the extended version.
- Scenes parodying the film "The Hunger Games" (2012) were removed, but they will be included in the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film.
- Marlon Wayans, who founded the "Scary Movie" franchise with his brothers Keenen Ivory Wayans and Shawn Wayans in 2000, said in an interview that the studio invited them to star in a fifth installment, but they declined. Marlon Wayans also released his own horror parody, "A Haunted House" (2013). The film's box office results were so good that a sequel, "A Haunted House 2" (2014), was decided upon.
- The film did not have an advance screening for film critics.
- The film features a parody of "Evil Dead" (2013), even though it was released just a week before the premiere of "Scary Movie 5." The producers simply decided to parody its trailer. The film also includes scenes parodying "Fifty Shades of Grey," which wasn't even in production at the time of "Scary Movie 5's" release.
- Actor Craig Bierko was originally planned for the role of Dan, but was later replaced by Simon Rex.
- This is the only film in the entire franchise not to feature the main characters from previous installments, Anna Faris and Regina Hall.
- Principal photography took place from September 4 to October 25, 2012.
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