hat's so funny about horror movies? Lots, according to the producers of the Scary Movie series. With so many movies (good and bad) to spoof there seems to be no shortage of fodder for the successful franchise, whose three movies have grossed a tidy $335 million. Now the Scary Movie gang is back with send-ups of War of the Worlds, The Grudge, The Village, Saw and Saw II, Million Dollar Baby and much more. "It spoofs pretty much anything that made a lot of money," says Anna Faris who returns with Regina Hall for the fourth time as the loveable but dim-witted Cindy Campbell and her self-serving, sex-crazed pal, Brenda Meeks. This time out, Cindy, who takes on a new job as an at-home health care worker in the creepy "Grudge House," falls for her next-door neighbor Tom Ryan (Cinderella Man's Craig Bierko), a |
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father with a few screws loose. When Earth is attacked by giant tr-iPods, Tom
flees with his kids, leaving Cindy and Brenda to save the world from a ruthless
alien invasion all while discovering a mysterious village and coming under
attack by a serial killer. |