Tuesday 19 October 2010

Parody of Horror films - Scary Movie
















Although this isnt a teaser trailer due to it being more than 2 minutes in length and telling alot of the plot, the Scary Movie films are the modern American dark comdey which parodies the horror, slasher and mystery genres. The tagline is "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.", with the last reference being to the tendency of popular horror movies to become long-running franchises. In 2001 a sequel Scary Movie 2 was released with the tagline "We lied". Later video covers for the first film have the "No" of the "No Sequel" part tagline crossed out. The film was followed by a series of sequels Scary Movie 3 (2003), and Scary Movie 4 (2006). The title comes from the original title of the film Scream.

The films are spoofing popular and current horror/thriller genres of the late 20th and early 21st century,which presumes they are aimed at a younger audience ( who ultimately they are the main cinema goers) and they are relying on this type of audience to understand the jokes and what films they are specifically spoofing. The Scary Movie films are American big budget parodies of various other films that are generally produced on a low budget such as Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project. Throughout the sequals of the movies, some of the same actors appear in disguise as victims of other characters such as the killers or tormentors. <>

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