Scary Movie 5
2013 · Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Original language: English
- comedy
The story
Home with their newly-formed family, happy parents Dan and Jody are haunted by sinister, paranormal activities. Determined to expel the insidious force, they install security cameras and discover their family is being stalked by an evil dead demon.
What it’s like
Bright, flat, overlit suburban rooms with the glossy sheen of a mid-2010s studio comedy, where every frame is built for a quick sight gag: wide two-shots of a family kitchen, pop-colored kids' bedrooms, and handheld found-footage wobble mimicked for a laugh before the cut. The camera stays busy and unfussy, rattling through set-pieces and cutting straight to the next punchline, while the score leans on cheerful orchestral stingers and jump-scare hits that are played for mockery rather than dread. The vibe is goofy, brisk and deliberately silly, the kind of thing for a lazy weekend afternoon, background while folding laundry, or a group watch where talking over it is part of the fun. Pacing is rapid and episodic, with a parade of cameo-heavy bits and a couple of rough-edged slapstick routines; the emotional register stays light, with the parents' marriage played as a warm, bickering backdrop. Intensity is mild: crude sex jokes and innuendo, pratfalls, and cartoonish, bloodless gags, with horror imagery exaggerated into obvious spoofs rather than real menace. It suits viewers who want broad, irreverent laughs, enjoy horror-movie parody, and don't mind low-brow humour.
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