The knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface unwisely tries to stab Teyana Taylor in the opening scene of “Scary Movie” and it goes rather poorly. The dagger the psycho plunges into the famously fit actor’s abdomen bounces off, horribly bent.“I’m Teyana Taylor,” she announces. “My abs have abs.” Ghostface accepts the loss but then taunts the actor for having lost the best supporting Oscar this year. She accepts that but then smacks him across the face with what she did win — a Golden Globe. Thunk!It’s a sequence that perfectly captures the Wayans family sense of humor: Cartoonish, topical, gross, profane, absurd and sometimes — just sometimes — hysterical.
Anna Faris, left, and Regina Hall in a scene from “Scary Movie.” (Quantrell Colbert/Paramount Pictures via AP)
What seems like a dozen of Wayans have reunited for the latest chapter in the parody horror franchise “Scary Movie,” a pastiche of loosely tied skits that riff off current and past horror movies as well as topical events like ICE raids and the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef. It’s a dizzying, breathless chapter, as you might expect with pent-up targets stocked up since the last outing was in 2013.
The script is by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans and Rick Alvarez, with direction by Michael Tiddes. More Wayans lurk in the credits.
