Scary Movie fingerprintHigh energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Terrifying and tense
Nostalgic
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life and crime
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Terrifying and tense
Scary Movie is terrifying, tense, and violent.
Nostalgic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Everyday modern life and crime
Its world is built around everyday modern life and crime.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
Fear is a state of mind
You are here: Scary MovieTap a poster to move
You are herePreview
vscompared with Scary Movie
Scary Movie1991
Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it
A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.
Open a page:Psycho II (1983)Curse of Chucky (2013)Monkey Shines (1988)Slasher (2016)Cold Prey II (2008)The Howling (1981)The Loved Ones (2010)Amsterdamned (1988)Piranha (1978)Black Christmas (1974)Cape Fear (2026)Them (2006)The Canal (2014)Body Bags (1993)Emelie (2016)Dexter: Resurrection (2025)Halloween (2018)Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)Demons 2 (1986)Longlegs (2024)Ratsasan (2018)Hush (2016)I Saw the Devil (2010)Dexter: New Blood (2021)A Christmas Horror Story (2015)The Chaser (2008)The Girl Who Got Away (2021)The Midnight Meat Train (2008)Let Us Prey (2014)The House of the Devil (2009)Sinister (2012)[REC]² (2009)V/H/S/Halloween (2025)Manhunter (1986)Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)Unsolved Mysteries (2020)Saw (2003)The Hills Have Eyes (1977)Joy Ride (2001)Salem's Lot (1979)Saw X (2023)Memoir of a Murderer (2017)Nightwatch (1994)Don't Breathe (2016)Grotesquerie (2024)Tightrope (1984)Harper's Island (2009)Splinter (2008)Pagan Peak (2019)Dog Soldiers (2002)Saw (2004)Apex (2026)The Crazies (2010)The Gravedancers (2006)The Passenger (2023)The Shrine (2010)Night of the Living Dead (1990)Little Bone Lodge (2023)Detective Hole (2026)Thesis (1996)What Keeps You Alive (2018)Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)Furious (2026)Halloween (1978)
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fandango at Home Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 48/100 (IMDb 4.9). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, strong language, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 22 min
Scary Movie runs 1 h 22 min.
It was made in English. Produced in Canada, United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Scary Movie in 7 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 38 storytelling tropes for Scary Movie, including Whole-Plot Reference, Scary Movie, Deconstructor Fleet.
4.9
