"Scary Movie 6," Has a Trailer and It Shows Potential

The first, "Scary Movie," has many elements that have not aged well, but overall, it was a hilarious flick. The second one was messy but had its charms. The third was spotty with some great bits. We don't need to discuss the trainwrecks that were the fourth and fifth entries. Now, only the first and second even had the Wayan's family involved; they and much of the original cast are back for the sixth movie. An official trailer just dropped, and I see some potential. Observe below:

The first joke is about gender pronouns and definitely groanworthy, but as the trailer keeps going, it starts to become apparent the goal isn't to pick on any specific demographic, the goal is to offend everybody at least once, and ensure that before they can get too upset about it, they start laughing when somebody else has a joke told at their expense. A comment is made about Republicans all being racist, and then right after, a joke is made about how a black person assumes all white people are racist anyway. A quip is made that seems a bit homophobic...before morphing into a joke about being out and proud. If the goal were merely to be crass toward any possible demographic without a punchline, it would seem lazy in a manner of, "We're being rude just to be rude." However, I honestly found myself chuckling a good deal watching the trailer and its mix of, "Oh no, they didn't! Oh wait, they did, and it kind of worked."

Obviously, the parodies are abundant. We see a riff on everything from the one, "Halloween," with an old Laurie Strode to, to "Terrifier 3," and, "The Substance." Hell, the quite recent "Sinners," is shown some love, and yes, I would argue the time being taken to spoof any of these movies is done in an affectionate manner. The latter, "Scary Movies," partly stunk because instead of making jokes about horror films, they would just go, "Hey, remember that movie? We mentioned it!" and that was the entire joke. Having something to actually say about movies and our culture at large in 2026, and saying while being hilarious, is an appealing proposition. That is, if the Wayans can stick the landing. Come June 12th, 2026, we will find out.