Scary Movie
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 5, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
20
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
ColliderAidan KelleyJun 4, 2026
Ultimately, whether or not you will enjoy the new Scary Movie will depend on whether or not you liked the previous five. If you did, this one will feel like a silly reunion with an old friend. If you didn't, this one will not change your mind about the saga's over-the-top antics and gross-out shock humor. Read full review
40
EmpireKim NewmanJun 4, 2026
The posters — inspired parodies of recent horror films — are wittier than the film, suggesting that maybe next time get those ad creatives into the writers’ room. Not your favourite Scary Movie. Read full review
50
IGNEric GoldmanJun 5, 2026
Do you like Scary Movie!?… Well, there’s a new one and it’s got some funny stuff in it, but just not enough in terms of how many jokes land and how many are duds. Read full review
58
IndieWireAlison ForemanJun 4, 2026
Scary Movie 6 manages to come across as thoughtless and toothless at the same time. Read full review
40
Little White LiesCharles BramescoJun 4, 2026
The franchise’s backbone and greatest asset has always been the duo of Hall and Faris, two of the century’s most prodigiously skilled – if criminally neglected – comic performers, and this film has the good sense to foreground their genius. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonJun 6, 2026
I laughed 10 times, which makes this “Scary Movie” the best of the bunch — a pallid compliment. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJun 6, 2026
Most of its gags require not surprise but surrender. Because while some dumb jokes are (as noted) funny the first time and never again, on the opposite end of spectrum lie those bits that are funny only after the fifth or sixth or 11th time, at which point the comedy comes not from any inherent wit but from the doggedness of the teller. We laugh because we’re defeated. Read full review
50
Next Best PictureDan BayerJun 4, 2026
It feels good to have the Wayans brothers back where they belong, even if Scary Movie isn’t quite up to the level of the first film in the franchise. While it maintains that film’s strengths, the humor doesn’t feel as fresh as it once did. For all their willingness to offend, the Wayanses don’t have anything to say with their jokes, rendering them toothless. Read full review
40
NMEJordan BassettJun 6, 2026
As ever, the film is really just an excuse to string together a bunch of cinematic in-jokes, meaning it lives or dies on the strength of its sketches. Read full review
40
Radio TimesRosie FletcherJun 4, 2026
It’s an unchallenging stinky old sweater of a movie, which might be deeply unfashionable and unappealing but reminds you of the days when you could smoke inside pubs and people used landlines. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comRichard RoeperJun 5, 2026
In 2026, a “Scary Movie” making fun of “Scream” movies, which from the get-go were inside-joke takes on horror films, is like a Russian nesting doll of comedy, where the laughs get smaller with each reveal. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearJun 5, 2026
Mileage seriously varies in terms of the funny here. If you don’t laugh at one bit, don’t worry, because another dozen or two will come flyin’ atcha in a minute. But every time Faris and Hall are onscreen together, Scary Movie comes the closest to hitting a groove. Read full review
40
Screen RantBrandon ZacharyJun 4, 2026
With even an ounce of narrative focus, it could have had its fun while actually commenting on one of the biggest modern trends in the genre. Instead, it falls into the same traps that subsequently weakened the parody sub-genre as a whole. Despite some good gags, a committed cast, and a solid central premise, Scary Movie just can't get out of its own way. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushMatt SingerJun 7, 2026
I laughed occasionally, mostly at Faris and Hall (who should really make a movie together that’s not a Scary Movie) but not enough to recommend the film. But, again, I was almost certainly more sober than its creators intended when I saw it. Read full review
50
StatusBrian LowryJun 5, 2026
The joke-a-minute formula is very hit-miss. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJun 4, 2026
A familiar stew that’s as scattershot as ever, and engineered to appeal to teens who can’t get enough jokes about sex, race, and movies they’ve already seen. Read full review
55
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeJun 4, 2026
While the film delivers a fair share of laughs, its barrage of references to recent hit movies calls to mind Pauline Kael’s dismissal of Mel Brooks’ High Anxiety: “This is a child’s idea of satire — imitations, with a funny hat and a leer.” Read full review
40
The GuardianJesse HassengerJun 4, 2026
Every movie the Wayans come across has essentially the same function: an easily recognizable bathroom wall where they can scrawl insults about who’s a slut, who’s secretly gay and who deserves to get abruptly hit by a car. Read full review
50
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiJun 4, 2026
Critics aren’t in on the joke, we are the joke. A bad review for Scary Movie is like giving it five stars. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 4, 2026
It’s jammed with spoof-genre history, but that makes it feel more exhausting than exhilarating. It’s a top-heavy satirical party that’s become so meta it’s meh. Read full review
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