Scary Movie 5 (2013)

AKA: Scary MoVie

This entry attempts to "reboot" the series with a new cast and offers a mishmash of several different parodies that don't really make any cohesive narrative sense, including Paranormal Activity, Evil Dead, Mama, Black Swan, Inception, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Fifty Shades of Grey. It's got a few clever laughs sprinkled throughout, but it's incredibly inconsistent due to an allegedly troubled production with over half the film being reshot.

2 bumping tacos montages out of 5

Scary Movie 3 (2003)

The third in the series loses the secret weapon of the Wayans and installs the director of The Naked Gun, while lowering the rating from R to PG-13. It gets dumb in a hurry, with most of the humor coming from broad physical gags and people getting hurt. I was always disappointed how quickly it devolves into lowest common denominator humor, but watching it with fresh eyes, it has a lot going for it. As long as you don't directly compare this to the two films that preceded it, it's rather enjoyable in a way. Parodies include The Ring and Signs.

2½ cursed tapes out of 5