Plot
The movie's plot is introduced by two voluptuous girls, Katie (Jenny McCarthy) and Becca (Pamela Anderson), meeting a gruesome supernatural demise seven days after having watched a cursed videotape and receiving a phone call with a ghostly message predicting the watchers' death. In a farm outside Washington, D.C., widowed farmer and former reverend Tom Logan (Charlie Sheen) and his clumsy and easily discouraged brother George (Simon Rex) discover a crop circle making up a sign pointing to the farm that reads in plain English:"ATTACK HERE".
In Washington D.C., Cindy Campbell, now a blonde anchorwoman, goes to pick up her paranormally endowed nephew Cody (Drew Mikuska), who becomes a subject of repeated accidental abuse in the course of the film, at school, where her friend Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall) works as a teacher. George Logan arrives to fetch his niece Sue. George and Cindy take an immediate liking to each other, and he invites Cindy and Brenda to a rap-off with his rapper friends Mahalik (Anthony Anderson) and CJ (Kevin Hart). George is actually quite successful, but due to some unintentional racist blunders he is eventually thrown out.
Following the rap-off, Brenda asks Cindy to keep her company, as she has watched the cursed videotape herself. After playing several jokes on Cindy, she goes to watch TV and is attacked and killed by the undead girl Tabitha (Marny Eng), but not before challenging Tabitha to an impromptu brawling match. After Brenda's funeral reception, during which George and Mahalik wreak havoc on Brenda's corpse in an ill attempt to bring her back to life (when George says he doesn't like having the open coffin just sitting out, Cindy said "it [was] a wake", which George mistook for awake), Cindy decides to watch the tape for herself and also receives the fateful message; she calls George, CJ and Mahalik for help. CJ comments his Aunt Shaneequa, an oracle, might be able to help Cindy. Aunt Shaneequa (Queen Latifah) and her husband Orpheus (Eddie Griffin), parodying the Oracle and Morpheus from The Matrix, respectively, agree to help and Cindy gives them a copy of the killer tape. After watching a segment of it, Aunt Shaneequa discovers a backmasked picture of a lighthouse, and she tells Cindy to find it. But when Cindy returns home, she finds to her horror that Cody has also watched the tape, condemning him to certain death as well.
At work, Cindy looks through various pictures of lighthouses and finds the one depicted in the tape, but she leaves the tape at the studio where her boss finds it. Inside the lighthouse, she meets The Architect (George Carlin) who tells her the real story of Tabitha and how the killer tape got out in the world: He had once rented the movie Pootie Tang but accidentally returned the killer tape to the shop; Tabitha was their evil adopted daughter, whom his wife had drowned in their family farm's well but who had managed to imprint her curse upon the tape. Cindy tries to warn the population, but only a few people take her warnings seriously: George, Tom (who had just had an uncanny encounter with an alien creature) and Baxter Harris (Leslie Nielsen), the President of the United States, who personally comes to the Logan farm to investigate the crop circles.
Upon arriving home again, Cindy discovers that her news show has broadcasted the killer tape for hours, dooming a wide selection of people to death, and in addition, Cody has gone missing. Cindy tracks him back to the Logan farm, where he has taken refuge with George. Tom has everybody in the house go into the basement for safety, while he, George and Mahalik go outside to fight off the extraterrestrials. The aliens (voiced by Tom Kenny) arrive, but soon it turns out that despite the rough first touch these visitors are friendly. In fact, they have come to Earth to stop Tabitha as well, since they had accidentally watched the tape on a broadcast they had intercepted.
In the basement, Cindy realizes that a certain scene from the killer tape matches the farm's cellar, and underneath the floor she finds the well where Tabitha was drowned. Suddenly Tabitha appears behind her. A short fight follows, during which Tabitha takes Cody hostage. Cindy and George attempt to appeal to her, offering her a place in their family. At first, Tabitha appears to have accepted, but then refuses and prepares to attack again; however, she is unwittingly defeated by the President entering the cellar, who pushes her back into the well. The aliens leave in peace, and the film ends with Cindy and George getting married, but Cody was not with them. Cody chases Cindy and George, about to be hit by the car. The car stops at the very last minute, to which Cody survived, only to be hit by another car in the other road.
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Cast
Anna Faris - Cindy Campbell
Simon Rex - George Logan
Regina Hall - Brenda Meeks
Leslie Nielsen - President Harris
Charlie Sheen - Tom Logan
Anthony Anderson - Mahalik
Kevin Hart - CJ
Camryn Manheim - Trooper Champlin
George Carlin - Architect
Pamela Anderson - Becca
Jenny McCarthy - Kate
Drew Mikuska - Cody
Jianna Ballard - Sue
Denise Richards - Annie Logan
D. L. Hughley - John Wilson
Ja Rule - Agent Thompson
Queen Latifah - Aunt Shaneequa/The Oracle
Eddie Griffin - Orpheus
Darrell Hammond - Father Muldoon
Jeremy Piven - Ross Giggins
Simon Cowell - Himself
Marny Eng - Tabitha
Fat Joe - Himself
Edward Moss - MJ (Michael Jackson)
Tom Kenny - Aliens (voice, uncredited)
Klimaszewski Twins - Coors Light Twins
Ajay Naidu - M Night Shyamalan (uncredited
Directed by David Zucker
Produced by Robert K. Weiss
David Zucker
Written by Craig Mazin
Pat Proft
Based on Characters Created by
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Buddy Johnson
Phil Beauman
Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Starring Anna Faris
Simon Rex
Regina Hall
Leslie Nielsen
Charlie Sheen
Anthony Anderson
Kevin Hart
Camryn Manheim
George Carlin
Drew Mikuska
Jianna Ballard
Denise Richards
Music by James Venable
Frank Fitzpatrick (music supervisor)
Jorge Corante (original songs)
Editing by Jon Poll
Distributed by Dimension Films
Release date(s) October 24, 2003 (2003-10-24)
Running time 84 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $48 million [1]
Gross revenue $220,673,217
Preceded by Scary Movie 2
Followed by 4
The movie's plot is introduced by two voluptuous girls, Katie (Jenny McCarthy) and Becca (Pamela Anderson), meeting a gruesome supernatural demise seven days after having watched a cursed videotape and receiving a phone call with a ghostly message predicting the watchers' death. In a farm outside Washington, D.C., widowed farmer and former reverend Tom Logan (Charlie Sheen) and his clumsy and easily discouraged brother George (Simon Rex) discover a crop circle making up a sign pointing to the farm that reads in plain English:"ATTACK HERE".
In Washington D.C., Cindy Campbell, now a blonde anchorwoman, goes to pick up her paranormally endowed nephew Cody (Drew Mikuska), who becomes a subject of repeated accidental abuse in the course of the film, at school, where her friend Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall) works as a teacher. George Logan arrives to fetch his niece Sue. George and Cindy take an immediate liking to each other, and he invites Cindy and Brenda to a rap-off with his rapper friends Mahalik (Anthony Anderson) and CJ (Kevin Hart). George is actually quite successful, but due to some unintentional racist blunders he is eventually thrown out.
Following the rap-off, Brenda asks Cindy to keep her company, as she has watched the cursed videotape herself. After playing several jokes on Cindy, she goes to watch TV and is attacked and killed by the undead girl Tabitha (Marny Eng), but not before challenging Tabitha to an impromptu brawling match. After Brenda's funeral reception, during which George and Mahalik wreak havoc on Brenda's corpse in an ill attempt to bring her back to life (when George says he doesn't like having the open coffin just sitting out, Cindy said "it [was] a wake", which George mistook for awake), Cindy decides to watch the tape for herself and also receives the fateful message; she calls George, CJ and Mahalik for help. CJ comments his Aunt Shaneequa, an oracle, might be able to help Cindy. Aunt Shaneequa (Queen Latifah) and her husband Orpheus (Eddie Griffin), parodying the Oracle and Morpheus from The Matrix, respectively, agree to help and Cindy gives them a copy of the killer tape. After watching a segment of it, Aunt Shaneequa discovers a backmasked picture of a lighthouse, and she tells Cindy to find it. But when Cindy returns home, she finds to her horror that Cody has also watched the tape, condemning him to certain death as well.
At work, Cindy looks through various pictures of lighthouses and finds the one depicted in the tape, but she leaves the tape at the studio where her boss finds it. Inside the lighthouse, she meets The Architect (George Carlin) who tells her the real story of Tabitha and how the killer tape got out in the world: He had once rented the movie Pootie Tang but accidentally returned the killer tape to the shop; Tabitha was their evil adopted daughter, whom his wife had drowned in their family farm's well but who had managed to imprint her curse upon the tape. Cindy tries to warn the population, but only a few people take her warnings seriously: George, Tom (who had just had an uncanny encounter with an alien creature) and Baxter Harris (Leslie Nielsen), the President of the United States, who personally comes to the Logan farm to investigate the crop circles.
Upon arriving home again, Cindy discovers that her news show has broadcasted the killer tape for hours, dooming a wide selection of people to death, and in addition, Cody has gone missing. Cindy tracks him back to the Logan farm, where he has taken refuge with George. Tom has everybody in the house go into the basement for safety, while he, George and Mahalik go outside to fight off the extraterrestrials. The aliens (voiced by Tom Kenny) arrive, but soon it turns out that despite the rough first touch these visitors are friendly. In fact, they have come to Earth to stop Tabitha as well, since they had accidentally watched the tape on a broadcast they had intercepted.
In the basement, Cindy realizes that a certain scene from the killer tape matches the farm's cellar, and underneath the floor she finds the well where Tabitha was drowned. Suddenly Tabitha appears behind her. A short fight follows, during which Tabitha takes Cody hostage. Cindy and George attempt to appeal to her, offering her a place in their family. At first, Tabitha appears to have accepted, but then refuses and prepares to attack again; however, she is unwittingly defeated by the President entering the cellar, who pushes her back into the well. The aliens leave in peace, and the film ends with Cindy and George getting married, but Cody was not with them. Cody chases Cindy and George, about to be hit by the car. The car stops at the very last minute, to which Cody survived, only to be hit by another car in the other road.
Oyuncular
Cast
Anna Faris - Cindy Campbell
Simon Rex - George Logan
Regina Hall - Brenda Meeks
Leslie Nielsen - President Harris
Charlie Sheen - Tom Logan
Anthony Anderson - Mahalik
Kevin Hart - CJ
Camryn Manheim - Trooper Champlin
George Carlin - Architect
Pamela Anderson - Becca
Jenny McCarthy - Kate
Drew Mikuska - Cody
Jianna Ballard - Sue
Denise Richards - Annie Logan
D. L. Hughley - John Wilson
Ja Rule - Agent Thompson
Queen Latifah - Aunt Shaneequa/The Oracle
Eddie Griffin - Orpheus
Darrell Hammond - Father Muldoon
Jeremy Piven - Ross Giggins
Simon Cowell - Himself
Marny Eng - Tabitha
Fat Joe - Himself
Edward Moss - MJ (Michael Jackson)
Tom Kenny - Aliens (voice, uncredited)
Klimaszewski Twins - Coors Light Twins
Ajay Naidu - M Night Shyamalan (uncredited
Directed by David Zucker
Produced by Robert K. Weiss
David Zucker
Written by Craig Mazin
Pat Proft
Based on Characters Created by
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Buddy Johnson
Phil Beauman
Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Starring Anna Faris
Simon Rex
Regina Hall
Leslie Nielsen
Charlie Sheen
Anthony Anderson
Kevin Hart
Camryn Manheim
George Carlin
Drew Mikuska
Jianna Ballard
Denise Richards
Music by James Venable
Frank Fitzpatrick (music supervisor)
Jorge Corante (original songs)
Editing by Jon Poll
Distributed by Dimension Films
Release date(s) October 24, 2003 (2003-10-24)
Running time 84 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $48 million [1]
Gross revenue $220,673,217
Preceded by Scary Movie 2
Followed by 4