Jill Smokler, founder of the blog Scary Mommy, died Monday at her home in Pikesville, Maryland, after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2024. She was 48. Smokler ...

The summer box office is booming — but not because of the usual suspects. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. After three weeks of ...

The film took in $55 million over the weekend in the United States and Canada. It was the biggest opening for an R-rated comedy in 12 years. By Brooks Barnes Reporting from Los Angeles Roughly a ...

Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of Scary Movie (and a couple dozen other horror films). With that in mind, here’s an exhaustive list of every film that the 2026 Scary Movie references and ...

In the time that Scary Movie has been gone, the horror genre has given us plenty of moments worthy of parody. However, the Wayans’ brand of comedy is always uniquely their own, so even though there ...

This weekend, ’Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ are expected to continue record-breaking box office runs. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter Scary Movie is opening wide this weekend, earning an ...

Criticizing a “Scary Movie” is a lot like giving Julius Caesar’s eulogy. It may seem like critics are burying these crass, foolish parodies, but really, we’re paying them the ultimate compliment.

With the boom in horror movies bigger than ever it seems only natural Paramount and Miramax would try to revive the money-printing Scary Movie franchise last seen in 2013 with the fifth installment ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. For die-hards, no horror movie can be too scary. But for you, a wimp, the wrong one can leave you ...

Hannah has been writing about horror, sci-fi, and all things nerdy since 2021. At Collider, she covers news and conducts interviews, along with contributing features that dive deep into genre ...

It's been 13 long years since the Scary Movie franchise was in theaters, and a shocking 25 years since its creators, the Wayans Brothers, appeared in Scary Movie 2 before getting pushed out of their ...