Scary Movie 5 (2013) 5/10

Starring : Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Gracie Whitton, Ava Kolker
Director : Malcolm D Lee
Running Time : 86 mins

Ballerina Jody Sanders (Tisdale) and her monkey scientist husband Dan (Rex) find themselves taking three children into their care when the father of the kids dies. They soon experience strange activity around the house and lead the problems back to the invisible friend of the children and a mysterious cabin in the woods.

Well, at least this primarily parodies horror movies – namely Mama and Paranormal Activity – even though it does throw in elements of Rise of The Planet Of The Apes and Black Swan for good measure. Fans of the originals will generally enjoy this latest instalment, and thank god it isn’t like those other movie movies that have been doing the rounds for the last decade or so. The problem is there aren’t enough horror references and too many references to other genres to make this a good scary movie, and the fact that there have been so many horror films in recent years to supply the makers with fodder makes this feel even weaker.

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