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This movie was exactly what I expected, an average parody with tons of sight gags. It won't have you doubled over in laughter but there are some good jokes.

A spoof of several horror movies. Kids at a high school are being murdered by a maniac in a mask. A TV reporter investigates.

Not exactly original: horror spoof movies were dime-a-dozen in the early 2000s, and almost as common as horror movies involving crazed mask-wearing killers bumping off high school kids. Isn't too bad though: some good laughs and is reasonably entertaining. Never takes itself seriously, which is a very useful quality in a parody.

Much more watchable than I expected.

There not much that I can about this movie.

I liked it, It not great not even that good and total over the top plot but it still a lot of fun.

The plot It's your typical high school where a group of friends including Dawson (Harley), Slab (Rex) and Boner (Strong) are enjoying school life. Until, as serial killer turns up and starts chasing after them one by one. No one knows who this killer is, as he obviously slips around the school. Will they finally unmask the killer before it's too late?

If you didn't like the movie, a least you get to see Kelly from saved by the bell

This movie spoofs are Scream, Friday 13th,Halloween, I know what you did last summer,Chucky, Christine and even Grease.

This movie add anything to movie, when ever it wants, it not rip off of scary movie. it just other good/bad spoof movie

This movie made me laugh 5/10

Okay first things first... This is NOT a rip-off of Scary Movie. It was in production way before Scary Movie started filming and was slated to be released in theaters. However it got delayed and Scary Movie beat em to the punch. Knowing that people (especially now as I can see from the previous posts) were going to think it a rip-off if released right behind SM, the producers opted for a tv movie instead. This is the truth as it was mention on Entertaiment Tonight. So please, STOP CALLING IT A RIP OFF!

Now to the review This is actully a pretty cool parody. Unlike Scary Movie (which I also liked btw) not all the jokes are riddled with sex gags and toliet humor, so of it harken back to the days of Airplane. I love the bit where the characters are at the party and discussing what to do in a horror situations. That was just hilarous especially with the cameo by the dude who played J.J on Good Times and the Pop Up video chase.

I'll admit some of it doesn't work but that how parody goes, its hit or miss and Scary Movie had the same type of problems. Overall I say its on par with SM. Both have unique sense of humor, it just a shame that SIYKWIDLFtT will only be seen by a few and sadly be wrongly branded as a rip-off just because of circumstance and bad timining. It really is a good movie if you give it the chance.

This is the second-worst parody I have ever seen (the first being "Naked Space"). There were one or two good jokes, but not nearly enough to fill an entire movie.

I was watching this on TV during one of USA's Halloween marathons, so I didn't waste any money buying it on video. The main problem is that the writers tried too hard, and don't even pay heed to a rule they give in the film itself.

Many people would assume that it's easy to write a parody- throw in some goofy sight gags, one or two halfway decent jokes and you're done. But it's not as simple as that. Parodies are one of the harder film genres to write. Each gag (no matter how bizarre or outrageous) has to make sense. You can't just throw in something that's completely random. It doesn't work that way. The sight gags have to be carefully executed, and, if you repeat any, you should only do so three times (complying with the "threes formula").

Another thing- you can't rely on just sight gags. A successful parody has to incorporate multiple types of humor (one of the reasons they're so hard to write). You need sight gags, word play, social commentary and flat-out jokes- all the while having to keep in context and fitting into the story.

Not as dumb as it looks, is it?

I will start this by saying that, Not Another Teen Movie was an intelligent and generally funny parody movie, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th is completely and utterly devoid of anything resembling an effective joke (or anything of any worthwhile value, really). There's not much to say about this one; every single gag falls completely flat - even though it's parodying a lot of the same flicks that Not Another Teen Movie went after. The actors seem to be trying, but with a script this horrible, Marlon Brando himself (and I'm talking old school Brando, not The Island of Dr. Moreau Brando here) would've come off amateurish. Imagine the lamest joke you've ever heard and then stretch it out to around an hour and fifteen minutes, and you'll have a vague conception of how excruciating it was to sit through this miserable flick.

Even for those who hated Scary Movie, they still have to admit it's way better than the lame spoof 'Shriek...' is. In fact, it's title probably is the best joke of the entire film.

As Scary Movie, Shriek takes the teen slasher formula and makes fun of it, but the jokes are lame and the movie doesn't have any likable actors to make it worth while. Worst of all, besides Scream there aren't many movies spoofed in this one, well not in a good way anyway.

The fact that it went direct to video should've stopped me from watching it, but I thought 'why not'. Well, that's why.

Stinker, 2/10.

i went to the video store with my younger brother, never again will i let him get a video without my approval. This is one of the unfunniest unscariest films i have seen in my life. I sat and watched completely bored out of my skull waiting for the jokes and the comedy to begin, in fact the only smile this film got was when i pressed the eject button on my vcr.

The cast were poor, the story un-original, the directing terrible and the jokes that never worked and if they did i must've missed them. I hope the makers of this film never work again, and the performers if i never see them again i won't wonder why. I am going back to the store and i'm planning to sue them for false advertisment by putting this pile of garbage in the comedy section

You know that feeling you get when you've just watched a movie for the first time and you absolutely loved it? Well reverse that feeling and times it by a thousand, and that won't even come close to how bad i felt after watching this movie.It wasn't that the humour was bad, it's that it was SO bad that i think i saw a few clowns dying in the background.The film's biggest problem is that it tries to weave in too many parodies of films in a weakly based Scream plot line. i've seen a lot of bad movies but there were times in this film (well most of it actually) that i found myself screaming out 'Why movie Gods, why!'

If you liked Scream or Scary movie, for the love of God don't watch this film. Or if you have to, watch it with the worst expectations of a movie you have ever had and you might just be pleasantly surprised... I DOUBT IT THOUGH!

This movie is very much like Scary Movie. Either you laugh at all the silliness and jokes at other movies' expense, or you sit there frustrated thinking it is far too stupid to be funny. Remember, this movie was meant to be a joke!

That aside, there are hundreds of references to other films, some subtle, most not. There is a take on Grease's "Greased Lightning" which had me rolling in my seat, and at one point, Chucky makes a cameo appearance. This movie had a lot of stupid moments, but I would have to say it works as a whole. You have to be prepared for yet-another farcical Scream parody, if you go in expecting the finely-tuned humour of Billy Crystal or Woody Allen, you will be sorely disappointed.

Watch the background for many, many film references. The obvious slapstick gags sometimes overshadow the more humourous background references, some of which actually give this film second viewing possibilities. You will definitely not see all of the jokes this movie has to offer in one viewing (of course, many of you will not be able to stomach watching it a second time).

As with any parody, many of the jokes are predictable and somewhat lame. There are a lot of scatological references (expected), even some scenes pretty well ripped-off from Scary Movie (the entire first sequence), but there are some original bits which tip the scale in it's favour.

I gave it a 6 which is probably very generous, however I went in expecting a childish display of visual gags and got exactly what I expected. I think it was the "Greased Lightning" bit which pushed this from a 5 to a 6, it is one of those memorable moments in a comedy which when you think back on, always seems to make you chuckle.

The fact that I even agreed to see this movie is still leaving me answerless, but why this was even made is just dumb-founding. Perhaps a reason for the initial downfall is the fact that the teen slasher movies are being ironic towards what they are doing, yet still Scary Movie was funny, very funny in places so thats obviously not the whole story.

The fact is that in order for comedy to work, you need jokes, lots of jokes usually and yet in the script itself there are no gags, there is no substance to any of the dialogue whatsoever, which leads again to the question begging for an answer, why was this movie made? A script with no gags is made as a comedy.

Most gags are visual and tired to the point of slaying a dead horse. Most are seen to be coming a mile off, and even when a surprise does come up on you there is no appreciation for the simply fact that the it is so bloody slow. The acting, although it is down for comic effect, is wooden. Tom Arnold appears to be the only cast member who is aware of what he is doing, which becomes a bad thing as the rest of the cast look even worse than they would have done had he played it straight. There is no point playing this straight for the simple fact there is nothing there to play straight with.

Its a shame as the trailer actually looked quite attractive and the opening 10 minutes were very promising. All in all this is one huge mess which has clearly been edited down to fit into 70 minutes of pure crap.

Perhaps even some humourous sex/nudity would have helped, which is saying something. In the end though you have got a movie which pretends to be a slasher send up done in the style of the Farrelys, which actually plays a scream done scene for scene, without the words, and a handful of s**t actors.

I cannot un-recommend this movie highly enough.

I have to admit that I didn't rent this video, my teen daughter did, but she liked it so much, she insisted that I watch it, telling me..."It isn't dumb, you'll like it!" She was right. We watched it together and both laughed all the way through. Since that first viewing, I've watched it a couple more times and--this is my best review of all--I found new things to laugh at that I missed the first time. We've recommended it to my daughter's friends and to my friends, and from both age groups we haven't heard anything but rave comments.

I think what's most important for its success is that Shriek is well written by script artists who have a great sense of dialogue. They've got a good grasp of the essential nature of parody and I think they must have seen every 'dead teen' horror flick ever. Because they know them so well, they've put in gags about pretty much everything related to them, instead of having to resort to being one-gag wonders.

But they don't stop with lots of in-jokes about dead teen movies--added on to that is an absurd collection of sight gags and parody-within-a- parody subplots (everything from the dance sequences in Grease to a few glimpses here and there of the Rocky Horror Picture Show).

In fact, there are so many sly asides and one-liners that I couldn't help but think "Mel Brooks" all the way through it. Of course, just like Mel Brooks' movies, this movie isn't claiming to be War and Peace or something. If you are looking for some kind of deep intellectual insight or social criticism, Shriek won't be for you...but then again, the genre it spoofs isn't about deep intellectual insights, either. Those movies are just for a thrill and this one is just for fun. So if what you're looking for is a good time and a lot of laughs, you can't miss with Shriek.

my personal feeling is that this movie is better than any of the Scary Movie Films.i found it more relevant and clever.it is better paced,with no real spots that lag.the jokes do fly literally about every few seconds.i woudn't say it is funny,but there are some very amusing moments.i particularly liked the end stages of the film.to me,this film is lighter in tone than the Scary Movie franchise.it's also not as gross.the violence is also less graphic,and the language is much tamer.there is very little in the way of nudity,and most of the sexual situations are implied.the movie is rated R,but i'm not sure why.after watching it,i thought it would be PG-13,at most.i checked the rating after watching,and i'm really surprised.from my viewpoint, i think this movie would be suitable for most kids 13 or older,but parents should use their discretion,of course.either way,i thought this movie was pretty entertaining all the way through.it's no masterpiece,but i give this movie a 6/10

This has got to be one of the worst movies i have ever seen.

Thank heavens there was Scary Movie to boost my confidence in spoofs, this movie is so dire it goes beyond belief.

Every single one-liner and visual gag falls flat on it's feet, there is absolutely nothing in this movie to make you laugh - avoid at all costs.

As compared to Scary Movie, this movie will obviously not appeal to the mass audience, however to those of us who enjoy overall "bad" movies this is a hit. I spent the money to rent this and have to say that I am happy. Personally I thought the beginning drab, with only one or two somewhat funny parts, however as the movie goes on to me, it gets better. I have to say that I did NOT like Scary Movie as much as everyone else, in truth I found the sexual humor overly done, this is quite the reverse. This pokes fun at ALL aspects of a teen slasher movie, not just the fornication. If you like pointless films, but your friends don't then save this diamond in the rough for a lonely night when you have nothing better to do. ((And before any of you comment I have quite the active social life))

† VampireGrimm †

This movie was by far the stupidest comedy I've ever seen in my life. First of all, most of the movies being imitated were NOT horror films, but teen movies like American Pie and Grease. Second, the the entire movie overall seemed to be going nowhere. There really isn't much of a plot--it's as if they thought certain things would be funny to make fun of, but there was really no way to make a story out of them, so they filmed a bunch of random scenes and stuck them together to make a movie. As if that weren't bad enough, it looks like the creators were just trying too hard to make a successful spoof--they overexaggerate certain aspects of high school (they have to show at least 10 doors in the high school labeled "Debate Club," "German Club," etc.) and they tend to make fun of things like teen pregnancy and teen sex, which really has NOTHING to do with making fun of horror films. To say the least, I probably laughed once or twice through the entire 90 minutes, and that was only because I was shocked that a movie could possibly suck so bad.

Now there were some moments and jokes that kept this from being a complete waste of time but most of the humor was so outdated and unfunny. It was hard to get through.

This is almost identical to "Scary Movie", but seven stars worse. I got no laughs out of this. I watched this because it is a parody film, and Simon Rex was in it. I only liked Simon Rex in it. The rest of the actors and actresses were bad and the movie worse than them. If you wanted to see a "Friday The 13th" parody, don't watch this, even though it's title is "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th", it has nothing to do with the movie. And, of course, when I ordered this, they sent me two copies, so if anyone wants a bad movie, let me know.

Rated R. I do not recommend for 15 or under. Strong sexual content,language (but not a lot of the f word), parody violence, and some other stuff.

Bad movie. Don't watch.

Having only just barely managed to sit through several of the movies this parodies (Final Destination, Cherry Falls, etc.) I would say that most of the time it is does a pretty good job of poking fun at them. While it is very hit-and-miss in places it was a lot better than I expected and many, many times funnier than Scary Movie. Most of the jokes are one liners and while some fall flat enough of them are funny that you end up laughing quite a lot.

2008 Review:

I recently caught this flick again on cable, and thought..."I wonder what I wrote about it way back when?" So, here I am digging up my own words and going, "gosh, was I harsh!"

This really is not as bad as I stated below. I mean, it is not funnier than Scary Movie, but it really does have a charm all its own.

I actually did laugh a few more than 2 times. I mean, not laugh out loud, but it did have some decent stuff. Sorry for such a nasty 1st review.

Original Review:

Okay for anyone to say this movie was far better or funnier than Scary movie, need to have their head examined. i think only 1 or 2 times did i give a slight chuckle. the comedy was just not here...the sets ups were bland and predictable. the editing...well, it seems someone used a lot of scotch tape to piece this trash together. to me, this was not a spoof...but a stream of ridiculous scenes taped together and called a film. this would never, never have lasted in theaters. reviewers have said this was funnier and would have made more money than Scary Movie...huh, wrong...

forcing us to think teen pregnancy, masturbation, alveoli and drugs are funny in teen movies, is just ignorant. nothing urinal or special abotu this "spoof". I hope it doesn't not spawn a sequel like the credits promise....

2 out of 10

For all you LOSERS who said it was a bad ripoff of Scary Movie, get your facts straight. This movie was written and produced BEFORE Scary Movie was even a thought. The Scary Movie production team stole pieces of this film right from the original draft. USA did do a lousy editing and mix job, but that is NOT the fault of the writers or actors. For those of you who said it reminded you of Airplane, kudos, from an article I read about the writers, that's what it was supposed to achieve.

Go ahead, laugh at the title. Sure, it appears to be a lame knockoff/parody of such allegedly hip slasher movies as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Oh, and sure, we just had one of those parody films (Scary Movie). Are you sick of this genre yet? Well get unsick. This one's a keeper.

With a virtually unknown cast and with the whole self-referential, self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing horror movie genre being so far overdone as to render satire ineffective, this movie had very little going for it from the outset. Its title seems more of a ripoff than a well-considered parody. But the title belies a wonderful product.

I really didn't expect much here, maybe a few laughs to help me scrape through the day. I expected a real dumb comedy, one with jokes about as subtle as a sledgehammer. But this one is more in the vein of the early Airplane! movies - it is rife with both verbal and sight gags, some of which are throwaways. The movie seems to relish its stereotypes, but mockingly.

One of the great things about the original Airplane! is that there were so many gags going on in the background that you sometimes found yourself paying attention to the peripheral stuff and ignoring some of the actual plot. The writers of that movie knew you'd do that, and they made the central plot rather dull - airplane in danger, must be landed - and allowed the characters to play off their lines as complete straight men. This movie does the same kind of thing, and there are tons and tons of inside and subtle jokes that you might not see right off the bat - and when you do, you'll laugh your ass off.

The basic story is that there are murders going on in a high school ("The Spring Break Massacre," the papers call it), five friends are united both by these murders and something they did the previous year (which they all remember differently), and an intrepid reporter who tries everything to get the scoop on the whole thing.

This is real parody. It's a great escapist movie, a lot of fun if you sat through any of the self-indulgent crap that was the Scream trilogy. This one never lets you take it seriously. It's a fun ride all the way.

This movie tries too hard to be funny.

I just forced myself to sit through the entire thing and think I could have caught up on my sleep. I wish I could get my five bucks back, because this is not something I'm going to be adding to my DVD collection. I might keep it in a box and when someone talks about "The worst movie ever" I'll refer them to this piece of crap.

I should have known from the name of the movie that it was going to be a waste of time. There were two times that I actually laughed at something going on in the movie. I expect that from a subtle comedy but this sad excuse for a movie would go under the genre of comedy, and so I expect laughs. The jokes are corny. The writing is awful and incoherent.

Don't watch it.