When Scary Movie hit theaters in 2000, it arrived at the perfect cultural moment.

Audiences were still steeped in the self-aware horror of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, reality TV was exploding, and late‑’90s teen culture was ripe for mockery.

Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Shawn and Marlon Wayans, the film took the familiar beats of the slasher genre and pushed them into gleefully crude, over‑the‑top parody.

Scary Movie 6

The Scary Movie 6 trailer has already received well over 100 million views on social media and has also drawn some backlash.

One of the lead actors, Marlon Wywans responed by saying: “You can’t do Wayans shit without the Wyans.”

“They were never meant to be scary but always meant to be offensive,” one fan said of the movie(s).