Scary Movie 6 Is Coming for Elevated Horror, Legacy Sequels, and Cancel Culture
The Wayans are officially back in full swing. Paramount has dropped the first trailer for Scary Movie (the franchise’s sixth film), and it opens by planting its flag in modern horror’s most recognizable sandbox: a packed New York City subway straight out of Scream VI, surrounded by a parade of familiar slasher silhouettes and nightmare icons before the whole thing swerves into a reveal that no “IP” is safe.
Scary Movie 6 | Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures
From there, the trailer plays like a rapid-fire mission statement. Ghostface is back as the central punching bag, but the jokes ricochet across the last decade of horror, with clear riffs on M3GAN, Smile, Get Out, Terrifier, and more, plus a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it barrage of “legacy” storytelling buzzwords and not-so-subtle jabs at how precious the genre has gotten about itself.
Per Paramount’s synopsis, the setup is simple: twenty-six years after outrunning a “suspiciously familiar” masked killer, the Core Four are back in the crosshairs, and the movie plans to “slash through” reboots, remakes, requels, sequels, spin-offs, and every “final chapter” that isn’t final. The trailer backs that up with the kind of anything-goes energy the series was built on, including a pointed “no safe spaces” gag and a general promise that nothing is off-limits.
Marlon Wayans returns as Shorty alongside Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall, with returning favorites including Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, Lochlyn Munro, and Dave Sheridan, plus new faces like Damon Wayans Jr., Kim Wayans, and Heidi Gardner. Michael Tiddes directs, with Marlon, Shawn, and Keenen Ivory Wayans among the writers and producers.
Scary Movie arrives exclusively in theaters from Paramount Pictures (in association with Miramax) on June 5, 2026—moved up a week from the previously announced June 12 date. The film is not yet rated.
