This Day in Halloween: The Wayans brothers’ horror movie spoof "Scary Movie" opens across the U.S. in 2000. / Illustration by Laura Peyton Maurer
Scary Movie opens across the U.S. in 2000. The Wayans brothers’ spoof of multiple horror films from The Shining and Friday the 13th to The Blair Witch Project and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Despite mixed reviews, the film is a big hit and spawns four sequels.
