Film critic Dwight Macdonald famously said, "Parody is making new wine that tastes like the old but has a slightly lethal effect." In its latest offering, the makers of the Scary Movie franchise have managed to concoct a foul-tasting cocktail, just because they can, and serve it to an already-satiated audience, expecting accolades. Scary Movie 5 is an offence to the most spoof-hardened zealot, and the absence of regulars Anna Faris and Regina Hall does not help matters much.
As with earlier films, Scary Movie 5 begins with a spoof on a horror film - this time, Paranormal Activi....