Photo: Quantrell Colbert/Paramount/Everett Collection Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of Scary Movie (and a couple dozen other horror films). The Scary Movie franchise has always been a game of “spot the reference.” The first film, released back in 2000, is a parody of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer that lifts so much from both movies that it borders on plagiarism. Your enjoyment likely hinges on how much you appreciate lightly tweaked re-creations of the films it pulls from.