A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!
Everyone plays his or her part with just enough unself-conscious seriousness for the jokes to work.
– Jonathan Foreman,
New York Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Labored, Naked Gun-ish quotes from The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project, and The Usual Suspects merely congratulate us for recognizing them.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Would it be asking too much if the hit-and-miss jokes could maybe nudge an inch beyond the obvious?
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2001
fresh:
There's energy and glee in the movie, as if the Wayans brothers were still little boys, desperately working to out-gross each other. Naughty little boys and girls everywhere, even those who have officially grown up, will appreciate their commitment.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
22 Mar 2002
fresh:
The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages.