The overall colour scheme of the poster is a mix of light and dark colours The blue and white

white light at the top of the

which is done intentionally as it is a comedy-horror film. The dark colours poster references the poster of one of the
like the red and blacks connote the horror theme of death, blood, most famous horror movies of all time:
violence and gore. And the light colours of green, blue and white makes The Thing.
the poster seem quite light-hearted and touches on the comedic effect of
the film.
The tagline juxtaposes everything about the film. The tagline reads
"No mercy. No shame. No sequel. The last reference is an ironic
nod towards the tendency of popular horror movies becoming cash
cow franchises. 2001 saw the release of Scary Movie 2, with the
appropriate tagline "We lied". Now, there are 5 movies within the
sequel.

Buffy (Shannon
Elizabeth) is wrapped
in a towel. This could
be inferred as making a
The poster makes a weak reference to
direct reference to Carrie. However, the
The Sixth Sense of movie does make a
one of its notorious stronger link to the
quotes of I see dead film.
people.
Most of the plot of
Afro comb in Shortys Scary Movie is a
afro (Marlon Wayans) Scream parody. The
is done for humour. It main characters
is a stereotypical mirror Scream and
portray of black men. the film centres on
This doesnt follow figuring out who is the
the convention of serial killer wearing
horror movies but, the Ghostface mask.
instead, follows a
convention of comedy.

On the A of the title

of the film; it exhibits
the image motif
associated with the
Blair Witch Project.
This is purposely done
as within the movie, it
makes a direct
reference to the film.
The title contradicts
the actual content of
the film as it isnt scary
at all but instead the
opposite (comical).