Determined once again to leave no deserving target unspoofed, Dimension Film's wildly successful "Scary Movie" franchise is back in business. The result is a kinder, gentler brand of parody (as evidenced by the series' first non-R rating) and, for a while there, Zucker and his former writing partner Pat Proft, along with Craig Mazin, look to have tapped into some of that old ZAZ magic. Still -- though the final take won't come anywhere close to the $157 million scared up by the first installment -- given that PG-13 rating, "Scary Movie 3" should have no trouble pulling in sizable young audiences while there's probably still enough of the gross-out element to appeal to fans of the purely puerile.

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