Scary Movie 3 (2003) is an American comedy film directed by David Zucker and is a sequel to Scary Movie (2000) and Scary Movie 2 (2001); it was followed by Scary Movie 4 in 2006. The plot of the film intertwines parodies of several other films such as The Ring, Signs, The Sixth Sense, The Others, 8 Mile, The Lord of the Rings, Hulk, The Forgotten and The Matrix.

The lead character from the previous two movies, Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), is now a television newswoman who begins investigating the deaths surrounding a mysterious videotape and its connection to crop circles appearing on the farm of Tom Logan (Charlie Sheen). The connection eventually leads Campbell to work with the President of the United States (Leslie Nielsen) to stop an alien invasion of Earth.

Cindy Campbell - Cindy (Anna Faris) is a newswoman, working for The Morning News. Now looking after her deceased sister's orphaned child (Cody), she is determined to find out the connection between crop circles, aliens and a killer video tape. Her quest is foiled by her boss - the show won't allow the news to get out due to the fact that the only news that should be reported has to do with sex, violence and the weather.

Tom Logan - Tom (Charlie Sheen) is an ex-minister, a widower who lost his wife (played by Denise Richards) in a horrific car accident which is explained later on the film. He, like Mel Gibson's character in the horror film Signs, wakes up to find mysterious patterns in his field (except in this movie it's a rectangle formed by knocked down crops, with some parts of the field left standing to reveal the huge words 'ATTACK HERE' and an arrow pointing to exactly where Tom, George and Tom's daughter are standing to examine the work). A seemingly caring and wise man, he loves his family although he doesn't seem to approve of his brother's intended occupation (a rapper).

George Lance Logan - George (Simon Rex) is Tom's younger brother and an aspiring rapper. A friend of rap club owner Mahalik (Anthony Anderson), he is clumsy, lacks common sense, and is known for unintentionally causing trouble and subsequently getting thrown out of places (he accidentally wore a Klan-like hood in the middle of a rap battle and ruined a funeral when he thought that the cadaver was still alive). George also seems to have some feelings for Cindy and the status of their relationship is a recurring theme in the film. Cody looks up to him as a father figure.

Cody - Cody (Drew Mikuska) is an orphan who has visions of the mysterious force that is at the heart of the killer videocassette. Cody has an amazing ability to end up in a difficult situation and get out of it (in the film, he's hit by a car twice, is blown out of a window, is hit on the head with a shovel, a basketball, and with a baseball bat). He is another one of the people who watches the video tape. His visions also seem to give him the ability to see into the future. In the deleted scenes, Cindy was actually imagining Cody as explained.