Scary Movie 3

High schoolers Becca Kotler and Katie Embry discuss a cursed videotape that allegedly causes the death of anyone who watches it within seven days. After they both watch the tape, an unseen entity kills them. On a farm outside Washington, D.C., widowed pastor Tom Logan and his brother George discover crop circles in their cornfield, with Tom's daughter Sue screaming in the center. Local reporter Cindy Campbell works for 8 News, covering the crop circle phenomenon but receives little attention. She cares for her young nephew Cody, who displays precognitive abilities. While picking him up from school, Cindy meets George, who invites her and her friend Brenda Meeks to a rap battle. At the event, George impresses the crowd by defeating Fat Joe but is expelled after mistakenly wearing a white hoodie which looks like a Ku Klux Klan hood while greeting the audience. Brenda later informs Cindy that she has watched the cursed videotape, so asks her to stay with her. After a series of pranks, Brenda is killed by the tape's entity named Tabitha. George, Mahalik, and CJ learn of Brenda's death. Meanwhile, Tom meets Sayaman, who accidentally caused his wife Annie's death in a car accident. George and Mahalik disrupt Brenda's wake, attempting to revive her. Cindy discovers the cursed tape among Brenda's belongings, watches it, and receives a call warning her of her death. Seeking help, she contacts George, Mahalik, and CJ. CJ refers her to his aunt Shaneequa, who identifies a hidden image of a lighthouse within the tape, suggesting it holds the key to breaking the curse. While Cindy is away, Cody watches the tape, putting himself at risk. In a further attempt to warn the public, Cindy broadcasts a warning through her news station, but her boss distorts the message. Concurrently, Tom and his family encounter an alien disguised as Michael Jackson, while U.S. president Baxter Harris arrives to investigate the crop circles. Cindy visits the lighthouse and meets the Architect, who explains that Tabitha was his adopted daughter, a malevolent spirit who his wife drowned in a nearby well. Before her death, Tabitha transferred her evil essence into a VHS tape, which he accidentally returned to Blockbuster, releasing the curse. Returning home, Cindy finds Cody missing and learns that the tape has been aired on live television, exposing a wide audience. She traces Cody to the Logan farm, where he has taken shelter. As chaos unfolds with global extraterrestrial sightings, Tom instructs Cindy, Sue, and Cody to hide in the basement while he, George, Mahalik, Harris and the Secret Service confront the extraterrestrials. They reveal they are peaceful and intercepted the cursed tape, mistakenly believing it to be the film Pootie Tang, and have come to Earth to stop Tabitha. In the basement, Cindy identifies the well from the tape. Tabitha emerges and captures Cody. Cindy and George attempt to reason with her, offering her a place in their family. However, though Tabitha initially appears to accept, she attempts to attack them, only for Harris to inadvertently open the basement door and knock her back down into the well. Following the incident, Cindy and George get married. As they depart for their honeymoon, they realize they have left Cody behind. Cindy narrowly avoids hitting him at an intersection, only for another vehicle to strike him.