It was, in fact, comedian/filmmaker Chris Rock who actually first came up with the title, as he originally featured it as a parody in his 2014 dramedy Top Five.
Specifically, while the film is once again written and directed by Tyler Perry, it is the first to be made based on a kernel of an idea that was not his own.
Tyler Perry’s Madea has been on a number of cinematic adventures since making her big screen debut in 2005’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman – but there is one thing that is distinctly different about the character’s latest movie, Boo! A Madea Halloween.