Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Spoof: 182 Films to Buy & Rent
- Spy Hard (1996)
- Dir. Rick Friedberg
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning
- Leslie Nielsen is back for another round of movie send–ups in what increasingly seems like an exhausted genre. A barrage of hits and misses…
- Tremors 2 (Tremors 2 Aftershocks) (1996)
- Dir. S. S. Wilson
Feat. Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver…
- Sequel to the outrageous tongue–in–cheek creature feature TREMORS (1990), with supersucking desert worms returning to terrorise the oil…
- Trigger Happy (Mad Dog Time) (1996)
- Dir. Larry Bishop
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne…
- Grinning mob–boss Richard Dreyfuss is fresh out of the asylum, gunning down wisecracking old friends and enemies alike. Old friends is indeed…
- Day Today, The (TV Series) (1995)
- Feat. Steve Coogan
- Newscasting spoof with anchorman Christopher Morris (Chris Morris) and sportscaster Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) who could be mistaken for the real…
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While You're Drinking Juice in the Hood (1995)
- Dir. Paris Barclay
Feat. Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
- Gleeful sendup of the 'hood–drama genre (Boyz in the Hood, Menace II Society etc.), resounds with the impact of juicy cheapshots hitting home,…
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen
- Another blockbuster spoof, three years too late from the once funny Mel Brooks in which Leslie Nielsen does his NAKED GUN–in–a–cape…
- Low Down Dirty Shame, A (1995)
- Dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Feat. Keenen Wayans, Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett Smith
- An action–packed send–up of big loud gun–fests from Keenan Ivory Wayans, who also charms his way through the knowing cliches as a…
- Attack of the 50ft Woman (1994)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin
- Remake of the 1958 classic is a cheesy spoof of the B–movie genre with Hannah in strapping form as the she–beast who avenges her…
- Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
- Dir. Yuen Kwai
Feat. Jet Li
- Jet Li is "The Bodyguard" in this delightful parody of the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston smash. A gourmet chop suey of action, humour and simmering…
- From Beijing with Love (1994)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Anita Yuen
- Exceedingly funny James Bond spoof, perhaps the finest Hong Kong export since Jackie Chan.
Assigned to retrieve a national treasure from corrupt…