Subgenre Sampler
Spoof: 197 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…
- Naked Gun 33 1/3 : The Final Insult (1994)
- Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
- Third and last of the Naked Gun series, with Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) forced back from retirement. While only a third of the freshness of the…
- No Ordinary Love (1994)
- Dir. Doug Witkins
Feat. Smith Forte, Erika Klein, Robert Pecora…
- Intriguing clash of styles marks this MELROSE PLACE spoof as one to watch, with five sexy and possibly dangerous housemates coping with a unexpected…
- Fatal Instinct (1993)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Sean Young
- Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn and Sean Young parody themselves in this over–familiar send–up of the Hollywood psycho–thriller.