Subgenre Sampler
Spoof: 197 Films to Buy & Rent
Hercules Returns (1993)
- Dir. David Parker
Feat. David Argue, Michael Carman, Mary Coustas
- Three hapless cinema entrepreneurs discover their opening film, HERCULES, is in Italian with no subtitles, so they dub the voices and sound effects…
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
- Dir. Gene Quintano
Feat. Emilio Estevez
- A new franchise in which the Gibson/Glover team come under satirical fire.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Cary Elwes
- About two years too late, Mel Brooks spoof of the Men in Sherwood trades its 90+ minutes on the strength of its inspired 60–second trailer.…
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Claudia Cardinale, Herbert Lom
- Eighth sequel (no less) to the Pink Panther series has the elastic Roberto Benigni cast as Inspector Clouseau's son in another accident–prone…
Stalag Luft (1993)
- Dir. Adrian Shergold
Feat. Stephen Fry, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Geoffrey Palmer…
- Made–for–TV POW spoof could easily be dubbed 'The Worst Escape'; it stars Stephen Fry as a would–be escapee whose many attempts at…
Carry On Columbus (1992)
- Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. Julian Clary, Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle
- Julian Clary, Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle, among others, contribute double entendres aplenty to this tribute to that '60s comic institution, the…
Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (1992)
- Dir. John Fortenberry
Feat. Julie Brown, Bobcat Goldthwait
- The talented Julie Brown sharpens her claws and is not afraid to use them in this parody of Madonna's self–adoring documentary, TRUTH OR DARE.
Return of Spinal Tap, The (A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out) (1992)
- Dir. Jim Di Bergi
Feat. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
- Follow–up mockumentary to the beloved THIS IS SPINAL TAP, following the band on a sad final tour of the USA to promote their album Smell the…
Delirious (1991)
- Dir. Tom Mankiewicz
Feat. John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms…
- A soap–opera writer (John Candy) wakes up in his own TV show, with the ability to control events around him by writing them, in this…
Hot Shots! (1991-1993)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Charlie Sheen
- Jim Abrahams gains reprieve from the Zucker brothers to make his own blockbuster spoof in the tradition of their FLYING HIGH and NAKED GUN…