Subgenre Sampler
Spoof: 197 Films to Buy & Rent
- Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Bayly
Feat. Colin Dale, Dursley McLinden, Saeed Jaffrey…
- Whimsical British spoof on 'The Maltese Falcon' that tells the story of a precocious private eye and his kid brother who are given £200 to guard a…
- Naked Gun, The (1988)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson…
- Leslie Neilsen perfects his deadpan for the Zucker Bros., who do for police work what their classic FLYING HIGH did for air travel. A…
- Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 1 (1988)
- Dir. Ed Bye
Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…
- Catch up on those missed or classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy.
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- Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988)
- Dir. John De Bello
Feat. George Clooney, John Astin
- Superior sequel to that inept '70s schlocker, this plays more like a teen–bimbo comedy, though its invigorated by some very inventive sequences.
- Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
- Dir. Ken Wiederhorn
Feat. Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan
- Yet another unnecessary sequel, this time to the popular spoof of Romero's Living Dead films.
- Without A Clue (1988)
- Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones…
- A nicely contrived send–up of the Sherlock Holmes stories, with Kingsley playing Doctor Watson, who in fact has invented the character of…
- Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Barry Humphries, Pamela Stephenson, Thaao Penghlis
- This raunchy comedy sees Humphries star as the bumbling Australian ambassador Les Patterson and his better known alter–ego Dame Edna Everage…
- Monster Squad, The (1987)
- Dir. Fred Dekker
Feat. Andre Gower, Stephen Macht, Stan Shaw…
- A group of savvy kids attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monstrous cohorts – all familiar faces from Universal horror…
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy…
- A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
- Grunt - the Wrestling Movie (1985)
- Dir. Allan Holzman
Feat. Steven Cepello, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Robert Glaudini
- A mid–1980s attempt to cash in on the WWF wrestling craze, with a SPINAL TAP–esque mockumentary about the wrestler 'Mad Dog Joe De…