Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)- Dir. Dan O'Bannon
Feat. Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa - Pretty–good parody of Romero's Living Dead films, though not quite the same as the real thing. Great thrash–metal soundtrack, though.
Spies Like Us (1985)- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd - Sending up the spy–caper genre, this piece of Chevy Chase–Dan Aykroyd fluff is amusing enough. Filled with numerous cameos by film…
Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)- Dir. Ray Cameron
Feat. Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price… - Horror comedy about six scientists investigating a creepy manor, where a mysterious massacre killed 18 guests in a single night many years…
Comic Strip Presents: Bad News Tour (1983) / A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
- Dir. Sandy Johnson, Adrian Edmondson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Dawn French… - Excellent 'Comic Strip' double bill that teams up Adrian Edmonson's classic headbanger's satire with the cult repertory's memorable…
Comic Strip Presents: The Bullshitters / The Yob (1984)
- Dir. Ian Emes, Stephen Frears
Feat. Keith Allen, Pete Richardson, Robbie Coltrane… - THE BULLSHITTERS A cute parody of the TV cop show “The Professionals” with Keith Allen and Pete Richardson as sexy, maverick detectives…
Johnny Dangerously (1984)- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Michael Keating, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner… - Michael Keaton turns to a life of crime to support his ailing mother in this zany spoof of 1930's gangster films.
Lust in The Dust (1984)- Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Geoffrey Lewis… - Imitating the tone of mid–period John Waters (POLYESTER), dir. Bartel spoofs the Western melodrama with heaving cleavages, abysmal musical…
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest - Brilliant parody of a burnt–out British Heavy–Metal band on tour in America, filmed in the classic tradition of a rock documentary. A…
Top Secret! (1984)- Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Feat. Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp… - No secret this is one of the best of the Abrahams/Zucker Bros comedies (FLYING HIGH) with Val Kilmer as a rather dim, Elvis–type singer who, in…
Return of Captain Invincible, The (1983)- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Bill Hunter… - Campy superhero comedy starring Captain Invincible – a chunky ex superhero who now prefers chopping back the lagers to fighting crime in white…
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