Subgenre Sampler
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…
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin - Martin's most clever vehicle has him interacting with vintage film footage of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Lauren Bacall, to dazzling effect. A…
Police Squad! (TV Series) (1982)- Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, William Duell
- Shortlived but pungent TV spoof based on the surreal, slapstick fumblings of a police investigation unit headed by a deadpan Leslie Nielsen, which…
They Call Me Bruce? (A Fistful of Chopsticks) (1982)- Dir. Elliott Hong
Feat. Johnny Yune - An early, if fumbled, attempt at Asian vs. American humour sees a Mafioso's chef (Yune) sent on a drug–smuggling mission and being mistaken for…
History of the World, Pt.1 (1981)- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn… - A series of hilariously crass historical sketches from Mel Brooks.
Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro… - George Hamilton stars as twin brothers. The dashing and dopey sons of Zorro himself. As they compete to inherit the famous mask and sword, the alpha…
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren - Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
Motel Hell (1980)- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons - Comedy black enough to convert one to vegetarianism about rednecks who use a special kinda meat for 'Farmer Vincent's Fritters'! The duelling…
J-Men Forever (1979)- Dir. Richard Patterson
Feat. Peter Bergman, Phil Proctor - An ‘appropriated’ cult classic in the comic tradition of WHAT’S UP, TIGER LILY?, that cleverly splices together countless scenes from old…
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