Subgenre Sampler
Spoof: 197 Films to Buy & Rent
- Pink Panther, The (1964)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers
- In his most synonymous role, Peter Sellers stars in the first of six films of the bungling misadventures of Inspector Clouseau. Superb slapstick…
- Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby…
- A spoof of the Robin Hood legend set in '20s gangland Chicago.
- Raven, The (1963)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff…
- A great cast inhabits this low budget fantasy–comedy version of Edgar Allan Poe's tale – one of Corman's best.
- Teenagers from Outer Space (the Gargon Terror) (1959)
- Dir. Tom Graeff
Feat. David Love, Dawn Bender, Bryan Grant
- Perhaps the ropiest of the ‘TEENAGE…’ 50s drive–ins, with two aliens visiting Earth as teens, one ‘good’, the…
- Scared Stiff (1952)
- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin make a ‘spooktacle’ of themselves in this version of Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard’s Broadway hit.
- Cat and the Canary, The (1939)
- Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
- Bob Hope lends his charm to this playful remake of 1927 expressionist silent film about siblings who inherit an uncle's fortune but must first prove…
- Three Ages, The (1923)
- Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Margaret Leahy
- Dir. Keaton's debut effort is an original and often hilarious satire of cinema 'epic' cliche, already well–developed in 1923 courtesy of…