Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Spoof: 182 Films to Buy & Rent
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield…
- The zombie movie genre collides with distinctively British "lad humour" in this playful and wildly entertaining parody.
Centred around the…
Starsky and Hutch (2004)
- Dir. Todd Phillips
Feat. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell…
- With this updated comic riff on the iconic cop show of the 1970s, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson repeat the winning formula of hits like ZOOLANDER and…
Strangerhood, The (TV Series) (2004)
- The creators of RED vs BLUE trade their gamepads for mousepads in appropriating popular 'life simulation' THE SIMS, overdubbing the computer game's…
Wrong Coast, The (TV Mini-Series) (2004)
- Amusing animation parody of Hollywood Entertainment television and mind–numbing mainstream movies. Offensive enough to be entertaining in its…
Delicate Art of Parking, The (2003)
- Dir. Trent Carlson
- Canadian mockumentary about the joys of life as a devoted parking warden embarking on an investigation into the mad world of parking when his mate is…
Johnny English (2003)
- Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith
- A British spy spoof that through the expertise of Rowan Atkinson holds its own against the more sophisticated AUSTIN POWERS.
When the entire…
Kung Faux (TV Series) (2003)
- Postmodern comic conceit, where a series of classic kung–fu films are redubbed with new music and voiceovers by various hiphoppers –…
Red vs Blue (2003)
- Dir. Burnie Burns
- Appropriating the graphics engine of popular X–Box title ‘Halo’, the makers of this resourceful video game spoof act out various inane…
Reno 911 (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash, Thomas Lennon…
- Irreverent and absurd mock–umentary takes us behind the scenes of the Reno police department and spotlights the bungling incompetents who work…
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Denise Richards
- Further hit–and–miss spoofery of the horror movie genre, and popular culture in general from dir. Zucker and the Wayans clan.
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