Spoofs
The wide wonderful world of film lends itself splendidly to the 'spoof' or parody as most genres have conventions and unwritten rules that are very easy to twist and undermine. It's all about messing with audience expectation - and nobody is safe - from TV cops ('Police Squad') to zombies ('Shaun of the Dead'); disaster flicks ('Airplane') to westerns ('Blazing Saddles'); Alfred Hitchcock ('High Anxiety') to Arnold Schwarzenegger ('Last Action Hero'). Sit back and have a laugh, at someone else's expense.
Get Smart: Season 2 (1966)
6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Maxwell Smart returns for another lot of espionage and prat-falls. The huge season two (30 episodes!) sees Max and 99 pursue the dastardly KAOS agents... Read more
Gladiatress (2004)
4.2/10
Director: Brian Grant
Starring: Fiona Allen, Doon Mackinchan, Sally Phillips
An outrageous comedy that turns the macho tradition of sword and sandal epics on its head. When village outcast, Worthaboutapig (Phillips), is chosen... Read more
Hardware Wars (1978)
7/10
Director: Ernie Fossellus
Follow the adventures of Fluke Starbucker, Arty Deco, Ham Salad and the rest of the Red Eye Knights in this spectacle that was light years ahead of it... Read more
Hercules Returns (1993)
7.6/10
Director: David Parker
Starring: David Argue, Bruce Spence, Mary Coustas
Three film entrepreneurs open an old cinema with the classic 'B' grade film 'Hercules'. However, on opening night they discover that it's in Italian w... Read more
High Anxiety (1977)
6.7/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Dick Van P...
Mel Brooks takes on Alfred Hitchcock in this funny spoof of some of the Master of Suspense's greatest moments. With Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korm... Read more
Hot Fuzz (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Bill Bailey, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Paddy Considine, Steve Coogan, Kennet...
The lads that brought us zombie spoof 'Shaun of the Dead' turn their attentions to the British bobby in this cameo-packed mickey-take of the cops-and-... Read more
Hot Fuzz ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Billie Whitelaw, Edward Woodward, Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, Steve Coogan,...
The lads that brought us zombie spoof 'Shaun of the Dead' turn their attentions to the British bobby in this cameo-packed mickey-take of the cops-and-... Read more
Illegal Aliens (2007)
3.4/10
Director: David Giancola
Starring: Lenise Soren, Gladys Jimenez, Anna Nicole, Chyna , Kevin McGuire
This sci-fi Charlie's Angels spoof features the ill-fated Anna Nicole in her last movie role as an alien who has morphed into a superbabe, along with... Read more
In Like Flint (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Jean Hale
Super-suave super spy James Coburn returns, this time he must fight a group of powerful female tycoons who have developed a way of brainwashing women... Read more
JCVD (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more