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.
Comic Strip Presents: Volume 1 (1988)
8/10
Director: Peter Richardson, Stephen Frears
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Keith Allen, Nigel P...
The ground-shaking impact of The Comic Strip's anarchic humour rattled the televisions of 1980s Britain and when the smoke cleared they left a gaping... Read more
Comic Strip Presents: Volume 2 (1988)
8/10
Director: Peter Richardson
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Peter Richardson, Rik Mayall, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French,...
The ground-shaking impact of The Comic Strip's anarchic humour rattled the televisions of 1980s Britain and when the smoke cleared they left a gaping... Read more
Without A Clue (1988)
7/10
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Starring: Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones
Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley star in this revisionist comedy about what they claim is the true story of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. According to... Read more
Evil Dead II ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.8/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Dan Hicks, Sarah Berry, Kassie Wesley, Richard Domeier
Aka "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn". Ash (Bruce Campbell), the survivor of the first film, continues to battle demons in a cabin deep in the woods. With h... Read more
Sledge Hammer!: Season 2 (1987)
8.2/10
Starring: David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin, Harrison Page
Surprising everyone, the uber-violently demented 'Sledge Hammer!' was renewed for another season, despite the apocalyptic ending of Season One. This... Read more
Evil Dead II (1987)
7.8/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Bruce Campbell
Aka "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn". Ash (Bruce Campbell), the survivor of the first film, continues to battle demons in a cabin deep in the woods. With h... Read more
Spaceballs (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patt...
The Farce will be with you in this outrageously hilarious send-up of epic sci-fi movies, created by comic genius Mel Brooks. Boasting a cast of cosmic... Read more
Strange Invaders / Invaders From Mars (1986)
Director: Michael Laughlin, Tobe Hooper
Starring: Nancy Allen, Paul LeMat, Fiona Lewis, Karen Black, Bud Cort
'Strange Invaders' (1983): A fun spoof of science fiction invader films of the '50s and '60s. A UFO lands in a remote area of the midwest during the 1... Read more
Sledge Hammer!: Season 1 (1986)
8.2/10
Starring: Harrison Page, David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin
David Rasche stars as the trigger-happy lawman whose hatred of criminal scum and yogurt-eatin' creeps was matched only by his love of excessive force... Read more
The Ice Pirates (1984)
5.7/10
Director: Stewart Raffill
Starring: Mary Crosby, Anjelica Huston, Robert Urich, Michael D Roberts, John Matuszak, Ro...
In the future, Earth is starved for water, so whoever has the ice... rules. Robert Urich, Mary Crosby and Anjelica Houston star in this nifty outer-sp... Read more