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Parody film. A parody film or spoof film is a subgenre of comedy film that lampoons other film genres or films as pastiches, [1][2][3] works created by imitation of the style of many different films reassembled together. Although the subgenre is often overlooked by critics, parody films are commonly profitable at the box office. [4]
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [6] 1964. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on Red Alert by Peter George. International (United Kingdom, United States) Comedy-science fiction. Night of the Living Dead [7] 1968. Directed by George A. Romero.
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).
[1] (However, that was actually Mad's second movie parody; the first had been Ping Pong three issues earlier.) Almost all of the parodies are of a single, particular film. However, Mad has occasionally done omnibus parodies of film series, such as the James Bond movies, the 1970s Planet of the Apes sequels, and the Twilight Saga movies. It has ...
This Is Spinal Tap (also known as This Is Spın̈al Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi[ a ]) is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film co-written and directed by Rob Reiner (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer as members of the heavy metal band Spinal Tap, who are ...
The 1 Up Fever (2013), mockumentary about Bitcoin and augmented reality video games. 2gether (2000), spoof of boy bands like N*Sync and The Backstreet Boys. 7 Days in Hell (2015), a fictional documentary-style exposé on the rivalry between two of the greatest tennis players of all time who battled it out in a 2001 match that lasted seven days.
The Big Bus. The Big Bus is a 1976 American satirical comedy film [2][3] directed by James Frawley, and starring Joseph Bologna and Stockard Channing. Parodying the then-popular disaster genre, it follows the maiden cross-country trip of an enormous nuclear-powered bus named Cyclops. The Big Bus initially received mixed reviews, although the ...
Box office. $31.1 million [4] High Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer and first speaking lead role (his first lead role was in Silent Movie). Veteran Brooks ensemble members Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, and Madeline Kahn are ...