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A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve. Director Richard Donner Stars Bill Murray Karen Allen John Forsythe 21.
'Mercy Christmas' makes it clear very quickly, however, that despite core similarities, this is a different movie, its very own. There's strong balance between the two genres, and the humor is played very straight, a far cry from the pure spoof energy of Pat Proft's screenplay in the prior film.
- Scary Movie
- Johnny English
- Hot Shots Part Deux!
- Walk Hard – The Dewey Cox Story
- High Anxiety
- Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery
- Tropic Thunder
- Spaceballs
- Naked Gun
- Blazing Saddles
When movies like ‘Scream’ and ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ brought in fans of the teen slasher genre to the theatres, it was natural that somebody will take up the task to lampoon the films. The Wayans brothers just did that with ‘Scary Movie’. The premise was simple, take up the basic plot point of a masked murderer slashing teenagers, bomb i...
When the top agent of the British secret service dies in the line of action and remaining agents get blown away at his funeral, the responsibility of the crown and its monarchy comes to the most inept agent – Johnny English. Spoofing the pants off the atypical spy movies-with-gadgets style of film making, ‘Johnny English’ was written by Neal Purvis...
Hardly anyone would have thought of making a Terminator-esque sequence of Saddam Hussein and a pup getting fused together ! Or for that matter, a Rambo inspired hostage situation where the protagonist, on finding he’s out of bullets, fires a hen at the adversary, instantly killing him. Bizarre yet outrageously funny, that’s Hot Shots Part Deux! for...
Walk Hard’ is pure fun, as it pokes into Hollywood’s affinity with musical biopics. It follows the life and times of a musician and parodies the way biopics are made, referencing every cliches that one finds in a biopic. It follows the textbook path of a musician’s life in movies, going topsy turvy through the glamourising world of sex, drugs and r...
When it comes to parody, can Mel Brooks be left behind? Known as the king of satire, Mel Brooks directed and starred in ‘High Anxiety’ which parodied Alfred Hitchcock’s films. It features several sequences from famous Hitchcock-ian thrillers such as ‘The Birds’, ‘Vertigo’, ‘Psycho’, ‘North By Northwest’ etc.. Mel Brooks plays the protagonist who hi...
A super spy in the sixties, goes to cryo-sleep and wakes up in the nineties to counter his arch nemesis. Before you think it’s a sci-fi, I dare you again ! Before Mike Myers did worse roles such as the Guru, he was Austin Powers/Dr Evil. And boy, live wires weren’t as alive as he was ! Spoofing every James Bond film that had released prior to it, ‘...
Have you ever heard of Kirk Lazarus, who has won five oscars and then goes up dying his skin black, to prep for a role? No, well what about Tugg Speedman then? The star of the high octane action ’Scorcher’ series? Oh rats, do you even know the ill tempered producer Les Grossman? The common thing between these three, is a profound satire involving t...
To make fun of something iconic as ‘Star Wars’ needs guts as one false step and everything will fall flat. Many comics have satirised the events of ‘Star Wars’ to induce laughter out of the audience, most popular being ‘Robot Chicken’ and ‘Family Guy’. One of the earliest proponents of this unique genre was Mel Brooks. As he did with ‘High Anxiety’...
Many of us have seen the bumbling, farcical face of a police man, who ends up saving the country, even if he has an IQ of an seven year old. Leslie Nielsen became this face and will always remain as the goofiness personified. One of the funniest films to have existed, ‘Naked Gun’ tells the story of a cop, who’s out to clear his partner’s name in a ...
Perhaps the funniest film made on American fantasy of westerns style of film making, that ruled in the seventies, ‘Blazing Saddles’ is directed by Mel Brooks, who brings in an amalgamation of slapstick comedy along with loads of offensive jokes bordering on racism and spoofs the pants off the Western genre of film making. An all white American town...
When Michael Briskett meets the perfect woman, his ideal Christmas dream comes true when she invites him to her family's holiday celebration. Dreams shattered, Michael struggles to survive once he realizes HE will be Christmas dinner.
Dec 15, 2018 · There’s a short list of Christmas horror movies we would recommend as few really impress but Mercy Christmas can proudly join it. It’s a down-right insane movie but you’ll be giggling with glee all the way through it.
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Oct 9, 2024 · Poking fun at everything from outer space blockbusters to zombie flicks and spy dramas, these parody movies don't take themselves, or their subject matter, in the least bit seriously. Ready for some giggles? Then get clicking through this gallery to discover the best spoof movies of all time.
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Mercy Christmas! Just finished this one (streaming on Prime) and it was an absolute blast! Even my wife enjoyed it. I figured she’d think it was dumb, but she said it was actually good.
