Parody film

A parody or spoof film is a comedy that satirizes other film genres or classic films. The main conventions for this genre are:

• Sarcasm
• Huge stereotyping, e.g., the dumb blonde, the hardboiled detective
• Mocking other films or scenes from serious movies
• Violence with no consequence for characters' actions
• Obvious meanings to characters' actions/names
• Joking around with no purpose
• Random scenes, many layers

Contents 1 Examples 1.1 1970s 1.2 1980s 1.3 1990s 1.4 2000s

Examples

1970s

• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• The Groove Tube (1974)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Silent Movie (1976)
• High Anxiety (1977)
• The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

1980s

• Airplane! (1980)
• History of the World, Part I (1981)
• Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
• Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Top Secret! (1984)
• When Nature Calls (1985)
• Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
• Leonard Part 6 (1987)
• Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
• UHF (1989)

1990s

• Repossessed (1990)
• Hot Shots! (1991)
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
• Fatal Instinct (1993)
• Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
• CB4 (1993)
• Airheads (1994)
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
• A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
• Spy Hard (1996)
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
• Mafia! (1998)
• Galaxy Quest (1999)
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

2000s

• Big Money Hustlas (2000)
• Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000)
• Scary Movie series (2000-2009)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• 2001: A Space Travesty (2002)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
• Johnny English (2003)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
• Date Movie (2006)
• Man of the Year (2006)
• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• Farce of the Penguins (2007)
• Epic Movie (2007)
• The Comebacks (2007)
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
• Meet the Spartans (2008)
• Superhero Movie (2008)
• The Onion Movie (2008)
• Get Smart (2008)
• Disaster Movie (2008)
• An American Carol (2008)

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