34 Facts About Parody Movies That Are Honestly Better Than the Facts They’re Parodying
These facts took some movie facts down a peg or two
When a movie parody is done well, you can never really look at the movie it parodies the same way again. A part of you will always see how dumb those teens’ choices are when running from a killer. What was once some full-blown suspension of disbelief now has some full-blown disbelief.
Thanks a lot, parody movies!
No, for real. Thank you for all the laughs. As long as there are laughs, we don’t mind that you’ve sullied some of our favorite flicks. Here are a whole bunch of random facts commemorating some great (and not-so-great) parodies…
The Original Spinal Tap Sketch
Harry Potter Meets Spinal Tap
Not Another Teen Movie
Tropic Thunder
John C. Reilly
Walk Hard
Les Grossman
Source: Grantland
Robert Downey Jr.
Lonestar and Barf
Spaceballs
R.L. Stine
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Spaceballs Costumes
Mr. Bigglesworth
Random Task
Dr. Evil
Austin Powers
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Source: CNN
Monty Python’s Influence
Source: BBC America
Leslie Nielsen
More Leslie Nielsen
Weird Al
John Houseman
Source: Mental Floss
Don’t Call Me Shirley
Source: rogerebert
The Naked Gun
Source: Los Angeles Times
Airplane!
MacGruber
Shrek
Hot Shots
Frank Drebin
Shaun of the Dead
Don’t Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
This Is Spinal Tap
Chernobyl
Source: IMDb