I watched a phenomenally bad “Horror Parody” last evening called, “Shriek, if you know what I did last Friday the 13th”<\/p>\n
As a result, I went on a quest for the 10 best Horror parodies of all time. This quest became more difficult than I thought. Of course my list may differ from yours and comments are open… but this is my list \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
First I had to cut out horror movies that were funny that weren’t parodies. In other words, they set out to be a strong movie of it’s own accord and was not trying to rip on the films of the past.<\/p>\n
While you may disagree, here are the films I eliminated from the running on the basis that I don’t view them as intentional parodies.<\/p>\n
American Werewolf in London
\nBeetlejuice
\nInnocent Blood
\nIdol Hands
\nScrooged<\/p>\n
Then I had to eliminate the ones that I didn’t feel fit into the all-time best.<\/p>\n
Blair Anything
\nDracula-Dead and Loving It
\nEvil Dead II
\nFrankenhooker
\nFrankenweenie
\nHysterical
\nLove at First Bite
\nNational Lampoon’s Class Reunion
\nOnce Bitten
\nPsycho Beach Party
\nReposessed
\nScary Movie II
\nShriek If You know What I did last Friday the 13th
\nThe Stuff
\nTransylvania 6-5000
\nTrick or treat – the movie
\nWacko
\nThe Raven<\/p>\n
So… Here’s my list…..<\/p>\n
10. Scary Movie
\n9. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes \/ Mars Attacks (tie)
\n8. Serial Mom
\n7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (M)
\n6. Army of Darkness<\/p>\n
5. Jeckyll & Hyde Together Again<\/a> 4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/a> 3. Pandemonium<\/a>
\nFriday’s Mark Blankfield gives an excellent performance of the two very different sides of this classic character. Basing the satire on the transformation coming from snorting lines of powder, an overly libidinous Hyde, and some beautiful satire of Hospital life, this take on the old story is a pleasantly good time.<\/p>\n
\nLess we forget the all time most recognized, underground, cult sensation that may be one of the longest, in-theatre, running satires of the Horror Genre. Intentionally set on throwing the Frankenstein mythos on it’s conservative ass, the film has taken gender curiosity to an all time…low.<\/p>\n
\nBefore Scream there was the Cheerleader Camp kill fest that was Pandemonium. One of the first parodies to start pulling direct references from other films (Carrie) Startlingly good performances from Tom Smothers, Carol Kane, and watch for a young, pre-PeeWee, Paul Ruebens (Who also aided in placing #7 on the list)<\/p>\n