From Wikipedia: Scream offered a self-referential approach to horror by featuring a cast of characters aware of the conventions/clichés of the horror film genre and able to use them to survive. The film focuses on teenager Sidney Prescott as she comes under attack from a mysterious character dubbed Ghostface while dealing with the anniversary of her mother’s murder. The film went on to be a financial success and received considerable critical acclaim for its deconstruction of the horror genre. It is credited with revitalizing the horror genre in the mid 90s and inspiring an array of imitators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_(franchise)
I feel like this has to be exceedingly rare.
by samx3i
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Walk Hard
edit: Shaun of the Dead as well. IMO, zombie movies peaked with Shaun of the Dead, and 28 Days Later, though that hardly fits the prompt.
Hot Fuzz.
Tangentially related I suppose, but how good of a job the first Scary Movie did at satirizing the satire Scream film
Galaxy Quest.
Im reminded of an affectionate parody which is another form of a love letter to the original media it’s having a go at. In this case
Austin Powers trilogy and Galaxy Quest fit the bill, no?
Robin Hood Men in Tights.
Kingsman: The Secret Service.
*Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.*
Was late to the party with *Galaxy Quest,* but I brought James Coburn’s *Our Man Flint* as a back-up. A great James Bond rip-off that absolutely skewers Bond and super-spy films in general.
Murder by Death
Last Action Hero.
Blazing Saddles. Any Carry On movie.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
The music in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is genuinely great
Club Dread
The Kingsman and Austin Powers films
The first Knives Out. It’s not straight satire but sort of a send-up of the whodunnit genre, and uses the tropes common to the genre to mislead you into ignoring the obvious culprit.
Best in Show
For the comic movie genre two stand out:
Kick-Ass
Deadpool
Both are lovingly spoofing and deconstructing the genre while also indulging is its greatest tropes.
Serial Mom
Kingsman perhaps, as a Bond satire/homage?
Shrek is a sneaky lampoon of the Disney princess movies, but then it did so well that they cranked out cash-in sequels and became what it satirized imo
Cabin In the Woods, I think, is similar to Scream, in that they both are like big love letters to the horror genre. I’m glad they never tried to make a sequel to Cabin, because the Scream sequels just didn’t really seem able to keep that same level of self awareness. I didn’t see the most recent one, so maybe it’s gotten better.
Tropic thunder
Starship troops
Black Dynamite!