๐Ÿ””Alerts
Login to get notifications!
๐Ÿ—จ๏ธForum

๐ŸŽž๏ธMovies & TV


๐ŸŒJunk

๐Ÿ”
Search keywords
Joinโž• Now!   or       ๐Ÿ”ฝ Forgot Password?

Oct 2017
A post in the Challenge thread got me thinking about this, plus I watched Deadline last night, which qualifies...

...so what are some horror films that feature other, unknown/fabricated films or films made specifically as part of the plot device for the film in which they appear. E.G. in Deadline one of the films that is currently being produced is not an actual film that I'm aware of, and in the film Found there is a fabricated (but then subsquently released) film "Headless".

...any others? And if this post doesnt make sense it's because it's 5:43am and I haven't had coffee yet emoticon



๐Ÿšธ
avatar
OnyxHades says:
#1

Oct 2017 *
Does the movie being watched in Demons count? Thereโ€™s the movie they watch in Found (2012) that I think is called Headless. I believe theyโ€™ve now made Headless into its own film. Canโ€™t forget Popcorn (1991). That whole movie revolves around another movie.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
peeptoad says:
#4, Reply to #1

Oct 2017
Demons, yeah, that probably counts...


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Smerd says:
#13, Reply to #1

Oct 2017
I always wanted that to be a real movie, the one in Demons.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
OnyxHades says:
#14, Reply to #13

Oct 2017
Same here!


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Smerd says:
#2

Oct 2017 *
The slasher film Groundhog Day in The Monster Squad.

The film they're making in Return To Horror High, it cuts back and forth between the film being made, to the actors and crew.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
peeptoad says:
#5, Reply to #2

Oct 2017
I'm almost afriad to say this, but I haven't seen Monster Squad. By the time it came out I was old enough to disregard horrors with a PG-13 rating, for the most part.
But, I take your word for it: good one!


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Smerd says:
#7, Reply to #5

Oct 2017
Groundhog Day is seen at a drive-in, not part of the film's plot or anything, but we do see a scene from it.

The Monster Squad is like the horror version of The Goonies, some excellent monster creations by Stan Winston who gave the Universal Monsters his own spin.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
peeptoad says:
#10, Reply to #7

Oct 2017
...for the purposes of this thread it doesn't matter if it was part of the plot or anything.
Beatnik's post about Berberian Sound Studio in the challenge thread is what mnade me think of this.

What about Last Horror Fiml with Spinell? I know he's at Cannes, but is there a fake horror film in there somewhere? Maybe a fake non-horror flick...


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Smerd says:
#12, Reply to #10

Oct 2017
I thought of that one too, but can't remember, it's been a long time since I've seen it.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Znep27 says:
#3

Oct 2017
Headless itself started with a trailer for WOLF BABY, which has yet to see the light of day.

WOLF BABY...




WOLF BABY...












WOLF BABY


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
peeptoad says:
#6, Reply to #3

Oct 2017
Now that's convoluted... a fake-film within a film, with a fake-trailer for another unknown film. Bam!


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Smerd says:
#8

Oct 2017
I've forgotten how it's described, but Headless is in the book Found is based on.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Smerd says:
#9

Oct 2017
Been ahwile since I've watched it, but The Hills Run Red is about a lost horror film. I think we see clips from it.

Midnight Movie, the killer from a movie showing at a theater comes out and starts killing the audience.

And let's not forget Joe Dante's Matinee, which features Mant!


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
peeptoad says:
#11, Reply to #9

Oct 2017
emoticon


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Znep27 says:
#15

Oct 2017
Killer Party starts with a movie within a music video within a movie.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
peeptoad says:
#18, Reply to #15

Oct 2017
nice one!


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Znep27 says:
#16

Oct 2017
Oh, and Blow Out starts as a super sleazy slasher movie within a movie that I would really love to see.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
peeptoad says:
#19, Reply to #16

Oct 2017
another nice one- I love Blow Out... forgot about that part at the beginning... might be time to rewatch it now that I have the blu.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Tommix says:
#26, Reply to #16

Oct 2017
Blow Out also has some posters from made-up horror movies, in the scenes that show John Travolta's place of employment.


๐Ÿšธ
avatar
Smerd says:
#17

Oct 2017
Okay, this isn't what you were asking for, but I thought of it so I'm posting it. In the opening credits of the American cut of Zombie Holocaust the scenes show are from the unfinished 1970's horror anthology Tales To Rip Your Heart Out.




Loading...

Online

@

Loading...

@ am
You have reached the end of Trash Epics.