It constantly derails itself, losing its narrative focus completely and working within the moment in the hopes of producing an immediate laugh. Pandemonium, on the other hand, just can’t decide on any sort of narrative arc. This is a ludicrous scene, but it only appears as such when placed in contrast to the Western setting which, in turn, makes it hilarious. Take the musical number sequence from Blazing Saddles for example. Spoof has a tendency to do this, but in small, concentrated doses. It doesn’t flow with any sort of narrative sense. To say this film has a ‘main’ problem feels naïve. There’s also a Canadian Mountie present for arbitrary reasons and, well, there’s isn’t much more to say because the events of the film are just a mass of incoherent contradictions that defy any sort of synopsis. Taking the generic slasher as its premise (with a dash of Carrie for good measure), we focus on a cheerleading camp that sees its six cheerleaders being killed, one by one, by an unseen maniac.

However, it is important to remember that, while Mel Brooks’ reign of hilarity was a golden age for spoof, there were still quite a few duds speckled among the gems.Īn hour and seventeen minutes has never felt so long. When Mel Brooks left the director’s chair, there was definitely something lacking from there on. With the Scary Movie franchise outright refusing to die, it’s pretty easy to make the assumption that spoof hit its lowest point at the turn of the millennium. Starring: Candice Azzara, Carol Kane and Judge Reinhold Tom Smothers stars as the brave mountie, who along with his trusty horse and bitter deputy Paul Reubens must track down a killer who is stalking coeds at a nearby cheerleader camp.

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