From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
The tonal whiplash is the entire experience. From Dusk Till Dawn earns its 7 by being two completely different movies stapled together, and by the strange fact that the staple holds.
Tag: Genre Mashup
Genre mashups smash two rulebooks together and see what survives: horror westerns, romcom zombies, noir science fiction. This tag collects reviews of films that blend genres and essays on when the collision works.
2010sThe Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's meta-horror about college students at a remote cabin who discover their ordeal is engineered. The Cabin in the Woods is Drew Goddard's 2011 American meta-horror film depicting college students at a remote cabin who discover…
2000sKiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
A small-time thief stumbles into an LA acting career and a noir investigation, with Robert Downey Jr. as narrator across the Christmas season. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's 2005 American neo-noir comedy depicting a small-time New York thief…
1990sScream (1996)
Wes Craven directs the meta slasher about a high school targeted by a killer in a Ghostface mask who knows horror conventions. Scream is Wes Craven's 1996 American slasher film depicting a high school targeted by a killer in a…
2000sSin City (2005)
Black-white with red accents. Sin City is Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 American neo-noir adapting three Frank Miller graphic novels from his Sin City series.
2000sBrick (2005)
Rian Johnson's 2005 high school neo-noir debut. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dashiell Hammett character among teenagers.
2010sThe Final Girls (2015)
The Final Girls is Todd Strauss-Schulson's 2015 American meta-horror comedy depicting a grieving teenager and her friends pulled into the 1980s slasher film starring her dead mother where the cheerleader and counselor characters are stalked by a masked killer at…
1980sMonty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
1983 Terry Jones comedy sketch film. The Pythons tackle life's stages from birth to death.
1960sCasino Royale (1967)
1967 non-Eon Bond spoof with David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen. Multiple directors, chaotic production, cult oddity.
2020sBullet Train (2022)
David Leitch's 2022 Brad Pitt action-comedy. Five assassins on the same Tokyo bullet train, each with overlapping missions.
1990sPulp Fiction (1994)
Tarantino's 1994 anthology crime film. The film that made indie a commercial proposition.
1990sReservoir Dogs (1992)
Seven men in suits in a warehouse. Reservoir Dogs is Quentin Tarantino's 1992 American indie crime film and the director's debut feature.