List the top 10 films you'd want riffed

[RoninFox]

I remember loving The Gate as a kid, and when I watched it again recently I found it still fun though definitely riffable. Never did see the sequel though. How did they compare?

Haven't seen the sequel in ages. I remember thinking it was okay at best. It didn't have the main kid in it (Stephen Dorff), but starred the nerdy best friend who was into deathmetal.

I have convinced Hor-Riff-ic Productions to riff The Gate, but there is no set timetable when they'll get to it. I have written a full riff script for it that I submitted a while ago. It is going to be SUUUCH a good riff when they finally do it!

Makes me glad to have that DVD ready and waiting.

[Skeeve]

Sanctum
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Battleship (c'mon, guys)
Dragonheart
Dredd (or "Helmet," as the Japanese release was titled)
Apollo 13
Cinderella Man
Pretty much anything else by Ron Howard
Prometheus (c'mon, guys...)
Apollo 18 (how many were there, again?)
Conan the Barbarian (the Governator version)
Enemy Mine

And who says that riffs are only appropriate for movies that are crap? If you can do Casablanca, you can do:

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Creation
The Right Stuff
The Lion in Winter (the Patrick Stewart version deserves the treatment more, but I'd love to see your take on the original)
The Raven (1963; and yes, it's a great movie, despite being directed by Roger Corman)
The Mouse that Roared
Pretty much anything else by Peter Sellers that doesn't involve him playing an inept French detective (e.g. Hoffman, Dr. Strangelove)
Dragonslayer (sentimental favorite)
Innerspace (ditto)
Peter Pan (2003; ditto)

[MerryWanna]

Battleship (c'mon, guys)

Let me get this straight: was this a movie based on the frigging BOARD GAME? As much as I hate Transformers movies I can see where that particular toy could have some incredibly bad stories (acted out by incredibly bad actors, directed by an incredible wanker) around it, but how can this be a movie?

And does anyone actually scream "YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP!" in it?

[Compound]

Apollo 18 (how many were there, again?)

How could you miss it? It had a soundtrack and everything.

[RoninFox]

Battleship (c'mon, guys)

Let me get this straight: was this a movie based on the frigging BOARD GAME? As much as I hate Transformers movies I can see where that particular toy could have some incredibly bad stories (acted out by incredibly bad actors, directed by an incredible wanker) around it, but how can this be a movie?

And does anyone actually scream "YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP!" in it?

Yes, it was "loosly based" on the board game.

No, no one screams "YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP!", though they did work in a somewhat similar line.

[Darth Geek]

Battleship (c'mon, guys)

Let me get this straight: was this a movie based on the frigging BOARD GAME? As much as I hate Transformers movies I can see where that particular toy could have some incredibly bad stories (acted out by incredibly bad actors, directed by an incredible wanker) around it, but how can this be a movie?

And does anyone actually scream "YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP!" in it?

Ironically, I actually think the complete lack of a storyline allows for complete freedom. That can be good or bad, in this case bad. But I certainly wouldn't be pessimistic about board game adaptations from the get go.
For example, the whole Sugar Rush plot with Venellope in Wreck-it-Ralph, I could see them doing something similar in a board game adaptation.

[Sugar Ray Dodge]

Ben & Arthur
Encounter at Farpoint (Star Trek: TNG)
The Masonic Map - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdG9buq6wDY
The Wizard of Oz
Mortal Kombat
Forrest Gump
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
and for all times sake, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

[LooneyTunerIan]

I'm gonna be starting a wishlist soon on the Suggest-a-Trax Subforum.

Here's some of the titles that I would like to see riffs of:

Howl's Moving Castle
Ponyo
The Secret World of Arriety
Pokemon: The First Movie
Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns
Pokemon Heroes
Pokemon 4ever
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
Twice Upon a Time

I usually go for animated films.

[anthenat]

The Christmas That Almost Wasn't.  The DVD has been out since 2003.  I'm surprised they haven't done it already.

[Unlivingmoon]

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Powder
Interview With A Vampire
Village of The Damned (1995)
House of Wax (1953)
Evil Dead
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer(1992)
Stephen King's Rose Red
Kill Bill 1&2
Stargate

Most of these movies I actually like quite a bit, I just think that the riffs for them would be fantastic

[terrorantula]

#1. Midnight (1982: director john russo)
#2. Midnight (1982: director john russo) I am so for serious, I would buy it twice!
#3. TerrorVision (1986)
#4. Night of the Comet (1984)
#5. My Mom's a Werewolf (1989)

I'd love those top 5 (well 4) most of all..but I still would want to see...
#6. The Stuff (1985)
#7. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
#8.Contamination .7 (aka Creepers) (1993)
#9. The Beyond (1981)
#10. The Food of the Gods (1976)

[Cream]

Sanctum
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Battleship (c'mon, guys)
Dragonheart
Dredd (or "Helmet," as the Japanese release was titled)
Apollo 13
Cinderella Man
Pretty much anything else by Ron Howard
Prometheus (c'mon, guys...)
Apollo 18 (how many were there, again?)
Conan the Barbarian (the Governator version)
Enemy Mine

And who says that riffs are only appropriate for movies that are crap? If you can do Casablanca, you can do:

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Creation
The Right Stuff
The Lion in Winter (the Patrick Stewart version deserves the treatment more, but I'd love to see your take on the original)
The Raven (1963; and yes, it's a great movie, despite being directed by Roger Corman)
The Mouse that Roared
Pretty much anything else by Peter Sellers that doesn't involve him playing an inept French detective (e.g. Hoffman, Dr. Strangelove)
Dragonslayer (sentimental favorite)
Innerspace (ditto)
Peter Pan (2003; ditto)

Battleship, definetly.

Old 80's or 90's fantasy movies of any sort would work too, to put it broadly. Mostly because I sorta like them :p

[AMKR]

I remember loving The Gate as a kid, and when I watched it again recently I found it still fun though definitely riffable. Never did see the sequel though. How did they compare?

Haven't seen the sequel in ages. I remember thinking it was okay at best. It didn't have the main kid in it (Stephen Dorff), but starred the nerdy best friend who was into deathmetal.

I have convinced Hor-Riff-ic Productions to riff The Gate, but there is no set timetable when they'll get to it. I have written a full riff script for it that I submitted a while ago. It is going to be SUUUCH a good riff when they finally do it!

Makes me glad to have that DVD ready and waiting.

Hah! A riff of The Gate would be hilarious - any of those super tame horror movies aimed at kids (Was that a... "thing" at one time in history?? lol there's a few of them). They're all horrible.

[Toyland Chairman]

Mainstream

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Public domain

Creepers (with Jennifer Connelly)
Night Train to Terror (God and the Devil tell each other horror stories. Need I say more?)
Horror Express (with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing)
Legend of Big Foot (1976) (documentary, but I think perfect for riffing)
Gammera, The Invincible (US version of the original GAMERA)

Runner ups (also public domain)

Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (1973) (Christopher Lee's last Dracula film)
The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman (1971)
The Hatchet Murders (1975)
TNT Jackson (1974)
Unsane (1982)

[Darth Geek]

Unsane (1982)

That...that is either the most brilliant idea for a title, or the most stupid.