# Silly Movie/Book/Song/Etc Title Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548 "2002-08-12T15:34:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![athene1765](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@athene1765](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athene1765)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/1 "2002-08-12T15:34:27Z")
All of my friends, even the slow-witted ones, are good at this game. The trick is to smash two or more movies (or songs or books or a movie and a book or something like that) together to make an entirely new…something. The summaries of the stories can be the best; for example: A parable of censorship set in a mental institution – Fahrenheit 451 Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (easier said than read) A group of drag queens on a trip to the center of the country are overtaken by vampires – Priscilla, Queen of the Damned A group of midgets on their quest to marry – Seven Brides for Seven Dwarves. A famous punk rock girl chasing a man through several states – Siouxie and the Bandit. Some of them I don’t have good summaries for, such as: Temptress Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. An Officer and a Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/2 "2002-08-12T15:52:53Z")
New York society party invaded by giant spiders: [b/Dinner at Eight-Legged Freaks\*\* Bigfoot becomes sexy WWI spy: **Mata Hari and the Hendersons** Heartwarming little tramp talks about sex with four horny blind flower girls: **Sex and the City Lights** ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/3 "2002-08-12T15:54:53Z")
Goddam it! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/4 "2002-08-12T17:00:17Z")
Groovy teens get caught up in nuclear holocaust— **On the Beach Blanket Bingo** Nazi spies infiltrate college fraternity— **Animal House on 92nd Street** Man forced to don drag to get a room in Transylvanian castle— **I Was a Male War Bride of Dracula** ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/5 "2002-08-12T17:36:39Z")
A group of evil men kidnaps the President in an effort to escape Sin City with $250,000 in **Suddenly Leaving Las Vegas**. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/6 "2002-08-12T17:38:32Z")
A child molestor who can see through things is chased through the city streets by angry mobsters in **M - the Man with X-Ray Eyes**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/7 "2002-08-12T18:13:39Z")
Flesh eating zombies attack a ritzy New England boarding school, in “Night of the Living Dead Poets’ Society.” ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/8 "2002-08-12T18:35:25Z")
What do you get when you combine 60’s psychedelia with 80’s hardcore punk? Why, it’s the **Grateful Dead Kennedys.** ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/9 "2002-08-12T18:42:06Z")
Lord of the Ring of the Neibelungen Cycle: 600 hour live opera about… something. No one can stay awake long enough to understand it. ---
**Author:** ![athene1765](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@athene1765](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athene1765)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/10 "2002-08-12T19:02:17Z")
Yah, that one we came up with last night. I think the summary was: Evil overlord makes ring, loses ring, ring gets found and lost and found again, only to be lost on the way to destroying it and found again and stolen and… The other one was “Longest damn movie in existence.” Young man about to graduate from high school becomes obsessed with mathematics – American Pi ---
**Author:** ![athene1765](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@athene1765](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athene1765)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/11 "2002-08-12T19:05:53Z")
Or Spike Lee’s new movie starring a bunch of inner-city kids who solve freaky mysteries in Scooby-Doo The Right Thing. _duck_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/12 "2002-08-12T19:15:16Z")
**The Little Prince of Darkness** : A whimsical journey of the misadventures of a young blossoming evil one as he charms everyone in his path, attempting to fashion medevial tortures for his sheep and a chastity belt for that damned rose… **Rosemary’s Baby of Macon** : Everyone’s trying to get their hands on Satan’s kid- but who will win? ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/13 "2002-08-12T19:33:25Z")
Disclaimer: I’m not associated with the site, but a few of my titles (Including **Dancer in the Dark Crystal** and **The Brothers McMulan** ) are up there: [www.movienamegame.com](http://www.movienamegame.com) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/14 "2002-08-14T01:29:42Z")
**Stephen King’s It’s a Wonderful Life** A scary clown shows a young boy named Bill is how everyone in his town would die horribly had he not been born to defeat him. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/15 "2002-08-14T12:49:51Z")
Famed wrestler marries Indian ape – **Gorilla Monsoon Wedding** Black man gets job as chauffer to a spoiled Schenectady heiress. **Driving Miss Daisy Miller** A jury deliberates about the guilt of an alien – **12 Angry Men in Black** The doctor tries once again, this time with royal corpses – **The Princess Bride of Frankenstein** An update of the classic sea tale – **Space Mutiny on the Bounty** Hitchcock’s last film (unfortunately shelved) – **The Third Man Who Knew Too Much** David Lynch’s version of Hitchcock’s last film – **The Elephant Man Who Knew Too Much** Spies chase autistic savant in a version of Hitchcock’s last film – **Rain Man Who Knew Too Much** ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/16 "2002-08-14T13:17:22Z")
Brilliant non-fiction book that explains how geography determines the development of Southern belles – **Guns, Germs, and Steel Magnolias** Man works as a eulogist for deceased poets – **Speaker for the Dead Poet’s Society** Can’t come up with a summary for **Livin’ on a Prayer for Owen Meany** ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/17 "2002-08-14T13:36:09Z")
Ray Milland gets dead drunk and has to be carried around in **The Lost Weekend at Bernie’s**. Gregory Peck sends his airmen out to face Frank Miller’s gang in **Twelve O’Clock High Noon**. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/18 "2002-08-14T13:40:48Z")
the Beatles clash with zombies – \*\*A Hard Day’s Night of the Living Dead Jane Austen sees dead people – **The Sixth Sense and Sensibility** Orphan becomes a pop star – **Oliver Twist and Shout** ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/19 "2002-08-14T13:44:37Z")
Who _really_ killed President Kennedy’s comedy police dog? Oliver Stone reveals all in **JFK-9**. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548/20 "2002-08-14T13:58:56Z")
Luke travels back in time, and Padme falls in love with him instead of Anakin – **The Empire Strikes Back to the Future** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-movie-book-song-etc-title-game/123548.md?page=2)