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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 24, 2021 3:12:10 GMT
Can you think of any examples? The only one I can think of at the moment is Rio Bravo, which John Wayne and Howard Hawks made as a response of sorts to High Noon.
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Post by ck100 on Aug 24, 2021 3:15:07 GMT
I usually think of "damage control" sequels in this regard.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 24, 2021 3:35:20 GMT
Dino De Laurentiis produced the killer whale movie ORCA to cash in on Jaws.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Aug 24, 2021 3:36:59 GMT
The whole Kevin McClory and Eon Productions incident when McClory made his own James Bond movie as a response to Eon productions.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 24, 2021 3:37:18 GMT
Platoon in response to movies like Rambo II and Missing in Action.
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 24, 2021 4:07:55 GMT
Dino De Laurentiis produced the killer whale movie ORCA to cash in on Jaws. Well he also made King Kong to cash in on Jaws.
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Post by onethreetwo on Aug 24, 2021 4:16:59 GMT
Star Crash to cash in on the success of Star Wars.
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 24, 2021 4:21:10 GMT
The Victors was a dark response to uplifting WW2 movies, though not one in particular.
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Post by ck100 on Aug 24, 2021 6:05:44 GMT
Moonraker to cash in on Star Wars.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 24, 2021 8:03:28 GMT
The Toxic Avenger (1984), I believe was a hilarious attempt or spoof, on the slasher and super hero movies (probably more the slasher films of that period), but still, one that managed to suceed very well, on doing so, and in return ended up becoming one of the biggest surprise hits within the b-movie genre of that time.
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Post by Vits on Aug 24, 2021 8:54:29 GMT
UNFORGIVEN.
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Post by phantomparticle on Aug 24, 2021 9:26:49 GMT
After the enormous success of the first three James Bond films, there were so many Bond clones, they became an industry in themselves.
The first that comes to mind is Dean Martin as Matt Helm in The Silencers, and three others between 1966 and 1968.
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 25, 2021 11:11:52 GMT
Ken Russell's Whore was his answer to Pretty Woman.  |
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Post by ᵗʰᵉᵃᵘˣᵖʰᵒᵘ on Aug 25, 2021 12:17:30 GMT
The Star Trek franchise was resurrected in the late ‘70s when “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” was promptly released in response to the success of 1977’s “Star Wars”. They obviously reckoned they could cash in on the newfound popularity of science fiction movies.
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Post by alpha128 on Aug 25, 2021 12:50:32 GMT
Roger Corman would create low budget preemptive responses to (then) upcoming blockbuster films. For example, he knew that Rollerball (1975), a film about a violent sport of the future, would be released on June 25, 1975. So Corman quickly produced Death Race 2000 (1975), a film about a violent sport of the future, and released it on April 30, 1975, thus beating the big budget competitor to theaters and cashing in on its pre-release hype. He was still using this approach almost two decades later by releasing Carnosaur (1993) on May 21, 1993, ahead of Jurassic Park (1993), which was released on June 11, 1993. |
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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 25, 2021 13:02:39 GMT
Roger Corman would create low budget preemptive responses to (then) upcoming blockbuster films. For example, he knew that Rollerball (1975), a film about a violent sport of the future, would be released on June 25, 1975. So Corman quickly produced Death Race 2000 (1975), a film about a violent sport of the future, and released it on April 30, 1975, thus beating the big budget competitor to theaters and cashing in on its pre-release hype. He was still using this approach almost two decades later by releasing Carnosaur (1993) on May 21, 1993, ahead of Jurassic Park (1993), which was released on June 11, 1993. Leonard Maltin's book said that Cool World (1992) "Looks like a Roger Corman version of Roger Rabbit", I guess that was a reference to Corman's knack for putting out b-movie versions of popular blockbusters.
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Post by vegalyra on Aug 25, 2021 13:07:09 GMT
Failsafe and Dr. Strangelove? Not really sure if that works, but needless to say there was a lawsuit involved. One is a black comedy and the other is a serious drama. Maybe they are just so called “twin films” since they are similar thematically and perhaps even based on the same book. Although there were two books that were similar as well that came out roughly the same time, Red Alert and Failsafe.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Aug 25, 2021 14:13:20 GMT
Not sure if this counts but Friday the 13th was made to ripoff Halloween.
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Post by theravenking on Aug 25, 2021 15:00:56 GMT
I believe The Ipcress File was made as a response to the Bond movies wanting to present a more low-key and realistic approach to the spy genre.
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Post by ck100 on Aug 25, 2021 15:12:52 GMT
A lot of comic book superhero films tried to copy the style and tone of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight after the success of those films.
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