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One Letter Off Movies

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A meme popped up on Twitter at the weekend: "One Letter Off Movies" -- you simply take a movie title and change one letter to make something funny. Most people simply posted the changed names, but I also tried to come up with a synopsis. In a fit of egomania, here's mine, perhaps you can add some of your own? :-)

# Gay Anything - John Cusack as a horny teen tries it on with the football team

# House of Flying Gaggers - Tales of trapeze artists and their penchant for eating too much

# Man on Wife Documentary about a french guy and his obsession with sex on a tightrope

# The Day the Earth Caught Fine - Intergalactic traffic wardens slap a ticket on our lovely planet

# Entz - Animated movie all about Tolkien's tree guys

# Bean Streets #oneletteroffmovies

# The Misfats - A story of obesity in modern America

# Moonbaker - An improbable tale about a lunar bread maker who overcomes the problems of cooking in space

# Thunderbell - A fairytale about a small fairy with a big problem

# Goldenrye - Three short stories set on a grain farm in southern England

# Dr. Go - An evil villain eschews world domination in favour of a night in playing the ancient Chinese game

# You only Give Twice - Story about how charity mugging has disillusioned a generation about charity contributions

# Licence to Mill - A super secret agent infiltrates an evil gang's hideout dressed as a grain farmer

# Three Colours Bed - Tracy Emin re-stages her infamous sculpture in garish primary colours

# Three Colours Blur - Documentary about how to mix paint

# Shaun of the Mead - A world-wearly slacker becomes successful after resurrecting and commercialising medieval beer

# A Boom with a View - Simply about a poor mike boom who tried to get into movies but never quite made it

# Clarks - Story of two slacker sales staff in a popular British shoe shop
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# Entz - Animated movie all about Tolkien's tree guys

I'd definitely go to see THIS one.

Lord of the DRIES.
A dark and heart-wrenching film, about a small group of teenagers who have all been infected with a flu bug.
They spend the entire 90-minutes DRY HEAVING to the tunes of various R & B hits.
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Ah, but you changed TWO letters. ;-)
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The Sunning Man - Arnold Schwarzenegger guards the beaches of California in his latest action movie
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The Jan Who Knew Too Much - an autobiographical science fiction

Twin Leaks - a film about a major sanitation catastrophe in the American North West

Gulp Fiction - a tragedy of a vegetarian dying of hunger in a slaughterhouse

Trainsrotting - a documentary on current state of Czech Railways

The Vast Samurai - a sad story of a Japanese warrior suffering from obesity

Basil Instinct - a fascinating insight into the realm of plants, BBC documentary
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I've already seen Gambit's on twitter, but your ones make me laugh Jan. Jan who knew to much / vast samurai take joint honours thoguh the train one is fun too :)
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Excellent! :-) More, please!
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A Rug's Life - Story of a carpet constantly plagued by grasshoppers

The Corpse Bribe - Young man is paid lots of money to marry an undead woman

Slice in Wonderland - Very surreal sadistic massacre

School of Rocs - Group of young but very huge birds are made into a music band by their supply teacher

Baloo - The bear from "The Jungle Book" gets lost in Alaska and has to save the lives of the local children by leading a sled team to bring them medicine



Hrmm, I'm not very good at this...I did think of one which would have been something like "Ice Ape - Trio of prehistoric creatures try to return ape to his family" but umm...yeah ;). My excuse is that it's nearly 11:30pm and I really should be going to bed having only been in half an hour after a day of work and an evening of DnD ;).
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Gambit37 wrote:Ah, but you changed TWO letters. ;-)
Lord of the FRIES. A heartwarming story of a young man, who holds a local McDonalds establishment at gunpoint,
forcing them to cook him order after order of fresh french fries. :shock:
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Lol, nice ones Ameena. slice in wonderland is inspired :)
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Slice in Wonderland is great! Not sure what the original film for 'Baloo' is though?
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Scars - A documentary about the injurious of car racing

Bother Beer - A comedy about an alcoholics climb into priesthood

Monster sink - A scientific crew discover the supernatural secrets behind the Bermuda Triangle when searching for sunken ships

Ice Sage - A magical good verses evil battle, where fire has taken over the world

Over the Edge - rescue on the mountain

The Shaw Hank Redemption - a jailed rock star forms a band and plans escape

Space Ham - a spoof proving pigs once did fly and come from space
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Good ones.... though the pedant in me notes that you've bent the rules :) CHANGE one letter, not add or remove letters :-)

Yes, yes, I know I'm way too pedantic, I can't help it :-)
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The Germinator: Ahnuld Schwarzenegger plays an unstoppable killer Nazi from the future. His mission: Germinate every non-German out there. His deadliest weapon: His terrible English aksent.

Prom Hell: Johnny Depp desperately tries to stop a serial killer specialized on prom nights.

From Dust till Dawn: A documentary of evolution in the universe, from the first dust particle to the first dawn on Earth. And since Quentin Tarantino is directing, lots of swearing and blood included!

Night Club: Brad Pitt and Edward Norton finally make their dream come true: They open their own night-club!

The Food German: You think Americans can eat more than anybody else in the world? Well, think again!

Schindler's Fist: Oskar Schindler is back - with a vengeance! (slightly inspired by Gandhi II from UHF)

The Silence of the Lamas: Jodie Foster displays a torn woman who cannot forget the chanting of monks from Tibet.

The Fridge on the River Kwai: Alec Guinness' brave attempts to supply Asia with the wonders of western technology.

Sim City: Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba as the mayor and his assistent in this adaptation of a popular computer game!

The Stink: See Robert Redford desperately trying to convince Paul Newman to finally take a bath in this thrilling psychogram!

Tomorrow never lies: This is actually not a spoof, but was planned as the original title for the Brosnan Bond film.
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Wow, I keep thinking you can't get many good ones from this idea, and poeple keep proving me wrong! These are great trant :D

I now look forward to SL2: Schindler's Fist aka 2 Fist 2 Furious
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The Third Pan : Orson Welles disappears in post-war Vienna while searching for a mysterious cooking pot
Let the Wight One In: A docu-drama following one of the creators of the first plane as he decides to become a vampire
Last in Translation: Bill Murray keeps coming bottom of his Japanese class
The Evil Head: Tales of a deranged school master terrorising teens holidaying in a spooky old forest
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Gambit - "Baloo" was "Balto" :).
Urgh, can't think of any more for now, though. Brain never seems to be able to come up with film names :P.
I do know about a zillion other word games, though, if anyone wants any ideas for future entertainment. If I can think of any more contributions I can make to this one, I shall post them :).
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The Dork Knight - A geeky Dungeon Master fan battles against super-criminals

PithFinder - a Norse epic about the quest for The Magic Orange

Iron Fan - The story of an obsessive shirt-presser

Chomper - A homicidal maniac goes on the rampage with a pair of dentures

A-men - Mutant Jehova's Witnesses bring about Judgment Day in America

Jocky - Inspirational tale of a Scottish darts player, depicting his rise from coalman to sporting superstar.

28 Days Lager - The sequel to "Jocky" as the former darts great sees his career wrecked by heavy drinking.
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Peon - Jean Reno slips into the role of an Orcish worker turned professional hitman.

Dragula - That long black cloak looks so girly!

Raving Private Ryan - A documentary about young GIs coming in touch with techno music in Europe.

Dull Metal Jacket - A look at how much fashion has changed.

Eyes Wide Slut - Nicole Kidman with her big eyes is the perfect choice for the role of a woman whose frequent sexual encounters ultimately lead to her downfall.

The Sixth Tense - Bruce Willis must help a young boy who claims to have found a new grammatical structure.

Twelve Donkeys - As if the one from Shrek wasn't enough!
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Stat Wars - a film about maths teachers in battle.
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Back to the Suture - Michael J. Fox in gritty hospital drama.

Reservoir Logs - Cartoon beavers go crazy in aquatic family fun.

Glade Runner - An athletics drama set in woodland.

Amiens - Radio contact is lost with a city in northern France. Marines are sent in to investigate.
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Apologies for the double post, but i thought of some more...


Wife of Brian - Minutes from death Brian is rescued, and marries Judith who rises to become leader of the PFJ. This is her story!

Bright Leif - On escape from his mirror in the hall of champions, the valiant one chooses to time travel to 19th century USA and enters the tobacco industry.

The Loonies - Faced with closure of their institute, the inmates of a psychiatric ward break out and attempt to (slowly) save it by finding pirate treasure while strung out on perphenazine.

Mobocop - A cyborg cop is drafted to police the popular 'music of black origin' awards in Britain, with hilarious and violent consequences.
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Good, good. Love the Wife of Brian and the Glade Runner. :lol:

And now from me:

The Dear Hunter - a revealing documentary on a secret relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and a Massai girl on a pre-WWI safari in the British East Africa

Shakespeare in Cove - using her Time machine, a young woman spends a romantic holidays swimming and sunbathing with the famous writer on the south coast of England

Billion Dollar Baby - Mugabe's policies cause an economic meltdown in Zimbabwe and the resulting hyperinflation damages all sorts of businesses

The Defarted - a documentary on the dangers of overconsumption of beans. lentils and other pulses
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Hahaha... Very Nice!
Some more...


The Think - A political think-tank try to defeat a shape-shifting alien with austerity measures in antarctica.

Dawn of the Mead - Medieval swordsmen take on a zombie horde under the influence of a honey-based alcoholic beverage.

Natural Born Tillers - Two crazed lovers, desperate for a good harvest go on an ultra-violent ploughing spree.

The Evel Dead - A zombie biker attempts Knievel's failed Snake River Canyon jump on a plastic tricycle.
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These are really good Sauman & Jan! Keep it up :)
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Die Ward - Mrs. Cleaver hires a hit man in this Leave it to Beaver sequel

Saws - Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the workshop
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Saws - LOL! :mrgreen:

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Mad Map: Fury Road - An evil spirit living in the pages of an A-Z terrorizes a young couple on a road trip.
Chippie: Tale of a local fish-and-chip shop that replaces the cook with a robot who develops a personality and abuses the customers
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Pilates of the Caribbean - how to stay fit on a rotten 100ft long schooner with a diet of boiled rats and salt water

(now this one is my favourite - guess why!)
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Hudson Halk - The barbarian steps into the wrong teleport, ends up in modern day America, and is constantly thwarted in his attempts to get a cappuccino.

Woodfellas - "As far back as i can remember, i always wanted to be a lumberjack!". Tree felling gets dangerous in this violent crime drama.
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