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Because it is Saturday I decided to do a list I have been wanting to do for a very long time. This is a list of movie trailers that have been recut by amateurs to change their genre. For example, a horror movie might be recut to make it a romantic comedy. I can spend all day watching these so I hope that all the listverse readers will enjoy this list as much as I enjoyed the hours picking out the entries.
This one has a slightly offputting voice-over, but I have included it because one slightly NSFW moment made me laugh out loud. See if you can work out which scene it is.
Here we see Willy Wonka in quite a different light from the books and films. Just when you thought Gene Wilder couldn’t be more sinister in the role, you are proven wrong.
This is a film all geeks love. Here we see the a comedy turned into a psychological thriller.
This is actually the second recut by the same person – the first one is also excellent but it doesn’t allow embedding. If you want to view that too, you can find it here. Both are recut to be horror movies.
This brilliant recut shows how a skilled editor can totally transform a film with virtually no changes except the music.
No need to close your eyes in terror during this one – this is a very well done recut of the Ring to make it appear to be a tearjerker.
This is another straight movie turned gay. It is hilarious and extremely well done. If you like this one, you should also check out Brokeback to the Future, Meet Joe Brokeback, and The Empire Brokeback. We could do nearly an entire list based on brokeback recuts.
Frankly, it doesn’t take a lot of recutting to make Top Gun appear to be a gay movie, but here we have it anyway – from a military film to a gay romance.
Here is our favorite horror movie recut as a romantic comedy. It just goes to show how clever film editors can be and why we so often see a film trailer we love for a film we hate. In this recut they even manage to include the bathroom scene with the dead lady!
This is the recut that got the whole thing going. It is quite well known (for reasons that are obvious when you see how good it is). Enjoy.
1 danmoo
February 20th, 2010 at 1:33 am
nice list, didnt expect a few of these
2 BravehisTickle
February 20th, 2010 at 1:34 am
Wow! Simply Wow! Great stuff n thanks Jamie, these types of list make my day
3 danmoo
February 20th, 2010 at 1:34 am
didt the lotr one appear on mtv a few years back, or was that the one with jack black
4 JayK
February 20th, 2010 at 1:35 am
haha. the office space one is great
5 danmoo
February 20th, 2010 at 1:39 am
the office space one was brilliant
6 lrigD
February 20th, 2010 at 1:40 am
Brilliant list! And a good way to remember that promos, trailers and such easily deceive… something I should remember when reading spoilers for TV shows
(Not to shout ‘first!’, but this is the first time I had one of the earliest comments
I guess it pays off to live in another world zone xD)
7 Vera Lynn
February 20th, 2010 at 1:53 am
Very cool! Thanks JF!
8 wildhalk
February 20th, 2010 at 1:55 am
good one
9 ldgeorge85
February 20th, 2010 at 1:58 am
OMG!. I love #8(Office Space). Always knew there was a darker side……
10 ldgeorge85
February 20th, 2010 at 1:59 am
and without a doubt thanks for the list. just awesome.
11 Charlotte
February 20th, 2010 at 2:00 am
Hehe brilliant
12 suzi
February 20th, 2010 at 2:07 am
Fantastic idea for a list. Really amazing how different these movies seem.
13 Dirk Diggler
February 20th, 2010 at 2:26 am
Great list.
14 astraya
February 20th, 2010 at 2:37 am
I have always suspected that some people have too much time on their hands. That possibly includes me, as I’ve just spent about 20 minutes I should have spent on preparing a lesson for Monday.
As Jamie alluded in #6, music plays such an important part in establishing the mood. I once saw a documentary which showed the process of writing film music. It started by showing the same clip with two different background soundtracks (Chopin op 10 no 3 and Psycho-type music) and the effect was totally different.
Re #4 – I am reading LOTR at the moment, and watching the dvds as I go. I’ve noticed a slight homosexual tinge in the book and particularly the movie. I’m also worried about the class distinction between Frodo and Sam.
Re #3 – There’s a movie in which Quentin Tarantino makes a cameo as a party-going expounding his theory that Top Gun has a homosexual subtext.
15 jfrater
February 20th, 2010 at 2:44 am
@astraya (14): I would love to know the name of that documentary – I find film music quite fascinating.
16 mrjimmy
February 20th, 2010 at 2:56 am
You missed out this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF7_FjOfxPM
17 jfrater
February 20th, 2010 at 2:59 am
@mrjimmy (16): Hmm – can’t say I enjoyed that as much as Brokeback to the Future
18 nepratini
February 20th, 2010 at 3:11 am
These were fantastic. I needed a good laugh and this really helped.
19 peeyaj
February 20th, 2010 at 3:17 am
You also missed this, Jamie. The Silence of the Lambs recut trailer.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter & Clarice Starling fall in love with each other! Pretty hilarious and good soundtrack too.
20 BravehisTickle
February 20th, 2010 at 3:19 am
@jfrater (17): I hope you start posting like in the good ol’ days
21 peacefrog
February 20th, 2010 at 3:24 am
Loved it! Never seen these before and thanks to this list, I’ll have something to keep me entertained for the next couple of hours! (that and of course, more lists…)
22 peacefrog
February 20th, 2010 at 3:29 am
@astraya (14): Whoa! There is NOTHING homosexual at all in the Lord of the Rings. That sir, would be like calling Bruce Lee fat. You just watch it now mister. And also, for when you get to two towers, I hope you’ll enjoy learning about ents for what seems to be a million chapters.
23 Michael Obama
February 20th, 2010 at 3:48 am
on of the best list that i ever seen in my life
thanks jfrater
24 MagpieMagic
February 20th, 2010 at 3:52 am
Brilliant list jfrater. I loved the mary poppins one!!
25 oouchan
February 20th, 2010 at 3:53 am
hahahahahaha! Love when people seem to have too much time on their hands. These were great. Nice list.
26 astraya
February 20th, 2010 at 3:57 am
@ jf (15): I was at high school at the time, which is, like, last century, so I can’t remember the name, or anything else about it. Just this pair of scenes stuck in my mind.
27 James
February 20th, 2010 at 4:30 am
Best list I’ve seen this year so far! That Terminator one is frickin’ amazing!
28 BravehisTickle
February 20th, 2010 at 4:33 am
@peacefrog (21): Yes sir, you are absolutely right. As a LOTR fan, I find it annoying to hear people remark about ‘the gay friendship that evolves in the story’ etc stuff.
29 tarachowski
February 20th, 2010 at 5:18 am
AMAZING! I have never heard of this stuff before, thoroughly enjoyed it XD
30 joetravolta
February 20th, 2010 at 5:25 am
Jamie showing us all how its done. best list for ages. scary mary actually creeped me out
31 elbobbo
February 20th, 2010 at 5:35 am
I love these things, there’s a couple that are really good on here there’s one, I think by the same person that did the Shining one, that makes West Side Story look like a zombie film.
32 DC
February 20th, 2010 at 5:35 am
there’s one for the wickerman (the rubbish nicolas cage version) where its been recut as a romantic comedy which is absolutely hilarious just because it works so well. worth checking out!
33 leacar
February 20th, 2010 at 6:16 am
This list is full of win xD
Office space and The Ring were edited really well.
And I knew that The Shining HAD to be on the list!
34 DiscHuker
February 20th, 2010 at 6:22 am
i have loved these for years. i have often dreamed about what sort of mayhem would insue if a bunch of teenage girls saw the fake shining trailer and saw the real shining movie. greatest. practical. joke. ever.
35 davidlrattigan
February 20th, 2010 at 6:37 am
If I remember rightly, it was Shining that kicked things off. But you’re right – Scary Mary Poppins is certainly the best. I like it because it exploits darker elements that are already lurking beneath the surface in the actual film. I’ve never read the original book, but I’m told it was quite macabre in places.
36 The Other Darren
February 20th, 2010 at 6:44 am
Great!…Just great…Just when i was gonna sit down and have another boring saturday ,you had to go and liven it up and make me laugh…You, sir, are a MONSTER!!!!!(lol jk btw this is an lol list)
37 get a clue
February 20th, 2010 at 6:52 am
An excellent list from evey angle!
Thanks, JF!
38 Lifeschool
February 20th, 2010 at 7:01 am
hi, Scary Mary – that one was great. Also the Terminator – very funny. The brokebacks are a bit cringeworthy.
39 jake ryder
February 20th, 2010 at 7:07 am
The shining one is my favourite. I remember seeing it a few years ago and having a honest belly laugh. The one of BIG is pretty good too.
40 Choosilicious
February 20th, 2010 at 8:06 am
One of the best lists in some time now.
41 demirah
February 20th, 2010 at 8:28 am
great list i like the terminteor that should be #1
here somthing extra for you
42 sundar balaji
February 20th, 2010 at 8:30 am
its very marvellous these facts help me in new thinkingand gain knowledge i think this site will do more thank u
43 damien_karras
February 20th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Jamie… I’ve been away but now I’m back. It was this list that inspired me to comment. Brilliant job my friend. I offer this for the Star Wars fans:
44 ksgirl
February 20th, 2010 at 8:48 am
Thanks JFrater! You always make the best lists! This one was no exception, good job.
45 linda10989
February 20th, 2010 at 8:55 am
After I was finished laughing loudly early Saturday morning, my son came in and asked what I was doing. I showed him these clips and we both agreed (after we stopped howling with laughter) that all the items on this list were awesome! It’s amazing how a movie genre can be changed with editing! Wonderful list! I, for one, would love to see more!
46 lyrebyrd
February 20th, 2010 at 9:08 am
I know you mention Brokeback to the Future, but that really should be on here. It was one of the funniest, and one of the earlier ones, as I recall.
47 Lifeschool
February 20th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Video editing is an interest of mine, a good doco on some of the editing tricks used is:
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
Also, even though this isn’t stritly in the universe of this list, green screening – and how it’s used:
“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k
48 hash
February 20th, 2010 at 9:41 am
this is a really cool titanic recut, hahaha promise you would like this to be a real movie.
49 Josh Fox
February 20th, 2010 at 9:48 am
You’re an inhuman monster!
50 jfrater
February 20th, 2010 at 9:59 am
@lyrebyrd (45): It really was a toss up for me whether to use Brokeback to the Future or Brokeback of the Ring – I chose the ring because it seemed to have a bit more emotion – it still feels like the mood of the original brokeback trailer, whereas the other made me laugh (which is good – but not quite so true to the original brokeback idea). Does that make sense? It is 6am here – I don’t think my brain is working yet!
51 jackie
February 20th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Awesome list, JF!! I love recuts like these, and while I had seen a few, there were some new ones as well. Thanks!
52 amandap
February 20th, 2010 at 10:40 am
hash I feel like such a silly little girl! Just hearing that song even with the horrid techno beat makes me tear up a little!
53 Tom Wang
February 20th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Worst example of editing for a real movie for me has to be the trailer for Sweeney Todd. I wasn’t aware of the work or the original movie so I saw the trailer without any other context. The trailer makes it seem almost like a barber Jack the Ripper. What they leave out is that it’s a MUSICAL! So glad I discovered that before blowing $10 on it.
54 RedMan
February 20th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Number 6 was should have been ranked higher imo. It reminded me of the movie One Hour Photo. Different but great list.
55 PrimeroPeruano
February 20th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Hey Jfrater, I think you should include this to the recommended brokeback recuts. It is a recut of goodfellas, that is very well done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoCDh3lNzNo
56 MChris
February 20th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Really loved this one! Always thought there was something off about those freaky oompa-loompas…
57 PT
February 20th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
This is a genre that completely passed me by and it’s brilliant. Thanks JF too often people are just desperate to kiss your rear end but in this instance this is exactly what I’m going to do. Thanks for bringing these wonderful tailers to my attention and also for waiting until I had, had just the right amount of gin to make it work so well. Cheers mate
58 siv
February 20th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
i also laughed at the terminator one, it was so funny. number 1 was really cool too. these recuts take a lot of work, skill and imagination! great list
59 Day 9
February 20th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Why isn’t this website called movieverse?
60 littleboots
February 20th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
@hash (47): I would sooo watch that movie..lol
Awesome list…thank you!
61 jamie
February 20th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
i luv this kind of list!! i didnt know there’s an original willy wonka movie before tim burtons!!! its so scary!!!
62 bert
February 20th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
i love u too jamie
63 bert
February 20th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
@bert
im a guy dude
64 bert
February 20th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
u used my name… i love you
65 Yun
February 20th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
@BravehisTickle (27): Especially given that Tolkien was a devout Roman Catholic, who would probably be horrified to learn that people interpret his work that way.
66 lameo
February 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
How the hell did you miss Ten Things I Hate About the Commandments?! By far the best one. Watch it and let me know what you think- you will NOT regret it!
67 Gina
February 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
i loved the ring one
68 chefjess
February 20th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
This is my favorite, The Ten Commandments as a teen comedy. Ten Things I Hate About Commandments:
69 lisac
February 20th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
my fave:
70 CandJ
February 20th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
LOL I really enjoyed those
Thanks
71 deeeziner
February 20th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
@astraya (14):
I know I must have seen the same documentary, for I remember the exact same education on the role of music in cinematography. Sorry I can’t remember what the doc was either.
As I went through this list I kept thinking that these shorts were probably the fruit of students in college assigned to a project related to editing/music scoring.
Regardless of their origin they were funny, so thank-you Jamie for brightening the mood around here.
72 Moonbeam
February 20th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
These clips are amazing. This was a good list to post after the seriousness of yesterday’s about the Medal of Honor recipients. Especially after all the tedious and annoying comments that it (unfortunately and unjustifiably) inspired.
Loved the Brokeback ones but…
@peacefrog (21): @BravehisTickle (27): @Yun (64): God forbid there’s any suggestion of homosexuality! That’s sacrilegious! How could they soil the image of LOTR’s that way? *sarcasm*
BTW, I’ve been a long time fan of the Hobbit and the LOTR’s books but even reading them as a kid I remember wondering why there were so few female characters. Hmmm…
73 Anthony
February 20th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Great list!
Does anyone know where the theme from #5 is from?
74 jfrater
February 20th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
@Anthony (72): It is the end title from Shawshank redemption:
75 segues
February 20th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
A great list!
As a former script supervisor in Hollywood, I know the difficulty of putting a film together so it makes the statement the director wants it to make (in fact, my job was to make sure things were filmed so that this could be achieved). These re-cuts are hilarious just exactly because they cross that line in either subtle or outlandish ways (I found the subtle changes made the largest changes, and so were the funniest).
Anyway, a truly enjoyable list.
76 JuLz
February 20th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Uncle Buck!!
77 kashmirj
February 20th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
This was a FANTASTIC list! I actually watched every single item all the way through, which is rare for me. Good job!!
78 Jessi
February 20th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Great list, this is just what the site needed! Yesterday’s list was really great, but the comments almost turned me off from Listverse forever. The internet is known to be a bastion of hatred, but the comments here were just going beyond what I could stand.
79 kat87
February 20th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
YESSSSS!! loved it. you shud write every list like the good old days <3
80 Alison
February 20th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
My favorite was the “Mrs. Doubtfire” recut. It was seriously creepy.
The “Willy Wonka” recut was creepy too, but that’s kind of cheating, since the original movie is creepy as hell anyways.
81 timefillmyeyes
February 20th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
I really liked this list. I’ve been watching a lot of movie remix videos on youtube lately, so these are a welcome addition to my current internet pastime.
And I’ll throw in my own favorite brokeback reinterpretation with a hilarious brokeback Star Trek parody:
82 uninsane
February 20th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
excellent
number 8 should be made into a real movie
83 Elsa
February 20th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
WHat a funny world. I was just telling my sister about these recuts and .boom. here’s a list of the best. also enjoying the contributors suggestions….too funny
84 Mimz
February 20th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
The Shining, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Ring were all spectacular!!!! They looked like they would be real trailers for real movies that were the genres of thriller, chickflick and romantic comedy.
GREAT LIST!
85 Stefan
February 21st, 2010 at 1:07 am
Thankyou JFrater, these lists cannot spark debate and hate comments like many of the other lists do
great list as well
86 me
February 21st, 2010 at 5:29 am
office space, the shining are good
the greatest – mrs doubtfire
87 Lifeschool
February 21st, 2010 at 7:08 am
I watched The Cutting Edge: Magic of Movie Editing again last light – it’s FANSASTIC. Every director you can name is in it – and yes, this show is highly relavent to the list. The full (unedited
) version is 1:40.00 but only the first 0:30 seems to be on the net.
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/technology/watch/v15578793WJQDgrA6
It features this: as far as I know the very first parody?
88 Lifeschool
February 21st, 2010 at 7:12 am
Oh yeah, the Lambeth walk is a brilliant movie recut of the film Triumph of the Will. Just soz ya kno.
89 Brett
February 21st, 2010 at 9:35 am
List of the year so far in my opinion. I have watched the Mrs. Doubtfire one three times now. BRILLIANT!!
90 Struth
February 21st, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Champagne comedy! These are great, thanks for lightening the mood Jfrater and lifeschool “The Lambeth Walk” is Gold, HA!
91 Dem
February 21st, 2010 at 5:44 pm
good list. should have had the horror dumb and dumber in my opinion
92 Flock O’Seagulls
February 21st, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Great list, especially Nos. 1 and 2. Mary Poppins is creepy as heck–that scene of her floating in, with that music, reminds me of the flying monkeys in Wizard of Oz!
93 mike
February 21st, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Not a fan of the embedded video comments.
Am a fan of “Must Love Jaws”.
94 hunter
February 21st, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Just brilliant. I was just wondering, can they, or do they make these in Windows Movie maker? Where could you get tracks like those(horror, comedy etc.)?
95 Seth
February 21st, 2010 at 10:44 pm
I can’t believe the Mac & Me edit wasn’t on the list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTF8r0stPoA
and the romantic-comedy cut of Shining is good too:
96 ianiiii
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:31 am
Best list so far on listverse… The only video-list where I watch every single clip. Nize JFrater. keep it up!
97 nicoleredz3
February 22nd, 2010 at 5:32 am
@peeyaj (19):
Omg!
Nice list JFrater!
98 NiMur90
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:49 am
Insanely good list…I didn’t think I’d enjoy it near as much as I did!
Thanks Jamie!
99 Halo Reach
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:36 am
#10 wins!
100 amasimp
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:18 am
This list is crying out for a sequel!
101 entropiii
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:26 am
awesome!! I havent seen many of these. And I have to agree, the Office Space one was probably my fav too
102 ZibbyYamala
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:40 pm
i always knew frodo was a fag!
103 Sofar
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:53 pm
This reminds me of something. Terry Gilliam’s Brazil came out a few years before I was born, so I never saw the trailer or Fox’s “Love Conquers All” recut of the film which was the first version of the film released. The first time I saw the film it was the director’s cut on DVD a few years ago. The DVD also had Fox’s cut of the film, Fox changed it a great deal (and shortened it by about an hour) but it’s still sort of dark apart from the tacked-on happy ending,* the transformation is nothing compared to the original trailer which makes it out to be of all things an office comedy. Studios pull that sort of thing all the time in real life, when they want a movie to be something else and they don’t have enough money or footage to make the transformation in the editing room they’ll just cut the trailer together to make it look like the movie they want it to be. Lord knows why they think viewers going to the theatre expecting one movie will be perfectly content watching a substantially different movie.
Shining is my favorite.
*(The following is a spoiler, but it is a 25-year-old film) Terry Gilliam should have known better than to film a happy ending as a dream sequence, of *course* the studio would just end the movie just before the main character wakes up from his dream and call that the ending, no matter how little sense the dream made, being as it was a frikkin’ dream. Without that reverie on film the studio wouldn’t have had much to work with to recut the film.
104 Anthony
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:30 am
@jfrater (74): Thanks! (Feel foolish for not knowing that.)
105 8rustystaples
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:37 am
What’s most impressive is the way “Top Gun” was turned into a gay romance without using any of the incredibly homoerotic volleyball scene.
106 Mememe
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:48 pm
For some reason ‘Top Gun’ made me think of ‘Legend of the Blue Wolves’ (Yaoi anime) – yeah, look it up, you’ll see what I mean.
107 Milarc
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:20 pm
STAR WARS recut to STAR TREK Trailer
108 mena
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:24 pm
not bad. i particularly liked ‘the ring’ here.
) Totally unexpected!
109 Annie
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Okay,I think Frodo/Galadriel were probably getting it on… but I LOVE the Brokeback Ring parody,thankyouverymuch.
Besides,Tolkien thought his hippie/granola/anti-war fans were weird too.
110 lyjobu
February 24th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Awesome list, you only left out my all time favorite…I mean, zombies!! What else do you need?
111 Emily Rose
February 25th, 2010 at 5:48 am
haha this list is awesome! I’d seen Scary Mary before but none of the others! Have you seen the gay harry potter and the horror pinnocio?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYjUWSfj7fE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZBjtYkl0vE&feature=related
Enjoy!
112 boo
February 25th, 2010 at 11:07 am
they should have called the top gun one “power top gun”
113 divxmerkezi
February 26th, 2010 at 8:23 am
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114 archangel
February 26th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Yawesome!
115 jamesmwillis
February 27th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
It’s not a movie recut, but has anyone seen the Seinfeld Horror Recut?
116 sam
March 1st, 2010 at 7:59 pm
I also like the recut Pretty in Pink trailer
117 dakedomo
March 6th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
here’s another fun one for the list:
118 leonardoreissjc
March 29th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Inspired by this list I made my own fake trailer:
119 tox44
April 6th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
you forgot the home alone one made to look like a thriller/horror.
120 cmc75
June 14th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I thought that the "Top Gun" trailer was the original one. That, and the T-100 doing the "Humpty Dance" was pretty hysterical. All it takes is a soundtrack or score change to make just about ANY movie, turn into other one. I don't think I'll ever look at "Marry Poppins" the same way again!
121 sardondi
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 am
hee hee! Office Space is positively brilliant, and studio-quality editing! But I can't believe Samir's "You are a very bad man!" wasn't used….