Terrific Real Movies Shown in Other Films

We rarely get to see movies being watched in other movies ? probably because while it?s fun to watch films, it?s fairly boring to watch other people watch films. That being said ? there are plenty of characters out there who would no doubt be a blast to watch movies with? Batman, for example.

Anyway, when we do see a real life movie being watched in another movie it tends to be a film that most likely inspired the filmmakers either in their own upbringing or as a plot device in the film itself. Because of that one thing is certain ? if you see a real movie being watched in the movie you?re watching, there?s a good chance that movie is awesome.

Before anything though, I gotta shout out to Mr. Cole Abaius for coming up with the idea for this list. The man is a true demigod, and from what I hear the other half is pretty good too.

12. The Shining in Twister

Look, you can sit there with your arms crossed all you want ? but at some point you?re going to have to admit to yourself that you enjoy watching the film Twister. Sure, the reoccurring villain of the movie happens to be what is essentially just really fast wind? and sure, that really fast wind also happens to best acting performance of the film, but there?s just something damn fun about this movie.

In one of the best scenes of this film a ninja tornado swoops down on a drive in theater currently playing The Shining on its big screen. As the terror plays out, it?s hard to tell what?s scarier ? the ominous vortex hiding in the night?s darkness behind the canvas in the middle of nowhere or Jack Nicholson?s crazy man performance being projected onto the canvas itself. Whatever it may be, one thing is for sure ? there really isn?t much on this earth more badass than watching a tornado rip apart the door-axing scene from The Shining.

11. Myrt and Marge in O? Brother, Where Art Thou?

Fun tip: if you even get bored at a movie theater, just start whispering to the person in front of you ?Do? not? seek? the treasure!? over and over again.

Myrt and Marge was actually an adaptation of a radio show of the same name that was known for being particularly popular with female listeners? so it?s kind of like the Sex and the City movie of its time. The movie also happened to feature the vaudeville act ?Ted Healy and his Stooges?, which would later go by the much more recognizable ?Three Stooges?.

The film doesn?t appear to be watchable or buyable anywhere, at least not according to the internet (if anyone knows where to get it, please say so) ? this is a shame because from what we see in O? Brother (a chick flipping around like a nut) the film looks pretty damn boss.

10. The Seventh Seal in Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero is almost 20 years old, and it?s funny how many of its action movie clich? gags still apply today. Also ? when you think about it, they haven?t really made a more perfect action movie spoof since, have they? This movie is to the action genre what The Cabin In The Woods is to horror ? you got to give it respect for that.

More importantly ? the film features a magic ticket that transports people in and out of films ? which is pretty stupid magic when you think about it. That being said, they manage to identify the one film you would not want to use the ticket on: The Seventh Seal. As if the characters don?t have enough shit to go through, they now have to deal with Death walking around all creepy-like. The best part of all this is that since they obviously couldn?t get Bengt Ekerot to reprise the role they went ahead and got Ian Badboy McKellen to stand it instead. Thank god he wasn?t too famous for the role at the time, because damn was that perfect.

9. It Happened One Night in Sex and the City 2

Haven?t seen Sex and the City 2. Just throwing that out there before anything else. It?s not a guy thing either ? I?ve seen the show and it was pretty good ? but nothing about this movie looked the least bit appealing to me.

It Happened One Night, on the other hand, I did see? and to be honest I?m ashamed at how much it reminded me of Spaceballs. No doubt Brooks modeled some of the basics from this film: a heiress runs away from her demanding father who insists that she marry the wrong man, meets/clashes with her future romantic interest who is aware of a reward for bringing her in, the two fall in love and have an adventure before she ends up going back to marry? but before she does she learns that the hero never collected the reward but rather asked only for his expenses to be paid back. That?s freaking Spaceballs.

Anyway? got off track here? the point is that this movie was in Sex and the City 2. I guess I?ll have to see it at some point?

8. The Evil Dead in A Nightmare on Elm St

When Tina needs to stay awake to not be dead, she watches The Evil Dead. This actually seems like a bad idea ? because if you do fall asleep watching Evil Dead chances are that Freddy wont have to change all that much around to make your dream turn sour.

What?s kind of sweet is that after this film was featured, Sam Raimi slipped a Krueger glove into the cabin basement in Evil Dead II as a repayment. Then, many years later, Evil Dead was mentioned in Wes Craven?s Scream as well. Cute.

It?s rather interesting how much The Evil Dead has influenced filmmakers, if not in its style than in the ultra indie way it was shot. Hell ? There?s even that story of James Cameron being pumped when the second film came out, and of course there?s the insanely heavy influence the film had on the Coen Brothers as well.

7. Vertigo & The Birds in Twelve Monkeys

While including a scene where Bruce Willis watches Vertigo while applying a blonde wig and mustache really needs no extra layer to make it awesome, there is actually a rather neat reason for this film?s presence. It just so happens that Twelve Monkeys is a remake of the French film La Jetee, which was a short film inspired by parts of the film Vertigo. So Vertigo is kind of like the grandmother of Twelve Monkeys.

Not to mention that the specific scene they show is also pretty directly related to the film, which is no surprise since it was a scene that inspired the original. That means that when we see that scene in Vertigo playing we?re being hinted at something that inspired the film that Twelve Monkeys, the film featuring the film, was based off of. They?re using the scene that inspired the movie that inspired this movie to inspire us, which is only slightly less confusing than the movie itself.

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