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Key Features:
Metafiction, Apocalypse, Dark comedy, Surreal humor, British humour, Satire, Self-referential, Ensemble cast, Cult classic, Parody, Existential crisis
Tone:
humorous, cynical, satirical
Target Audience:
Cult film enthusiasts, British comedy fans, Fans of surreal humor
Emotional Arc:
Confusion → Absurdity → Acceptance

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

2005-06-03
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The fictional world of Royston Vasey is facing apocalypse and the only way to avert disaster is for our nightmarish cast of characters to find a way into the real world and confront their creators. From present day Soho to the fictional film world of 17th Century Britain, the residents must overcome countless bizarre obstacles in their bid to return Royston Vasey to safety.

Genres
Horror, Comedy
Cast
Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, Bruno Langley, Paul Hays-Marshall, Danielle Tilley, Emily Woof, Alan Morrissey, Liana O, Michael Sheen
Crew
Steve Bendelack, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss
Rating
6.2(84 votes)
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The Walking Deceased

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The Zombie Diaries
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Slaughterhouse Rulez
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A Boy and His Dog
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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Guest House Paradiso

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A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.



L.A. Without a Map
5.774

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.



Tremors
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A Werewolf in England
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Naked
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An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.



Epic Movie
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PG: Psycho Goreman

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Doomsday
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Four Lions
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

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Office Uprising
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One Cut of the Dead
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Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.



Movie 43
Movie 43(2013)
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A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest.



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The Lost Future
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A group of post-apocalyptic survivors, struggle to survive in a world where jungles and forests and primeval wetlands and deserts have obliterated civilization. They staunchly face genetically mutating beasts and mysterious diseases in an attempt to re-establish the human race as masters of Earth.



Cooties
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28 Days Later
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Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1

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The Big Night
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Bloodbath at the House of Death

Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.



Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender.



Anna and the Apocalypse

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.



The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

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Night of the Living Dorks

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Schizopolis
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Microwave Massacre
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Construction worker Donald is having a hard time getting anything good to eat since his wife has decided to only cook gourmet foods. That and her constant harping causes him to snap, so he whacks her. Somewhere in the confusion he comes up with a new use for the microwave oven, and begins to eat much better. Soon he's experimenting with different recipes. And different meats.



Hot Fuzz
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Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.



Threads
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Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.



Rabid Grannies
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Colossal
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Dashcam
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

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Absolutely Anything

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Aaaaaaaah!
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The Lady in the Van

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Hancock
Hancock(2008)
6.4

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Apocalypse Now
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An American Werewolf in London

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Carry On Camping
6.5

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Waxwork II: Lost in Time

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MadHouse
MadHouse(1990)
5.3

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Resident Evil: Apocalypse

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Dark Star
Dark Star(1974)
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Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here

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Get Duked!
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Nothing
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Death Machine
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The Prophecy: Uprising

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Cannibal Apocalypse
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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Some Time Later
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Planet Earth, 9177. The remains of humankind live in a post-apocalyptic environment divided into only two social classes: the ruling king and the oligarchs who inhabit the Representative Building and the poor of the world who hardly survive in the slums built around it.



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Year 10
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After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.



Miracle Mile
6.878

After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!



Trailer Park Boys: The Movie

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Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!



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7.1

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.



I'm All Right Jack
6.6

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

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