The best parodies make fun of a genre, yet are also an entertaining work within that genre. Examples include Shaun of the Dead (of course), the South Park Movie (musicals), and to a lesser extent Galaxy Quest.

Hot Fuzz was an amazing action movie. I’m a bigger fan of action than horror, so I liked it even more than Shaun. It does crack me up that nerdy little Simon Pegg has gone from ironic accidental badass to unabashed badass.