AUGUST 6, 2008

Why a movie called
Johnny Autism didn’t
sweep the Oscars,
we’ll never know

WEBSITE: The Parallel Universe Film Guide

Remember the hit 1997 horror film I Know What You Ate for Breakfast, about “big-breasted teens being chased in the rain by a madman who seems to know each of their dietary restrictions”? Or that vintage (if historically dubious) 1948 biopic Babe Ruth Cures Cancer, in which the Bambino also implements the Marshall Plan? No? That’s because these movies exist only on the Parallel Universe Film Guide, an amazingly large, laugh-out-loud-funny database of films that will never be available on Netflix, along with entries for their nonexistent directors and ersatz stars.

Created and maintained by Spencer Green, the PUFG reads like a satirical Wikipedia of cinema (with even less accuracy), full of hilarious film titles — Vigilante Justice? Don’t Mind If I Do!; Arbor Day 2: Seeds of Terror — that instantly evoke their intended targets. Dig deeper and you’ll find insanely detailed plot descriptions, making-of trivia, and phony quotes, too. In a summer that’s given us Step Brothers and The Love Guru, these may be the funniest films around.

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