5 Movies-Within-Movies We NEED To See (And 5 That Would Suck)

10. Amistad II from Scary Movie Would Probably Suck

This spoof horror film, which parodies hit horror films such as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, stars Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans, and Regina Hall as a group of teenagers who are stalked by a masked serial killer.

In a parody of Scream 2's terrifying opening scene, Ray (Shawn Wayans) and Brenda (Hall), go to the cinema to see a screening of the historical romance Shakespeare in Love. While watching the film, the imperiled pair are eventually killed off by the masked murder.

Before their gruesome (and, honestly, pretty hilarious) deaths, however, the pair see a trailer for Amistad II, a fake sequel to Amistad, the critically-acclaimed historical drama from Steven Spielberg which focuses on a mutiny aboard a slave ship.

Spielberg's original film was a deeply serious, heartfelt account of an undeniably important story, filmed with grace and respect. The fictional Amistad II, however, is an ostensibly tasteless flick which bizarrely incorporates plot points of Titanic into its narrative. While this sequel is, of course, deliberately meant to look bad, we would still skip this one at the cinema.