Even if you've never seen a slasher in your life, you know the formula. They're so overplayed that just about anybody could make one, and it's usually the first type of movie a filmmaker sets out to make. Enter director Wes Craven, who made his name creating one of the most prominent horror franchises of all time with A Nightmare on Elm Street. In the 90s he got the bright idea to make a pseudo-parody of the slasher genre,…

Mars Attacks is a very fun movie, starting out pretty slow but building into an enjoyable climax. It's silly and nostalgic, but most of all it doesn't take itself seriously for a moment and that's what really works about it.

After the government confirms life on Mars, the martians decide to land on Earth in an all-out invasion, killing anybody who gets in their way or looks at them funny. It has an all-star cast…