satirical comedy

Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 American satirical comedy film that parodies the experience of watching low-budget movies on late-night television.

a 1987 American satirical science fiction film that parodies the experience of watching low-budget films on late-night television

Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 American satirical science fiction film that parodies the experience of watching low-budget films on late-night television.

a madcap send-up of late-night TV

Amazon Women on the Moon is a madcap send-up of late-night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches.

a hilarious comedy anthology film that satirizes the era of late-night TV

Amazon Women on the Moon is a hilarious comedy anthology film that satirizes the era of late-night TV.

a 1987 comedy film that parodies theories of the Ripper's identity by speculating that Jack the Ripper was the Loch Ness Monster in disguise

Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 comedy film that parodies theories of the Ripper's identity by speculating that Jack the Ripper was the Loch Ness Monster in disguise.

a spoof of science-fiction films from the 1950s

The title Amazon Women on the Moon refers to the central film-within-a-film, a spoof of science-fiction films from the 1950s that borrows heavily from Queen of Outer Space (1958) starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, itself a film that recycles elements of earlier science-fiction works such as Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1955), and Forbidden Planet (1956).

The film-within-the-film of this multi-sketch comedy

The film-within-the-film of this multi-sketch comedy, Amazon Women on the Moon, is an obvious homage to classic trash films (and Creature Feature and late-night staples) like the Zsa Zsa Gabor vehicle Queen of Outer Space (1958 / trailer), Cat-Women of the Moon (1953 / trailer), and Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1955 / trailer).

a feature-length sketch comedy show with Landis and company assembling a

Amazon Women on the Moon is essentially a feature-length sketch comedy show with Landis and company assembling a

short comedy sketches

Amazon Women on the Moon does much of the same thing – using short comedy sketches to spoof late night porn, commercials, infomercials, and educational films.

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It's a piece of feminist science fiction - or speculative fiction, or fiction about a fictional thing rather than a real thing (curious concept).

kind of a sequel to The Kentucky Fried Movie, the cult classic spoof film comprised of several skits lampooning TV news, commercials, and films

Amazon Women on the Moon is kind of a sequel to The Kentucky Fried Movie, the cult classic spoof film comprised of several skits lampooning TV news, commercials, and films.

SF

The theme is SF with female main characters, and the link has the first few lines of the stories as a sample.

a Film programme that first aired in 1987 and has been classified a 15 certificate

Amazon Women on the Moon is a Film programme that first aired in 1987 and has been classified a 15 certificate.

of loosely connected comic sketches, one of which includes a planet of women

, Amazon Women On The Moon presents a series of loosely connected comic sketches, one of which includes a planet of women.

an interesting blend of thriller, pseudo-memoir

In terms of genre, Amazon Moon was an interesting blend of thriller, pseudo-memoir, and a drop of sci-fi all mixed together to create something unique.