2005 was the year the mash-up hit the big time. Perhaps 2006 will be the year of the re-cut. Earlier this year, several Brokeback Mountain spoofs became bona-fide internet phenomena, breaking the “scene” for re-cut film trailers wide open.

The idea is similar to that of the mash-up. Essentially, you re-edit a trailer to make it something it was never intended to be, obviously with hillarious results!

Here’s a sample of some great re-cut trailers:

1. American Pie

First, we have a re-cut trailer for American Pie, where the venerable teen movie becomes a slasher flick:

2. Seven

Next up, a re-cut Seven trailer turns the film into a buddy cop comedy… romance (Brokeback Mountain for that).

Tom Hanks goes from being a literal man-child to a psychopathic pedophile who kidnaps someone’s son in this re-cut trailer for Big.

3. Big

4. The Shining

Rounding out this sampling is another oldie. The Shining is re-cut as a heartwarming tale about a foster father with writer’s block whose family trip leads him to come to an understanding and blah blah blah. You get the formula.

Filed under: humor, video on July 11th, 2005