This is Spinal Tap While attempting to be nothing more than a comical spoof of the music industry, “Spinal Tap” was instead rocketed to cult icon status. The characters in the movie are so fully thought out that almost all rock and roll bands that became popular prior to and half a decade later than the release of the movie fit the stereotypes presented by this fictitious band that ended up being more real than …showed first 75 words of 1192 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1192 total…Games” which hinted at the importance of computers in the future. While both types of movies are common, some are lucky enough to give clues not only about the way things were but the way things are going to be. One of these such movies is “This is Spinal Tap”. While their influences are beginning to subside it is still amazing that four actors in a fairly low budget movie had an influence at all.