The Hungover Games

A parody blending The Hangover and The Hunger Games.

The Hungover Games is a 2014 American parody film directed by Josh Stolberg. Its title and central plot primarily follow both The Hangover and The Hunger Games. The film also parodies numerous other works including Ted, Pirates of the Caribbean, Avatar, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Quick Facts

Director

Josh Stolberg

Producer

Ash R. Shah
Ben Feingold
Jim Busfield
Steve Small
Jamie Kennedy

Writer

David Bernstein
Kyle Barnett Anderson
Jamie Kennedy

Starring

Ben Begley
Ross Nathan
Herbert Russell
Rita Volk
Jamie Kennedy

Music

Todd Haberman

Cinematography

Andrew Strahorn

Editing

Byron Wong

Studio

Silver Nitrate; Sense and Sensibility Ventures

Facts from the source article.

Plot

A bachelor party for Doug, who is about to marry a man named Tracey, is planned as a low-key evening in a small Laughlin, Nevada hotel. To prevent their friend Zach from drugging them, they put him in a straitjacket and a cone, and they stick to non-alcoholic beer. The next morning, they wake up in an unfamiliar room cluttered with party and sex toys, and Doug is gone. A woman named Effing enters, and Zach identifies her as a remake of Effie Trinket.

When Ed opens the door, they see they are on a train heading to the Hungover Games, a deadly competition set in an arena with districts based on Hollywood. A video on Zach’s phone shows that, while drunk the night before, they all volunteered as tributes. To get Doug back to his wedding on time, they must survive the games. At the training center, they encounter other tributes: the gay Thor, Tonto, Gratuitous Nudity (two topless women), Carrie (called Scary), and Teddy.

Ed meets Katnip Everlean, a girl he met drunk who has a crush on him. After training, they are sent to rooms to rise into the arena, but Zach spills boba tea on the control panel, forcing them out. The games start, and tributes begin killing each other. Zach gets separated from Ed and Bradley.

Ed and Bradley flee, spending the night in a tree and witnessing two other tributes die. They spot Zach with the Careers, who has joined them to hunt down and kill Ed and Bradley. In the morning, Bradley drops a hive of Swaggerjacks (wasps) onto the sleeping Careers. Both Bradley and Ed are stung, and the hallucinogenic venom knocks them out.

They wake to find Zach has nursed them back to health, and they resume searching for Doug. Zach explains they ended up in the Hungover Games because he plugged in poisoned midnight berry scented air-fresheners that drugged them, with a label warning they may cause transportation to a futuristic dystopia. Angry, Ed and Bradley leave Zach. Later, after a rule change allows people in a bromance to win as a group, they decide to reunite with him.

Cast

Ben Begley plays Ed, a parody of Stu and his actor Ed Helms. Ross Nathan portrays Bradley, a parody of Phil and his actor Bradley Cooper. Herbert Russell plays Zach, a parody of Alan, the name also parodying his actor Zach Galifianakis. Rita Volk appears as Katnip Everlean, a parody of Katniss Everdeen.

John Livingston plays Doug, a parody of the character of the same name from The Hangover films. Robert Wagner portrays Liam, a parody of Liam Neeson in Taken. Caitlyn Jenner appears as Skip Bayflick, a parody of Caesar Flickerman. Hank Baskett plays Stephen A. Templesmith, a parody of Claudius Templesmith and Stephen A. Smith.

Dat Phan plays Bao, a parody of Mr. Chow from The Hangover films. Sam Pancake plays Tracey. Ron Butler portrays President Snowbama, a parody of President Coriolanus Snow and Barack Obama. Tara Reid plays Effing White, a parody of Effie Trinket.

Chanel Gaines plays Boo. Kayden Kross and Sophie Dee play Chastity the Topless Blonde and Kirsty the Topless Brunette. Jonathan Silverman plays Chineca Lame, a parody of Seneca Crane. Jamie Kennedy plays Justmitch, a parody of Haymitch Abernathy, Willy Wanker a parody of Willy Wonka, and Tim Pistol.

Steve Sobel plays Kaptain Kazakhstan, a parody of Borat. Caitlin Wachs plays Scary, a parody of Carrie White. Terra Jolé plays Teddy, a parody of Ted. Mark Harley plays Thor. Jeff Torres plays Tonto. Dan Buran plays Captain Jack, a parody of Jack Sparrow.