Hercules Returns is a screen adaptation of the popular Australian live comedy show Double Take, conceived and performed by Des Mangan with Sally Patience. The Double Take show, which began in Sydney in 1986, is part of the "dub parody" genre, in which ostensibly serious films are deliberately re-voiced in a satirical or spoof manner. Well-known examples of this genre include the 1960s Jay Ward TV series Fractured Flickers and Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Hercules Returns is a movie adaptation of the popular Australian comedy show Double Take, created by Des Mangan and Sally Patience. The Double Take show, which debuted in Sydney in 1986, falls under the "parody" genre, where serious films are intentionally rewritten with humor or irony. Notable examples of this type of parody include the Jay Ward TV series Fractured Flickers and Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily?