My Sick Movie Idea

I was watching a special on midnight movies of the 1970's (which I may talk about at greater length at some point in the future), and I had an idea for a little piece of film making that might actually be profitable for the studio that goes approached the idea. It is sort of sick, I admit it, but I think audiences would respond to it,

Forget narrative, forget character development and forget extravagant settings. (Without that last one, I would have been describing every Michael Bay movie I know).

Here is what a studio should do.

30 famous actors/actresses that people have a love/hate relationship with.
30 brutal death scenes between 2-5 minutes long.
Each scene is references another famous cinematic death scene.
Each cast member receives a check for between 250K-1 million dollars for their work.
The studio doesn't reveal who is in the scenes, just the premise.
The Audience is sort of asked to keep the the pairings a secret so people who go to see the movie are surprised.

I mean, people cheered when Paris Hilton got killed in House of Wax. And I would certainly go see a movie where Rosie O'Donnell's head exploded Scanners-style or Nathan Lane got the Hans Gruber treatment. Or Tom Cruise meeting his end like the end of Day of the Dead. I mean, the skies the limit with something like this.

It is just sick enough to work. Which to me begs the question, what combination would you love to see in this scenario?

Tags: paris hilton, midnight movies, hans gruber, die hard, nathan lane, tom cruise, day of the dead, house of wax