Editing Cape Fear (1991 film) (section)

==In popular culture==
The film is parodied in the 1993 ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Cape Feare]]", with [[Sideshow Bob]] in the role of Cady stalking [[Bart Simpson]]. The episode parodies several scenes from the 1991 film. The parody was itself the basis for [[Anne Washburn]]'s play ''[[Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play]]'', which imagines post-apocalyptic theater troupes attempting to recreate the episode, and by extension, the two films and the novel.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In the 2003 film ''[[Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]'', the Seamus O'Grady prison introduction scene is a direct reference to Max Cady's prison-set intro.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Elvis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/27/movies/film-review-the-strained-family-ties-of-three-athletic-angels.html |title=Film Review; The Strained Family Ties Of Three Athletic Angels|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 27, 2003|access-date=June 30, 2013|quote=Seamus O'Grady (Justin Theroux), a color Xerox of Max Cady from ''Cape Fear''}}</ref>

The film is parodied as ''Cape Munster'' in the premiere episode of ''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]'', with [[Ben Stiller]] playing an adult [[Eddie Munster]] stalking the family of a studio executive (played by [[Bob Odenkirk]]) out of anger for his show being canceled.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jicha |first=Tom |date=September 26, 1992 |title=Too Much TV as a Kid Was Good for Ben Stiller |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-09-26-9201230763-story.html |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 7, 1992 |title='Ben Stiller Show' may become best-kept secret on TV |work=[[Orange County Register]] |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-10-07-1992281114-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230627234158/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-10-07-1992281114-story.html |archive-date=June 27, 2023 |via=[[The Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |title=A two-disc treasure for 'Pirates' lovers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-04-wk-video4-story.html |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 4, 2003}}</ref>

The film was the inspiration for [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] [[Dan Spivey]]'s character Waylon Mercy in the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (now WWE) in 1995, and subsequently, for professional wrestler [[Bray Wyatt]]'s original [[The Wyatt Family]] character in WWE in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Scharf |first=Kyle |date=January 29, 2022 |title=The Ballad of Waylon Mercy |url=https://www.thesignaturespot.com/articles/the-ballad-of-waylon-mercy |website=thesignaturespot.com}}</ref>

''Seinfeld'' also parodied the film with the 1998 episode "[[The Bookstore]]".<ref>{{cite episode|title=[[The Bookstore]] |date=April 9, 1998 |series=[[Seinfeld]] |network=NBC |season=9 |number=17}}</ref>