F/X: The Series (1996)

A television spinoff of the 1986 cop thriller F/X, and like the movie it was based on revolved on a special effects artist who ends up in the employ of the police. As such, the various mock TV show segments tended to be an excuse to show off lovingly realized prosthetics. The series was filmed in Canada, with the first season's special makeup effects provided by Paul Jones who would later provide the werewolf effects for Ginger Snaps.

There's a direct link between Ginger Snaps and F/X: The Series though; the Howling-inspired werewolf suit seen in the episode 'French Kiss', worn by an unlucky stuntman, would be briefly reused in Ginger Snaps in a fakey 'film within a film' on a television. The suit itself apparently was reused in another TV series, Tracker, a few years later, but I've never watched it myself so can't be sure.

The very first episode, 'F/X: The Illusion' starts off with a sequence parodying the Alien films, its xenomorph pastiche having multiple limbs and red bulbous eyes; in the style of the actual Alien films, the suit is mostly seen in extreme close-up or as a silhouette in long shots.

The episode 'Double Image' starts off with a filming sequence parodying such shows as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys with an actor in an ogre bodysuit, the prosthetic mask fitted with a jutting jaw, tusks and horns.

The second season continued the trend of parodic TV segments, with the episode 'Standoff' possibly parodying Ghostbusters as a demon-like monster is blasted with lasers by a pair of weirdos dressed in silver.

Another grotesque demon appears in a segment that is once again a parody of 90s fantasy shows, this one aimed at Xena: Warrior Princess, and the demon's design feeling like a homage to Rob Bottin's work on Ridley Scott's Legend.