"Murder by Death,” e.g. (5)

I believe the answer is:

spoof

(Other definitions for spoof that I've seen before include "Parody - prank" , "Parody - hoax" , "Take-off" , "Parody - hoaxing game" , "Send-up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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