The parody movie of the guy playing badminton with Death? It was called The Dove. More can be found at: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheDove
Back in the ’70s, I saw a half-hour-length parody, complete with pseudo-Swedish subtitles, of The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman. And in the parody, the protagonist plays badminton with Death. So indeed, why not croquet?
The parody movie of the guy playing badminton with Death? It was called The Dove. More can be found at: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheDove