Horror Comedies

Critters
Tucker & dale vs. evil
Its been a few decades, but does gremlins count as horror?

Ummm Scary Movie 1 ??? The others were pretty shitty but the first one was by far one of the funniest comedies I have ever watched. How the hell did this get this far without even a mention??

Mahes_sl said:

Ummm Scary Movie 1 ??? The others were pretty shitty but the first one was by far one of the funniest comedies I have ever watched. How the hell did this get this far without even a mention??

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That's a spoof. Its not really the genre that's being discussed.

Famm_sl said:

That's a spoof. Its not really the genre that's being discussed.

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ehhhh.
So is Tucker and dale. Arguably so is Cabin in the Woods.

line gets blurred at times. Been too long since I seen that one to really say where it lands.

Sceleris_sl said:

Critters
Tucker & dale vs. evil
Its been a few decades, but does gremlins count as horror?

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Gremlins is dark as hell. So yeah. definitely counts.

Caliane_sl said:

ehhhh.
So is Tucker and dale. Arguably so is Cabin in the Woods.

line gets blurred at times. Been too long since I seen that one to really say where it lands.

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Its like Airplane or Naked Gun. I agree the line is a bit blurry but Scary Movie is well over the spoof line into full blown parody. Would be like lumping Naked Gun in with Lethal Weapon or lumping Hot Shots in with MASH and Stripes.

All of you forgot aboutArmy of Darkness... what the hell!

There was this movie with a bunch of comedians playing straight and serious- they where in a office/secret HQ type thing and they where all secret agents that where told to kill each other- had some twist- was fun though- so I guess it was a survival horror type thing.. forgot what it was called but it had the bald guy from daily show in it.

The Stuff
Toxic Avenger

watching creepshow2 atm on netflix.

Which brings up a whole set of anthologies.
Tales from the crypt, creepshow, tales from the hood, twilight zone movie. and more I am totally forgetting.


obviously horror comedy is broad at times. Gremlins, army of darkness. probably can even call Trollhunter. which is fantastic. It hugs the line of dark fantasy, ala pans labyrinth, dont be afraid of the dark etc. but also comedy.



xadion, google says that is operation:endgame.

Caliane_sl said:

watching creepshow2 atm on netflix.

Which brings up a whole set of anthologies.
Tales from the crypt, creepshow, tales from the hood, twilight zone movie. and more I am totally forgetting.


obviously horror comedy is broad at times. Gremlins, army of darkness. probably can even call Trollhunter. which is fantastic. It hugs the line of dark fantasy, ala pans labyrinth, dont be afraid of the dark etc. but also comedy.



xadion, google says that is operation:endgame.

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Yup, that's it! I don't know if its horror- but it has some survival terror elements here and there...and I guess the humor is just that almost all the actors are comedians yet its not...directly funny? but it was a good show and worth blowing some time for if you enjoy that kinda thing.

xadion_sl said:

Yup, that's it! I don't know if its horror- but it has some survival terror elements here and there...and I guess the humor is just that almost all the actors are comedians yet its not...directly funny? but it was a good show and worth blowing some time for if you enjoy that kinda thing.

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It was neither a horror nor a comedy. Just a weirdly cast straight movie. Might as well name a random James Bond movie or something.

Still though,weird fuckin' cast. Zach Galifianakis as the retired agent maintenance man creeper guy especially.

i think cabin in the woods definately counts. it's very tongue in cheek, but there's definately a good chunk of horror to it. if shaun of the dead is going to count then cabin in the woods does as well. Tucker and Dale vs Evil... i'm on the fence about it... it's horror, but only from one perspective. the problem is that they show you both perspectives which nullifies the horror side of things. i'd argue that it counts, but i wouldn't argue very strongly.

movies that i don't think count as "horror comedy" are movies like ghoulies and maximum overdrive. Just because people spend an entire viewing of "the room" laughing doesn't make it a comedy. laughably bad is different than comedy.

I watchedThe Cabin in the Woodslast night and definitely found it to be more of a fantasy/comedy than a horror.

Slither was also fairly funny.

The Frighteners, and the Scream series, esp #3.

Just to nitpick some points made so far, specifically joot's post:

I'd say something like Tucker & Dale is a straight up Horror Comedy. Whichever way you look it's either a comedy horror movie or a horror comedy movie, but either way it's as pure as this genre can get. It's a movie squarely planted in the middle.

Cabin in the Woods on the other hand I would call a funny deconstruction of horror, not strictly "horror comedy". It's a horror movie that is funny, but not a horror comedy.

This thread throws a very wide net that is basically "horror movies that are funny" and both movies fit in there, but to me they are pretty clearly different types of movies.

Little Shop of Horrors?

What of the old Critters movies? I always found them more funny than scary. I saw the Gremlins as Comedy horror and Critters as horror comedy.

Trollhunter is most definitely a horror comedy. Lead actor is one of the biggest satirical comedy stars in Norway, old school guy. However, I think quite a few of the comedic references in the movie are impossible to see unless you are from Norway. I laughed a lot when I saw it.