Comedy Horror...

Basq wrote: »

Shaun Of The Dead
Braindead (or Dead Alive)
Housebound

.. to name just three!

Sad Professor wrote: »

List threads are against charter, folks. I'm going to leave this be for the time being, but please explain your choices so we can get a bit of discussion going.

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I watched Krampus recently. Thought it was pretty enjoyable, something along the same lines as Gremlins.

I thought Drag Me to Hell was quite funny but probably not as intentionally as turns out.

Trollhunter is good too, not hilarious or anything but the humour translates well considering it's subtitled.

kunst nugget wrote: »

Evil Dead 2 is top of the pile for me. Physical comedy that is on a par with the likes of Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton (the possessed hand beating up Ash a particular highlight) mixed with genuine moments of dread and anguish. I must have seen the film over 30 times at this stage and no every piece of dialogue off by heart. An absolute classic.

conorhal wrote: »

It's my guilty pleasure genre, mostly because it's a genre that produces a whole heap of crap that really shouldn't be as entertaining as they are, cult classics like Killer Klowns are actually dreadful as are most of the Troma movies I quite like such as Poultrygeist or Tromeo and Juliet.
The reality is that it's a tightrope genre that takes a heck of a lot of skill to get right without tipping into pulpy silliness.
When they hit the mark however they can be endlessly enjoyable. 'Tremors' is pure genius and Sam Raimi is master of the more slapstick end of the genre but for a more subtle take you could try Behind the Mask: The rise of Vernon Leslie, a dry sardonic look at a serial killer in training who wants to be the nest Jason Voorhees. John Landis hit things note perfect with American Werewolf in London and the lesser apreciated Innocent Blood, but if it's the pulpier end of the genre that appeals to you, you might want to give Zombeavers or Wolfcop a go...

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Hausu (House) is the Great Masterwork of comedy horror cinema. A film that makes the Evil Dead series look positively restrained, Nobuhiko Obayash's film is an acid enhanced fever dream. Shot like a candy advertisement or JPop video, the sugary visuals make the descent into comedic nightmare a joy to experience. It can and does go anywhere in terms of jokes and light scares, from some legitimately creepy images to the most surreal punchlines (one involving a lot of bananas stands out). Nonsensical and yet oddly coherent, Hausu is the film Hollywood would only make if every studio executive suddenly became an anarchist after consuming some particularly potent mushrooms. It's ****ing great.