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** ''Film/BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice'' -- TheSequel

* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' and ''Film/BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice'' are screwball comedies about ghosts and the afterlife.

* ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'' is framed as an AffectionateParody of cheap indie horror games reliant on {{Jump Scare}}s, with a CuteGhostGirl host and "scares" [[DefangedHorrors in the form of goofy haunted house-style wooden pop-outs]]... then quickly develops with ''actual'' scares of its own once it becomes clear that not all the presented threats are harmless, including a menagerie of monsters with graphic death scenes. Even past that point, however, there's still a mix of lightheartedness and deliberate absurdity to keep it from becoming a full-blown horror game, largely thanks to [[CuteGhostGirl Spooky herself]] being a mix of [[LaughablyEvil adorably snarky and genuinely unsettling]].

** ''Film/HotFuzz''. It's a comedy, but most of the film is an homage to slasher flicks and there are some bona fide [[{{Squick}} gory]] bits in there. It's something of a three-way hybrid, among a Badass Cop movie, Comedy and Slasher. The slasher elements also segue into TownWithADarkSecret. The climax reveal [[spoiler: that most of the town is in on the killings, and all victims were killed because they hurt the town's chances to win a ''[[TownContestEpisode best village contest]]'']] is equal parts terrifying and ridiculous.

* ''VideoGame/GreyhillIncident''

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' is mostly a slapstick comedy cartoon with some added supernatural creepiness.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. Though for a (mostly) comedic kids' show, it can get pretty damn terrifying. Appearances with the main characters are comedy dominant, [[KnightOfCerebus though appearances with Bill Cipher are horror dominant.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' began as a dark comedy, before transitioning into absurdist comedy with some horror elements has the series went on.

* ''Film/YoureNext''. It's a {{Deconstruction}} of many horror tropes, especially the FinalGirl, that happens to be thick with BlackComedy, yet it plays the horror aspects much more straight.

* Music/InsaneClownPosse

* ''Now Eat'': A no-budget DirectToVideo movie made by the rapper Music/BrothaLynchHung.

* ''[[Music/BrothaLynchHung Now Eat]]''

* Music/{{Eminem}}:
** ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP''
** ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP''
** ''Music/{{Relapse}}''

** 1992: ''Music/CarnivalOfCarnage''
** 1993: ''Music/BeverlyKills50187''
** 1997: ''Music/TheGreatMilenko''
** 2002: ''Music/{{The Wraith Shangri-La}}''

* The music of the Music/InsaneClownPosse can at times get downright chilling in its depiction of various horrors. Other times, however, their MonsterClown personas are PlayedForLaughs in songs filled with BloodyHilarious violence.
* Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' and ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'' contain strong horror elements, but they're cartoonish, filled with outrageous rhyme schemes, [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood over-the-top tales of woe]] and ludicrous, [[AntiRoleModel uncool]] violence. If you're genuinely scared by "My Name Is" or "Kill You", you're [[TheNewRockAndRoll probably a parent or a senator]]. The comedy gets ''pitch dark'' for his MuseAbuse AntiLoveSong "Kim", but it still features good jokes. His 2009 {{Horrorcore}} ConceptAlbum ''Relapse'' is a lot darker, using Slim to [[AllegoricalCharacter symbolise]] Eminem's drug addiction and our ghoulish relationship with the famous in a way that edges into TearJerker, but is still tongue-in-cheek more than it aims to be scary. Eminem has said that if you can listen to his songs and not laugh at them (even the seemingly serious ones), you don't understand what his music is about.

* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', both the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} original film]] and the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}} reboot]] ([[Film/GhostbustersII the]] [[Film/GhostbustersAfterlife sequels]] are much more comedic). The ghosts are portrayed seriously and often have quite menacing appearances, with the original in particular based on Creator/DanAykroyd's actual research into the paranormal. The human characters, however, are all PlayedForLaughs. According to the DVDCommentary for the first film, Ivan Reitman said they knew they got the film right and it would be a smash hit when the audience was laughing and screaming at the same time during the librarian JumpScare.

* ''Film/TooManyCooks'' is, at its core, a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] OverlyLongGag, but as more [[SurrealHorror unsettling and mind-screwy elements]] are [[DisguisedHorrorStory thrown in,]] the question of "when will it end?" becomes a much more urgent one. And yet, the whole time, it's still pretty easy to laugh, given the sheer ridiculousness.

* ''Podcast/LessIsMorgue''. This show has an overall light-hearted and silly tone, despite its main characters being a [[ToServeMan flesh-eating ghoul]] and a [[SillySpook peppy dead person]], who regularly encounter monsters, [[AxCrazy murderous maniacs]], and [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations.]]

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'':
** ''[=FNaF=] 1'' and ''2'' are very much horror games, but they also have a good few BlackComedy and funny moments, from Phone Guy stumbling to [[BlatantLies convince you that the animatronics are harmless]] to booping Freddy's nose. The absurdity of being hunted by fuzzy animal mascots also lends itself well to comedy, with players often giving them their [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation own interpretations]] of the animatronics' characters. Popular interpretations include Chica being a BigEater, and Freddy being SuperGullible for believing your disguise ''of himself'' in [=FNaF=] 2.
** ''[=FNaF 3=]'' tones up the horror factor considerably, placing the player AloneWithThePsycho behind the franchise's murder spree, but the comedy remains intact if not amped up a bit, with a new Phone Dude who's just a ''little'' too gung-ho about building an animatronic horror attraction, and the inherent goofiness of Springtrap's ArtificialStupidity forcing him to chase childlike noises.
** ''[=FNaF 4=]'' is [[AvertedTrope pure horror]], plain and simple. The animatronics are a mishmash of wires, dirty torn fabric and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, gone are the phone calls, you have to listen very closely at all times to have any idea where the animatronics are, and even the minigames between each night tell a horrifyingly tragic story. The only moments of (debatable) levity are [[ItMakesSenseInContext Nightmare Foxy becoming a Foxy plushie when you close the closet door]], Nightmare Chica sending in the Cupcake to attack you if you don't check the doors often enough, and Plushtrap being maybe a little goofy.
** ''[=FNaF World=]'' is [[LighterAndSofter Lighter, Softer,]] DenserAndWackier than the rest of the franchise, but there are still strong undertones of a horror story underneath. Once you start peeling back the layers, it almost 180s to pure horror... but it's still a cutesy monster-collecting RPG after all.

* ''VideoGame/KillerFrequency'': Officially described as a horror-comedy by the developers, this game's tone is an ode to not only horror films of the 1980s, but [[AffectionateParody its affectionate parodies]] like the Film/{{Scream}} film series. The serial killer plot involving the Whistling Man is consistently taken very seriously, but some of the scenarios, avoidable deaths, and lively personalities of the callers range from cheeky running gags to GallowsHumor. The player can allow the game's protagonist, Forrest Nash, to engage in {{Bond One Liner}}s if they fail to save one of their callers.

%%* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion '' (ZCE- how does it fit the trope?)

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' is a [[spoiler:DisguisedHorrorStory version of one. The game's first act is very lighthearted and practically a SliceOfLife RomanticComedy features the four main girls and the protagonist's enjoying their lives with lots of lighthearted comedy. Sure, there's some cracks like the MoodWhiplash of Sayori's chronic depression and Yuri cutting herself, but it's still relatively heartfelt... until Sayori [[DrivenToSuicide kills herself]] due to MindRape PsychicAssistedSuicide from the BigBad, Monika. Things get ''really'' OffTheRails as a result as Monika becomes an outright malicious force and the setting devolves into PsychologicalHorror, [[JumpScare Jump Scares]], Yuri going full {{Yandere}} and the setting turning out to be a digital CosmicHorrorStory... while much of the nightmarish descent is regularly broken up into various moments of {{Bathos}} to offset the attention, such as Monika hacking in her own version of the poem minigame and the silliness of Act 1 being a fitting MoodWhiplash device for the far darker later acts.]]

* ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'': Likely intended to be in the middle, but the backstory surrounding the series creation (as well as what the [[ThoseWackyNazis creator herself became as person]]) and the [[RapeAsDrama overarching plot of the series]] make it lean more towards horror.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Hellaverse}}''

* ''Webcomic/ADayInTheAfterlife'', mostly comedic but since it starts the cannibalistic SerialKiller overlord Alastor from ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and set in {{Hell}} it's definitely terrifying.

* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] There is some degree of humor and jokes, but for the most part the creepy atmosphere is played straight.

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''

* ''Film/DeadtimeStories''