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| 11 | ->''"I'm a student of both horror and comedy because they're different sides of the same coin: Both are about using emotion to provoke an instinctual, physical response, and if you're lucky, spontaneous evacuation of bodily waste products."'' |
| 12 | -->-- '''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]''', ''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Extra Punctuation]]'' |
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| 14 | When people think of {{Comedy}}, they rarely associate it with {{Horror}} and vice versa. However, both make great partners in crime together. And thinking about it, it really makes quite a lot of sense. Both genres are, at their cores, all about continually building up tension and then releasing it in one sudden burst. If they aren't [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crossing The Line Twice]], they're bringing about a SugarApocalypse and [[RunForTheBorder escaping]] to [[RefugeInAudacity Auda City]]. The reason they work so well together is that viewers need "breathers" between nonstop screaming or nonstop laughing, and one can easily segue into the other. |
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| 16 | For purposes of this trope, we'll divide Horror and Comedy hybrids into three categories, Horror dominant, Comedy dominant, and balanced. |
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| 18 | '''Horror dominant''' works will use comedy as a mood lightener or "breather" from the tension or gore. Characters will crack wise while they're in a safe spot, and have the monster use a BarrierBustingBlow just as they relax. The benefit of this is that just as viewers relax along with the characters, tension is restored along with the scare. Other ways to use comedy in a horror movie is to treat viewers to some funny situational irony the characters can appreciate on an intellectual level while cursing on an "I'm gonna die now" level. The benefit here is that momentum is maintained throughout the scene. |
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| 20 | '''Comedy dominant''' works have more leeway here. They may be a straight up comedy or parody set in a typical horror setting or premise, or use BlackComedy along with splatter horror to maximum effect. Comedy dominant works often [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] horror tropes for laughs, other times playing them hilariously straight as an AffectionateParody (with perhaps a LampshadeHanging). |
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| 22 | A '''[[LightmareFuel balanced]]''' work is perhaps the most subjective to qualify, because while it has equal amounts of horror and comedy, the viewer may be so sensitive to horror it seems scarier, or so ''de''sensitized to horror it seems funnier. |
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| 24 | Of course, these works have one big problem they have to fight: avoiding [[JumpTheShark jumping the shark]] due to MoodWhiplash. Avoiding this requires that the comedy or horror not break the feel of the established setting. Slapstick in the middle of suspenseful horror, or remorselessly and humorlessly killing a character in a comedy would do this. However, [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarking]] and RasputinianDeath respectively would not. |
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| 26 | See also {{Narm}} and NightmareRetardant, where something that's supposed to be horrible turns out to be funny, and AccidentalNightmareFuel, where something that might have been intended to be funny is instead unsettling. Both of them are results of something landing on the wrong side of the scale. See also LightmareFuel, where a perfect balance is actually reached between the two. |
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| 28 | Compare the FirstLawOfTragicomedies. |
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| 30 | !!Some works that mix comedy and horror include: |
| 31 | [[index]] |
| 32 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 35 | * Any commercial featuring Advertising/TheBurgerKing. |
| 36 | * Advertising/WilkinsCoffee commercials are comedy dominant, featuring the puppet Wilkins killing the puppet Wontkins for disliking the coffee in increasingly brutally horrific and absurd ways with DissonantSerenity. |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Alternate Reality Games]] |
| 40 | * ''ARG/OmegaMart'' is a surrealist satire of a grocery store that has its fair share of both SurrealHumor and SurrealHorror elements to it since the products are more often than not weird yet benign parodies of real products, while also having enough creepy stuff both on the shelves and behind the scenes to feel like something's ''just'' off enough for normal people to notice. |
| 41 | [[/folder]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 44 | * ''Manga/DororonEnmaKun'' |
| 45 | * ''Manga/DuskMaidenOfAmnesia'': Bounces back and forth. |
| 46 | * ''Anime/GhastlyPrinceEnmaBurningUp'' |
| 47 | * ''Anime/GhostStories'', at least the GagDub version. |
| 48 | * ''Manga/GhostlyThings'' is a slice-of-life-esque comedy with a girl living in a {{Youkai}}-haunted mansion. |
| 49 | * ''Manga/FinalGirl2019'', a one-shot {{Parody}} of {{Slasher Movie}}s. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/FrankenFran'' has genuinely terrifying BodyHorror and {{Gorn}}, but largely uses those elements for satire or BlackComedy. |
| 51 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is primarily horror dominant in the earlier parts, but finds a balance between comedy and horror somewhere around the third part, and sticks with it. Each subplot can lean in either direction or MoodWhiplash between the two with little warning. The main exceptions are the final fights of each arc, which are rather universally action dominated. |
| 52 | * ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' |
| 53 | * ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' |
| 54 | * ''Manga/LevelE'' |
| 55 | * ''Manga/LycheeLightClub'' |
| 56 | * ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' combines both elements of SurrealHorror with elements of BlackComedy. |
| 57 | * ''Manga/SoulEater'': It starts out fairly light and FanService filled, but gets darker and darker as the story goes on. Despite that, it never gets really gory aside from [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank blood]] and even the more serious villains have occasional moments of levity. |
| 58 | * ''Manga/{{Tomie}}'' is horror dominant. The titular VillainProtagonist is essentially a HumanoidAbomination version of a bratty AlphaBitch and the comic gets a fair amount of comedic mileage out of her, but her actions are portrayed as seriously vicious and horrifying. |
| 59 | * ''Manga/TheUnpopularMangakaAndTheHelpfulOnryoSan'' |
| 60 | * ''Manga/TheVoynichHotel'' has all sorts of unsavoury characters, from demons, witches, and criminals (ranging from: Yakuza, present and past; assassins; and serial killers), and quite a lot of weird natural occurrences on the island to boot, but things are consistently light and funny. [[NightmareFuel Most of]] [[TearJerker the time.]] |
| 61 | * ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'' |
| 62 | * ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'' does play zombie attacks for horror, but it still mines a lot of BlackComedy out of how the main characters are actually enjoying themselves during the ZombieApocalypse; despite how zombies are overrunning Japan, this frees them from slaving away at their miserable former jobs and allows them to [[LivingIsMoreThanSurviving live life to the fullest]]. |
| 63 | * ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'', after [[FirstEpisodeTwist setting itself up]] to be a normal SchoolgirlSeries during the cold open, then reveals itself to be a zombie SurvivalHorror work... for about seven minutes. At which point, the person who brought the main character and the other zombies back to life tells our heroine that they're slated to become [[IdolSinger idol singers]], and the whole thing becomes wackier from there. Early episodes play heavily with horror imagery, while later ones often restrict themselves to using the main characters' undead nature as an excuse for slapstick instead. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/{{Horndog}}'', a underground comic book by Creator/IsaacBaranoff that includes both straight horror and comedy segments. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' alternates between playing its use of {{Gorn}} and Johny's insanity for laughs and horror at a frequent pace. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/MortTheDeadTeenager'' |
| 70 | * ''ComicBook/MrCrypt'' leans heavily on the comedy side, involving a [[DemBones sentient skeleton]] dealing with angry villagers, vampires and other hilarity. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/RedXmas'' |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/WeKillMonsters'' |
| 73 | [[/folder]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 76 | * ''ComicStrip/ScaryGary'' |
| 77 | [[/folder]] |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 80 | * ''WesternAnimation/AnaAndBruno'' is primarily a ''really'' dark PsychologicalHorror with a few sprinkles of humor every so often. |
| 81 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' revolves around WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit playing werewolf movie tropes for kid-friendly laughs. The filmmakers billed it as the first "vegetarian horror movie". |
| 82 | * ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' |
| 83 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' |
| 84 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' |
| 85 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTransformania'' |
| 86 | * ''WesternAnimation/ItsSuchABeautifulDay'' not quite a horror comedy but rather a {{dramedy}}. However, it still has really intense moments. |
| 87 | * ''WesternAnimation/MickeysHouseOfVillains'' leans extremely heavily on the comedy side. The shorts however are balanced. |
| 88 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'' is more lighthearted with its cast of three kids and climactic final showdown with the bumbling Chowder using an excavator to fight the house. That being said the children are always in extreme danger and the vengeful ghost of Constance Nebbercracker is trying to kill the main trio and anyone who gets too close to the house. |
| 89 | * For the most part, ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' is a wacky horror comedy about a psychic kid and his companions trying to defend their town from zombies, unleashed by a centuries' old witch's curse. Things take on a more serious tone in the final act, due to the revelation the witch [[spoiler:was an innocent little girl with psychic abilities, executed for 'witchcraft' by the superstitious town]]. There are still moments of humour in the ending, though. |
| 90 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Pastacolypse}}'' involves a human chef that gets turned into a man-pasta hybrid and creates many pasta monsters in retaliation over a worldwide ban on gluten. Many of the bloody and horrific deaths that happen in the film, alongside its general premise of a man who suffers a gruesome accident becoming hellbent on violent world domination, are played for BlackComedy. |
| 91 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'' plays up the horror elements more [[DarkerAndEdgier compared to most entries]], given that the monsters are [[RealAfterAll actually real]] (which is PlayedForHorror, with monster encounters and chase scenes being more intense than usual), Mystery Inc are in genuine mortal danger and the villains aren't just thieves or conmen but full-blown serial killers. There's still plenty of comedy too, as well as some moments of BlackComedy. |
| 92 | * ''WesternAnimation/WendellAndWild'' entails a delinquent schoolgirl accidentally summoning the two eponymous demons, who are so ineffectual that her reanimated parents find them less scary than she was when she was ''three''. The demons in turn want help to build [[HellOfATime their amusement park in Hell]]. |
| 93 | [[/folder]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 96 | * ''Film/TwelveHourShift'' has OrganTheft, but PlayedForLaughs thanks to ComedicSociopathy. |
| 97 | * ''Film/ThirteenSins'' has the hapless protagonist committing more and more horrific crimes for the accumulating prize money. |
| 98 | * ''Film/OneHundredBloodyAcres'' |
| 99 | * ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', the definitive parody of vintage Franchise/UniversalHorror. While Creator/AbbottAndCostello generate their share of wisecracks, {{slapstick}}, and LargeHam, the Universal Horror monsters are real and played just as straight as in their own movies. The result is unmistakably a comedy but with several genuinely scary moments. The duo starred in a number of other films of this type, including ''Film/HoldThatGhost''; ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheKillerBorisKarloff''; ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheInvisibleMan''; ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetDrJekyllAndMrHyde''; and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy''. |
| 100 | * ''Film/TheABCsOfDeath'' |
| 101 | * ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' |
| 102 | * ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' has quite a bit of comedy in it but also has one of the most [[PainfulTransformation horrific transformation sequences]] ever put to film and the comedy drops when the titular werewolf shows up. |
| 103 | * ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' is a zombie ''[[TheMusical musical]]'', played for all the {{camp}} one can imagine, complete with zombies that are MadeOfPlasticine so that the protagonists can [[BloodyHilarious pulp them]] more easily in between and during their musical numbers. |
| 104 | * ''Film/{{Arachnophobia}}'' has several comedic bits, mostly involving the EccentricExterminator played by John Goodman. The PrimalFear of the spider threat is played very seriously all throughout the movie however. |
| 105 | * ''Film/ArmyOfFrankensteins'' |
| 106 | * ''Film/ArsenicAndOldLace'' |
| 107 | * ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerDonuts'' |
| 108 | * ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'' is nearly pure comedy; the only real "horror" aspects it has are those that are ''unavoidable'' when you decide to parody the B-movie horror genre. |
| 109 | * ''Film/AvasPossessions'' |
| 110 | * ''Film/AxeMurderingWithHackley'' |
| 111 | * ''Film/TheBabysitter2017'' is very firmly on the comedy end of the scale, with the gore being mostly PlayedForLaughs. |
| 112 | * ''Film/TheBabysitterKillerQueen'' is even funnier but also gorier than the first one. |
| 113 | * ''Film/BadTaste'' |
| 114 | * ''Film/TheBananaSplitsMovie'' makes good use of BodyHorror, but it balances this with BlackComedy. |
| 115 | * ''Film/{{Barbarian}}'' starts as a fairly creepy PsychologicalHorror film but after the introduction of AJ Gilbride the movie quickly becomes very comedic. |
| 116 | * ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' is a screwball comedy about ghosts and the afterlife. |
| 117 | ** ''Film/BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice'' -- The Sequel |
| 118 | * ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon'' starts out closer to the middle, as a parody of the slasher genre, but very quickly becomes a straight SlasherMovie at the end. |
| 119 | * ''Film/BigAssSpider'' |
| 120 | * ''Film/BigBadWolf'' |
| 121 | * ''Film/BigTitsZombie'', a J-horror flick that slides much more towards the SexComedy genre. |
| 122 | * ''Film/BillyClub2013'': The movie as billed as a horror comedy, but seems to be pure horror. |
| 123 | * ''Film/BioZombie'' |
| 124 | * ''Film/TheBlackening'' |
| 125 | * ''Film/BlackFriday2021'' |
| 126 | * ''Film/BlackSheep2007'' by its premise alone, but almost all of the plot plays for jokes and laughs. Could you even imagine a flock of blood-thirsty sheep as anything else? |
| 127 | * ''Film/BloodAndDonuts'' |
| 128 | * ''Film/BloodDripsHeavilyOnNewsiesSquare'' |
| 129 | * ''Film/BloodFest'' |
| 130 | * ''Film/BloodJunkie'' |
| 131 | * ''Film/BloodsuckersFromOuterSpace'' |
| 132 | * ''Film/BloodyBloodyBibleCamp'' |
| 133 | * ''Film/BloodyMallory'' |
| 134 | * ''Film/TheBloodyVideoHorrorThatMadeMePukeOnMyAuntGertrude'' |
| 135 | * ''Film/BoyEatsGirl'' |
| 136 | * ''Film/BoysFromCountyHell'' |
| 137 | * ''Film/TheBoyWhoCriedWerewolf'' |
| 138 | * ''Film/{{Braindead}}'', also known as ''Dead Alive''. The movie is extremely gory and violent to the point of holding the record for the most fake blood ever spilled in the making of a movie. However said violence is so intentionally over the top and absurd that it becomes hilarious. |
| 139 | * ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' |
| 140 | * ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' |
| 141 | * ''Film/BubbaTheRedneckWerewolf'' |
| 142 | * ''Film/ABucketOfBlood'' |
| 143 | * The original ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie. |
| 144 | * ''Film/ButtBoy'' |
| 145 | * ''Film/TheBurbs'' |
| 146 | * ''Film/CabinByTheLake'': The sequel moreso than the first. The VillainProtagonist is a SerialKiller who is also a horror movie writer. There are therefore several self-referential elements than can be taken as parody. The bad guy is still an utter monster, though. |
| 147 | * ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods''. Despite being a DeconstructiveParody the horror tropes are played very straight in terms of tone; the parody is derived from austere deconstruction without heading into outright comedy. The humorous parts that it does have are mostly derived from the self-reflective aspects of the movie on the horror genre, mostly embodied in the manipulative Controllers. |
| 148 | * ''Film/CarnageForTheDestroyer'' |
| 149 | * ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'', being a ''Film/CarryOn'' film, relies on comedy with a variety of horror movie {{Shout Out}}s. Despite this, it still earned an entry on the ''The 100 Greatest Scary Moments'' list. |
| 150 | * ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' has been all over the map with this. The first few films were mostly straight horror flicks, albeit with a killer with more personality than the usual masked madman, much like the below-mentioned ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series. ''Film/BrideOfChucky'' and ''Film/SeedOfChucky'', however, were comedy-dominant, while ''Film/CurseOfChucky'' returned to a horror focus. |
| 151 | * ''Film/CannibalGirls'' |
| 152 | * ''Film/CemeteryMan'' |
| 153 | * ''Film/ChoppingMall'' |
| 154 | * ''Film/ChildrenShouldntPlayWithDeadThings'' |
| 155 | * ''Film/AChineseGhostStory'' has some suspenseful and terrifying moments, and some legitimately hilarious ones. |
| 156 | * ''Class Of Nuke 'Em High'' was the darkest of the movies, but the next two were more comedic. |
| 157 | ** ''Film/ClassOfNukeEmHighPartIISubhumanoidMeltdown'' |
| 158 | ** ''Film/ClassOfNukeEmHighPartIIITheGoodTheBadAndTheSubhumanoid'' |
| 159 | * ''Film/Claw2021'' |
| 160 | * ''Film/ClubDread'', Creator/BrokenLizard's parody of slasher movies by way of Music/JimmyBuffett. |
| 161 | * ''Film/CocaineBear'': Comedy dominant, but with plenty of man against nature horror in the vein of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. |
| 162 | * ''Film/ColonelKillMotherfuckers'' |
| 163 | * ''Film/TheColumnist'' |
| 164 | * ''Film/ComeToDaddy'': Rife with BlackComedy from start to finish. |
| 165 | * ''Film/TheComedyOfTerrors'' is a slapstick comedy about two morticians (played by Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/PeterLorre) orchestrating deaths in their town to keep their business running. |
| 166 | * ''Film/{{Cooties}}'' |
| 167 | * ''Film/TheCottage'' |
| 168 | * ''Film/TheCreeps'': The movie can be considered this, as the monsters in the movie are [[FunSize three feet tall]] because the procedure to bring them to life was incomplete. |
| 169 | * ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', with its intentional pulp-comic style (a GenreThrowback to the Creator/ECComics of the '50s), has many comedic moments, but also manages to have some good horror. The scariest person in the film is played by Creator/LeslieNielsen, who manages to be both funny and scary at the same time. |
| 170 | * ''Film/{{Cryptz}}'' |
| 171 | * ''Film/DanceOfTheDead'' |
| 172 | * ''Film/DarbyAndTheDead'' |
| 173 | * ''Film/DarkShadows'' |
| 174 | * ''Film/DaveMadeAMaze'' |
| 175 | * ''Film/TheDayOfTheBeast'' |
| 176 | * ''Film/DayShift'' |
| 177 | * ''Film/DeadAndDeader'' |
| 178 | * ''Film/DeadBeforeDawn'' |
| 179 | * ''Film/TheDeadDontDie'' |
| 180 | * ''Film/DeadHeat'' |
| 181 | * ''Film/TheDeadNextDoor'' |
| 182 | * ''Film/DeadSnow'': The first film relies more on traditional horror elements. While [[Film/DeadSnowRedVsDead the sequel]] cranks up the black comedy significantly. |
| 183 | * ''Film/{{Deadtime Stories|1986}}'' |
| 184 | * ''Film/DeathProof'' |
| 185 | * ''Film/DieYouZombieBastards'' |
| 186 | * ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'': The film is essentially the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse’s first true horror film. Featuring plenty of brutal deaths, terrifying imagery and a tense atmosphere. However, the MCU’s penchant for humorous quips combined with director Creator/SamRaimi’s own style of campy, over-the-top, horror make for a macabre superhero experience that will make you scream and laugh at the same time. |
| 187 | * ''Film/DoctorX'' |
| 188 | * ''Film/DollFactory'' seems to fall mostly on the humourous side. |
| 189 | * ''Film/DontKillIt'' |
| 190 | * ''Film/DrGiggles'' has a villain who is very cartoony and unleashes a HurricaneOfPuns whenever he makes a kill. Despite that, it's a straightforward slasher film. |
| 191 | * ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'' |
| 192 | * ''Film/DragMeToHell'' is a truly scary film, but coming from Creator/SamRaimi, it manages to also be hilarious at times (sometimes at the same time even). |
| 193 | * ''Film/EightLeggedFreaks'', an AffectionateParody of and GenreThrowback to the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant insect movies]] of TheFifties. |
| 194 | * ''Film/ElvirasHauntedHills'' |
| 195 | * ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark1988'' |
| 196 | * ''Film/TheEnchantress'' is the UrExample to ''Film/AChineseGhostStory'' above, made 4 years earlier. Also contains quite a bit of comedic moments in between the haunting stuff. |
| 197 | * ''Film/{{Errementari}}'', in particular almost everything that has to do with ButtMonkey Sartael and its depiction of Hell, very much in the line of ''Film/LittleNicky''. [[MoodWhiplash Other parts aren't funny or easy to watch]]. |
| 198 | * ''Film/EvilBong'' is advertised as a "horror/comedy", but is predominately comedy. The sequel, ''Evil Bong 2: King Bong'', isn't even a horror movie, but a combination of fantasy/adventure and stoner comedy. |
| 199 | * ''Franchise/EvilDead'': While [[Film/TheEvilDead1981 the first film]] plays the horror completely straight... |
| 200 | ** ''Film/EvilDead2'' begins the franchise's slow slide into comedy. The horror here is at the forefront, with a few darkly humorous flourishes thrown in, such as the slapstick scene of Ash fighting his possessed hand and the scene of Ash going LaughingMad. |
| 201 | ** ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' continues the trend of ''Evil Dead 2'' by sliding further into comedy. There are still horror elements, but Ash has become a wise-cracking smartass, and the emphasis has shifted toward a comedic, action-adventure tone. |
| 202 | * ''Film/Excision2012'' |
| 203 | * ''Film/ExtraOrdinary2019'': A film about a psychic and he friends trying to save a teenage girl from being sacrificed by a satanic Creator/WillForte. |
| 204 | * ''Film/FearInc'' |
| 205 | * ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers'' |
| 206 | * ''Film/FeedingFrenzy'': A horror film by the internet comedy crew of WebVideo/RedLetterMedia, the film is mostly a black comedy with lots of NoBudget gore. |
| 207 | * ''Film/{{Fido}}'' is first and foremost a comedic spoof of a ZombieApocalypse genre, in style of ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver''. People still die horrifically and the entire setting might be a CosyCatastrophe, but it's still a post-apocalyptic one. |
| 208 | * ''Film/FinalCut'': It starts off as an embarrassing cheap zombie flick named ''Z'' until the last two thirds of the film explain how this NoBudget horror film came to be. |
| 209 | * ''Film/FinalDestination'': Early movies were mostly horror, but it was so over-the-top that it ended up having the opposite effect. Later ones are ''intentionally'' funny while still keeping tension. |
| 210 | * ''Film/{{Finley}}'' |
| 211 | * ''Film/TheFinalGirls'', being a PG-13 homage to 1980s slasher movies, can't become quite as scary or gory as the genre it is parodying by design, so it instead relies on poking fun of various slasher tropes and the DeliberateValuesDissonance of 2010s teens interacting with 1980s teens. It also spends more time focusing on grief and the sadness of the death of one of the characters than the average slasher movie, making this more of a {{dramedy}} than a pure comedy. |
| 212 | * ''Film/TheFly1986'', being a SciFiHorror story hinging upon a SlowTransformation, is more humor than horror for the first half-hour as it sets up three central characters (Veronica and Stathis are snarkers while Seth is a cute nerd), their LoveTriangle, and Seth's telepod technology. The only gruesome bit is the fate of the first baboon, which is seriously played. After Seth teleports himself and begins to transform, with only the audience initially aware of what is actually happening to him, the mood slowly, significantly darkens. The snark from Veronica and Stathis is replaced by Seth's GallowsHumor once his BodyHorror sets in, and the final 20 minutes are straight-up {{Tragedy}} -- which works as well as it does because the humorous opening stretch gets the audience deeply invested in the characters. Critic Drew [=McWeeny=], in the ''Screen Drafts'' episode covering writer-director Creator/DavidCronenberg's filmography, describes Seth [[CollectorOfTheStrange archiving his molted human body parts in his medicine cabinet]] thusly: |
| 213 | -->''I find the Seth Brundle Museum of Natural History simultaneously the funniest thing in any David Cronenberg film and the saddest thing in any movie ever.'' |
| 214 | * ''[[Film/FrancisTheTalkingMule Francis in the Haunted House]]''. The main character is a [[SapientSteed talking mule]]. You do the maths. |
| 215 | * ''Film/FraternityMassacreAtHellIsland'' |
| 216 | * ''Film/{{Freaky}}'' combines a slasher film with a [[FreakyFridayFlip body swap comedy]], and while being by the same makers of ''Film/HappyDeathDay'', which emphasized the comedy, ends up playing the horror elements much more straight, with gruesome murders compared to the other film's BloodlessCarnage, and a very sinister villain. |
| 217 | * ''Film/FreshMeat'' |
| 218 | * ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' has a few entries landing here: |
| 219 | ** ''Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter'' definitely played up the comedy elements, with the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters first part]] feeling very much like a teen comedy that could easily be called ''National Lampoon's Friday The 13th''. But the deaths are some of the bloodiest in the series, and the ending [[spoiler:when Tommy kills Jason]] is played very seriously (and manages to be genuinely horrifying). This is one of the reasons it remains a fan favorite. |
| 220 | ** ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' is very self-aware of the franchise and has quite a few comedic breaks, but plays many parts much more serious than the rest of the series (especially parts focusing on Tommy), and due to the reduced gore, it relies more on pure suspense (and succeeding). |
| 221 | ** ''Film/JasonX'' took the "Jason [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]-]" angle and ran with it, most notably when Jason is locked in a holodeck simulating Camp Crystal Lake with two counselors who just ''love'' to have premarital sex. |
| 222 | * ''Film/FriendOfTheWorld'' |
| 223 | * ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and its remake ''Film/FrightNight2011'', as well as their respective sequels ''Film/FrightNightPart2'' and ''Film/FrightNight2NewBlood''. |
| 224 | * ''Film/Frightmare1983'' |
| 225 | * ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' gets most of its humor by playing off the interaction of a bunch of hardened gangsters with bloodthirsty vampires. |
| 226 | * ''Film/{{Frostbite}}'' |
| 227 | * ''Film/FrostbiterWrathOfTheWendigo'' |
| 228 | * ''Film/TheFunhouseMassacre'' |
| 229 | * ''Film/GetOut2017'' has a fair share of tongue-in-cheek humour and a comic relief character [[spoiler:(who actually ends up saving the day)]], but the humor is fairly subtle overall. [[Creator/JordanPeele Given the director]], it's surprising the comedy elements aren't played up more. |
| 230 | * ''Film/TheGhostAndMrChicken'' |
| 231 | * ''Film/TheGhostBreakers'' |
| 232 | * ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', both the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 original film]] and the [[Film/Ghostbusters2016 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. |
| 233 | * ''Film/TheGiantClaw'', thanks to the silly Muppet bird! |
| 234 | * ''Film/GingerSnaps'' uses its "lycanthropy/puberty" metaphor as much for laughs as for horror, but when it gets dark, it stays there. |
| 235 | * ''Film/{{Glorious}}'' is a LovecraftLite story where the portal to the eldritch horror is a gas station glory hole. |
| 236 | * ''Film/TheGoreGoreGirls'' |
| 237 | * ''Film/GoryGoryHallelujah'' |
| 238 | * ''Film/{{Grabbers}}'' |
| 239 | * ''Film/GrandmothersFarm'' |
| 240 | ** ''Film/GrandmothersFarm2'' |
| 241 | * ''Film/GreatChoice'' is a ShortFilm with a premise that's equally disturbing and terrifying and hilariously absurd: a woman who finds herself [[GroundhogDayLoop trapped inside an ever-looping Red Lobster commercial]]. |
| 242 | * ''Franchise/{{Gremlins}}'': |
| 243 | ** ''Film/Gremlins1984''. There are some comedic moments scattered throughout, but it mostly plays the premise straight. Notably, this is toned down from the original conceit, which was a lot darker in tone and contained several very gruesome deaths[[note]]For example, Gizmo would turn from cute Mogwai into a vicious Gremlin and Billy's mother is murdered by the Gremlins, who throw her head at Billy down a flight of stairs[[/note]], with the Gremlins being far more violently evil than their 'cause general disruption' attitude in the movie. |
| 244 | ** ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' is far more comedic than the first movie, even opening with a cartoon intro. It's more an AffectionateParody of monster movies, [[SelfParody including of its own predecessor]]. |
| 245 | * ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''. Specifically, ''Planet Terror'' is balanced, while ''Death Proof'' is more serious. The film as a whole (including the trailers) plays the Grindhouse conceit mostly for the camp value while retaining a lot of genuine scares. |
| 246 | * ''Film/HalloweenAtAuntEthels'' |
| 247 | * ''Film/TheHappening'' |
| 248 | * ''Film/HappyDeathDay'' is a slasher film, but most of the deaths are PlayedForLaughs, and the story centers around the comedic journey of the protagonist from the mean girl meant to die ([[GroundhogDayLoop in her case, a lot]]) to the FinalGirl that draws the audience sympathy. (the filmmakers [[http://collider.com/happy-death-day-jason-blum-christopher-b-landon-interview/ stated the movie is]] "horror fun", as the term "horror comedy" apparently is not well liked among producers for being [[ComedyGhetto hard to sell]]) [[Film/HappyDeathDay2U The sequel]], even more so, as the slasher plot is ultimately secondary to a sci-fi one regarding the protagonist being sent to an AlternateTimeline. |
| 249 | * The ''Film/{{Hatchet}}'' series is a GenreThrowback to '80s slashers, turning all of the tropes of the genre up to their logical conclusion and playing many of them for laughs in the process. The actual killer, however, is played completely straight. |
| 250 | * ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', a parody of the first ''Film/ParanormalActivity''. |
| 251 | * ''Film/{{The Haunted Mansion|2003}}'', a 2003 family friendly horror comedy based off the beloved [[Franchise/TheHauntedMansion attraction]] from the Ride/DisneyThemeParks. |
| 252 | ** ''Film/MuppetsHauntedMansion'': A 2021 HalloweenSpecial crossing over the ride with Franchise/TheMuppets. |
| 253 | ** ''Film/{{Haunted Mansion|2023}}'': A 2023 film reboot for the 2003 film. |
| 254 | * ''Film/HauntedWeen'' |
| 255 | * ''Film/{{Hausu}}'' |
| 256 | * ''Film/{{Hellbenders}}'' |
| 257 | * ''Film/HelloMaryLouPromNightII'' takes itself far less seriously than its [[Film/PromNight1980 in-name-only predecessor]], and has a much lighter tone. It could be considered a black comedy, however it also has enough genuine terror to split it about 50/50. |
| 258 | * ''Film/HighwayToHell'' |
| 259 | * ''Film/HillbillysInAHauntedHouse'' |
| 260 | * ''Film/HocusPocus'' |
| 261 | ** ''Film/HocusPocus2'' |
| 262 | * Unlike many horror anthologies, the shorts in the movie ''Film/{{Holidays}}'' are quite varied in tone. ''Halloween'' is pretty much entirely comedy; ''St Patrick's Day'' is largely comedic, but with a pronounced horror undertone; ''Christmas'' and ''New Year's Eve'' are a largely even balance of horror and Black Comedy; ''Valentine's Day'' and ''Easter'' are chiefly horror, but arguably have some slightly light elements to them; and ''Mother's Day'' and ''Father's Day'' are straight horror. |
| 263 | * ''Film/HoldThatGhost'' |
| 264 | * ''Film/HollywoodChainsawHookers'' |
| 265 | * ''Film/{{Hostel}}'' series. ''Hostel: Part III'' leans slightly more into the BlackComedy side of the Hostel films than the more horror dominant first two. |
| 266 | * ''Film/{{House}}'' |
| 267 | * ''Film/{{Housebound}}'' |
| 268 | * ''Film/HouseOfTheLongShadows'' |
| 269 | * ''Film/HouseOnBareMountain'': The Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein spy on a girls' school in the mountains, where most of the girls sunbathe in the nude. |
| 270 | * ''Film/HouseShark'' could fit in here, mainly because the movie's low budget means that the titular shark is beset by SpecialEffectsFailure. |
| 271 | * ''Film/HubieHalloween'' |
| 272 | * ''Film/TheHumanCentipede: The Final Sequence'', as opposed to the first two movies being regular TorturePorn, attempts to also be a BlackComedy. (The tagline is even "100% Politically Incorrect".) |
| 273 | * ''Film/IdleHands'' |
| 274 | * ''Film/InnocentBlood'' starts out balanced, but once the BigBad turns into a vampire half-way through, it just goes into a straight and very self-aware comedy and doesn't even bother to pretend to be anything else. |
| 275 | * ''Film/JackBrooksMonsterSlayer'' has a few very bloody scenes, but the film is played for laughs. |
| 276 | * ''Film/JennifersBody'' combines a demon-possession plot with Creator/DiabloCody's wiseass dialogue, and a [[RockMeAsmodeus devil-worshipping]] Music/{{emo}} band. |
| 277 | * ''Film/JuliaX'' is about two sisters who turns the tables on a SerialKiller and imprison him in their home where they plan to torture and kill him. A lot of decent one-liners, but the overall mood is too dark for the humour to ever be dominant. |
| 278 | * ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'' is largely balanced. The film is played surprisingly straight for such a silly premise which the filmmakers wisely didn't take too seriously. The klowns are very often LaughablyEvil, but the movie keeps some genuine scares for even non-coulrophobes. |
| 279 | * ''Film/KillerParty'' starts as WackyFratboyHijinx and later morphs into a SlasherMovie. |
| 280 | * ''Film/TheKillingTree'' |
| 281 | * ''Film/KingOfTheZombies'' uses UncleTomfoolery and mystery/suspense in about equal measure. |
| 282 | * ''Film/KissMeQuick'': In this fleshy comedy-horror romp, a MadScientist aids an alien who has been teleported to Earth on a quest to find the perfect female specimen. |
| 283 | * ''Film/KnightsOfBadassdom'' is pretty much a straight, if black, comedy. There are slasher bits to it and demonic possession, while people die in droves, but this is done entirely for the absurd humour of a {{LARP}} session going crazy after accidentally summoning a demon. |
| 284 | * ''Film/{{Krampus}}'' is about a DysfunctionalFamily celebrating Christmas who get besieged by the titular Krampus and his minions. The main characters are textbook {{Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist}}s (particularly Howard and Linda, who bear more than a passing resemblance to Burt and Heather Gummer from ''Tremors''), and while the very real threat that the monsters pose is played straight, the fact that said monsters are demonic versions of old-fashioned toys (like Jacks-in-the-box and teddy bears) and Christmas iconography (like gingerbread men and elves) makes it hard to not smile at the sight of them wreaking havoc. The bloodless deaths and PG-13 rating help. |
| 285 | * ''Film/LakePlacid'': It's very tongue-in-cheek for a killer croc film (including such highlights as Creator/BettyWhite cursing at the cops for "mistreating" the crocodile), but not a lot of reviewers seem to have noticed this. |
| 286 | * ''Film/TheLastCircus'' |
| 287 | * ''Film/{{Lavalantula}}'' |
| 288 | * ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}'' |
| 289 | * ''Film/LesbianVampireKillers'' |
| 290 | * ''Film/LifeAfterBeth'' |
| 291 | * ''Film/ALittleBitZombie'': A more comedy-oriented zombie movie about a guy slowly zombifying. |
| 292 | * ''Film/LittleEvil'' |
| 293 | * ''Film/LittleMonsters2019'' |
| 294 | * ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' (1960) |
| 295 | ** ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' (1986) |
| 296 | * ''Film/LongPigs'' |
| 297 | * ''Film/TheLostBoys'' |
| 298 | * ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'' |
| 299 | * ''Film/{{M3gan}}'' |
| 300 | * ''Film/{{Malignant}}'' |
| 301 | * ''Film/TheMansion'' veers between bloody horror and sight gags, and plays up the stereotypical nature of the ten students being killed off. |
| 302 | * ''Film/MarsAttacks'', like ''Men in Black'' just below, is usually thought of as being sci-fi comedy rather than horror comedy, but uses many horror comedy tropes in the depiction of its antagonists. |
| 303 | * ''Film/MenInBlack'', to the point that even the horror scenes are quasi-comedic. |
| 304 | * ''Film/MomAndDad'': The film is about a signal that causes parents in America to try to kill their own children, but some of these instances make use of SoundtrackDissonance to give a [[BlackComedy darkly-comedic]] edge to the violence. It also features a typical [[LargeHam over-the-top performance]] from Creator/NicolasCage. |
| 305 | * ''Film/{{The Monster|1925}}'', a silent film starring Creator/LonChaney, is one of the earliest examples of this trope, mixing the geniunely scary MadScientist played by Chaney with the bumbling misadventures of Johnny Goodlittle, who winds up trapped in Chaney's OldDarkHouse. |
| 306 | * ''Film/MonsterInTheCloset'' |
| 307 | * ''Film/MonsterMan'' |
| 308 | * ''Film/MrVampire'' |
| 309 | * ''Film/MurderParty'' is a film about a group of homicidal {{Mad Artist}}s who, despite being a bunch of insane idiots, fancy themselves as criminal masterminds and pure horror material. However by the second half of the movie, the story becomes too twisted and surreal. |
| 310 | * ''Film/MyBestFriendIsAVampire'' |
| 311 | * ''Film/MyNameIsBruce'', as a parody and homage to the ''Evil Dead'' franchise, continues its trend of focusing more on comedy than horror. |
| 312 | * ''Film/NationalLampoonsClassReunion'' has a lot of comedy that outnumbers the horror elements (if there ''are'' any, it ''is'' a National Lampoon movie after all). |
| 313 | * ''Film/{{Nekrotronic}}'' |
| 314 | * ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' began to progress into this as the series went on. [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 The first]] [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge two films]] are mostly straight horror films (well, okay, [[HomoeroticSubtext not so straight]] in the case of the second one) with only the occasional wisecracks from Freddy Krueger, [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors the third]] had more of a balance between comedy and horror (but still focusing more on horror), and later films became more comedic as the series went on, to the point where the sixth film, ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' is essentially a somewhat gory cartoon. The seventh film, ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'', [[ShooOutTheClowns jettisoned the comedy elements]] and brought the focus back to horror, a focus that was shared by ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' and [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 the remake]] - Freddy is still wisecracking, but his cracks are now played more for horror than laughs. |
| 315 | * ''Film/NightOfTheComet'' |
| 316 | * ''Film/NightOfTheDribbler'' leans [=HEAVILY=] on the comedy side. |
| 317 | * ''Film/NightOfTheLivingBread'' |
| 318 | * ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDorks'' |
| 319 | * ''Film/OfficeUprising'' |
| 320 | * ''Film/TheOldDarkHouse1963'' is much more comedic than the [[Film/TheOldDarkHouse1932 1932 version]]. |
| 321 | * ''Film/OnceBitten'': A horny teenage boy falls for a very hot vampiress. |
| 322 | * ''Film/OneCutOfTheDead'': The first act is a played-straight schlocky NoBudget horror sequence, but the next two acts readdress what you've already seen for comedy. |
| 323 | * ''Film/{{Parents}}'' |
| 324 | * ''Film/ThePeopleUnderTheStairs'' |
| 325 | * ''Film/PlanetTerror'': This one is more comedic and lightheared than its companion ''Film/DeathProof'', with a lot of [[BloodyHilarious hilarious deaths]]. |
| 326 | * ''Film/{{Popcorn}}'' |
| 327 | * ''Film/PoultrygeistNightOfTheChickenDead'' |
| 328 | * ''Film/PremutosTheFallenAngel'': As a tribute to the aforementioned ''Film/{{Braindead}}'', the balance is a given. It leans a little more towards comedy of the slapstick variety, and very little (if anything) is PlayedForDrama. |
| 329 | * ''Film/PresidentsDay'' |
| 330 | * ''Film/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'' is an AffectionateParody of the Jane Austen classic and so contains many funny re-workings of the original scenes - Darcy's first proposal and subsequent argument with Lizzie is now a kung-fu fight between them for example. But the horror elements are played pretty straight - as the zombies are still quite gruesome and becoming a ZombieInfectee is played for drama rather than comedy. |
| 331 | * ''Film/PromNightIIITheLastKiss'' is even more light-hearted than the previous film, and most of the deaths are played for laughs instead of scares. |
| 332 | * ''Film/RareExportsAChristmasTale'' |
| 333 | * ''Film/Ravenous1999'' is for the most part a straight horror, getting into works with {{Wendigo}} myth and ''lots'' of gore. However, it has just as much of a (very dark) humour to it, the cast is a comedic [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits group of rejects]], witty dialogues follow throughout the whole thing and there is one famous MoodWhiplash - silly music included - done deliberately for the sake of ''easing'' the audience after particularly tense moment. |
| 334 | * ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019'' treats the gruesome deaths in it as BloodyHilarious mistakes and deconstructs the HuntingTheMostDangerousGame plot. |
| 335 | * ''Film/ReAnimator'' mixes extreme gore with dry, witty one-liners, with some deaths that are PlayedForDrama and others that [[CrossesTheLineTwice cross the line twice]] (not to mention the [[VisualGag "giving head"]] scene). Even the Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus for the film noted that it "perfectly mix[ed] humor and horror." |
| 336 | * ''Film/Renfield2023'' |
| 337 | * The ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead'' series |
| 338 | * ''Film/ReturnOfTheScarecrow'': The majority of the movie's focus is on the antics of various townsfolk while Virgil is running around with who he thinks is Wyatt, but is really a [[ScaryScarecrow killer scarecrow]]. |
| 339 | * ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. Fitting, since it's a parody of B-movies (they even lampshade it in the opening tune). It's remembered more for its sexual innuendoes and homoeroticism than for the horror elements. |
| 340 | * ''Film/{{RSVP}}'' is a straight dark comedy, with Jason Mewes as one of the secondary leads, and an invoked homage to ''Theatre/{{Rope}}''. |
| 341 | * ''Film/SatansCheerleaders'' has a wildly uneven tone, but the conclusion makes it apparent that the director was aiming for horror to be dominant. This is in spite of the movie's tagline ("Funnier than ''Film/TheOmen''...Scarier than ''Film/SilentMovie''") making it sound like an out-and-out horror spoof. |
| 342 | * ''Film/SatanicPanic2019'' |
| 343 | * ''Film/SaturdayThe14th'' |
| 344 | * ''Film/ScaredStiff'', starring Creator/MartinAndLewis. |
| 345 | * The ''Film/ScaryMovie'' series. Mostly spoofs horror movies, except for some of the more recent sequels which predominately spoof sci-fi movies. |
| 346 | * ''[[Film/SchoolsOutForever School's Out Forever]]'' |
| 347 | * ''Film/{{Scream}}'' is practically the TropeCodifier for the horror-dominant variety. The comedy comes from the characters lampshading the various horror tropes and being GenreSavvy. But the deaths are still gruesome and the comedy is pretty much [[ShooOutTheClowns shooed out]] in the third act. |
| 348 | * ''Film/SecretsInTheHotSpring'' |
| 349 | * ''Film/TheSeventhCurse'' |
| 350 | * ''Film/Severance2006'' |
| 351 | * ''Film/{{Sheitan}}'' combines anarchic, knockabout comedy with nerve-shredding suspense, jet-black humour and bloody horror. |
| 352 | * ''Film/ShriekIfYouKnowWhatIDidLastFridayTheThirteenth''. Predictably, since it's an outright horror spoof. |
| 353 | * ''Film/TheSignal2007'' is composed of three vignettes. The middle one is mostly a black comedy (mostly) while also showing us the first signs that [[MindScrew things are even weirder than they seem]]. |
| 354 | * ''Film/TheSlaughter'' |
| 355 | * ''Film/SlaughterhouseRulez'' |
| 356 | * ''Film/{{Slaxx}}'': Most of the humor is front-loaded. The first half is a mix of a SlasherMovie and a satire of [[SoulSuckingRetailJob retail work]] and [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated corporate "social responsibility"]], but [[CerebusSyndrome after the halfway point]], only the goofy nature of the villain -- a sentient, murderous [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever pair of jeans]] -- keeps it a comedy. |
| 357 | * ''Film/{{Slither}}'', a film about alien brain-slugs turning a bunch of small-town bumpkins into zombies. The graphic gore and visual effects come packaged with jokes about marriage, the characters, and the infection. |
| 358 | * ''Film/SomeGuyWhoKillsPeople'' where the BlackComedy comes the reactions of characters attempting to cope with a series of bizarre murders. |
| 359 | * ''Film/SpiderBabyOrTheMaddestStoryEverTold'' |
| 360 | * ''Film/StageFright2014'' |
| 361 | * ''Film/StrippersVsWerewolves'' |
| 362 | * ''Film/StudentBodies'' |
| 363 | * The Music/FooFighters movie ''Film/Studio666'', which, while mostly comedic, still delivers some gory death scenes. |
| 364 | * ''Film/TheStuff'' is a {{Satire}} of 1980s consumer culture in which a BlobMonster PuppeteerParasite is able to turn humans into zombies because it is ''also'' an ImpossiblyDeliciousFood that they just can't get enough of and which {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s are happy to put on the market, leaving it to eccentric heroes (a greedy industrial spy, a RightWingMilitiaFanatic, a cookie mogul/martial artist, etc.) to try and save the day. Writer-director Creator/LarryCohen noted that New World Pictures expected a straight horror movie, and when they didn't get that still marketed it as such, giving no hint to its comic elements. |
| 365 | * ''Film/SuburbanGothic'' |
| 366 | * ''Film/TalesOfHalloween'' |
| 367 | * ''Film/TeenWolf'' |
| 368 | * ''Film/{{Teeth}}'': The only real humor is the absurd premise and some potential {{Narm}}. All else considered, it's played about as straight as you can get for a [[VaginaDentata killer vagina]] movie. |
| 369 | * ''Film/TerrorVision'' |
| 370 | * ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' is very comedic compared to [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the original]]. Hell, [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3030366208/tt0092076?ref_=tt_ov_i one poster]] has the villains posing exactly like ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''. |
| 371 | * ''Film/ThanksKilling'', a film about a foulmouthed turkey demon murdering teenagers on Thanksgiving. |
| 372 | * ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'' is a Creator/VincentPrice production, so {{Camp}} is all but guaranteed, with the casualness of the increasingly-gory murders underscored by a deadpan humour and snide one-liners from everyone. |
| 373 | * ''Film/TheThingWithTwoHeads'' |
| 374 | * ''Film/TheThirdSaturdayInOctoberPartI'' |
| 375 | * ''Film/TheThirdSaturdayInOctoberPartV'' |
| 376 | * ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'': The Biblical Apocalypse is strictly played for laughs, with small moments of horror sprinkled in throughout, yet even these scenes have a punchline to them, including one part where a man getting ''decapitated'' leads to an impromptu game of soccer. |
| 377 | * ''[[Manga/{{Tomie}} Tomie: Unlimited]]'' |
| 378 | * ''Film/TooManyCooks'' is, at its core, a {{surreal|Humor}} 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. |
| 379 | * ''Film/ThreeExtremes'': AnthologyFilm of three horror shorts; the first is a horror-dominant horror comedy, the second is quite balanced and the third is straight horror. |
| 380 | * All three films in the ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy'': |
| 381 | ** ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''. The ZombieApocalypse is played almost entirely for laughs. The only real horror comes from when the zombies make their true presence known. |
| 382 | ** ''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 ''[[SeriousBusiness best village contest]]'']] is equal parts terrifying and ridiculous. |
| 383 | ** ''Film/TheWorldsEnd''. It starts out with 5 friends in their late 30s dragged into redoing a pub crawl they failed to complete in high school, right until they drunkenly stumble upon an alien invasion attempting to take over the town with an AssimilationPlot. The title refers to the last pub in the crawl (which the group never made it to the first time), but also to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. |
| 384 | * ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' is the landmark for Creator/{{Troma}}'s schtick of making absurdly-violent fight scenes and deaths cross over from being disgusting to hilarious. |
| 385 | * ''Film/TokyoGorePolice'' - While the movie is full of {{Gorn}} and BodyHorror, it's still ''very'' tongue-in-cheek. |
| 386 | * ''Film/TragedyGirls''. It's a BlackComedy satire, with most of the deaths being so absurdly over-the-top that they circle back around into being funny, especially with the {{Villain Protagonist}}s cracking jokes as they commit their crimes. However, the effect their crimes have on good people isn't glossed over, their sheer LackOfEmpathy is unnerving when it's not [[CrossesTheLineTwice crossing the line twice]], and [[spoiler:the prom night massacre]] is genuinely horrifying. |
| 387 | * ''Film/{{Transylmania}}'' |
| 388 | * ''Film/Transylvania65000'' - Is about two tabloid reporters who travel to modern-day Transylvania to uncover the truth behind Frankenstein sightings. Along the way, they encounter other horror film staples — a mummy, a werewolf, a vampire — each with a twist. |
| 389 | * ''Film/{{Tremors}}''. The [[Film/Tremors1 first film]] was more horror dominant, but every installment after that struck the balance. |
| 390 | * ''Film/TrickOrTreats'': The movie is quite comedic for the most part, with the tone shifting to horror at the climax. |
| 391 | * ''Film/TheTripper'' |
| 392 | * ''Film/Troll1986'' |
| 393 | * ''Film/TuckerAndDaleVsEvil''. It's a straight DeconstructiveParody that flips the HillbillyHorrors genre on its head by making the hillbillies the heroes. Even the most gory deaths are BloodyHilarious and not really played for horror. |
| 394 | * ''Film/Tusk2014''. It's an intentionally ridiculous story based on an intentionally ridiculous premise, but that doesn't stop it from being genuinely creepy and body horror-tastic, though not without some BlackComedy. |
| 395 | * ''Film/{{Undead}}'', a campy Australian AffectionateParody of classic zombie and sci-fi B-movies. |
| 396 | * ''Film/VampireInBrooklyn'' is one of the 90s Creator/EddieMurphy's vehicles to play more serious roles. Focus on "more" rather than "serious". |
| 397 | * ''Film/VampiresKiss'' |
| 398 | * ''Film/{{Vamps}}'' |
| 399 | * ''Film/VanHelsinki'' |
| 400 | * ''Film/{{Versus}}'' |
| 401 | * ''Film/VisitorQ'' is a very BlackComedy with some horror elements. |
| 402 | * ''Film/WastingAway'', a zombie film from the zombies' point of view. |
| 403 | * ''Film/WeHaveAGhost'' |
| 404 | * ''Film/TheWerewolfOfWashington'' |
| 405 | * ''Film/WerewolvesWithin'' |
| 406 | * ''Film/WhatACarveUp'' |
| 407 | * ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' is a {{Mockumentary}} film that plays with the hilarious notion of vampires living in modern-day New Zealand and making fun of all the tropes associated with vampires. The only real horror comes from the blood, and even that is [[BloodyHilarious played for laughs]]. |
| 408 | * ''Film/WillysWonderland'' |
| 409 | * ''Film/TheWolfOfSnowHollow'' |
| 410 | * ''Film/{{Wolfcop}}'' |
| 411 | * ''Film/YouMightBeTheKiller'' |
| 412 | * ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'', an AffectionateParody of the Hollywood classic. |
| 413 | * ''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 |
| 414 | * ''Film/YourMonster'' is a mixture of this and RomanticComedy. |
| 415 | * ''Film/{{Zombeavers}}'' most definitely has a silly premise, and even when things get dark towards the end, the narmy shots help relieve the tension. |
| 416 | * ''Film/TheZombieApocalypseInApartment14F'' |
| 417 | * ''Film/ZombieCop'' |
| 418 | * ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. Even the zombies are mostly PlayedForLaughs, the focus being less on the horror of the ZombieApocalypse and more on the protagonists' displays of badassery and one-liners as they kick the zombies' asses. |
| 419 | * ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'' follows suit, as it's even more focused on the characters rather than the zombie menace. |
| 420 | * ''Film/ZombiesZombiesZombies'' |
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| 423 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 424 | * ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'': the book leans more towards horror and the film more towards BlackComedy. This is one of the few comedic works to feature a CompleteMonster as the protagonist. |
| 425 | * ''Literature/TheCantervilleGhost'' by Creator/OscarWilde is a parody of HauntedHouse stories. |
| 426 | * ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is a ComicFantasy, but it turns out to run on LightmareFuel once Augustus Gloop falls into the chocolate river and faces the threat of being turned into fudge. Adaptations may go LighterAndSofter or DarkerAndEdgier with regards to the tone and look of the story and the fates and personalities of the characters (the darkest version is the [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory 2013 stage musical]], in which several characters [[UncertainDoom may or may not]] receive DeathByAdaptation and Willy Wonka is AmbiguouslyEvil), but it is always comedy-centric. |
| 427 | * In ''Literature/{{Creed|1990}}'', [[LemonyNarrator wryly reflective narration]] pits cynical paparazzo Joe Creed against a murderous demonic cult. While Creed's audacious exploits and occasional [[ButtMonkey undignified mishaps]] are drolly presented, a grim humour prevails, albeit with rather less levity, when the cult's [[BodyHorror macabre tendencies]] are revealed. Mention of their leader's [[HumanSacrifice ritual child murders]] is played entirely straight. |
| 428 | * ''Literature/DanShambleZombiePI'' is a MonsterMash detective series that makes no secret about it being an excuse for humor. |
| 429 | * Some ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', notably ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'' and ''Hogfather'' |
| 430 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' tends heavily towards the horror end of things. Most of the comedy is in the form of Harry wisecracking to save in his sanity in the face of soul-destroying horror and almost certain death. His adversaries range from utter bastards to NightmareFuel. |
| 431 | * ''Literature/EdenGreen'' contains body horror and mass death, as well as moments of self-effacing [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark]] from the title character. |
| 432 | * The ''John Dies at the End'' series by David Wong: |
| 433 | ** ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'' is pretty balanced, and it's not unusual to find comedy and horror on the same page. This is partly because the protagonists seem to use humor as a coping mechanism, and partly due to the sheer ridiculousness of the things they encounter, like the [[MixAndMatchCritters wigmonsters]], or the ghost that possesses an entire fridge full of meat to give itself a corporeal body. |
| 434 | ** ''Literature/ThisBookIsFullOfSpidersSeriouslyDudeDontTouchIt'' features a more cohesive story, helping to heighten the horror angle, and also delves a bit more into the ill effects that being a supernatural sleuth/deadbeat can take on a person. |
| 435 | ** ''Literature/WhatTheHellDidIJustReadANovelOfCosmicHorror'' keeps the humor but goes DarkerAndEdgier by making the worsening behavioral health disorders of the protagonists' an important part of the plot. |
| 436 | ** ''Literature/IfThisBookExistsYoureInTheWrongUniverse'' |
| 437 | * ''Literature/{{It}}''. Heavily horror based, but still has some comedic elements thanks to the wisecracking protagonists and the (creepily comedic) presence of Pennywise. |
| 438 | * ''Literature/GilsAllFrightDiner'' is a MonsterMash featuring vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches, ghosts, and ghouls. And every one of them is incompetent. |
| 439 | ** ''Literature/BigfootDreams'' is a spinoff where the protagonists Duke and Earl hunt a bigfoot. |
| 440 | * ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}''. However, both [[Film/Goosebumps2015 the film]] and its [[Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween sequel]] are a GenreThrowback to the books, with more comedy than horror. |
| 441 | * ''Literature/IsThisAZombie''. Heavily on the comedy side. |
| 442 | * ''Literature/MeddlingKids2017'': Being based on Scooby Doo (among other kiddie mystery franchises) but an eldritch horror twist. |
| 443 | * ''Literature/MyBestFriendsExorcism'' |
| 444 | * ''Literature/ThePostmodernAdventuresOfKillTeamOne'' is tonally schizophrenic with regards to this. Villains range from incompetent parodies to exemplars of raw NightmareFuel. Regardless of the level of horror involved, the BloodKnight protagonist never seems impressed, and is usually bewildered by the terrified reactions of the normal people around him. |
| 445 | * ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' is shockingly dark for a children's series, but still focuses mainly on BlackComedy rather than horror. |
| 446 | * ''Literature/TheStoryOfTheYouthWhoWentForthToLearnWhatFearWas'': A fairy tale in which the protagonist tries to find out what fear is and is confronted with a lot of creepy events and creatures. Yet, at the same time, his total lack of knowledge about being scared also provides many funny moments. |
| 447 | [[/folder]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 450 | * ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' is the other definitive horror parody. It intentionally clashes horror characters with a NuclearFamily sitcom, mostly just using the occasional jump scare from the carnivorous plants as a breather from the comedy. |
| 451 | * ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', most notably in the third season ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Coven]]'', frequently likes to dabble in the campier side of horror, which shouldn't be a surprise given that its creator Creator/RyanMurphy also made ''Series/{{Glee}}'', ''Series/NipTuck'', and ''Series/{{Popular}}''. By and large, though, the more horrific elements were played terrifyingly straight. |
| 452 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Although slightly more horror-focused than ''Buffy'', ''Angel'' still follows the Joss Whedon blend of horror and comedy. |
| 453 | * ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'' picks up where ''Army of Darkness'' left off by focusing on the action hijinks of Ash Williams, now thoroughly a blowhard loser who nevertheless fights horrifying monsters. |
| 454 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': One reason Creator/JossWhedon wanted to do it as a series was that [[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the movie]] had been more comedy-dominant than he hoped. |
| 455 | * The ''Series/Charmed1998'' episode 'Chick Flick' features psycho killers being released from {{Slasher Movie}}s to attack the sisters. The attempts to kill them are played entirely for comedy - as the sisters can't use their powers on the killers, forcing the {{Action Girl}}s to essentially behave like stereotypical [[DamselInDistress Damsels in Distress]]. Piper also has a moment of GenreBlindness. |
| 456 | --> "I get stalked by psycho killers and I hide in the [[{{Film/Psycho}} shower?]]" |
| 457 | * ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' is usually described as a darker and more serious take on the ''Franchise/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' franchise. It has a much deeper plot than the previous works in the franchise, and its antagonists are definitely a lot scarier than before. However, it is still very much tongue-in-cheek, and has lots of undeniably goofy moments. |
| 458 | * ''Series/DeadSet'': Most of the laughs come from the dark absurdity of the premise and the dialogue of the cast, many of whom are UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist types or TheDitz ({{Justified}} by the reality show setting). However, the main character is mostly serious, the premise is PlayedForDrama and once people start dying most of the laughs are in the form of {{Satire}}, BlackComedy, and RefugeInAudacity (zombie Davina [=McCall=]!) rather than the witty dialogue and jokes. |
| 459 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' has slid all over this spectrum as part of its general GenreRoulette nature with some individual seasons being rather unbalanced (Season 22 is heavy on the horror, Season 16 is rather heavy on the comedy) but belongs here overall - partly because of law of averages but mostly because the series is [[LightmareFuel very good at being horrific and hilariously funny simultaneously]] when it's at its best. |
| 460 | * ''Series/{{Jam}}'' is a strange TV example of this, being a surrealist sketch horror-comedy, that leans HEAVILY to the horror side. It is designed to make you feel horribly, horribly uncomfortable. |
| 461 | * ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'': Due to the idiosyncratic nature of its protagonist, who walked from the mostly comedic scenes of the newsroom and witness interviews to the mostly horror scenes of investigations and monsters without changing his style one bit. |
| 462 | * ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' |
| 463 | * ''Series/LilHorrors'', an Australian children's comedy puppetry television series about young monsters attending an AllGhoulsSchool. |
| 464 | * ''Series/LosEspookys'' |
| 465 | * ''Series/PrettyFreekinScary'', a Disney show about a teenager who dies and is resurrected by the Grim Reaper of the Underworld, and becomes her assistant. |
| 466 | * ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' |
| 467 | * ''Series/SantaClaritaDiet'' combines gory zombie horror with screwball domestic comedy, and practically every single death is PlayedForLaughs. |
| 468 | * ''Series/ScreamQueens2015'' is an extremely campy series that, while it can be suitably gory and violent to fill the needs of horror fans, has a shockingly low body count for an entry into the slasher genre, as it spends more time focusing on the snarky comebacks and utter ridiculousness of its characters rather than gore effects. |
| 469 | * ''Series/ShadowChasers'' |
| 470 | * ''Series/StanAgainstEvil'' follows much the same formula as ''Evil Dead''; Horrid monsters and violence, with a ton of comedy. |
| 471 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'' |
| 472 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. The [[WorldOfSnark entire character roster are a bunch of snarky bastards]] who can't resist making wise-ass comments all the time, and the humor is largely found in the absurdity of some deaths and the meta-fictional episodes. It still never manages to upstage the genuine horror and drama or eclipse it. |
| 473 | * ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': Mostly the TV series and its [[Film/DemonKnight two]] [[Film/BordelloOfBlood theatrical]] movies, but the stories from Creator/ECComics upon which they are based count too. |
| 474 | * ''Series/WandaVision'' pinballs between a loving, humorous sitcom homage and uneasy PsychologicalHorror without missing a beat. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 478 | * Music/{{Eminem}}: |
| 479 | ** ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' |
| 480 | ** ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'' |
| 481 | ** ''Music/{{Relapse}}'' |
| 482 | * Music/InsaneClownPosse: |
| 483 | ** 1992 - ''Music/CarnivalOfCarnage'' |
| 484 | ** 1993 - ''Music/BeverlyKills50187'' |
| 485 | ** 1994 - ''Music/{{Ringmaster}}'' |
| 486 | ** 1995 - ''Music/RiddleBox'' |
| 487 | ** 1996 - ''Music/TunnelOfLove'' |
| 488 | ** 1997 - ''Music/TheGreatMilenko'' |
| 489 | ** 1999 - ''Music/TheAmazingJeckelBrothers'' |
| 490 | ** 2000 - ''Music/BizaarBizzar'' |
| 491 | ** 2002 - ''Music/TheWraithShangriLa'' |
| 492 | ** 2007 - ''Music/TheTempest'' |
| 493 | ** 2009 - ''Music/BangPowBoom'' |
| 494 | ** 2012 - ''Music/TheMightyDeathPop'' |
| 495 | ** 2015 - ''Music/TheMarvelousMissingLink'' |
| 496 | * Music/TheMisfits are the progenitors of horror punk, and reference old horror movies in a tongue-in-cheek fashion for the sake of the aesthetic, mixing these lyrics and HardcorePunk songs with crooned Frank Sinatra-style vocals. Many of their lyrics can still genuinely be pretty gnarly, though. |
| 497 | [[/folder]] |
| 498 | |
| 499 | [[folder:Podcast]] |
| 500 | * ''Podcast/TheAlexandriaArchives'', while having a [[FramingDevice framing story]] that leans more to the comedic side, features a more or less self-contained horror story per episode. A few of these stories are quite lighthearted and harmless, but many of them are quite horrific and, on rare occasions, include truly disturbing elements. |
| 501 | * ''Podcast/JarOfRebuke'': a Midwestern gothic horror comedy mystery with a slight slice-of-life twist. The series gets darker over time, but the comedy remains even as it gets dryer. It follows immortal, amnesiac cryptozoologist Dr. Jred Hel as they work to remember their forgotten past. |
| 502 | * ''Podcast/TheLastPodcastOnTheLeft'': A podcast that goes over true crime topics such as cults and serial killers and supernatural events like cryptids, hauntings, and [=UFOs=], all the while cracking jokes and treating the horrible people involved with all of the respect they deserve: None. |
| 503 | * ''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 {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. |
| 504 | * ''Podcast/TheMonsterHunters'' is an outright parody of vintage horror. Its genuinely frightening moments are few and far between. |
| 505 | * ''Podcast/PretendingToBePeople'': An ActualPlay podcast that draws most of its humor from the interactions of the players, while having a horror-laden plot. |
| 506 | * ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'': The podcast's style of absurdism alternates frequently between comedy and horror in just about every episode, and the overall podcast doesn't really show a strong preference either way. |
| 507 | [[/folder]] |
| 508 | |
| 509 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 510 | * ''TabletopGame/DieLaughing'' leans more towards the comedic side, with its very informal tone of writing throughout the book, the frequent, joyous use of horror movie tropes, and the odd PrecisionFStrike. |
| 511 | * ''TabletopGame/DinosaursAttack'' |
| 512 | * ''Website/{{Mortasheen}}'' |
| 513 | * ''TabletopGame/SlaIndustries'' |
| 514 | * ''TabletopGame/TheyCameFromBeneathTheSea'': The game itself tries to adopt a roughly balanced level between its horrifying and comedic elements, and advises the Storyteller in sidebars to adjust the emphasis on horror or comedy to suit the tastes of their players. |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 518 | * The ''Hatchetfield'' series by Creator/TeamStarkid (consisting of the stage musicals ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' and ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' followed by the WebVideo series ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'') is an homage to horror comedy [[TheMusical in musical format]] a la ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' and ''Theatre/TheRockyHorrorShow'', veering from the more comedic end of the scale with ''TGWDLM'' to the dramatic end with ''Black Friday'' (and individual episodes of ''Nightmare Time'' tending to go back and forth). |
| 519 | * ''Theatre/TheLieutenantOfInishmore'' |
| 520 | * ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' |
| 521 | * ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. There's some levity given it's a musical, but ultimately is still about a killing barber whose victims are used by his landlady in [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies meat pies]] - and the woman turns out to be quite the ManipulativeBastard. |
| 522 | [[/folder]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 525 | * ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' is a SurvivalHorror game taking place in an [[StylisticSuck intentionally terrible]] edutainment game from the 90s. |
| 526 | * ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' has its disturbing moments, but it also has plenty of {{pun}}s and [[ToiletHumor fart and poop jokes]] as well. |
| 527 | * ''VideoGame/TheCoffinOfAndyAndLeyley'' tells the story of two emotionally unstable siblings who gaslight and manipulate each other into murder and cannibalism. It's played just as much for BlackComedy as it is for horror. |
| 528 | * ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' has many genuinely horrific BodyHorror and SurrealHorror moments, but also derives a lot of humor from its satirical skewering of capitalism, its bizarre world and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morality]], and the BlackComedy comments of your employer. |
| 529 | * ''VideoGame/DeadRising''. Outside of the earliest stages of the first game before Frank West levels up and gains new skills, the zombies are barely a threat despite their enormous numbers, especially once you discover or unlock the more powerful weapons that can dispatch dozens of them easily. If you're doing so while dressed as a toy robot or [[WholesomeCrossdresser a ballerina]], all the better. The ''{{human|sAreTheRealMonsters}}'' villains, on the other hand, are played straight. Even at their most comedic, they're often {{Tragic Monster}}s with very depressing backstories behind their outlandish behavior, and the central MythArc of the series is a viciously satirical one in which blame for the ZombieApocalypse is laid directly at the feet of [[CapitalismIsBad ravenous American consumers]]. Finding ways to create MoodWhiplash between the serious storyline and the ridiculous (and often optional) physical comedy is a key source of the games' humor. |
| 530 | * ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada'' is a LighterAndSofter take on a zombie story between quirky characters and traits, a jaunty soundtrack, and even amusing death quotes if a character is DevouredByTheHorde. It has the occassional MoodWhiplash back into horror. |
| 531 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' leans more on the comedy side than ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' in the surface level interactions but there's a dark intrigue and themes of existential horror running throughout. This is best exemplified by the character of Spamtom G. Spamton, a literally insane crazy salesman whose rantings pinball between hilarious and deeply unsettling. |
| 532 | * ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': |
| 533 | ** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 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. |
| 534 | ** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 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. |
| 535 | ** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 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. |
| 536 | ** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld 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. |
| 537 | * ''VideoGame/GreyhillIncident'' is an alien abduction SurvivalHorror game in which the quirks of the small town's residents take up about as much screentime as actually dealing with the alien invasion. The demo of the game actually had even more focus on the wackiness of the townsfolk, which was toned down for the final release. |
| 538 | * ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOverkill'', being a Grindhouse film themed romp where a secret agent and a detective track down a crime lord through a [[NotUsingTheZWord mutant]] outbreak, wisecracking and cussing up a storm along the way. |
| 539 | * ''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. |
| 540 | * Compared to the original ''VideoGame/{{Kinder}}'', ''Re:Kinder'' has the same dark premise of toddlers fighting to escape a town turned deadly and avoid gruesome deaths, but has a lot more emphasis on humor. In particular, BigBad Yuuichi is now LaughablyEvil, spouting references, non-sequitors, and wisecracks left and right. |
| 541 | * ''VideoGame/LethalCompany'' has you play as employees sent out into different moons to gather scrap for the company they work for, with said moons being filled with all sorts of deadly and horrifying creatures that can easily kill you. It's also rife with many opportunities for comedy, with interactable objects such as rubber duckies, airhorns, and clown horns, and you can even buy a beatbox to play some tunes while you explore the creepy areas. It's pretty much a game where you're just as likely to laugh as much as you scream. |
| 542 | * The ''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansionSeries Luigi's Mansion]]'' games tend to lean towards this. While the premise of Mario's timid younger brother fighting quirky ghosts with a flashlight and a vacuum cleaner lends itself to some inherent silliness, the games still manage to have a fairly spooky atmosphere, due to the nature of wandering through gloomy haunted buildings where ghosts could attack at any moment, and the sheer menace that comes from the main villain, [[VileVillainSaccharineShow King Boo]]. |
| 543 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'' is a bizarre game that runs on equal parts SurrealHumor and SurrealHorror. Enemies include NightmareFuel-inducing human-faced dogs, TheGrimReaper and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking flying umbrellas]] and the bosses have creepy designs, yet goofy dialogue ("Oh, boy! Mark Soup!"). It's a game that's equally terrifying as it's hilarious. |
| 544 | * ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' starts out as pure comedy, but shifts slightly towards horror with the boss of the fourth floor, [[spoiler:Fake Peppino]], with the fifth and final floor having a bit more of a horror focus than the rest of the game. |
| 545 | * ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' is where you fight off a ZombieApocalypse PlayedForLaughs by planting anthropomorphic mutant plants on your lawn. The zombies, even when their desire is explicity to eat your brains, are far too comical to classify the game as horror. |
| 546 | * ''VideoGame/PotatoThriller'': A bizarre horror adventure game about a potato serial killer. |
| 547 | %%* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' (ZCE- how does it fit the trope?) |
| 548 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'': Between Leon being a [[DeadpanSnarker smartass]], extremely goofy villains, and generally absurd enemy encounters, it's is easily the silliest game in the franchise. Still, it's got copious usage of BodyHorror and JumpScare, and there are some legitimately terrifying moments. |
| 549 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series is a sequel to a SurvivalHorror game ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'', that grows increasingly more light-hearted as the series goes on. ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'' in particular almost perfectly balances horror and comedy, and constantly goes back and forth between dealing with the zaniest characters possible ([[NinjaPirateZombieRobot wrestling superhero vampire]], anyone?) and fighting demons and otherwordly horrors. |
| 550 | * ''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]]... which 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]]. |
| 551 | * ''VideoGame/{{Spookware}}'' is an episodic MinigameGame that is a comedic adventure game with horror-themed minigames. |
| 552 | * ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has a quirky sense of humour not unlike ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', and similarly gets [[NightmareFuel/{{Undertale}} increasingly terrifying]] as you progress. While the neutral and pacifist routes balance the two, the No Mercy route is ''very'' horror dominant. |
| 553 | * ''VideoGame/TheUpturned'', a level-based SurvivalHorror game from the creator of ''Lethal Company'' above, has silly character designs and goofy humor not unlike ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', but it also contains tons of NothingIsScarier of the "wait for it" variety, and frantic, creepy action. This results in a game that perfectly balances goofiness and genuine scariness. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 557 | * ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' may be a story about high-schoolers stuck in a DeadlyGame while dealing with the consequences of a bleak, apocalyptic world, but between the quirky bear mascot serving as the "host" of the killing game and the quirky nature of the characters, there's some laughs to be had too. |
| 558 | * ''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 in the masquerade 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 of this when Monika becomes an outright malicious force and the setting devolves into PsychologicalHorror, {{Jump Scare}}s, 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.]] |
| 559 | * ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' starts off each chapter as a lighthearted SliceOfLife comedy, until someone dies mysteriously. From there, things quickly spiral out of control, usually culminating in the gruesome murder of several major characters. |
| 560 | [[/folder]] |
| 561 | |
| 562 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 563 | * ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'' |
| 564 | * ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'': Likely intended to be in the middle, but the backstory surrounding the series creation (as well as what the creator herself became as a person) and the [[RapeAsDrama overarching plot of the series]] make it lean more towards horror. |
| 565 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Bugbo}}'', through that of unsettling SurrealHumor. Bugbo by all means does have some elements of horror here and there, but bensilly has stated it is not supposed to be horror in of itself. |
| 566 | * ''WebAnimation/CliffSide'' |
| 567 | * ''{{WebAnimation/Confinement}}'' is an AffectionateParody of the Website/SCPFoundation, which plays most of the death and violence found in its source material for BlackComedy. |
| 568 | * ''WebAnimation/DeadEnd'' |
| 569 | * ''WebAnimation/{{ENA}}'' |
| 570 | * ''Franchise/{{Hellaverse}}'' |
| 571 | ** ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' |
| 572 | * ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' |
| 573 | * ''WebAnimation/HumansBGone'' |
| 574 | * ''WebAnimation/InternecionCube'' |
| 575 | * ''WebAnimation/LetsSplitUp'' |
| 576 | * Though ''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'' has a ton of SurrealHumor such as the Meatbal Man scene and the [[spoiler:game show in the Temp King’s stomach]], it also features a surprising amount of SurrealHorror, such as the scene where [[spoiler:Runmo quite graphically ([[BloodlessCarnage albeit bloodlessly]]) rips off Jumpmo’s dead body’s head thinking it’s a OneUp]] and the following scene where [[spoiler: the entire universe breaks apart]]. |
| 577 | * ''WebAnimation/LumpyTouch'' |
| 578 | * ''WebAnimation/MariKari'' |
| 579 | * ''WebAnimation/MeatCanyon'' |
| 580 | ** ''WebAnimation/MelvinsMacabre'' |
| 581 | ** ''WebAnimation/MonsterLab2021'' |
| 582 | * ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'' |
| 583 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Pamtri}}'': Which side is more leaned on depends on the video, but even the most comedic videos generally have a very unsettling atmosphere to them. The StylisticSuck nature of the videos can serve to heighten both the comedy ''and'' the horror. |
| 584 | * ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers'' starts out as pretty straightforward (very) BlackComedy, but slides [[CerebusSyndrome further and further into horror as it goes on]]. |
| 585 | * ''WebAnimation/SkibidiToiletSeries'' |
| 586 | * ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': RapidFireComedy (some of it {{Black|Comedy}}) involving two kids in Halloween costumes running around celebrating the titular "Spooky Month". Horror elements are present in the background and occasionally take the forefront. |
| 587 | [[/folder]] |
| 588 | |
| 589 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 590 | * ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'' |
| 591 | * ''Webcomic/TheBikiniBottomHorror'' |
| 592 | * ''Webcomic/CampCounselorJason'', being an AffectionateParody of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and other horror film series. |
| 593 | * ''Webcomic/ADayInTheAfterlife'', mostly comedic but since it stars the cannibalistic SerialKiller overlord Alastor from ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and is set in {{Hell}} it's definitely terrifying. |
| 594 | * ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'' is a comic about a StringyHairedGhostGirl that plays horror movie scenarios for laughs. |
| 595 | * ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein'' |
| 596 | * ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' |
| 597 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', comedy dominant, but [[MoodWhiplash whiplashes]] so hard you can break your neck. This is especially evident during ACT 5 Part 2. |
| 598 | * ''Webcomic/TheLastHalloween'' |
| 599 | * ''Webcomic/MierukoChan'' is full of tense and horrifying moments, but also milks a lot of comedy out of Miko's struggles to keep a poker face during her encounters with "Them" and the contrast with her ordinary life. |
| 600 | * ''Webcomic/{{Nightmarish}}'' |
| 601 | * ''Webcomic/SilentHorror'': Several genuinely horrific moments often topped off with [[AnAesop a moral]]. But there are several horrific moments PlayedForLaughs. |
| 602 | * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' |
| 603 | * ''Webcomic/TeachingFear'' |
| 604 | [[/folder]] |
| 605 | |
| 606 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 607 | * ''Website/ClickHole'' is mostly comedic, but sometimes has very dark articles that get pretty close to the middle, which is impressive for a satire of Buzzfeed. |
| 608 | * [[https://deadspin.com/feet-in-smoke-a-story-about-electrified-near-death-5881337 Feet In Smoke]], an essay by John Jeremiah Sullivan, about an [[https://youtu.be/v_GoLsZwsDY accident]] featured on ''Series/Rescue911''. It starts out in the Horror territory and swiftly dives into Comedy after Jeremiah and his family learn his brother will live, which is where the episode in question ends. This is Lampshaded by the Author |
| 609 | --> "The experience went from tragedy to tragicomedy to outright farce on a sliding continuum, so it's hard to pinpoint just when one let on to another." |
| 610 | * ''Literature/MyPropertyIsntNormal'' |
| 611 | * Most works found on the Website/SCPFoundation wiki are horror-drama stories played straight, taking themselves very seriously for the most part. However, some stories may contain surprisingly tongue-in-cheek or even goofy humor; while the Joke articles are light-hearted parodies which spoof the SCP Wiki's more serious content for absurdist BlackComedy. |
| 612 | [[/folder]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 615 | * ''WebVideo/BoardJames'', in ''Mr. Bucket'' and ''Dream Phone''. Season 3 becomes DarkerAndEdgier and more horror dominant. |
| 616 | * ''WebVideo/BootsToReboots'' |
| 617 | * ''WebVideo/{{Dad}}'' |
| 618 | * Each installment of the ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' series is mostly comedy with one scene of pure horror plus some mildly creepy imagery, with the exception of the last two, which are closer to the middle of the spectrum. |
| 619 | * ''ARG/GenerationLoss'' starts off more comedic and wacky, but still has a few creepy moments. The end of the second episode and the entire third episode becomes pure horror |
| 620 | * ''WebVideo/GilbertGarfield'' |
| 621 | * ''WebVideo/LasagnaCat'' is mostly comedy-dominant during the first phase but shifts closer to the middle in the second season before diving into full horror dominance with the only humorous parts being the premise during the finale. |
| 622 | * ''WebVideo/MikaeliHittingMetal'' |
| 623 | * ''WebVideo/MushroomLand'' |
| 624 | * ''WebVideo/PizzaTimePizza'' starts mostly comedy and shifts more into horror. |
| 625 | * ''WebVideo/MarioPartyDSAntiPiracy'', due to the final video. |
| 626 | * ''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia''. Yes, the ''Franchise/StarWars'' reviews. [[WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews Mr. Plinkett's]] humorous deconstruction of the ''Star Wars'' prequels is occasionally broken up by sequences revealing that he's a serial killer with women locked in his cellar. |
| 627 | * ''WebVideo/SexHouse'': It's from ''Website/TheOnion'', so it's to be expected. |
| 628 | * ''WebVideo/ShayeSaintJohn'' |
| 629 | * ''WebVideo/SpongeBobConspiracy'' (also made by alex bale) starts normal (and comedy). but in newer videos it shifts to horror where we found that the muse is sercetly making spongebob theories and forces alex to read and narrate them. |
| 630 | * ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' sometimes follows into this territory. |
| 631 | * ''WebVideo/UncleSamsonite'' |
| 632 | * ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': {{Downplayed|Trope}}. There is some degree of humor and jokes, but for the most part the creepy atmosphere is played straight. |
| 633 | [[/folder]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 636 | * ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' is mostly a slapstick comedy cartoon with supernatural horror and science-fiction overtones. |
| 637 | * ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark''. |
| 638 | * ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' takes its horror elements more seriously than ''The Real Ghostbusters'', but still has plenty of humor thanks to the [[WorldOfSnark snarky heroes]]. |
| 639 | * ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldsHalloweenAdventure'' plays its horror elements surprisingly straight, but it's still ultimately ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', which means that it has plenty of snark and slapstick to go around. |
| 640 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is an adventure/comedy with its share of darker moments thanks to characters like [[KnightOfCerebus Bill Cipher]], particularly in the latter half of its run. |
| 641 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' began as a dark comedy, before transitioning into being more of an absurdist comedy with horror elements has the series went on. |
| 642 | * ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' |
| 643 | * ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' |
| 644 | * ''WesternAnimation/LEGOStarWarsTerrifyingTales'' leans heavily on the comedy side. |
| 645 | * ''WesternAnimation/LittleDemon'' |
| 646 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' |
| 647 | * ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' has a tone leaning more towards horror, but the actual story tends to lend itself more to comedy, as more often than not the ending [[DarkIsNotEvil reveals that there was never an actual threat despite the creepy overtones]]. |
| 648 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' |
| 649 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'' |
| 650 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' is a little LighterAndSofter than the first movie, but still has some scary elements. |
| 651 | * ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' |
| 652 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''. Of all the Franchise/ScoobyDoo incarnations, this is the one that takes the horror elements most seriously, with the usual [[ScoobyDooHoax criminals in costumes]] gradually being replaced by an AncientConspiracy built around an EldritchAbomination; while at the same time deconstructing many of the series' well-worn tropes for both laughs and drama. |
| 653 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheShiveringTruth'' really depends on which season you're watching. Season one leans more towards comedy, while season 2 leans more towards horror. Both are still a mix of both though. |
| 654 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 655 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' is an annual series of [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] BlackComedy {{Halloween Episode}}s with 3 segments each, usually parodying horror films. However, some segments can be [[NightmareFuel genuinely scary]]. |
| 656 | ** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS27E4HalloweenOfHorror "Halloween of Horror"]] |
| 657 | ** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E8ThanksgivingOfHorror "Thanksgiving of Horror"]] |
| 658 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpriteFright'' is about {{Asshole Victim}}s being killed by [[KillerRabbit cutesy Sprites]]. There are a couple of tense scenes, but most of the deaths are too absurd to be scary. |
| 659 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageEuthanasia'': It centers around a young girl who unwittingly brought her mother back from the dead by resurrecting her as a zombie. |
| 660 | * ''{{WesternAnimation/Villainous|CartoonNetwork}}'' |
| 661 | [[/index]] |
| 662 | [[/folder]] |
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