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g star
08-04-2004, 07:11 PM
i absolutely love this sub genre. i don't mean the kind of film that tries to be serious but is so bad that it's funny, or out and out spoofs like scary movie or club dread (both of which sucked IMO). i mean the ones that know they're ridiculous and go straight for the jugular. evil dead 2 and 3 or cabin fever are prime examples but my absolute favorite comedy horror has got to be lake placid. it has some decent gore and a few scares, but the main ingredient here is laughter. betty white? are you kidding me? not to mention oliver platt and bridgette fonda in knockout performances. this film received terrible reviews because critics were too stupid to realize the entire movie was a joke. what film maker in their right mind would put a thirty foot croc in a fresh water lake in maine and actually be serious about it. anyway, i'm rambling. feel free to comment on lake placid your favorite horromedy.
KRUGERKID13
08-04-2004, 07:15 PM
scary movie series is terrible personally i dont care for the spoof genre i do enjoy hybrids such as ghostbusters
Living/Dead
08-04-2004, 09:03 PM
I love the comedy/horror sub-genre. It's pretty hard to pull it off though because there aren't a lot of them out there. Evil Dead 2 and Dead-Alive top my list and are both hysterical, the laughing deer and giddy baby zombie will always hold a special place in my heart :p . Your right however, movies that are so bad they are funny don't really do anything for me; I just see them for what they are ... pathetic.
PS- Maybe it's just me but I didn't think Lake Placid was trying to make a joke of itself. I thought they took a serious tone with the movie, sure there were a few laughs but not enough to warrant it an attempt at pure comedy.
KRUGERKID13
08-04-2004, 09:10 PM
yeah i agree with you except i cant respect evil dead 2 or 3
mixojoe
08-04-2004, 10:53 PM
I also praise Peter Jackson's Bad Taste and Brain Dead . Brain Dead is one of the most goriest movies i have ever seen lol
KRUGERKID13
08-04-2004, 10:54 PM
i didnt find brain dead (aka dead alive) to be as gory as everyone said. I was hoping that in the lawn mower scene you would see the mower making contact with the zombies. It was still good though
mixojoe
08-05-2004, 04:07 AM
Yeah Brain Dead was very well made on a very small budget. Hopefully he returns to horror comedy one day and non CGI effects.
Living/Dead
08-05-2004, 04:45 AM
KRUGERKID13
i didnt find brain dead (aka dead alive) to be as gory as everyone said. I was hoping that in the lawn mower scene you would see the mower making contact with the zombies. It was still good though
Have you saw any movies that you consider more gory? Honest question because if there is one I want to see it lol.
mixojoe
I also praise Peter Jackson's Bad Taste and Brain Dead . Brain Dead is one of the most goriest movies i have ever seen lol
I love Dead-Alive but haven't saw Bad Taste, how does it compare?
mixojoe
Yeah Brain Dead was very well made on a very small budget. Hopefully he returns to horror comedy one day and non CGI effects.
Well King Kong is next on his list, hopefully he'll decide to turn it into a gore fest :D .
alixzander
08-05-2004, 09:07 AM
cemetary man was a great film. if you like comady horror you should check it out.
nine9
08-05-2004, 09:35 AM
WEll I loved Bubba Ho-Tep!!!!!!!!!!! that was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time!
Also The Frighteners and Beetle Juice! Love Beetle Juice so much!!!!:D :cool:
deadandgone
08-05-2004, 10:28 AM
idle hands was funny as hell
FAIRYDUST
08-05-2004, 08:01 PM
Originally posted by deadandgone
idle hands was funny as hell
I love "Idle Hands" and Cabin Fever wasn't comedy but it has it had it's funny parts.
Hate_Breeder
08-05-2004, 08:05 PM
Originally posted by FAIRYDUST
I love "Idle Hands" and Cabin Fever wasn't comedy but it has it had it's funny parts.
Cabin Fever was badass IMO and i think Donnie Darkko will agree with me on this. And it WAS horror/comedy.
"Bert what are you doing with the gun?"
"Im Going to shoot some squirells"
"why?"
"Because their gay.."
"Bert"
"Im just kidding, i dont care if their gay i'll shoot them anyways"
Innocent blood
Return of the living dead
Blood for dracula
Braindead
Buba ho tep
bad taste
among the best :D
Splatter Phreak
08-07-2004, 09:13 AM
this has to be the fucking craziest thread ever. One person wrote that they can't respect evil dead 2 and some other guy said that cabin fever was actually good. have people lost thier fucking minds in here?
Hate_Breeder
08-07-2004, 09:29 AM
Originally posted by Splatter Phreak
this has to be the fucking craziest thread ever. One person wrote that they can't respect evil dead 2 and some other guy said that cabin fever was actually good. have people lost thier fucking minds in here?
Hey noob. I dont care what you fucking think, i thought it was good in a comedy horror sense. It wasnt very scary, but it was pretty damn funny IN MY OPINION.