Top Amusing Horror Movies?
 

Thoughts?

You mean like horror-comedies?

Shaun of the Dead

Silent Night, Deadly Night trilogy




Sharknados

Here's some of my recommendations:
Slither
Scream
Dead-Alive
Jennifer's Body
Zombieland
Gremlins
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Piranha
Freddy's Dead
Gremlins
Teeth
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Night of the Creeps

There are always movies that are overlooked so I think it would be nice if we could create a list.
Let's try to stick to the ones that rank from
Worth watching if you got nothing better to do.
to
You gotta see this movie!

I've posted the ones I can think of below.
Maybe later on HDC could make a compilation from all posts?
Or else I don't mind doing it.

Horror comedies, movies that don't take themself too serious, movies you just can take serious, movies that are so dumb they're funny,...

-Army Of Darkness
-Bad Taste
-Black Sheep
-Botched
-Braindead
-Critters 1, 2 and maybe 3.
-Dance Of The Dead
-Dead Snow
-DeadHeads
-Detention
-Doghouse
-Dracula: Dead & Loving It
-Evil Aliens
-Evil Dead 2
-Feast 1, 2 and 3
-Fido
-Frankenhooker
-From Dusk Till Dawn
-Grabbers
-Idle Hands (with Jessica Alba)
-Jack Snow: The Killer Snowman
-Lesbian Vampire Killers
-My Name Is Bruce
-Repossessed
-Santa's Slay
-Satan's Little Helper
-Severance
-Shaun Of The Dead
-The Cottage
-The Revenant
-The Tripper
-Tucker & Dale VS Evil
-Young Frankenstein
-Zombieland

Whoever compiles this list has their work cut out for them (hey, at least it's not a list of supernatural movies). I alone could rattle off about 300 titles.

Bad Milo! -- Not only is it funny, it's a great movie.

Terror Tract -- The second story in this anthology has Bryan Cranston in a riotous battle of wits with Bobo the monkey.

Born -- Lower-middle tier, but has some unforgettably funny scenes, one of which shows a demon fetus flippin' someone the bird via ultrasound.

Rattle away! =)

Baron, how could we forget the Ghoulies franchise?

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There are also a ton of good to great comedic horror shorts and tv eps.

I never saw it because I read mainly bad reviews.
Maybe I should give it a chance.

Hot Fuzz
The Frighteners
Dead Snow 2
Jason Goes to Hell
Odd Thomas
Evil Aliens
Inbred
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
The Little Shop of Horrors 1960/1986
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Fright Night
The Lost Boys
Vamp

Comparable to Critters, though I like the cut of their jib a bit better.

Ghoulies, at least the first one, is worthy. How about some HCs about families or relatives? PARENTS, FATHER'S DAY, and SERIAL MOM are all eminently watchable.

Here's the compilation so far.
And some notes at the bottom.

-Army Of Darkness
-Bad Milo
-Bad Taste
-Basket Case series
-Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon
-Black Sheep
-Blood Car
-Born
-Botched
-Braindead
-Buck Wild
-Club Dread
-Cockneys VS Zombies
-Critters series
-Dance Of The Dead
-Dead & Breakfast
-Dead Snow series
-DeadHeads
-Detention
-Doghouse
-Dracula: Dead & Loving It
-Evil Aliens
-Evil Dead 2
-Father's Day
-Feast series
-Fido
-Frankenhooker
-Fright Night
-From Dusk Till Dawn
-Ghoulies series
-Grabbers
-Gremlins series
-Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
-Hell Baby
-Hot Fuzz
-Idle Hands
-Inbred
-Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
-Jack Snow: The Killer Snowman
-Juan Of The Dead (Juan De Los Muertos)
-Killer Klowns from Outer Space
-Leprechaun series
-Lesbian Vampire Killers
-Lobos De Arga
-Monster Man
-Motel Hell
-My Name Is Bruce
-Odd Thomas
-Parents
-Piranha 3D
-Piranha 3DD
-Rapture-Palooza
-Re-Animator series
-Repossessed
-Santa's Slay
-Satan's Little Helper
-Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3 (after 3 the parody is more focused on non-horror movies)
-Serial Mom
-Severance
-Sharknado
-Shaun Of The Dead
-Sightseers
-Slither
-Street Trash
-Student Bodies
-Teeth
-Terror Tract: The second story
-The Cottage
-The Fearless Vampire Killers
-The Frighteners
-The Green Butchers (De Grønne Slagtere)
-The Little Shop of Horrors 1960/1986
-The Lost Boys
-The Revenant
-The Tripper
-This Is The End
-Tucker & Dale VS Evil
-Vamp
-Very Bad Things
-Young Frankenstein
-ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
-Zombeavers
-Zombieland

Notes:
*I didn't add any Jason, Freddy or Chucky movies because they're all too well known and they all have their funny moments.

*Did include some dark comedies.

*Need some info on the ...Of The Dead movies. Dawn, Return, Night,...
Which are the silly ones and which are not.
The only more serious one I remember is Dawn Of The Dead from 2004.

*Got any remarks? Do mention them.

Yup.

Return of the Living Dead are the silly ones.

Ghost Team One

I've brought it up here before - It's stupid, juvenile, and an absolute blast.

OP, you haven't seen ROTLD yet? Stop compiling and start watching! ::big grin::

More HCs:

the Munsters movies
the Addams Family movies
Mockingbird Lane (the new Munsters pilot movie)
Dead Heat
The Uninvited
The Monster Squad
The Pumpkin Karver
Braindead (not the Dead Alive Braindead)

JC, there are so many!

Which one??

I think it's from '88 or '89, the one about the mutant cat.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
Hold That Ghost
Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
The Comedy of Terrors
The Raven
Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror Picture Show
(or is this list limited to films from the past 35 years?)

And hello?? GHOSTBUSTERS???

More, more, more!

House I, II, IV
Bordello of Blood
Demon Knight
Dead End
Student Bodies
Rare Exports
Black Christmas remake
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [2010]
Undead
Freaked

I must say that, although many think DOGHOUSE is over the top, I find the histrionic crazies pitch-perfect.

A few that haven't been mentioned yet;

A Bucket of Blood
Bubba Ho-Tep
The 'Burbs
Mr. Vampire
Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Tremors
American Psycho

Doghouse was ok but felt unfinished.

One final bloodbath would have been nice, but I enjoyed the comedic self-defeatist ending.

And the list goes on...

A Cadaver Christmas
Alfie The Little Werewolf
Once Bitten
Vampire's Kiss
Teen Wolf
Scream
Burke and Hare
An American Werewolf in London
Trick 'r Treat
Stitches
Rubber
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
The Midnight Hour

Question below + updated list at the bottom.

How do your prefer movies starting with 'The' to be alphabetised?

Example:
The Addams Family - T
or
Addams Family, The - A

1990 or 2007 version?

Not at all. I just don't know that many older movies.


-A Bucket of Blood
-Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
-Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
-Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
-American Psycho
-Army Of Darkness
-Bad Milo
-Bad Taste
-Basket Case series
-Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon
-Black Christmas remake
-Black Sheep
-Blood Car
-Bordello of Blood
-Born
-Botched
-Braindead aka Dead/Alive (1992)
-Brain Dead (not the Dead Alive Braindead)
-Bubba Ho-Tep
-Buck Wild
-Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind
-Club Dread
-Cockneys VS Zombies
-Critters series
-Dance Of The Dead
-Dead & Breakfast
-Dead End
-Dead Heat
-Dead Snow series
-DeadHeads
-Demon Knight
-Detention
-Detention Of The Dead
-Doghouse
-Dracula: Dead & Loving It
-Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
-Evil Aliens
-Evil Dead 2
-Father's Day
-Feast series
-Fido
-Frankenhooker
-Freaked
-Fresh Meat
-Fright Night
-From Dusk Till Dawn
-Ghostbusters series
-Ghoulies series
-Grabbers
-Gremlins series
-Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
-Hell Baby
-Hold That Ghost
-Hot Fuzz
-House I, II, IV
-Idle Hands
-Inbred
-Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
-Jack Snow: The Killer Snowman
-Juan Of The Dead (Juan De Los Muertos)
-Killer Klowns from Outer Space
-Leprechaun series
-Lesbian Vampire Killers
-Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
-Lobos De Arga
-Mockingbird Lane (the new Munsters pilot movie)
-Monster Man
-Motel Hell
-Mr. Vampire
-My Name Is Bruce
-Odd Thomas
-Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
-Parents
-Piranha 3D
-Piranha 3DD
-Rapture-Palooza
-Rare Exports
-Re-Animator series
-Repossessed
-Return Of The Living Dead
-Rocky Horror Picture Show
-Santa's Slay
-Satan's Little Helper
-Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3 (after 3 the parody is more focused on non-horror movies)
-Serial Mom
-Severance
-Sharknado
-Shaun Of The Dead
-Sightseers
-Slither
-Street Trash
-Student Bodies
-Teeth
-Terror Tract: The second story
-The Addams Family series
-The Boy Who Cried Werewolf [2010]
-The 'Burbs
-The Comedy of Terrors
-The Cottage
-The Fearless Vampire Killers
-The Frighteners
-The Green Butchers (De Grønne Slagtere)
-The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
-The Lost Boys
-The Monster Squad
-The Munsters series
-The Pumpkin Karver
-The Raven
-The Revenant
-The Tripper
-The Uninvited
-The Voices
-This Is The End
-Tremors
-Tucker & Dale VS Evil
-Undead
-Vamp
-Very Bad Things
-What We Do In The Shadows
-Wolfcop
-Young Frankenstein
-ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
-Zombeavers
-Zombieland

My personal preference, and how I do my own movie list, is:

Addams Family, The

How could I forget ol' Toxie.
Part 1 is a freakin' classic!

I'm having doubts about these. I consider them serious horror.
They might have funny bits but I don't think they're funny movies.
But they're not horrifying to the more-than-average horror fan so I get your point.

I would agree on that way of doing it.


It's subtle humor. Like in Evil Dead 2.

I would say both movies qualify as horror/comedy.

How about The Ghost and Mr. Chicken?

Speaking of subtle humor.

The Cabin in the Woods.

Bleh

-Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (don't remember if it's good, do remember it wasn't serious).
-Attack The Block

I'll put them on the list.
HDC can sort it out later =P

I think the key to a horror-comedy is not the ratio of horror to comedy but whether comedy is present in the film's most horrific moments or with its most horrific characters. The curious thing about HCs is that the comic relief concept doesn't typically apply due to the overall high comedic value.

I wouldn't qualify Attack the Block as a comedy at all. I don't think the fact one or more characters crack jokes occasionally makes a movie a comedy. If that were true, 95% of all movies would be comedies.

I think a ratio of comedy needs to assessed. I disagree with a lot of the films on this list- like Ded Sno. Only seen it once, and loved it, but don't remember being particularly amused by it.

I laughed like hell at the cat attack scene in Let the Right One In, but I wouldn't call the movie a comedy.

For me it's more about the tone than about the ratio.
If characters keep making jokes during a dangerous situation I have trouble taking the movie serious. Or when the characters themselves are too silly.
Or the creatures. Or an event.
Sometimes one scene can change or even define the tone of a movie.
Dead Snow for example.
It's pretty over-the-top and then a guy gets bitten in his groin.
So to me that movie is amusing.
And it are amusing movies I would like to see on the list.
So maybe a HDC list and a non-HDC list?

In conclusion, you have a weird sense of humor. ::big grin:: ::stick out tongue::

About attack the block. Nick Frost is in it, that's what makes it a comedy. Not that I find him very funny myself, but without his character in it i'm sure it would've been just a horror movie. Personally, I found the movie annoying as hell and wanted everybody in it dead. Maybe except for the aliens.


What about Murder By Death, would you categorize that one as "horror"?

And what about Haunted Honeymoon?

Murder By Death - a film I saw six times in seven days IN THE THEATRE - is in no way a horror film. It's a mystery/comedy. It's a direct parody of specific film detectives.

I don't think I've seen Haunted Honeymoon, so I can't say. Is there supernatural content?

I saw Murder By Death for the first time when I was about 8 years old and I remeber the ending scaring the crap outa me. Hahaha. Still one of my favorite comedies. I was just in doubt as the scenery was pretty spooky.

Haunted Honeymoon might be more horror due to some "supernatural" elementents, but it's still very much pure comedy in my eyes. Give it a watch. ::wink::



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