theorgg;288045 said:
Anyone else here love this genre?
Evil Dead 2 is of course the classic that sets the standard, but there's been a few that were quite good that I've seen.
That's quite a high standard you've got there.
Evil Dead 2 is awesome. Speaking of horror/comedy and Sam Raimi movies, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the recent
Drag Me to Hell is reminiscent of the
Evil Dead series. While it doesn't pack as much intensely bizarre hilarity as
Evil Dead 2, it's pretty good and Alison Lohman's performance is excellent.
I'm wanting to see Teeth, but I havn't spotted a copy of it yet.
When my friend showed me that movie, I had no idea what kind of movie it would be, although it quickly became apparent. While I can't say that I was particularly impressed by it, I'm glad I watched it because, as far as I know, there are no other movies quite like it. That alone is reason enough to watch it if you're into comedic horror or whatever these movies are called.
turgy22;288046 said:
Yes, I do. If you're looking for some great horror comedy classics, I highly recommend
Dead Alive (the Peter Jackson film... also goes by Brain Dead) and
Return of the Living Dead.
Every time I see
Dead Alive mentioned, the people who saw it liked it. Everyone I watched it with liked it. This seems to be a movie no one dislikes (the people who wouldn't like it know much better than to watch it). So I feel oddly alone on this, but I blame it on Peter Jackson. I must have seen about half a dozen of his movies and I just don't like them. Other people do, though. Must be something about his directorial style that puts me off, although I can't imagine what.
I haven't seen any newer horror/comedies, but some of the new, crappy horror movies really push the limit on unintentional comedy.
Sure, but it's not
just the new movies. *cough*Plan 9*cough*
But for a great example of unintentionally funny, there's
Bloodthirst: a movie I saw in, I think, 2004 and was made in 2002 or 2003. For most of it, I was under the impression that it was some really bad, really low budget movie from the 1980's. I forget when I realized that it must be more recent. We watched it on Halloween and everyone was cracking up the whole time, mostly at each other's comments. It was like a big, interactive MST3K. So maybe it was a bit more fun because of the experience when I watched it, but one thing I definitely remember was that the movie was a very, very bad horror movie and that I laughed a lot.
rokapoke;288047 said:
Shaun of the Dead, anyone?
When I first watched this movie, I was apparently not laughing at all. The other people in the room thought I must not find it funny and that there must be something wrong with me. I was enjoying it, though. I just wasn't physically laughing or smiling or making any movements at all. I just sat there. It changed before the movie was over. I think it was right when they started playing Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" that I burst out laughing.
Anyway, I can't think of any of my very favorite movies that fall into this category, although there are definitely some cool ones that I like. But then again, I've been told on multiple occasions (and recently) that some movie I thought didn't count as horror at all was unambiguously in the genre. So I have no idea what I'm talking about.
Let's see,
Zombieland was pretty fun. Oh, and
Grindhouse or the
Planet Terror part anyway seems like a good example of horror/comedy. Does
Cabin Fever count? It's certainly different from most of the movies mentioned in this thread. Is
Tremors comedic or is it unintentionally funny?
Oh, does
Ghostbusters count?