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Aaaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaaah! (2015) is Steve Oram's dialogue-free British comedy horror debut, 80 minutes long, in which ape-like humans in suburban South London grunt through a tribal feud; premiered at FrightFest, released 2016 on Frightfest Presents.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) is Universal-International's horror-comedy directed by Charles T. Barton, pairing Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Dracula (Bela Lugosi), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein's Monster (Glenn Strange); a National Film Registry selection.
Adult Swim Yule Log
Adult Swim Yule Log is a 2022 American comedy-horror film directed by Chris "Casper" Kelly, disguised as a yule log video before revealing a haunted cabin story.
Anything but Ghosts
Anything but Ghosts is an upcoming 2027 American comedy horror film directed by Curry Barker, co-written with and starring Cooper Tomlinson as con-artist fake ghost hunters facing real ghosts; Focus Features and Blumhouse release it May 7, 2027, sharing the Obsession universe.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence (2026) is the fifth Killer Tomatoes film, directed by David Ferino, written by Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace, starring John Astin as Professor Gangreen; released theatrically August 7, 2026 and on VOD October 6, 2026.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a 2006/2007 meta-slasher mockumentary by Scott Glosserman starring Nathan Baesel, in which an aspiring killer documents his massacre prep; cult hit with a 2026-funded sequel.
Big Shark
Big Shark is Tommy Wiseau's 2023 American cult film, his second feature after The Room, in which three firefighters battle a gigantic shark in New Orleans. Premiered in Portland in April 2023, released in the UK that September, and streamed on Tubi from 2026.
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Bodies Bodies Bodies (also styled Bodies, Bodies, Bodies) is a 2022 A24 comedy-horror whodunit directed by Halina Reijn, written by Sarah DeLappe from a Kristen Roupenian story, starring Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova; released August 5, 2022.
Boo! A Madea Halloween
Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) is a Tyler Perry horror comedy, written, produced, and directed by Perry, inspired by a Top Five joke; it grossed $73.2 million domestically for Lionsgate and spawned Boo 2! in 2017.
Brain Damage
Brain Damage (1988) is Frank Henenlotter's horror comedy, also known by its working title Elmer the Parasite, about Brian (Rick Hearst), who becomes addicted to the blue fluid injected by the brain-eating parasite Aylmer, an allegory for drug addiction.
Bubba Ho-Tep
Bubba Ho-Tep, also known as Bubba Ho-tep, is Don Coscarelli's 2002 cult horror-comedy adapted from Joe R. Lansdale's 1994 novella, starring Bruce Campbell as an elderly Elvis and Ossie Davis as JFK fighting a soul-sucking mummy in a Texas nursing home.
Buddy (2026 film)
Buddy is a 2026 American horror-comedy film directed by Casper Kelly about children trapped in a 1990s-style TV show whose lovable unicorn host turns violent, starring Cristin Milioti.
Cabin Fever (2002 film)
Cabin Fever (2002) is Eli Roth's debut horror film, co-written with Randy Pearlstein, about five friends infected by a flesh-eating virus at a cabin. Sold to Lions Gate at Toronto 2002 for $3.5 million, it grossed over $30 million worldwide on a $1.5 million budget.
Carved (2024 film)
Carved (2024) is an American horror comedy directed by Justin Harding from his 2018 short, about survivors in a 1993 pioneer village fighting a sentient killer pumpkin; it premiered at Screamfest and streams on Hulu.
Chopping Mall
Chopping Mall (1986), originally released as Killbots, is a Jim Wynorski horror comedy in which lightning-fried mall security robots hunt trapped teenagers at the Sherman Oaks Galleria; a Corman production that flopped, was retitled, and became a cult favorite.
Club Dread
Club Dread (Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy-horror film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, starring Bill Paxton as resort owner Coconut Pete; a slasher whodunit that grossed $5.0M and scored 45 on Metacritic.
Cocaine Bear
Cocaine Bear is a 2023 American horror-comedy film directed by Elizabeth Banks, loosely based on a real 1985 case of a Georgia bear that died from consuming cocaine.
Cooties (film)
Cooties is a 2014 American horror comedy directed by Milott and Murnion, written by Leigh Whannell and Ian Brennan, starring Elijah Wood; tainted chicken nuggets turn pre-pubescent schoolchildren into zombies while teachers fight back.
Corporate Retreat
Corporate Retreat (2026) is an American horror-dark comedy directed by Aaron Fisher, starring Alan Ruck, Odeya Rush, and Rosanna Arquette. Executives at a team-building retreat are poisoned and forced into deadly games by their ousted founder; 89 minutes, poorly reviewed.
Coyotes (film)
Coyotes (2025) is Colin Minihan's horror comedy in which Justin Long and Kate Bosworth defend their Hollywood Hills home from killer coyotes amid a wildfire; distinct from Said Zagha's award-winning Palestinian short of the same name.
Creepshow
Creepshow (1982) is a horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero from Stephen King's first original screenplay, an homage to 1950s EC horror comics with five segments, released by Warner Bros. on November 10, 1982.
Dark Shadows (film)
Dark Shadows is a 2012 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas Collins and adapting the ABC soap opera.
Dead Snow
Dead Snow (Død snø) is a 2009 Norwegian horror comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola, in which medical students at a remote Finnmark cabin fight Nazi zombies; Sundance premiere, 140,000 Norwegian tickets, 2014 sequel.
Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道)
Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道) is a 2024 Taiwanese horror-comedy directed by John Hsu, starring Gingle Wang, Sandrine Pinna, and Chen Bo-lin as ghosts competing to stay famous by scaring the living; it won five Golden Horse Awards.
Death of a Unicorn
Death of a Unicorn is a 2025 A24 horror-comedy, the feature directorial debut of Alex Scharfman, starring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant; released March 28, 2025, it earned $16 million worldwide against a $15 million budget.
Deathgasm
Deathgasm (2015) is a New Zealand horror-comedy directed by Jason Lei Howden, about metalheads who summon the demon Aeloth the Blind One; it won Make My Horror Movie, premiered at SXSW, and spawned Goremageddon.
Demon Knight
Demon Knight is a 1995 horror comedy directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, and it is the first feature film spun off from the HBO series Tales from the Crypt.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It is Mel Brooks's 1995 horror-parody film starring Leslie Nielsen as Count Dracula, with Peter MacNicol as Renfield and Brooks as Van Helsing; a critical and box-office failure, it was Brooks's last film as director.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, 1988 American comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson as her TV horror hostess character Elvira, who inherits a New England estate and battles her warlock uncle Vincent; NBC Productions' first feature, released 30 September 1988.
Evil Dead II
Evil Dead II, also Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, is Sam Raimi's 1987 horror-comedy sequel-remake starring Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams fighting Necronomicon demons; unrated US release via Rosebud, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.