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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Exte (エクステ)
Exte (エクステ, Exte: Hair Extensions) is a 2007 Japanese horror film directed by Sion Sono, starring Chiaki Kuriyama and Ren Osugi, about cursed hair extensions made from a murdered girl's hair, released by Toei on February 17, 2007.
Freaks of Nature (film)
Freaks of Nature is a 2015 American horror-comedy film directed by Robbie Pickering, in which a human, a vampire, and a zombie teen fight an alien invasion in Ohio.
Goosebumps (film)
Goosebumps (2015 film), also called the Jack Black Goosebumps movie: a Rob Letterman horror-comedy in which R.L. Stine's monsters escape their manuscripts; preceded by a 1990s TV series and followed by the 2018 sequel and a 2023 Disney+ series.
Grabbers
Grabbers (2012) is an Irish-British comedy horror directed by Jon Wright, written by Kevin Lehane, starring Richard Coyle and Ruth Bradley: bloodsucking aliens invade an Irish island, and only drunk islanders survive.
He Never Died
He Never Died is a 2015 Canadian-American horror comedy written and directed by Jason Krawczyk, starring Henry Rollins as Jack, an immortal cannibal drawn back into violence when criminals kidnap his long-lost daughter; premiered at SXSW, released December 18, 2015.
Horns (film)
Horns (2013) is Alexandre Aja's supernatural horror thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe as Ig Perrish, based on Joe Hill's 2010 novel. After his girlfriend Merrin's murder, Ig grows horns that force confessions; premiered at TIFF 2013, released October 31, 2014.
Housebound (2014 film)
Housebound (2014) is a New Zealand horror-comedy, the feature debut of writer-director Gerard Johnstone, starring Morgana O'Reilly and Rima Te Wiata. A thief under eight months' home detention finds her mother's haunted-house claims may be true; premiered at SXSW 2014, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body is a 2009 horror comedy directed by Karyn Kusama, written by Diablo Cody, starring Megan Fox as a possessed cheerleader and Amanda Seyfried; a box-office flop that became a feminist cult classic, with a sequel in development.
John Dies at the End (film)
John Dies at the End (2012/2013) is Don Coscarelli's horror-comedy adapting David Wong's novel about Dave and John, dropouts fighting an otherworldly invasion after taking the drug Soy Sauce; Magnet Releasing released it limitedly in January 2013 to mixed reviews.
Krampus (film)
Krampus (2015) is a Christmas comedy-horror film directed by Michael Dougherty, starring Emjay Anthony, Adam Scott, and Toni Collette, in which a boy's torn letter to Santa summons the folklore demon Krampus to besiege his family's home.
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Lesbian Vampire Killers (LVK, US title Vampire Killers) is a 2009 British comedy horror directed by Phil Claydon, starring James Corden and Mathew Horne as friends fighting a cursed village's lesbian vampires; it was critically panned but opened third at the UK box office.
Little Evil
Little Evil (2017) is a Netflix horror comedy written and directed by Eli Craig, starring Adam Scott, Evangeline Lilly, and Owen Atlas, about a new stepfather who suspects his 5-year-old stepson Lucas is the Antichrist.
Lumberjack Man
Lumberjack Man (2015) is an American horror comedy directed by Josh Bear, released by After Dark Films in the '8 Films to Die For' series. A demon logger slaughters church camp staff, soaking pancakes in their blood; Michael Madsen co-stars.
Mom and Dad (2017 film)
Mom and Dad (2017) is a horror-comedy written and directed by Brian Taylor, his first solo feature, starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair as parents driven by mass hysteria to kill their own children; premiered at TIFF 2017, released January 19, 2018.
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (我左眼见到鬼)
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (我左眼見到鬼), romanized Ngo joh ngan gin do gwai, is a 2002 Hong Kong romantic comedy directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Sammi Cheng as a widow who sees ghosts with her left eye and Lau Ching-wan as a classmate's ghost; it earned HK$30 million and Golden Horse nominations.
My Name Is Bruce
My Name Is Bruce is a meta comedy-horror film directed by and starring Bruce Campbell as himself, kidnapped by an Oregon fan to fight the demon Guan-di; written by Mark Verheiden, produced with Mike Richardson for Dark Horse.
Piercing
Piercing is a 2018 American psychological horror film by Nicolas Pesce, adapted from Ryū Murakami's 1994 novel, starring Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska; premiered at Sundance 2018, released in the US in 2019.
Ready or Not (2019 film)
Ready or Not (2019 film) is a black comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. It stars Samara Weaving as a bride hunted by her wealthy in-laws.
Rubber (2010 film)
Rubber is a 2010 absurdist horror-comedy film by Quentin Dupieux about a sentient tire in the California desert that kills people by making their heads explode.
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British comedy-horror film directed by Edgar Wright, in which Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his flatmate survive a zombie outbreak.