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Slaughterhouse Rulez
Slaughterhouse Rulez: 2018 British comedy horror film, Crispian Mills's directorial work and first release from Pegg and Frost's Stolen Picture; fracking at a boarding school unleashes monsters, grossing $730,762 worldwide.
Slither (2006 film)
Slither (2006) is James Gunn's horror-comedy directorial debut about alien slugs invading Wheelsy, South Carolina, starring Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, and Michael Rooker; a box-office flop that became a cult classic with an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Teeth (2007 film)
Teeth (2007) is Mitchell Lichtenstein's horror-comedy about teen abstinence advocate Dawn, who embodies the vagina dentata myth. Premiered at Sundance 2007; Jess Weixler won a Special Jury Prize; US release January 2008 via Roadside Attractions.
The Banana Splits Movie
The Banana Splits Movie is a 2019 R-rated comedy horror film directed by Danishka Esterhazy, written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, in which the Hanna-Barbera children's TV characters, reimagined as animatronic robots, murder a studio audience after their show is canceled.
The Cabin in the Woods
The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 American horror comedy directed by Drew Goddard and written with Joss Whedon, following five college friends at a remote cabin.
The Final Girls
The Final Girls is a 2015 horror comedy directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, written by M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller, in which Taissa Farmiga's Max is pulled into the 1980s slasher film Camp Bloodbath starring her late mother; 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, Sitges award winner.
The Hole (2009 film)
The Hole (2009) is a Joe Dante 3D horror film, also called The Hole in 3D, written by Mark L. Smith for Bold Films. Brothers find a basement hole manifesting their fears; it won the first Venice Persol 3-D Award but reached US theaters only in 2012.
The Love Witch
The Love Witch is a 2016 horror-comedy film written, directed, produced, edited, designed, and scored by Anna Biller, starring Samantha Robinson as Elaine, a witch whose love spells kill her suitors; shot on 35mm in 1960s Technicolor style.
The Lure (2015 film)
The Lure (Córki dancingu), 2015 Polish musical-horror debut by Agnieszka Smoczyńska; mermaid sisters Silver and Golden in 1980s Warsaw nightclubs; Sundance Special Jury Award, Fantasporto Best Film, Criterion Spine #896.
The Midnight After (那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角开往大埔的红VAN)
The Midnight After (那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角开往大埔的红VAN) is Fruit Chan's 2014 Hong Kong sci-fi thriller adapted from Mr. Pizza's HKGolden web novel: a minibus crosses Lion Rock Tunnel into an emptied Hong Kong, winning HK Film Critics Society Best Film.
Tokyo Zombie (東京ゾンビ)
Tokyo Zombie (東京ゾンビ, Tōkyō Zonbi) is a 2005 Japanese horror-comedy film, Sakichi Satō's directorial debut, adapted from Yusaku Hanakuma's manga, starring Tadanobu Asano and Shō Aikawa as jujitsu-fighting factory workers against zombies from the Black Fuji dump.
Tragedy Girls
Tragedy Girls is a 2017 American horror-comedy directed by Tyler MacIntyre, starring Brianna Hildebrand and Alexandra Shipp as teen best friends who commit murders to boost social media fame; 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010), Eli Craig's horror-comedy debut starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk, inverts backwoods-slasher tropes as college students mistake two friendly hillbillies for killers; 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, later a cult classic.
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) is a Netflix satirical horror film by Dan Gilroy, reuniting Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo from Nightcrawler; cursed paintings by dead artist Vetril Dease kill greedy art-world figures, scoring 61% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Villains (film)
Villains is a 2019 American horror-comedy film by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, starring Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe as criminal lovers who break into a house owned by Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Donovan's characters and find a dark secret; premiered at SXSW, released September 20, 2019 by Gunpowder & Sky's Alter banner.
Witching and Bitching
Witching and Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi), a 2013 Spanish-French horror comedy by Álex de la Iglesia: Madrid jewel thieves fall into a Basque witch coven; eight 2014 Goya awards, Metascore 73.
Zombeavers
Zombeavers is a 2014 American comedy-horror film directed by Jordan Rubin in which college students at a riverside cabin are attacked by zombie beavers created from spilled toxic waste.
Zombieland
Zombieland (2009) is an American zombie comedy directed by Ruben Fleischer, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin; it began as a 2005 CBS TV pilot, grossed $102 million, and spawned Double Tap (2019).