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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.
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.
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.
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.
Gremlins
Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy-horror film directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus, about a mogwai named Gizmo whose care rules are broken, unleashing gremlins on a small town.
Halloween with the New Addams Family
Halloween with the New Addams Family is a 1977 NBC made-for-television comedy horror special reuniting the original 1964–66 Addams Family cast, directed by Dennis Steinmetz, written by George Tibbles, about crooks robbing the Addams mansion during their Halloween party.
Highway to Hell (1991 film)
Highway to Hell (1991) is an Ate de Jong comedy-horror film, also called Autopista al infierno, written by Brian Helgeland, in which Chad Lowe's character rescues his eloping fiancée (Kristy Swanson) from the Hellcop; a 1989 shoot released March 13, 1992, grossing $26,055.
House (1986 film)
House is a 1986 American horror comedy directed by Steve Miner, starring William Katt as a novelist whose inherited house is haunted by monsters from another dimension.
House (ハウス) (1977 film)
House (ハウス, Hausu) is a 1977 Japanese comedy horror film, Nobuhiko Obayashi's Toho feature debut, about seven schoolgirls eaten by a haunted mansion that is their dead aunt's spirit, made from his daughter Chigumi's ideas after Toho requested 'something like Jaws'.
Idle Hands
Idle Hands (1999) is a horror comedy directed by Rodman Flender, starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, and Jessica Alba, about a stoner teen's possessed right hand; a box-office flop that became a cult favorite.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Killer Klowns from Outer Space, also known simply as Killer Klowns, is a 1988 horror-comedy directed by Stephen Chiodo in which alien clowns harvest a small town's residents in cotton-candy cocoons; a cult classic with a 3v7 video game.
Love at First Bite
Love at First Bite, also known as Dracula Sucks Again, is a 1979 American vampire comedy starring George Hamilton as a Dracula evicted from Transylvania and relocated to New York.
Magic Cop (驱魔警察)
Magic Cop (驅魔警察, aka Mr. Vampire 5) is a 1990 Hong Kong supernatural action comedy directed by Stephen Tung Wai, starring Lam Ching-Ying as a Taoist ex-cop fighting a sorceress using reanimated corpses to smuggle drugs; it earned HK$3,645,216 in Hong Kong.
Matinee
Matinee is a 1993 American comedy-drama directed by Joe Dante, starring John Goodman as a B-movie producer premiering his monster film in Key West during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Night of the Creeps
Night of the Creeps is a 1986 Fred Dekker horror comedy, also known as Dimensione terrore in Italy, about alien slugs from a thawed 1959 corpse turning a college campus into zombies; a TriStar box office flop that became a cult film.
Out of the Dark (回魂夜)
Out of the Dark (回魂夜), known in Taiwan as 整鬼專家, is a 1995 Hong Kong horror-comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau, starring Stephen Chow and Karen Mok.
Popcorn (1991 film)
Popcorn (1991) is an American-Canadian horror comedy directed by Mark Herrier, also known as Phantom of the Cinema, about film students stalked by a masked killer during a horror-movie marathon, filmed in Jamaica with Jill Schoelen and Dee Wallace.
Ravenous (1999 film)
Ravenous is a 1999 black-comedy cannibal horror Western directed by Antonia Bird, written by Ted Griffin, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle; set in 1847, inspired by the Donner Party and Wendigo legend, it flopped at the box office but became a cult film.
Spooky Encounters
Spooky Encounters (鬼打鬼, Gui da gui), aka Encounter of the Spooky Kind, is Sammo Hung's 1980 Hong Kong kung fu horror-comedy about a cuckolded cart driver fighting black magic, and the film that launched the jiangshi hopping-vampire genre.
Street Trash
Street Trash is a 1987 American horror-comedy directed by J. Michael Muro and written by Roy Frumkes, in which Brooklyn homeless people melt after drinking Tenafly Viper, a toxic 40-year-old liquor; it spawned the melt-movie subgenre and a 2024 South African sequel.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) is a Robert Fuest horror comedy starring Vincent Price as organist Anton Phibes, who murders the surgeons he blames for his wife's death using Egypt's biblical plagues; AIP sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again followed in 1972.
The Cars That Ate Paris
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) is Peter Weir's debut feature, an Australian horror-comedy about the outback town of Paris, whose residents cause car crashes, salvage the wrecks, and experiment on survivors; a cult classic of the Australian New Wave, released in the US as The Cars That Eat People.
The Comedy of Terrors
The Comedy of Terrors (1963/1964) is a Jacques Tourneur horror-comedy written by Richard Matheson, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone as murderous undertakers for AIP, released January 1964 and rereleased as The Graveside Story.
The Cremator
The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1969), Juraj Herz's Czechoslovak New Wave black-comedy horror adapted from Ladislav Fuks's novel; Rudolf Hrušínský as Prague crematorium manager Karel Kopfrkingl, withdrawn 1973, re-released 1990.
The Day of the Beast
The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian horror comedy by Álex de la Iglesia: a priest, a metalhead, and a TV psychic hunt the Antichrist in Madrid at Christmas; six Goyas including Best Director.
The Dead and the Deadly (人吓人)
The Dead and the Deadly (人吓人) is a 1982 Hong Kong supernatural kung-fu comedy directed by Wu Ma, produced by Sammo Hung, and starring Hung, Wu Ma, and Cherie Chung.
The Haunted Cop Shop
The Haunted Cop Shop (猛鬼差館) is a 1987 Hong Kong horror comedy directed by Jeffrey Lau, co-written by Wong Kar-wai, starring Jacky Cheung and Ricky Hui as cops fighting a resurrected Japanese vampire general.