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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.
Spree (film)
Spree is a 2020 American satirical thriller, also described as a horror comedy, directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko and co-written with Gene McHugh. Joe Keery plays rideshare driver Kurt Kunkle, who livestreams killing his passengers to go viral; premiered at Sundance 2020, released August 14, 2020 by RLJE Films.
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.
Studio 666
Studio 666 (スタジオ666) is a 2022 American comedy horror film starring the Foo Fighters as themselves, directed by B.J. McDonnell from Dave Grohl's story, shot in the Encino house where Medicine at Midnight was recorded; $2.2M U.S. gross, 56% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sumathi Valavu
Sumathi Valavu (സുമതി വളവ്) is a 2025 Malayalam horror-comedy by Vishnu Sasi Shankar, written by Abhilash Pillai, starring Arjun Ashokan; released 1 August 2025, it earned about ₹24.85 crore worldwide despite negative reviews.
Tales of Halloween
Tales of Halloween (2015) is an American horror-comedy anthology of ten shorts by eleven directors, conceived by Axelle Carolyn, set in one suburb on one Halloween night, narrated by Adrienne Barbeau, released October 16, 2015 by Epic Pictures.
Teaching Practice: Idiot Girls and School Ghost 2
Teaching Practice: Idiot Girls and School Ghost 2 (교생실습) is a 2025 South Korean satirical comedy horror film by Kim Min-ha, a standalone sequel to School Anniversary, starring Han Seon-hwa as a student teacher confronting a black magic club that tops national mock exams via a spirit world; premiered at BIFAN 2025, released May 13, 2026.
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 ABCs of Death
The ABCs of Death is a 2012 horror anthology film of 26 shorts, each by a different director assigned an alphabet letter, produced by Ant Timpson and Tim League, released by Magnet Releasing in March 2013 to mixed reviews.
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 Balconettes
The Balconettes (Les femmes au balcon) is a 2024 French feminist horror comedy directed by and starring Noémie Merlant, co-written with Céline Sciamma, about three Marseille roommates caught in a bloody affair; premiered at Cannes 2024 Midnight Screenings.
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 Bhootnii
The Bhootnii (द भूतनी), earlier titled The Virgin Tree, is a 2025 Hindi horror comedy directed by Sidhaant Sachdev, starring Sanjay Dutt, Mouni Roy, and Sunny Singh. Released May 1, 2025, it earned poor reviews and a 3.6/10 IMDb rating, and streams on ZEE5.
The Blackening (film)
The Blackening (2023) is an American horror comedy directed by Tim Story, written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, based on a 2018 3Peat Comedy Central short. Seven Black friends at a Juneteenth cabin getaway are forced by a masked killer to decide who is 'the Blackest.'
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 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 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 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.
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 Little Shop of Horrors
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) is Roger Corman's black-and-white horror comedy, shot in about two days on leftover A Bucket of Blood sets, about Seymour Krelborn and a bloodthirsty talking plant; basis of the 1982 Ashman-Menken musical and 1986 film.
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 Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin as a brain surgeon in love with a disembodied brain.
The Menu (2022 film)
The Menu (2022) is a black comedy horror-thriller directed by Mark Mylod, written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, starring Ralph Fiennes as chef Julian Slowik and Anya Taylor-Joy; released by Searchlight Pictures November 18, 2022, 107 minutes, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, $79.6M worldwide.
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.
The Monkey (film)
The Monkey (2025) is Osgood Perkins's horror comedy adapting Stephen King's 1980 short story, released by Neon on February 21, 2025. Theo James plays twin brothers stalked by a wind-up toy monkey whose turned key causes gruesome deaths; produced by James Wan, grossing $39.7 million in the US.