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Rental > Horror > Comedy: 174 Films to Rent on DVD
- Cocaine Bear (2023)
- Dir. Elizabeth Banks
Feat. Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr, Christian Convery…
- An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after…
- Scream (2022)
- Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Feat. Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega…
- The fifth installment in the SCREAM series of slasher films, acting as a direct sequel to 2011's SCREAM 4, and the first to be made without the late…
- Studio 666 (2022)
- Dir. BJ McDonnell
Feat. Dave Grohl, Whitney Cummings, Taylor Hawkins…
- Rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock'n'roll history to record their 10th album in this horror–comedy that…
- Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace…
- The fourth Ghostbusters movie with much of the original cast reappearing alongside fresh young faces, directed and co–written by Jason Reitman…
- Silent Night (2021)
- Dir. Camille Griffin
Feat. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis…
- A grinch of a Christmas movie that on the surface looks like LOVE ACTUALLY but has a premise as black as coal.
A bunch of…
- Freaky (2020)
- Dir. Christopher Landon
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran…
- Christopher Landon (HAPPY DEATH DAY) directs this big hearted and hilarious teen comedy slasher with loving nods to classics of the genre, especially…
- How To Deter A Robber (2020)
- Dir. Maria Bissell
Feat. Vanessa Marano, Benjamin Papac, Abbie Cobb
- Endearing horror comedy set in a desolate town in Northern Wisconsin at Christmas, where a stubborn young woman and her sweet but naive boyfriend…
- Psycho Goreman (2020)
- Dir. Steven Kostanski
Feat. Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Steven Vlahos
- A nostalgia–soaked Creature Feature that is a commendably light–hearted yet ultra–violent slice of cosmic comedy/adventure about an…
- Willy's Wonderland (2020)
- Dir. Kevin Lewis
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz
- Nicolas Cage continues his late career "cult" movie run with this bonkers action–comedy–horror playing a quiet drifter who is tricked…
- Witches, The (2020)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci…
- Robert Zemeckis' re–imagining of Roald Dahl’s beloved story that tells the darkly humorous yet heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who,…
- Come to Daddy (2019)
- Dir. Ant Timpson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Michael Smiley…
- Wildly inventive horror–comedy from New Zealand producer and "Incredibly Strange" film festival honcho Ant Timpson in his directorial debut. A…
- Dead Don't Die, The (2019)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton…
- Zom–com from indie favourite Jim Jarmusch, assembling a stunning ensemble cast and following the police force of a small town as they struggle…
- Deerskin (Le Daim) (2019)
- Dir. Quentin Dupieux
Feat. Jean Dujardin, Adele Haenel, Albert Delpy
- Quentin Dupieux, director of the cult hit RUBBER, returns with this buckwild surrealist comedy, following a man's all–consuming devotion for a…
- Extra Ordinary (2019)
- Dir. Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman
Feat. Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte…
- A pleasingly off–kilter Irish supernatural comedy about a sweet–natured but lonely driving instructor who uses her paranormal talents to…
- Girl on the Third Floor (2019)
- Dir. Travis Stevens
Feat. C.M. Punk, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Sarah Brooks
- Wild black comedy with former WWE wrestler "CM Punk" as an ex–con with his own demons convincing his eight–month–pregnant wife to…
- Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
- Dir. Christopher Landon
Feat. Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Suraj Sharma…
- Sequel to the enormously likable 2017 slasher farce HAPPY DEATH DAY, with Jessica Rothe returning as Tree Gelbman, the college student who gets stuck…
- Harpoon (2019)
- Dir. Rob Grant
Feat. Munro Chambers, Brett Gelman, Emily Tyra
- Darkly humorous survival horror with three best friends stranded on a yacht, fighting to survive and struggling with sexual tensions and rivalries.…
- Killer Sofa (My Lover, My Lazy Boy) (2019)
- Dir. Bernardo Rao
Feat. Jed Brophy, jordan rivers, Nathalie Morris…
- Endearing Kiwi B–movie about a reclining chair that becomes smitten with a young woman and begins committing crimes of passion. It's up to a…
- Little Monsters (2019)
- Dir. Abe Forsythe
Feat. Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Kat Stewart
- Horror comedy in which a zombie outbreak threatens the lives of some school children, and a school teacher forms a resistance team with the help of a…
- Ready or Not (2019)
- Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Feat. Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny…
- Outrageously violent horror comedy following the fate of a bride who discovers that her wealthy and eccentric in–laws have a terrifying and…
- Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
- Dir. Ruben Fleischer
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone…
- Satisfying sequel to the popular 2009 zombie comedy, bringing back the same likable makeshift family who face off against the walking dead.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
- Dir. Ari Sandel
Feat. Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Madison Iseman…
- Following on from the popular 2015 big screen adaptation, two young boys accidentally unleash a cacophony of monsters and demons after they open an…
- In Fabric (2018)
- Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Fatma Mohamed, Hayley Squires…
- Utterly beguiling and sumptuous ghost story from singular British director Peter Strickland (DUKE OF BURGUNDY), following a possessed red dress as it…
- Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
- Dir. Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund
Feat. Thomas Lennon, Barbara Crampton, Udo Kier…
- Deranged reboot of the Charles Band classic about puppets who get animated by an Egyptian spell and go on a murderous rampage.
- Relaxer (2018)
- Dir. Joel Potrykus
Feat. Joshua Burge, David Dastmalchian
- Grungy downbeat comedy set in 1999 in a haze of Y2K paranoia, where a slacker is challenged by his older brother not to leave the couch until he has…
- Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
- Dir. Crispian Mills
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield…
- Entertaining Simon Pegg and Nick Frost produced horror comedy set at an illustrious British boarding school, where a nearby fracking site creates a…
- Slice (2018)
- Dir. Austin Vesely
Feat. Zazie Beetz, Chance the Rapper
- Enjoyable schlocky comedy, fashionably throwing back to 80's horror and following a pizza delivery boy who sets out to solve a murder mystery in his…
- Get Out (2017)
- Dir. Jordan Peele
Feat. Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener…
- A deliciously fresh and contemporary paranoid thriller that puts an ingenious and spirited African–American spin on the conspiracy template set…
- Happy Death Day (2017)
- Dir. Christopher Landon
Feat. Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard
- A plucky and successful stab at applying the GROUNDHOG DAY premise to the teen horror genre. Jessica Rothe is excellent as a self–centered…
- Mom and Dad (2017)
- Dir. Brian Taylor
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair
- Pitch–black horror–comedy featuring Nicolas Cage in a wonderfully crazed performance alongside an impressive Selma Blair as parents who…
- One Cut of the Dead (Kamera wo tomeruna!) (2017)
- Dir. Shinichiro Ueda
Feat. Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama
- Ridiculously fun and gleefully inventive movie–within–a–movie where the crew of a low–budget zombie film are terrorised by…
- Tragedy Girls (2017)
- Dir. Tyler MacIntyre
Feat. Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid
- Ultra–hip black comedy playing on slasher movie tropes, following two death obsessed and fame hungry girls who'll do anything for popularity on…
- Greasy Strangler, The (2016)
- Dir. Jim Hosking
Feat. Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo
- A good–dumb–fun excerise in bad taste about a creepy father–and–son team who run a disco walking tour and become rivals for…
- Love Witch, The (2016)
- Dir. Anna Biller
Feat. Samantha Robinson, Laura Waddell, Gian Keys…
- Writer–director Anna Biller who also produced, edited, costumed, set designed and scored this feminist sexploitation pastiche shot in 35mm as…
- Aaaaaaaah! (2015)
- Dir. Steve Oram
Feat. Steve Oram, Julian Barratt, Lucy Honigman…
- A twisted cult comedy which confronts the human condition by imagining what life would be like if humans were apes. Written and directed by Steve…
- Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Lucy Lawless
- Triumphant resurrection of Sam Raimi's horror franchise with Bruce Campbell rightfully returning as the undead slaying hero Ash.
10 episodes on 2…
- Deathgasm (2015)
- Dir. Jason Lei Howden
Feat. Milo Cawthorne, Kimberley Crossman, James Blake…
- Bloody–minded Kiwi horror–comedy has two teenage metal fans stirring up trouble in small–town New Zealand when they accidentally…
- Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015)
- Dir. Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet, Jon Salmon
Feat. Alec Owen, Paul Prado, Patton Oswalt…
- Satirical slasher film which, despite it's title, is not a sequel, and which presents itself as a lost film dug up from the 1980's. A masked killer…
- Goosebumps (2015)
- Dir. Rob Letterman
Feat. Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush…
- Fantastical spin on the popular kidult horror series with Jack Black perfectly cast as horror maestro R.L. Stine whose imaginary demons come to life.
- iZombie (TV Series) (2015)
- Feat. Rose McIver, David Anders, Malcolm Goodwin
- The hunger for all things dead–but–still–living continues with his amusing twist on the genre, loosely adapted from a comic book…
- Life in the Dead Zone (2015)
- Dir. Peter Tonks
Feat. Des Morgon, Gabe Page, Chester Dextar…
- Shot in Christchurch following the 2011 earthquakes, this creative comedy–mockumentary presents a town overrun by zombies in the wave of a…
- Nina Forever (2015)
- Dir. Chris Blaine, Ben Blaine
Feat. Fiona OShaughnessy, Cian Barry, Abigail Hardingham
- Darkly funny horror in which a man embarking on a new relationship is taunted by his dead ex–girlfriend whenever he has sex.
- Cooties (2014)
- Dir. Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion
Feat. Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill…
- Splatter comedy set in a primary school where a cafeteria food virus turns the kiddies into killer zombies, and a group of misfit teachers must band…
- Housebound (2014)
- Dir. Gerard Johnstone
Feat. Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru…
- A home detainee is forced to move back into her old family house where she grapples with her neurotic mother and supernatural disturbances.
A…
- Life After Beth (2014)
- Dir. Jeff Baena
Feat. Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly…
- Grieving over the death of his girlfriend, a young man gets a second chance when she returns from the dead in this zany and inventive…
- Parasyte: Part One (2014)
- Dir. Takashi Yamazaki
Feat. Shota Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto…
- Based on a long running Manga, this horror–comedy offers up Cronenbergian thrills in a world under attack from parasitic worm–like…
- Tusk (2014)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment…
- Gleefully ludicrous Kevin Smith directed horror comedy following the fate of an unfortunate podcaster who discovers his next guest has a bizarre…
- Vampire Academy (2014)
- Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Gabriel Byrne…
- A half–human, half–vampire trains to be a guardian at an exclusive academy for the young and undead. Toothy vampire comedy pokes fun at…
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
- Dir. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement
Feat. Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh…
- Follow the lives of Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav – three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles, like being…
- Bad Milo! (2013)
- Dir. Jacob Vaughan
Feat. Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Mary Kay Place
- A mild–mannered accountant with bowel problems discovers that a pint–sized demon has moved into his intestinal tract.
Though this…
- Cheap Thrills (2013)
- Dir. E.L. Katz
Feat. Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton…
- A devilishly effective black comedy about a pair of old friends who enter into an increasingly bloody game of one–upmanship with a wealthy…
- Disco Exorcist (2013)
- Dir. Richard Griffin
Feat. Shadow Faye, Andre Boudreau, Kevin Killavey
- Outrageous horror comedy about a disco king and playboy whose one night stand turns bad when he enrages a black magic priestess. A fun throwback to…
- Warm Bodies (2013)
- Dir. Jonathan Levine
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry…
- A young, sensitive zombie falls for a human girl in this savvy romantic comedy which turns the walking dead genre on its head.
- Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de naze warui) (2013)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Kunimura Jun, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaido
- Described by its creator as "an action film about the love of 35mm", this frenzied fanboy fiction from Shion Sono bears his trademark excess and…
- American Mary (2012)
- Dir. Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska
Feat. Katherine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk
- Macabre horror concerns a disenchanted delving into the world of underground surgeries with predictably nasty results.
- Dead Sushi (2012)
- Dir. Noboru Iguchi
Feat. Rina Takeda
- An innkeeper proficient in both karate and sushi making must fend off a hoard of flesh–eating California Rolls after one of her guests injects…
- Fantastic Fear of Everything, A (2012)
- Dir. Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell
Feat. Simon Pegg, Paul Freeman, Amara Karan…
- Comedic misfire with Pegg as a crime novelist who's intensive research makes him more than a little paranoid culminating in a fateful trip to the…
- Fresh Meat (2012)
- Dir. Danny Mulheron
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita…
- A cannibal comedy with a Maori twist, this spirited romp throws various genres into its gory blender when a gang of criminals accidentally invade the…
- Grabbers (2012)
- Dir. Jon Wright
Feat. Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey
- A very Irish sense of humour permeates throughout this daffy, if highly entertaining horror comedy, about a mutant strain of creatures who descend on…
- Kill Zombie! (Zombibi) (2012)
- Dir. Martijn Smits, Erwin van den Eshof
Feat. Uriah Arnhem
- This low hanging zombie comedy by way of Amsterdam imagines the Dutch city as a zombie infested urban jungle, in the middle of which an office worker…
- Vamps (2012)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver…
- Charming horror comedy from director Amy Heckerling (CLUELESS) re–teaming with actress Alicia Silverstone, who plays a vampire in New York City…
- [REC] Genesis (REC 3) (2012)
- Dir. Paco Plaza
Feat. Leticia Dolera, Diego Martin, Javier Botet
- A young couples wedding day is tragically interrupted by demonic contagion in the third installment of the Spanish horror series.
Abandoning the…
- Cabin in the Woods, The (2011)
- Dir. Drew Goddard
Feat. Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison…
- Masterminded by Joss Whedon, this hilarious inside–out horror comedy promises the last word on the horror genre, although its cleverness is…
- Fright Night (2011)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant…
- Colin Farrell vamps it up in this prosaic remake of the 80's cult horror, with Anton Yelchin the hapless teen convinced his neighbour is a vampire.…
- Juan of the Dead (2011)
- Dir. Alejandro Brugués
Feat. Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina
- A direct and surprisingly inspired Hispanic take on the SHAUN OF THE DEAD zom–com model that makes nifty use of its unique Cuban locale and…
- Red State (2011)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman…
- Kevin Smith tries his hand at horror as three sex–obsessed teenagers are lured into a trap laid by religious fundamentalists.
Subversive…
- Strigoi (2011)
- Dir. Faye Jackson
Feat. Constantin Barbulescu, Camelia Maxim, Catalin Paraschiv
- Slow–burning horror, laced with dean–pan humour, has residents of a Romanian village contending with an outbreak of communist vampires.
- Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
- Dir. James Nguyen
Feat. Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore
- Shoe–string trash homage to Hitchcock's THE BIRDS that follows a romantic couple whose small town that is attacked by birds.…
- Burke and Hare (2010)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson…
- An oddball comedic take on the infamous grave robbing duo, with Serkis and Pegg supported by a terrific ensemble of British comedic thesps.
While…
- Rare Exports - A Christmas Tale (2010)
- Dir. Jalmari Helander
Feat. Onni Tommita, Jorma Tommila
- A wicked brew of 80s adventure movie and twisted horror comedy, centred on an archaeological discovery which may prove to be the remains of the real…
- Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
- Dir. Eli Craig
Feat. Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden
- In a delicious reversal of urban legend and horror tropes, two hillbilly friends are mistaken for murderous backwoods rednecks by an archetypal group…
- Diagnosis: Death (Diagnosis Death) (2009)
- Dir. Jason Stutter
Feat. Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith, Bret McKenzie…
- Stand–up comedian and writer Raybon Kan casts himself in this schlocky horror spoof as a terminal patient who becomes a human guinea pig at a…
- Drag Me To Hell (2009)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver
- Sam Raimi returns to his horror roots in this twisted tale of a loan officer (Lohman) who has three days to rid herself of a deadly curse placed upon…
- Final Destination, The (Final Destination 4) (2009)
- Dir. David R. Ellis
Feat. Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano
- Fourth installment in the hilariously creative FINAL DESTINATION franchise sees a teen save his friends from a deadly race–car accident after…
- Haunted World of El Superbeasto, The (2009)
- Dir. Rob Zombie
- Crude R–Rated animation from horror fanatic Rob Zombie (adapted from his own dirty comic) concerns the sex–addicted exploits of a washed…
- I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2009)
- Dir. Stacey Edmonds, Doug Turner
Feat. Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, Az Jackson
- Sloppy novelty horror in which a tormented cricket player returns 20 years later to hit his former teammates for six. Contains crude cricketing…
- Jennifer's Body (2009)
- Dir. Karyn Kusama
Feat. Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons…
- The screenwriter of JUNO brings her distinctive, know–it–all style to this high–school horror–comedy, in which the sultry…
- Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
- Dir. Phil Claydon
Feat. James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring…
- Comedy duo Corden and Horne (stars of TV's GAVIN AND STACEY) make their big screen debut as a pair of spotty fools who must defend themselves and a…
- Psychoville (TV Series) (2009)
- Dir. Matt Lipsey
Feat. Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Dawn French…
- Blacky comic sitcom written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who each play numerous bizarre…
- Revenant, The (2009)
- Dir. D. Kerry Prior
Feat. David Anders, Chris Wylde, Louise Griffiths
- Gory buddy–comedy with an undead soldier and his best friend roaming the streets in a never–ending quest for blood. The darker brother of…
- Smash Cut (2009)
- Dir. Lee Demarbe
Feat. David Hess, Sasha Grey, Michael Berryman…
- Splatter comedy with Hess as horror hack who discovers a way to both gain notoriety and also to keep those pesky special effects costs down.…
- Suck (2009)
- Dir. Rob Stefaniuk
Feat. Rob Stefaniuk, Malcolm McDowell, Jessica Pare…
- Heady horror–comedy follows the career highs and lows of a struggling band who find unexpected (but fraught) success when one of their members…
- Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (2009)
- Dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Feat. Yukie Nakama, Eri Otoguro
- Another enjoyable stock effort from the makers of TOKYO GORE POLICE et. al, this combines home–brewed splatter, ropey special effects, and…
- Zombieland (2009)
- Dir. Ruben Fleischer
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone…
- Deftly funny splatter comedy set in a post–apocalyptic world overrun with – you guessed it – Zombies, has two drifters teaming up…
- Baghead (2008)
- Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, Ross Partridge…
- The Duplass Brothers deliver on the promise of their debut, THE PUFFY CHAIR, with another no–frills charmer that effortlessly marries assured…
- Cottage, The (2008)
- Dir. Paul Andrew Williams
Feat. Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith
- Splattery horror–comedy in the vein of SHAUN OF THE DEAD follows two mismatched brothers on a bungled kidnapping attempt of a gangster’s…
- Dance of the Dead (2008)
- Dir. Gregg Bishop
Feat. Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Zoe Myers…
- Lean and mean zombie comedy about a plague of living dead who crash the high school prom and the dateless losers who appear to be the only ones who…
- Dead Set (TV Series) (2008)
- Dir. Yann Demange
Feat. Jaime Winstone, Riz Ahmed, Warren Brown…
- A bleak send–up of reality TV culture in which a production studio is attacked by zombies during the filming of a fictional "Big Brother" style…
- I Sell the Dead (2008)
- Dir. Glenn McQuaid
Feat. Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman…
- Bumptious horror–comedy of corpses with two beleaguered grave robbers having to contend with the troublesome undead and blood–lusting…
- Make-Out With Violence (2008)
- Dir. Deagol Brothers
Feat. Eric Lehning, Cody DeVos
- A genuinely odd zombie movie about twin brothers whose teenage girl crush mysteriously disappears one day, only to emerge in a vegetative state…
- One Eyed Monster (2008)
- Dir. Adam Fields
Feat. Amber Benson, Ron Jeremy, Jason Graham
- 'The world is screwed' in this horror comedy, where a cast and crew of a porno film must escape a shape–shifting alien who chooses to posses…
- Otis (2008)
- Dir. Tony Krantz
Feat. Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Bostin Christopher…
- A cult favourite in the making, this outrageous black comedy is an assuredly twisted, dark and laugh–out–loud funny satire of vigilantism…
- Trailer Park Of Terror (2008)
- Dir. Steven Goldmann
Feat. Nichole Hiltz, Matthew Del Negro, Trace Adkins
- Yet another installment in the zombie–comedy genre sees a group of troubled high–school students get stranded in a trailer park occupied…
- Zombie Strippers (2008)
- Dir. Jay Lee
Feat. Robert Englund, Jenna Jameson
- No–brainer zombie comedy starring ex–porn star Jenna Jameson as a small–town stripper who catches a leaked government virus which…
- Aaah Zombies! (Wasting Away) (2007)
- Dir. Matthew Kohnen
Feat. Matthew Davis, Julianna Robinson, MIchael Grant Terry…
- After chowing down on experimental goo four friends find themselves zombiefied in this rather sweet horror–comedy.
Latest entry in the…
- Dead and Deader (2007)
- Dir. Patrick Dinhut
Feat. Dean Cain, Guy Torry, Susan Ward
- A referential zombie comedy that is knowingly unoriginal, but serves its subgenre well by splatting the target more often than most in both laughs…
- Murder Party (2007)
- Dir. Jeremy Saulnier
Feat. Alex Barnett, Macon Blair, Paul Goldblatt…
- Fairly wretched horror comedy about a loner who crashes a Halloween party and finds himself at the mercy of a group of deranged NY artists determined…
- My Name Is Bruce (2007)
- Dir. Bruce Campbell
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Grace Thorsen, Ted Raimi…
- Cult favourite B–grade actor Campbell is kidnapped by a misguided fan who expects him to save the world from very real monsters in this…
- Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman…
- Johnny Depp is centre stage once again for dir. Tim Burton in this fiendish screen rendition of Stephen Sondheim's twisted musical about a…
- Teeth (2007)
- Dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein
Feat. Jess Weixler
- Squeamishly entertaining horror centred on a sweet high school virgin who discovers she has a set of mutant teeth between her legs, the perfect…
- Black Sheep (2006)
- Dir. Jonathan King
Feat. Nathan Meister, Danielle Mason, Peter Feeney…
- A slick splatter–comedy in the Kiwi tradition of BAD TASTE, about a herd of rabid, flesh–eating sheep run amok in rural New…
- Fido (2006)
- Dir. Andrew Currie
Feat. Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss, K'Sun Ray
- Day–glo zombie comedy takes the increasingly dog–eared genre to a new meta–level with its premise of zombies being domesticated as…
- Hatchet (2006)
- Dir. Adam Green
Feat. Joel David Moore
- Definitely not for the squeamish, this gloriously gruesome horror involves imbecilic young tourists getting stalked, lopped and hacked up by a…
- Severance (2006)
- Dir. Christopher Smith
Feat. Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny
- Bludgeoning horror–comedy that derives its slasher conventions and corporate politics from an ill–fated team building exercise in the…
- Sheitan (2006)
- Dir. Kim Chapiron
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Roxane Mesquida
- A gaggle of young hedonists on a bender expend their energies at a disco and are invited by pouting barmaid Mesquida (A MA SOUER) to her remote…
- Slither (2006)
- Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker
- The small American town of Wheelsy is visited by a slithery space squid, which sends a variety of parasitic slugs out to invade the bodies of the…
- Tokyo Zombie (2005)
- Dir. Sakichi Sato
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Tadanobu Asano, Arata Furuta…
- An enormous garbage dump in Tokyo begins to spawl hoards of the walking dead, prompting two dumb–and–dumber garage workers to unleash…
- Dead and Breakfast (2004)
- Dir. Matthew Leutwyler
Feat. Portia de Rossi, Jeremy Sisto, David Carradine
- This reasonably hospitable reprise of zombie peril has six friends finding themselves trapped and hunted in and around a smalltown 'bed and…
- Night of the Living Dorks (2004)
- Dir. Mathias Dinter
Feat. Tino Mewes, Manuel Cortez, Thomas Schmieder…
- High school geek revenge flick meets living dead spoof when four geeky buddies accidentally become zombies – and reap the social benefts – in…
- Satan's Little Helper (2004)
- Dir. Jeff Lieberman
Feat. Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Bricknel, Amanda Plummer
- A Halloween–set black comedy about a nine–year–old boy who inadvertently teams up with a masked psychopath on his round of…
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield…
- The zombie movie genre collides with distinctively British "lad humour" in this playful and wildly entertaining parody.
Centred around the…
- Green Butchers, The (De grønne slagtere ) (2003)
- Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
- Grim comedy focused on two down–and–out butchers who discover they can make a killing out of their customer's oblivious cannibalistic…
- Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Denise Richards
- Further hit–and–miss spoofery of the horror movie genre, and popular culture in general from dir. Zucker and the Wayans clan.
Targets…
- Tutenstein (TV Series) (2003)
- Quirksome kids animation which begins when the Egyptian mummy of a 10–year old pharoah is struck by lightning in a museum and 'Tut' comes back…
- Undead (2002)
- Dir. The Spierig Brothers
Feat. Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins
- This brash splatter effort from Australia makes impressive, exhaustive use of special effects on a very low budget as it turns into an almost…
- Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiyoshiro Imawano…
- A delirious confection from Japanese bad boy dir., Takashi Miike, this “zombie musical” is his most benevolent yet purely entertaining…
- Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical (2001)
- Dir. Don Roy King
Feat. David Hasselhoff, Coleen Sexton, Andrea Rivette
- The unlikely David Hasselhoff stars as Dr.Jekyll in his crazed alter–ego Mr.Hyde in this rock n roll adaptation of Robert Louis Steveson's…
- Bad Girls From Valley High (A Fate Totally Worse Than Death) (2000)
- Dir. John T. Kretchmer
Feat. Christopher Lloyd
- A good premise lifts this high–school comedy from out of the herd, with three socially ambitious girls having a curse placed on them which…
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette…
- Neve Campbell and friends get revisited by another round of cell–phone threats, masked stalkers and spotty, self–referential…
- Killer Condom (Kondom des Grauens) (1996)
- Dir. Martin Walz
Feat. Udo Samel
- Hysterical horror comedy is an eye–popping oddity even for the Troma stables; it combines crude but impressive phallic special effects (by H.R.…
- Scream (1996)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich…
- The horror genre gets a long overdue (if tongue–in–cheek) revamp but you needn't be an aficionado to experience the thrill of this…
- Tremors 2 (Tremors 2 Aftershocks) (1996)
- Dir. S. S. Wilson
Feat. Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver…
- Sequel to the outrageous tongue–in–cheek creature feature TREMORS (1990), with supersucking desert worms returning to terrorise the oil…
- Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett
- Eddie Murphy and the ever–dynamic Angela Bassett team up for horror specialist Wes Craven, who injects a mix of comedy and gothic romance into…
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
- Dir. Kim Henkel
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey
- The fourth movie in the loose Texas Chainsaw franchise, directed by the writer of the original cult classic (not that that makes a difference). This…
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes
- Ingenious post–script to the tired NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. franchise in which castmembers of the previous films (playing themselves), too, become…
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
- Not bad sequel focuses less on Gomez & Morticia, and gets more comic mileage from the rest of the gang.
- Untold Story, The (1993)
- Dir. Herman Yau
Feat. Danny Lee, Anthony Wong
- Outrageous gross–out thriller that may put you off Chinese food for life – based on the "Eight Immortals Restaurant murders" that took…
- Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3) (1992)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz
- Raimi's third 'Evil Dead' movie is an out–and–out Pythonesque comic–fantasy in which the hero, Ash, confronts simpleton locals and…
- Braindead (Dead Alive) (1992)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody
- Local prodigy's magnum opus may well be the last word in zombie film. What begins as a nervous romance for naive young Lionel soon turns into a…
- Addams Family, The (1991)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd…
- Huston, Julia and Lloyd star in this glossy update of the '60s TV series. Inventive, blackly comic and lavishly gothic production design.
- Battle Heater (Kotatsu) (1990)
- Dir. Geroge Iida
Feat. Pappara Kawai, Akira Imoto
- A maniacal low–budget doozie about a man–eating Kotatsu heater, this adds its own spirited splash to the horror mini–genre of…
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover
- This commendable sequel sees the little critters take the mayhem to gargantuan proportions, attempting to take over the entire city of New York.
- Re-Animator 2 (Bride Of Re-Animator) (1990)
- Dir. Brian Yuzna
Feat. Jeffrey Combs
- Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West and friends return for a gory homage to Bride of Frankenstein, but its a pale shadow of both films, with noticeably…
- Society (1990)
- Dir. Brian Yuzna
Feat. Billy Warlock, Connie Danese, Ben Slack
- Perverse hallucinations plague a young man in this sqeaumish satire of social mores in LA. The finale is an outrageous orgy of slimy…
- Tremors (1990)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross
- Exciting tongue–in–cheek horror flick in the tradition of 50s 'Creature Features' has Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward among the desert yokels…
- Cutting Class (1989)
- Dir. Rospo Pallenberg
Feat. Brad Pitt, Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen…
- Late–80s, high–school set slasher that (semi–)parodies the genre is best known for featuring a young Brad Pitt. While mediocre as a…
- Return of the Swamp Thing, The (1989)
- Feat. Louis Jourdan, Heather Locklear, Dick Durock
- Everyone's favourite muck–encrusted plant–man is back in a sequel so bad, it's better than the original!
The campy…
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin…
- A deceased couple return as ghosts and discover their home has been occupied by an obnoxious family, so decide to enlist the services of…
- Brain Damage (1988)
- Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Feat. Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry
- Outrageous splatter comedy doubles as a drug–addiction parable about a parasitic monster that feeds off the acquaintances of its human host.…
- Child's Play (1988)
- Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent…
- 'Chucky', the possessed cabbage–patch kid, goes on a murderous rampage in this clever consumerist parable. Tightly scripted and imaginatively…
- Elvira (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) (1988)
- Dir. James Signorelli
Feat. Cassandra Peterson, Jeff Conaway, Edie McClurg…
- High camp fun with real–life cult horror movie host Elvira, in her first acting role. Canny blend of tongue–in–cheek innuendo and…
- Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
- Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
Feat. Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind…
- William Ragsdale returns as Charley Brewster, now a college freshman who is tormented by the undead sister of the vampire from the first film. While…
- Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
- Dir. Ken Wiederhorn
Feat. Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan
- Yet another unnecessary sequel, this time to the popular spoof of Romero's Living Dead films.
- Vampire's Kiss (1988)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
- Nicolas Cage gives a wildly uninhibited performance as a psychotic yuppie who thinks he's been bitten by a vampire. From the pen that wrote the…
- Bad Taste (1987)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Peter Jackson
- New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…
- Howling III (Howling III: The Marsupials) (1987)
- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Barry Otto, Imogen Annesley
- Another sequel to the werewolf horror comedy THE HOWLING, with the same director as THE HOWLING II (1985), filmed on location in and around Sydney,…
- Monster Squad, The (1987)
- Dir. Fred Dekker
Feat. Andre Gower, Stephen Macht, Stan Shaw…
- A group of savvy kids attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monstrous cohorts – all familiar faces from Universal horror…
- Class of Nuke 'em High (Atomic High School) (1986)
- Dir. Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman
Feat. Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton
- One of the better Troma–trash productions in which pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after…
- Island of the Alive (It's Alive 3) (1986)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Karen Black
- Eschewing the subtle creepiness of the first ALIVE movies, this goes for a more blackly comical tale of mutant babies, placed out of harm's way on a…
- Night of the Creeps (1986)
- Dir. Fred Dekker
Feat. Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Tom Atkins…
- Good–humored horror about alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, and turning their hosts into rampaging zombies.
- Vamp (1986)
- Dir. Richard Wenk
Feat. Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron…
- Campy, neon–hued sex comedy–horror from the 80's in which two students travel to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their…
- Fright Night (1985)
- Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall…
- Terrific vampire satire in which a boy becomes highly suspicious of his new neighbours, led by a suave Chris Sarandon.
The superb make–up…
- Ghoulies / Ghoulies 2 (1985-1987)
- Dir. Luca Bercovici, Albert Band
Feat. Lisa Pelikan, Jack Nance, Royal Dano
- GREMLINS–inspired comic horrors from the mid–1980s in which a young couple unwittingly let loose half a dozen nasty little critters and…
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
- Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
- Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)
- Dir. Dan O'Bannon
Feat. Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa
- Pretty–good parody of Romero's Living Dead films, though not quite the same as the real thing. Great thrash–metal soundtrack, though.
- Toxic Avenger, The (1985)
- Dir. Michael Herz, Sam Weil
Feat. Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard
- A nerd becomes super–powered after falling into a vat of radioactive waste, and proceeds to clean up crime in one of the most notorious yet…
- Troll (1985)
- Dir. John Buechler, Drago Floyd
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Sonny Bono, Shelley Hack…
- Barrel–scrapingly hilarious, this GREMLINS knock–off sees a hairy troll turning an apartment block into a "garden of ancient evil", by…
- Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
- Dir. Ray Cameron
Feat. Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price…
- Horror comedy about six scientists investigating a creepy manor, where a mysterious massacre killed 18 guests in a single night many years…
- Gremlins (1984)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Hoyt Axton, Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates…
- Comedy–horror gold just mild enough for the kids, about a boy's new pet that spawns a legion of furry, unruly monsters.
- Creepshow (1982)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeam, Fritz Weaver
- Well–spun compendium of five tales captures the intended spirit and ghoulishness of 1950s EC horror comics in an affectionate homage.
- Last Horror Film, The (1982)
- Dir. David Winters
Feat. Caroline Munro, Joe Spinell, Filomena Spagnuolo…
- Horror comedy filmed on location at the Cannes Film Festival, where a New York City taxi driver is trying to fulfill his dream of directing a film…
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal
- TV movie of the 1979 Broadway hit, originally staged by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Set in London in 1846, where Barber…
- Full Moon High (1981)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Elizabeth Hartman…
- Wry horror–comedy with Adam Arkin as a jocular teen whose good time in Transylvannia is marred by his transformation into a werewolf. Change of…
- Fade to Black (1980)
- Dir. Vernon Zimmerman
Feat. Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford
- Film buffs should appreciate this inventive black–comedy about a weirdo movie addict who kills people in the style of his various film heroes.
- Motel Hell (1980)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons
- Comedy black enough to convert one to vegetarianism about rednecks who use a special kinda meat for 'Farmer Vincent's Fritters'! The duelling…
- Ninth Configuration, The (Twinkle, Twinkle, ) (1980)
- Dir. William Peter Blatty
Feat. Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller…
- Psychological thriller set in the 70's written, produced and directed by William Peter Blatty (THE EXORCIST). Having returned from Vietnam, a marine…
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr…
- One of Mel Brooks' best is this on–target parody of Mary Shelley's gothic legend and especially James Whale's classic 1930s film versions.…
- Multiple Maniacs (1970)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce…
- John Waters' second film is this gloriously gory send–up of both mainstream and counter–culture. Populated by a cast of beloved Waters…
- Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The (1966)
- Dir. Alan Rafkin
Feat. Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond…
- A pretty darned funny Don Knotts vehicle that has the rubber–faced comedian as a timid typesetter who hasn't a chance of becoming a reporter…
- Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966)
- Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy…
- Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America.
22 episodes…
- Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis…
- Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…
- Ghost on the Loose (1943)
- Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Leo Gorcey
- At the 'Ed Wood' end of the horror–comedy canon, this has Lugosi haunting the suburban house of some newlyweds. Also stars screen…
- Black Cat, The (1941)
- Dir. Albert S. Rogell
Feat. Basil Rathbone, F. Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford…
- A curious genre hybrid for the time, both haunted house movie and comedy (with the help of comedy actor Bob Hope), adapting the Edgar Allan Poe story…
- Cat and the Canary, The (1939)
- Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
- Bob Hope lends his charm to this playful remake of 1927 expressionist silent film about siblings who inherit an uncle's fortune but must first prove…