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Horror and comedy don't mix

posted 9 years ago by kurt7825
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they're not funny and not scary. i really hated this movie. the first was real horror with a couple minutes of comedy. it was great

[–] PWTempleman 9 years ago

I have to disagree horror and comedy work wonderful together. And the whole of the first one was comedy. The werewolf nazis, the porn theatre, constant dreams of running in the woods, waking up in a zoo with a bunch of wolves. It wasn't inyourface comedy (which I hate). It was very subtle.

[–] gerbilstunts 8 years ago

As a very young kid the dark humour of the original went right over my head and the film scared the absolute crap out of me. It wasn't until later I realised that it had a comedic streak running through it and I could enjoy it on a another level to the first time I watched it. They pretty much perfected the horror comedy.

This film on the other hand spent the first half of the movie being cheesy and annoying with a script a 10yr old could have written and the other half buried in half baked cgi and sub-par directing.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

It certainly needs a creative balance between the 2 mediums, which this film plainly lacked in spades.🐭

[–] baramelon 9 years ago

I'd say it can but it's hard to get right. Ever since I was really young I found this film really funny and equally scary.

I think most films fall short when they try

[–] TexasJack (12515) 7 years ago

I though they worked pretty well together in "American Werewolf in London".

[–] Washingtonnative (2613) 5 years ago

They sure did!

[–] ccr1633 (1411) 5 years ago

There are plenty of examples of horror/comedy that work very well, aside from the An American Werewolf in London. Examples that come to mind are:

Reanimator
Tremors
Evil Dead 2
Fright Night (original)
Creepshow
Planet Terror
Dead Alive
Motel Hell
Bubba Ho-Tep
Scream

I suppose Ghostbusters could qualify, but I consider that so far leaning toward comedy (and a good comedy) that I don't include it.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

Excellent list! OP's opinion killed, nuked, and buried alive.
I would add to the list: House and more recently, Ready or Not.