I don't know if it's intentional, but...
This almost looks like a horror comedy.
shareThey're playing up the comedic aspects. Watch the international trailer. That's way closer to the actual tone of the film.
shareIt has much more of a buddy/adventure tone than horror, but there's also some deeper character/philisophical stuff in there too.
shareIf done right, horror comedy could be a good genre, like for example the Chucky movies
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