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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Horror with Humor


You may be aware that I have a deep-seated fondness for Horror movies. I watch them all year long and don't mind the gore, the screams, the tension and everything that goes along with the genre. But sometimes I want a little more from my Horror movies...I want comedy. Inspired by Andi over at Untangling Knots who is doing a month of Horrible movies in the Horror genre I thought I'd post some of my favorite horror movies that are intentionally (or unintentionally) funny.

 

First on my list is Shaun of the Dead. It's a 2004 zombie movie starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as two friends who somehow miss the impending zombie apocalypse and go on a quest to save Shaun's (played by Pegg) girlfriend and his mother. Gore ensues as Shaun and Ed travel through the zombie-infested city and hole up in a pub with their companions. While there is definitely violence and gore I find that the level of comedy does much to alleviate the ick-factor and the whole movie ends on a positive note.

2 comments:

  1. Always a good choice! I think the end is pretty adorable for a zombie movie.

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  2. I can't hardly watch a horror movie without nightmares later so I have seen very few. But I do have a Zombie trailer shot by one son starring another son that has well over 200K hits on youtube and other sites that I have seen frequently. Shiver!

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