TV & Film List

The Horror and the Humor: A Fine Selection of Creepy Comical Films

By Eric Schneider

Just before cutting off his own hand with a chainsaw in Evil Dead II, Bruce Campbell, as tormented hero Ash, taunts his demonically hijacked appendage, "That's right. Who's laughing now? Who's laughing now!" Well, we are, since it's undeniably one of the most hilarious horror movies ever made. While some of the films on this list don't hit Evil Dead II's level of gore, they all mix real scares with clever humor to extremely entertaining effect.

CRITICAL LIST

Evil Dead II

Sam Raimi
Raimi's giddy and gory masterpiece. >>

Shaun of the Dead

Edgar Wright
Love, humor, and gore collide in this zombie-infested tale. >>

Zombieland

Ruben Fleischer
A cheeky and lively tale of survival in an undead-overrun America. >>

Dead Alive

Peter Jackson

An American Werewolf in London

John Landis

Fright Night

Tom Holland

Slither

James Gunn

Black Sheep

Jonathan King

Ghostbusters

Ivan Reitman

Gremlins

Joe Dante