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Horror and comedy are two highly pop genres that are both very difficult to pull off successfully . For every classic of the musical style , there are 100 of turkey . However , perhaps even harder to pull off is the subgenre ofhorror - drollery . A reconciliation deed that requires a mint of skill and judgment , but if done right they can produce some of the best reaction from audiences . Success lies in the film ’s power to make an equal feeling of joy and care .

Not necessarily something likeYoung Frankensteinwhich , while a classic , takes too much joy in parodying the scares rather than delivering them . Edgar Wright has proved several times that he can get the balance right field ; presenting a setting that on the surface can seem quirky and weird , but when push just a lilliputian further reveals itself to be moody and unpleasant .

Hot Fuzz (2007)

AfterShaun of the DeadEdgar Wright and Simon Pegg , impossibly , out - did themselves with their second characteristic . Hot Fuzzstarts with Sergeant Nicholas Angel , a London police officer so in force at his line of work he must be transferred to a muted country townsfolk , where nothing happens , so he stops embarrass his colleague .

The film part by poking fun at the town , but as its inhabitants become increasingly phantasmagoric it starts to bung over into the sinister . The plot is more played for gag , but there are sequences in the film that are more shocking than most slasher flick .

Dead Snow (2009)

A Norwegian horror - clowning that pays keen court toThe Evil Deadwhile managing to remain original . A mathematical group of young skiers go on   vacation to a remote cabin in the mountains , that just so happens to be the burial site for an entire troop of Nazi soldier . While they ’ve been dead for many years , the soldiers are just now returning from the dead to take form a newzombiearmy . The film does n’t take itself too earnestly and this is where most of the laughs come from . However , it does take mountain stage setting very seriously , including   an avalanche sequence that is exceptionally terrific .

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

The smash - hit mockumentary from Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement . The film ' documents ' agroup of vampiresin a house contribution in New Zealand . It explores their daily routines , the little spat they get into , and the difficulties of living as a vampire in the modern age . While the characters are themselves very laughable ( their pride and their egos often collide , to corking upshot ) the film never forgets that they belong to a world of evil and dark . Some of the surreal imagination used is truly disturbing and , living in the basement , is a 4th , and far more baneful lamia .

Tucker and Dale Vs Evil (2010)

In a brilliant twirl on horror tropes of older , Alan Tudykand Taylor Labine play two ominous - looking hill - baton who need nothing more than to look after the vacationing group of metropolis kids next door , rather than belt down them . The pic is shown from the perspectives of the minor who work themselves into frenzy imagining what the man might do to them . The biggest jest come from the ways the kids accidentally viciously kill themselves as they black market aside from nothing . But , when the truthful evil does reveal itself , it is satisfyingly nasty .

The Host (2006)

BeforeParasite , The Hostwas probablyBong - Joon Ho ’s better - known motion picture . ready in Seoul it follows a work - course Korean family on the day a titan , mutant Pisces - monster pass on the rampage . When one of their own is kidnapped by the creature the family work together to deliver her . While the creature is as scary and threatening as any movie monster , the family are not the typical movie heroes ; they pettifog , they ca n’t fight very well and often they ’re extremely fumbling . They do what they do out of dear and despair , they ’re just not very serious at it .

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Gremlinsripped up the Christmas movie rule book;Gremlins 2ripped up theGremlinsmovie rule book . While the first had been quite dark , the indorsement go for the ridiculous . adjust in a unnumerable skyscraper , after another Gremlins outbreak , Gizmo and the gang have to put a stop to the mayhem .

The pic represent such a bizarre modification of direction for the revulsion dealership that it has become a cult classic . While definitely more a gross - out funniness than a horror , it is still deserving watch over , because there is nothing like it .

Krampus (2015)

Not only doesKrampuspull off the tricky horror / comedy balancing act , but it also works as a horror / Christmas film . adapt traditional German folklore , the Krampus is an anti - Santa Claus ( far scarier and with more fangs and horns ) charged with delivering punishments to spoilt children . Starring Adam Scott and Toni Collette , who head a great comedic stamp , the film make out to delve into the saturnine side of Christmas , discuss how difficult it is to be definitively labeled bad or good .

Re-Animator (1985)

Iconic repulsion authorH.P.Lovecrafthas never had much luck in getting his work adapt effectively . It is ironic , therefore , that the best adjustment of his writing had to inject it with humor for it to work . It take after Herbert West a brilliant , but weird , medical student who believes he ’s found a way to bring the dead back to liveliness . Comedy come from the over - top - carrying out of West and also his need to kill people just to bring them back to life . But , the cinema strike the correct balance of surreal making a lot of it very uncomfortable . Combined with some great practical effects , the film acquire steady grim .

The Frighteners (1996)

Peter Jackson ’s final film before head to Middle - Earth , The Frightenersis a fun little film with more than enough scares . Michael J. Fox asterisk as Frank , a human race who can see and communicate with ghosts . arrange up as a con , his spiritual compatriot stalk a theater before he comes along to exorcise it , that is before a real threat in the end come into townsfolk .

The motion-picture show has a Hellenic caper set - up but is bolstered by ( for the time ) some cutting - boundary CGI and practical burden that make for some authentically scary sequences .

Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Long considered the high watermark of the horror - comedy genre , Evil Dead 2 isoften featured on list of the best films of all time . Ash Williams travels to a distant cabin in the woods with his girl . Less than five minutes into the film his girlfriend is kill , turned into a demon , killed again , and then Ash himself is have . The film is very simple and little , but so wholly perfect . To escape the cabin is the only plot , but nearly every scene is so well judged that it can either have its consultation laughing or it can have it squall . Very few films have this muchentertainment value .

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Nazi zombies look on in Dead Snow

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Tucker & Dale scream at something offscreen in Tucker And Dale Vs Evil.

The monster grabbing someone with tail in The Host

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Krampus movies, Toni Collette

Herbert West holds a glowing syringe from Re-Animator

Michael J Fox as Frank Bannister talking to ghosts in The Frighteners.

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