It's the first one that came to my mind. It's the best example I can think of where the comedy and the horror both work in harmony. It is genuinely scary (the jump scare in the hospital when David's face is suddenly a zombie/werewolf thing; and that whole initial werewolf attack on the moors), it's also very funny (Jack's quips as his body slowly decomposes each time we see him; the cheesy lines in the porn movie we see in the theatre).

Glad someone else likes that one. Grimy as hell.

The over-the-top absurdity of the Piccadilly Circus massacre is hilarious.



The nightmare sequence with the Nazi zombies terrified me as a kid.

Re: Horror comedies that are genuinely scary
 

I am not a fan of horror movies (as I find them stupid and/or gross), but, back in the day, I thought The Legend of Hell House (1973) quite well done and rather scary.

I recently watched a video on YouTube that credits American Werewolf in London as having the first ever 'you thought you woke up, but you're still dreaming' twist in a horror movie. I think they're right.

Cabin in the Woods wasnt a horror comedy though.

The Last Supper (1995)

You didn't think so? Certainly more gory than scary, but I'd personally count it.

Nah. Sure the stoner dude provided some humor at times and the dudes in the control room were sorta witty but overall it wasn't meant to be horror comedy.

Surely it can’t have just been a straight-up horror? I’m quite partial to the film but I agree there’s little in it that’s amusing per se.

I think it was established on the previous page that if there is any humor in a horror movie or any lightness of any kind it is a Horror Comedy around here.

That extended intro with them talking about putting cabinets to a hard cut to the title with a metal soundtrack is he movie announcing itself as a horror-comedy. Unlike some of the other horror comedies being discussed in this thread where the tone feels more consistent throughout their runtime, Cabin the Wood's tone oscillates more distinctly between straight horror and pure comedy (and some scenes are blending them together). Maybe one of the other examples in this thread that's similar would be Scream.

The whole concept of Cabin in the Woods is based on a send up of horror movie tropes. I'm pretty sure when a movies entire conceptual framework is based on parody, it more than qualifies as a horror comedy.

the whole premise is one big joke - what if the fate of the world rested on a bunch of bored office workers forcing people to act out the stupidest and least original horror movie clichés ever? maybe it's not consistently funny or anything but that doesn't make it any less of a comedy.

Definitely first ghostbusters. Willy wonka isn’t a comedy but it’s children’s film and I was definitely shook the first few times I watched it. Zombieland has some jump scenes in it and without question evil dead 2 is at the top of the list