Episode 20: Horror Comedy

Episode 20: Horror Comedy This episode was recorded on January 18, 2024 and posted on February 24, 2024. Content Warning: Light vulgarity.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 20 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Ric from Ric's Horror Review Show Today's Topic: Horror Comedy Discussion on Horror Comedy Defining horror comed, our experiences in comedy, and its impact This Week's Coroner's Report Why does horror make us laugh? What is your favorite horror comedy? Film Discussion Comedy Classics Young Frankenstein (1974) House (1977) Basket Case (1982) Return of the Living Dead (1985) Child's Play (1988) Dead Alive (1992) Scream (1996) American Psycho (2000) Parodies & Spoof Scary Movie (2000) Shaun of the Dead (2004) Zombieland (2009) Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Dark Comedy & Black Comedy Heathers (1988) Cabin in the Woods (2011) Get Out (2017) Us (2019) Extremity & Ridiculousness Tusk (2014) Barbarian (2022) Thanksgiving (2023) Worst & Best Representations of Horror Comedy Spoilers ahead! Worst Young Frankenstein (1974) - Ric Wacko (1982) - Suzie Satan's Little Helper (2004) - Lonely Best Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) - Suzie Deadstream (2022) - Suzie Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) - Lonely What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - Ric Suzie's Deep Cuts Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.  Anklebiters (2002) Baghead (2008) Digging up the Marrow (2014) They're Watching (2016) Mommy (1995) Closing Thoughts What will 2024 bring for horror comedy? Thank you to our guest! Listen to Ric's Horror Review Show wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Ric on Instagram at @ricshorror.  Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources 15 Best of Meta-Horror Films - IMDb. (2012, April 18). IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls004160391/ Edwards, B. J. (n.d.). The intersection of horror and comedy and why we love it. Sideshow Collectibles. https://www.sideshow.com/blog/intersection-of-horror-comedy Foreman, A. (2022, October 21). The 31 Best Horror Comedy Movies of the 21st Century, from 'Zombieland' to 'Scream' to 'Freaky' to 'Fresh.' IndieWire. https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-horror-comedy-movies/ Joho, J. (2019, December 6). How the horror-comedy film genre defined the 2010s decade. Mashable. https://mashable.com/article/horror-comedy-2010s-decade Scripts, I. (2022, September 30). The comedy horror movie: The KEYS to both laughs and scares. Industrial Scripts®. https://industrialscripts.com/comedy-horror-movie/ Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 10). Comedy horror. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror#cite_note-Miller_2004_p._1-1