|Horror Comedy Is Back — But Can It Survive 2026?

Send Us Your Scares!Can horror comedy actually make a comeback? Or did the internet ruin the spoof movie forever? This week, Ambrose and Jessica go deep on five films — Scary Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Tucker & Dale vs Evil, M3GAN, and the upcoming Scary Movie 6 — to answer one question: what makes a horror comedy actually last?Leave a review 👉🏻 https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/reviewNewsletter Sign up at https://deadletter-m8dfsqxm.manus.spaceEpisode BreakdownThey break down how Keenen Ivory Wayans ran two weeks of character rehearsals to make Scary Movie feel like a real slasher underneath all the filth.The story of how a volunteer zombie army built from a Spaced fan site helped make Shaun of the Dead on just six million dollars.Tucker & Dale isn't really a slasher parody — it's a movie about class prejudice and how horror films trained us to assume the worst about working class people.A single TikTok dance cut M3GAN from a hard-R horror movie into a PG-13 cash machine — and both Ambrose and Jessica have feelings about it.The Dead Letter If you want more horror between episodes, The Dead Letter is the free monthly newsletter from TheTHINGaboutFilms. Each issue includes Anatomy of a Scene, Cutting Room Floor, Casting Shadows, Whispers in the Dark, and Summoning Soon. It's horror that goes deeper without the homework. Sign-off Thanks for hanging out in the dark with us. If you're enjoying the show, subscribe and leave us a review — it really does help. We'll be back next Friday with something that'll probably wreck us emotionally. See you then."And the best part it's absolutely Free, and you can cancel anytime you want if you don't like it." Support the showEPISODES FM - _https://episodes.fm/1809836198?view=apps&sort=popularitySwift - https://www.swiftenergy.gg/products/tropicrush?ref=svalxxsiFacebook Group Page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1263899825130479Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/thethingaboutfilms.bsky.socialInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thethingaboutfilms/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=TheTHINGaboutFilms&t=1754605765379X - https://x.com/thingaboutfilms?s=21