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Horror- Comedy

Two great tastes that taste great together!. Horror- Comedy. What is a horror-comedy?. Comedy is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film and stand-up comedy. Horror is a discourse that strives to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror.

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Horror- Comedy

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  1. Two great tastes that taste great together! Horror-Comedy

  2. What is a horror-comedy? • Comedy is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film and stand-up comedy. • Horror is a discourse that strives to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror. • These two styles of story-telling may seem contradictory, but the genre of horror comedy has a long and storied history…

  3. The history of Horror-Comedy • The technical term for horror comedy is gallows humor, which is defined as a type of humor that arises from stressful, traumatic or life-threatening situations. • It is different from black comedy because gallows comedy is created by the person affected by the stressful, traumatic or life-threatening situations. • “The permission to laugh at your fears, to whistle past the cinematic graveyard and feel secure in the knowledge that the monsters can't get you.“ – Bruce Hallenbeck, Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008

  4. History Continued • In the era of silent film, comedy-horror arose from stage performances rather than literature. • The Ghost Breaker (1914) was based on a 1909 play of the same name. • The genre exploded after the trauma of World War I. • One Exciting Night (1922) is a notable example, but watch out, there’s lots of black face in it.

  5. Notable Horror-Comedies • Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) • The Castle of the Monsters (1958) • The Comedy of Terrors (1964) • The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) • Please Don’t Eat My Mother (1972) • Attack of The Killer Tomatoes (1978) • An American Werewolf in London (1981) • The Evil Dead (1981) • The Toxic Avenger (1984) • Re-Animator (1985) • Frankenhooker(1990) • Bubba Ho-Tep(2002) • Dead Snow (2009)

  6. Young Frankenstein (1974) • Directed by Mel Brooks; starring Gene Wilder, ClorisLeachman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn and Gene Hackman. • The grandson of the original Dr. Frankenstein takes up his grandfather’s work. • The idea came up on the set of Blazing Saddles. • One of the best comedy movies ever made.

  7. Return of the Living Dead (1985) • Written and directed by Dan O’Bannon (Star Wars, Dune and Alien) • Zombies as the result of a US Army experiment gone bad. • Fought off by a group of punk rockers partying in a graveyard. • Notable for its campiness and the inclusion of punk and death rock bands in the film.

  8. Shaun of the Dead (2004) • Written by Edgar Wright (Spaced). • Described as a “Rom-Zom-Com”, which stands for a romantic zombie comedy. • Perennial losers Shaun and End must save their friends from the zombie apocalypse sweeping London. • Possibly the best synthesis of the genres of true horror and comedy.

  9. The End…?

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