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Horror/Comedies: A Growing Cult Phenomenon Of The Last 20 Years

October 21st, 2009 9:42am EDT Post a comment

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Over the last 20 years cinema has changed significantly with regards to the horror genre. Modern horror/comedies like "Zombieland" are able to thrive in theaters

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Wed Oct 21 2009 13:11:45 By: Anonymous User
You forgot "Return of the Living Dead!" Best horror-comedy of the 80s (right after Evil Dead 2, of course).
"Send...more...paramedics"

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Wed Oct 21 2009 13:59:46 By: Apostate (

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Well-written article-and I,too,look forward to more horror-comedies on the big screen!

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Wed Oct 21 2009 18:51:54 By: Anonymous User
Awesome article. I enjoy the growing popularity of horror-comedy-TOO much more interesting.

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Wed Oct 21 2009 19:32:47 By: Anonymous User
A year before Evil Dead was Basket Case, which combined extreme gore and an outlandish plot abouta "normal" young man who has been separated from his monstrous evil Siamese twin. Many regarded the original Basket Case as a "straight" horror film, but Basket Case 2 underlined the humor with nonstop cornball gags, and Basket Case 3: The Progeny even had a musical number.

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Thu Oct 22 2009 02:20:11 By: Mormo (

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I thought Zombieland sucked but occasionally enjoy a horror comedy. Retardead was a awesome horror comedy.

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