Fun Scary Movies

[Celery Man 20996]

As opposed to.... Hereditary, Babadook, The Shining, etc - stuff that ranges from just this side of "Scary Movie" horror comedies to generally lighter horror or thriller movies. For some lighter halloween enjoyment.

The Cabin in the Woods

 

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

 

 

Or ones like

Ready or Not

 

 

Of course, Shaun of the Dead

 

I feel like "It Follows" can fit into this category, although I'm trying to remember if it's actually fairly light or if the premise just has some of that to it

I think the first "The Babysitter" movie was fairly enjoyable

 

[South Austin 52567]

I was going to say Cabin in the Woods. That movie was a ton of fun.

[atomheartbevo 89778]

Blair Witch Project, since you can emulate it these days with your cell phone.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

[smuggs 9353]

 

[South Austin 52567]

5 minutes ago, smuggs said:

Fright Night, right?  Loved that movie as a kid.

This is a another fun one from the 1980's.

[Texzilla58 4743]

The Ghost and Mr Chicken with Don Knotts. It was hilarious to my 6 year old ass.

[smuggs 9353]

5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Fright Night, right?  Loved that movie as a kid.

This is a another fun one from the 1980's.

Yep. 

Also, the werewolf GOAT is quite fun, albeit pretty heavy in the end:

 

[TexPx 2323]

[Deej 76897]

[Pato del Muerto 52571]

 

[Frank Erwin 203]

13 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 

Once Bitten was a great campy vampire twist with Lauren Hutton vamping it up.  So bad that it is good

[TexLonghorn 5671]

Little Monsters from 2019

[Haphap 742]

 

[futureman 22530]

1 hour ago, Haphap said:

 

this movie was absolute fucking trash.  gtfoh. 
 

 

 

17 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

I enjoyed The World’s End almost as much as SotD. 

Edited November 1, 2022 by futureman

[PRONG HORN 3150]

There’s only one answer.  This thread is a battle for 2nd

 

 

[futureman 22530]

18 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

There’s only one answer.  This thread is a battle for 2nd

 

 

dang, yeah you might be right. 

[Player 4576]

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

 

Get Out was pretty good. Got a little gory at the end.

[billfromlaketravis 11522]

Lost Boys. Classic 80’s movie that’s so bad it’s good. 

[rage-a-holic 4453]

On 10/31/2022 at 8:24 AM, South Austin said:

Fright Night, right?  Loved that movie as a kid.

This is a another fun one from the 1980's.

You're confusing House with House II. The original House wasn't the least bit funny.

[zman13 180]

You're Next

The trailer makes it looks like a "dumb family gets slaughtered by killers" but it's much more fun than that.

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by zman13
Kris Clack

[South Austin 52567]

8 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

You're confusing House with House II. The original House wasn't the least bit funny.

If you mean House tried to be funny but wasn't, that's fair.  But as a kid, I thought it was just as funny as scary, if not more so.

[WhatTheBuck 28797]

9 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Lost Boys. Classic 80’s movie that’s so bad it’s good. 

I wouldn’t say it was bad. Just cheesy as fuck. I liked that and Fright Night much more than I expected. 

[Deej 76897]

 

[South Austin 52567]

3 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I wouldn’t say it was bad. Just cheesy as fuck. I liked that and Fright Night much more than I expected. 

I haven't seen that movie in years so I have no idea how it holds up, but I never thought it was bad when it came out in my high school years, or even cheesy.  It was a vampire movie that thematically and musically was designed to appeal to my demographic, and it did a pretty good job at that. 

Also, there were boobies in Fright Night.  Not a lot, but enough to make me happy.

[rage-a-holic 4453]

3 hours ago, South Austin said:

If you mean House tried to be funny but wasn't, that's fair.  But as a kid, I thought it was just as funny as scary, if not more so.

hmmm maybe....House II had cowboy mummies, zombies, Cliff Claven and an Aztec temple inside the house, that's the one I remember being "fun" as a kid.

[South Austin 52567]

6 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

hmmm maybe....House II had cowboy mummies, zombies, Cliff Claven and an Aztec temple inside the house, that's the one I remember being "fun" as a kid.

Ah, never saw that one.  Maybe it was goofier by comparison.

[TexLonghorn 5671]

Just saw this on Showtime.  Loved it.  It brings some gore, too.

 

Edited November 3, 2022 by TexLonghorn
(According to JustWatch, it's on FUBO too, if anyone has that.)

[BabaYaga 15305]

[Duane Moore 5248]

I didn’t find “It Follows” to be light or humorous at all, but it is a top notch horror movie. 

These come to mind for this category:

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

On 11/1/2022 at 11:18 PM, rage-a-holic said:

The original House wasn't the least bit funny.

[Buzzrock 14936]

And yes, Evil Dead 2 is the GOAT (and should be watched with Army of Darkness).

[Lhorn 4934]

Liked Creepshow II. Haven’t seen the original yet. 

[WhatTheBuck 28797]

On 11/1/2022 at 9:36 PM, Player said:

The first? I don’t think so. Motel Hell came out a year earlier.

[Pato del Muerto 52571]

Tales from the crypt also had demon knight. 

[Buzzrock 14936]

The Visit might be MNS’s most fun movie. 

[ajax 2620]

Love this genre. "Freaky" with Vince Vaughn was more funny than scary but good. 

There's an old movie with Alex Guinness called "Mute Witness" that's really good. The first half is a really strong slasher film and the second half is an okay murder thriller/comedy. Weird mix.

Funny thing is that they filmed Guinness's scenes years earlier and filmed the rest of the movie after he died.

"My Best Friends Exorcism" on Prime right now is awful. Not funny, not scary. Don't watch it.

[Biff Tannen 45712]

7 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Tales from the crypt also had demon knight. 

Which had Pantera's Cemetery Gates on the soundtrack.

[Neonmoon 38130]

 

[Davis Lane 5590]

On 10/31/2022 at 8:30 AM, Texzilla58 said:

The Ghost and Mr Chicken with Don Knotts. It was hilarious to my 6 year old ass.

"Atta boy, Luther!"

[Jerry Callo 8720]

 

 

[Tylerocks 2553]

I don't know if this qualifies as either "fun" or "scary" but I read the thread title and it's the first thing that came to my mind. 

Loved the movie as a kid