Tag: Horror Comedy
Premiering at Grimmfest’s annual horror film festival, Frankie, Maniac Woman (2025), directed and co-written by Pierre Tsigaridis, director of Traumatika (2024), arrives with the promise of a searing indictment of the music industry’s relentless objectification of women, yet ultimately becomes complicit in the very misogyny it purports to critique. Following Frankie (Dina Silva), an aspiring
Is there a job that’s actually worth dying for? Director Jake Myers takes on the modern grind culture with this darkly humorous body horror about a mind-altering drink that makes employees work themselves to death. Early on in the film, a young woman is seen working overtime at a mysterious office when she gets a
As the holiday season approaches, many people look forward to cozy evenings by the fireplace dipping into the eggnog, and singing the Christmas classics. But holiday-themed horror movies offer a delightfully chilling alternative for those who crave a darker twist to their seasonal celebrations. These films take the joy and nostalgia of the holidays and
Lake Jesup is a 2024 creature-feature horror comedy written and directed by Michael Houston King. Working in the TV industry as an actor for nearly 30 years, Michael has also worked as a writer on the feature-length family drama The Way Back Home (2006), the short drama Last Stop (2011), and the TV show One
Weddings can be stressful; add in a drunken blowjob for the groom from a vindictive stranger and an obnoxious employee overstepping social boundaries, and, for couple Shane and Leah, it is a nightmare. The follow-up ‘perfect’ honeymoon, full of arguments about money, career, and family disrespect (never disrespecting family), is already a drag. However, when
The Mildew from Planet Xonader is a 2015 English-language Italian splatter horror film, written and directed by Giulio De Santi and Neil Meschino, with additional writing from Dave Fogerson and Tiziana Machella. The film is produced by the independent production company Necrostorm, founded by Giulio De Santi, known for their over-the-top, gore-soaked horror films such
After winning Best Original Screenplay for Juno (2007) at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTA Awards, Diablo Cody was given carte blanche on her next full-length picture. What the general audience might not have expected at the time was that Cody was—and still is—a huge fan of horror films, so she took this opportunity
Dead Sushi is a 2012 Japanese splatter horror comedy film, written and directed by Noboru Iguchi, with additional writing from Makiko Iguchi and Jun Tsugita. Known for his over-the-top implementation of gore, comedy, and all-round silliness, Iguchi is known as the director behind such classics as The Machine Girl (2008), Robo-Geisha (2009), and Hentai Samurai
Alpha The Killer Sloth Is The Next Creature Feature Superstar (This is an absurd review of an absurd movie, and may or may not contain true facts. If you enjoyed Scream Queens, you’ll like this one. Watch Slotherhouse for yourself, because “why the hell not?”. ) Emily Young, a senior, wants to be elected as
An unassuming seaside town in southern England is thwacked, whomped, and clobbered by the resurgence of an enigmatic, squeaky-voiced, no-nonsense killer who brandishes a club to brutally execute his victims. Mr. Punch sends his regards. Punch (2023) is a new assault on the senses from prominent horror director Andy Edwards (Ibiza Undead, Midnight Peepshow), in