Some of my favorite movies are horror/comedy. First we have a few with actually scary parts. These would be An American Werewolf in London, of the famous naked-man-running-with-balloons scene. Another one is the first Tremors movie. With Kevin Bacon! The huge sandworms aren't too smart but they're genuiunely dangerous. Beetlejuice is more jokey. Eight-legged freaks is totally jokey but it features a very young Scarlett Johannsen. Then there's Shaun of the Dead. Shaun is sublime, its comedy played perfectly straight hitting all the action-horror cliches. At one point the ragtag survivors led by the unlikely hero meets another group exactly like themselves. Each group stops for a moment, dumbfounded, then falls back into their roles and go their separate ways. Perfectly seriously. Aren't you dying to see these? Ha!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Scary good choices!
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