Best Horror, Thriller, and Suspense Films with a Sense of Humor

by bfomara | created - 21 Jan 2012 | updated - 25 Apr 2022 | Public

So difficult to rank these. The higher they are on the list the greater re-watch value they have.

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101. Petey Wheatstraw (1977)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

After being murdered by his rivals, Petey Wheatstraw is resurrected, in exchange for marrying the devil's daughter, the world's ugliest woman.

Director: Cliff Roquemore | Stars: Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Ernest Mayhand

Votes: 1,553

102. Night Killer (1990)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A surviving amnesiac victim of a serial killer is terrorized while the police works with a psychiatrist to bring him to justice and stop the crime wave.

Directors: Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Peter Hooten, Tara Buckman, Richard Foster, Mel Davis

Votes: 1,119

103. Deep Murder (2019)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

This raunchy horror comedy delves deep into the story of a deranged killer as he slashes his way across a soft core porno. Who will last the longest as the stiffs pile up and the killer plows through his victims?

Director: Nick Corirossi | Stars: Quinn Beswick, Katie Aselton, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Chris Redd

Votes: 879

104. Butt Boy (2019)

TV-MA | 99 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

56 Metascore

Detective Fox loves work and alcohol. After going to AA, his sponsor, Chip, becomes the main suspect in his investigation of a missing kid. Fox also starts to believe that people are disappearing up Chip's butt.

Director: Tyler Cornack | Stars: Tyler Rice, Tyler Cornack, Shelby Dash, Brad Potts

Votes: 2,183

105. Brain Damage (1988)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror

61 Metascore

One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.

Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes

Votes: 13,175

106. Crystal Eyes (2017)

82 min | Horror

Buenos Aires, 1985. It's the first anniversary of the death of Alexis Carpenter, the unstable supermodel who died tragically when she was set on fire while closing a runaway show. Lucia ... See full summary »

Directors: Ezequiel Endelman, Leandro Montejano | Stars: Silvia Montanari, Anahí Politi, Erika Boveri, Ernesto Claudio

Votes: 212

107. Troll 2 (1990)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabited by goblins, disguised as humans, who plan to eat them.

Director: Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Michael Paul Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie Young

Votes: 34,685

108. Frankenhooker (1990)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.

Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen, J.J. Clark

Votes: 13,524 | Gross: $0.21M

109. Killer Joe (2011)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

62 Metascore

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

Votes: 83,339 | Gross: $1.99M

110. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

14 Metascore

Jason Voorhees is accidentally awakened from his watery grave and ends up stalking a ship full of graduating high-school students headed to Manhattan, New York.

Director: Rob Hedden | Stars: Jensen Daggett, Kane Hodder, Todd Caldecott, Tiffany Paulsen

Votes: 43,092 | Gross: $14.34M

111. Fade to Black (1980)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

54 Metascore

A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.

Director: Vernon Zimmerman | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton

Votes: 4,998

112. Schizoid (1980)

R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An advice columnist in the midst of getting a divorce begins receiving threatening notes from an anonymous stalker. Meanwhile, members of her group therapy session are being murdered by an unknown assailant.

Director: David Paulsen | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Donna Wilkes, Marianna Hill, Craig Wasson

Votes: 1,976

113. Savage Weekend (1979)

R | 88 min | Horror

Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.

Directors: David Paulsen, John Mason Kirby | Stars: Christopher Allport, Jim Doerr, David Gale, Devin Goldenberg

Votes: 1,809

114. They Have Changed Their Face (1971)

92 min | Drama, Horror

In this allegory on capitalism, director of a known car corporation invites one of his employees to his country villa to give him the good news. He just got promoted. However, the old man is not what he seems and promotion has a price.

Director: Corrado Farina | Stars: Adolfo Celi, Geraldine Hooper, Giuliano Esperati, Francesca Modigliani

Votes: 586

115. Bloody New Year (1987)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.

Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood, Mark Powley

Votes: 2,276

116. Psycho Goreman (2020)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

67 Metascore

After unearthing a gem that controls an evil monster looking to destroy the Universe, a young girl and her brother use it to make him do their bidding.

Director: Steven Kostanski | Stars: Nita-Josée Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber, Steven Vlahos

Votes: 15,104

117. The Stuff (1985)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino

Votes: 18,504

118. Death in Brunswick (1990)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Carl Fitzgerald is down-on-his-luck until he meets Sophie, a beautiful Greek girl. He gets a job as a cook, but accidentally kills a fellow worker. He turns to his unscrupulous best friend for help and they attempt to dispose of the body.

Director: John Ruane | Stars: Sam Neill, Zoe Carides, John Clarke, Yvonne Lawley

Votes: 1,445

119. The Baby (1973)

PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor

Votes: 4,384

120. Runaway Nightmare (1982)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Two dorky Nevada worm wranglers are kidnapped by a gang of beautiful women as part of a plot to steal plutonium from the Mafia.

Director: Mike Cartel | Stars: Mike Cartel, Al Valletta, Seeska Vandenberg, Cindy Donlan

Votes: 262

121. Blood Tracks (1985)

Unrated | 81 min | Horror, Thriller

A film crew producing a rock music video decides to shoot at an abandoned factory above the snow line. When an avalanche strands them, a murderous family living in the factory attacks and kills many of them.

Directors: Mats Helge Olsson, Derek Ford | Stars: Jeff Harding, Michael Fitzpatrick, Naomi Kaneda, Brad Powell

Votes: 692

122. Blood Theatre (1984)

R | 75 min | Comedy, Horror

An old movie house plagued with a history of unexplained tragedies is reopened with bloody history repeating itself

Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Mary Woronov, Jenny Cunningham, Jonathan Blakely, Andrew Cofrin

Votes: 998

123. Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021 TV Special)

TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

On Halloween night, Gonzo is challenged to spend one night in The Haunted Mansion.

Director: Kirk R. Thatcher | Stars: Will Arnett, Taraji P. Henson, Darren Criss, Yvette Nicole Brown

Votes: 8,146

124. A Thousand Pleasures (1968)

70 min | Horror, Thriller

Henpecked misogynist Richard Davis murders his shrewish wife and goes out to dispose of her corpse. However, things go awry for Richard after he's abducted by a pair of insane lesbians who ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Findlay | Stars: Janet Banzet, Uta Erickson, Michael Findlay, Linda Boyce

Votes: 192

125. Shanks (1974)

PG | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror

A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher

Votes: 772

126. Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)

69 min | Horror, Thriller

A deranged, wealthy woman offers $100,000 to three men if they can stay alive for 24 hours in Manhattan, and then hunts them down.

Directors: Herbert S. Altman, Robert Worms | Stars: Eileen Lord, Ed Garrabrandt, Frank Geraci, Dick Lord

Votes: 307

127. The Curse of Her Flesh (1968)

75 min | Horror, Thriller

A weapons dealer who murdered his unfaithful stripper wife goes on a killing spree, bumping off exotic dancers and hookers while plotting revenge on his wife's lover.

Director: Michael Findlay | Stars: Eve Bork, Michael Findlay, Ron Scardera, Linda Boyce

Votes: 298

128. The Pigs (2005)

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A group of middle-aged men want out of their marriages, so they hire an ex-mercenary to do the dirty work. Before long, everyone wants in on the action, and the wives of a sleepy coastal town find themselves on the endangered gender list.

Director: Onur Tukel | Stars: Thomas Jay Ryan, Robert Longstreet, Chris Crockett, David Sherrill

Votes: 44

129. Pieces (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

68 Metascore

The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom

Votes: 12,833 | Gross: $2.03M



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