Best Horror, Thriller, and Suspense Films with a Sense of Humor
by bfomara | created - 21 Jan 2012 | updated - 25 Apr 2022 | PublicSo 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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