Comedy/Horror/Crime/Mystery

by Ten-Inch-Toni | created - 31 Jan 2021 | updated - 7 months ago | Public

This genre is classic. I happen to like by scary mixed with humor. This list will cover decades of film-watching fun.

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1. A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A dimwitted busboy at a beatnik cafe passes off a cat he accidentally killed and covered in plaster as a sculpture, prompting a demand for more art that compels him to commit murders.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton

Votes: 7,901

2. Suburban Gothic (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror

49 Metascore

City-boy Raymond returns to his hometown and finds a vengeful ghost is terrorizing his house. Therefore, this man-child recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening people's lives.

Director: Richard Bates Jr. | Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings, Ray Wise, Barbara Niven

Votes: 5,269

3. Home, Sweet Homicide (1946)

Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A mystery writer's three children confuse a police detective working on a murder.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott, Lynn Bari, Dean Stockwell

Votes: 361

4. House (1985)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

44 Metascore

A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Richard Moll

Votes: 29,988 | Gross: $19.44M

5. Love at First Bite (1979)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Horror

62 Metascore

After being evicted from his castle in Transylvania, Count Dracula and his assistant Renfield travel to New York to find a woman who the Count believes is the reincarnation of the woman he has loved for all eternity.

Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Dick Shawn

Votes: 6,391 | Gross: $43.89M

6. Tusk (I) (2014)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

55 Metascore

A brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez

Votes: 63,194 | Gross: $1.82M

7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical

83 Metascore

The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall

Votes: 386,962 | Gross: $52.90M

8. The Boy (2016)

PG-13 | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

42 Metascore

An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.

Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell, Jim Norton

Votes: 101,860 | Gross: $35.82M

9. 13 Ghosts (1960)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery

56 Metascore

A family inherits what proves to be a haunted house, but a special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 7,279 | Gross: $3.27M

10. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

76 Metascore

Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.

Directors: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi | Stars: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jonny Brugh

Votes: 200,304 | Gross: $3.33M

11. Blithe Spirit (2020)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

26 Metascore

A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer's block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife, which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.

Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Michele Dotrice

Votes: 8,561

12. Blithe Spirit (1945)

96 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford

Votes: 8,015

13. The Lost Boys (1987)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror

63 Metascore

After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes

Votes: 161,198 | Gross: $32.22M

14. Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Horror

63 Metascore

A caretaker devotes himself to three demented siblings after their father's death.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn

Votes: 7,813

15. Let's Kill Uncle (1966)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A 12-year-old orphan who has just inherited a fortune is trapped on an island with his uncle, a former British Intelligence commander who intends to kill him. A young girl is the boy's only... See full summary »

Director: William Castle | Stars: Nigel Green, Mary Badham, Pat Cardi, Robert Pickering

Votes: 528

16. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 2,535

17. The Midnight Hour (1985 TV Movie)

Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance

Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Jonelle Allen, Shari Belafonte, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise

Votes: 2,235

18. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

10 Metascore

Two tabloid reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there, but something suspicious is going on.

Director: Rudy De Luca | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane

Votes: 8,477 | Gross: $7.20M

19. Howard the Duck (1986)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

28 Metascore

A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a struggling female rock singer.

Director: Willard Huyck | Stars: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale

Votes: 50,756 | Gross: $16.30M

20. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror

47 Metascore

Six friends in a theatrical troupe dig up a corpse on an abandoned island to use in a mock Satanic rite. It backfires with deadly consequences.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen, Anya Ormsby

Votes: 5,026

21. The Omen (1976)

R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery

62 Metascore

Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner

Votes: 132,593 | Gross: $4.27M

22. Once Bitten (1985)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror

64 Metascore

A vampire Countess needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to keep her eternal beauty. It seems that all is hopeless, until she bumps into Mark Kendall.

Director: Howard Storm | Stars: Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, Karen Kopins, Cleavon Little

Votes: 16,824 | Gross: $10.00M

23. He Never Died (2015)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

72 Metascore

Jack, a social outcast, is thrust out of his comfort zone when the outside world bangs on his door and he can't contain his violent past.

Director: Jason Krawczyk | Stars: Henry Rollins, Booboo Stewart, Kate Greenhouse, Jordan Todosey

Votes: 22,278

24. Silent But Deadly (2012)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Horror

Senior citizens are being offed by a masked killer who stalks the halls of the small retirement community in which they live. The story opens with a terrifying murder, creating space on the... See full summary »

Director: Jason Lockhart | Stars: Dawn Wells, John Tartaglia, Lee Meriwether, David Proval

Votes: 146

25. Maximum Overdrive (1986)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

24 Metascore

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Director: Stephen King | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 35,846 | Gross: $7.43M

26. Scooby-Doo (2002)

PG | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

35 Metascore

After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 125,562 | Gross: $153.29M

27. The Funhouse (1981)

R | 96 min | Horror

56 Metascore

Four teenagers visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon discover that nothing there is innocent or amusing.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott

Votes: 16,284 | Gross: $7.89M

28. The Monster Squad (1987)

PG-13 | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

61 Metascore

A group of young monster fanatics attempts to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

Director: Fred Dekker | Stars: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr

Votes: 35,315 | Gross: $3.77M

29. Fright Night (1985)

R | 106 min | Horror

62 Metascore

"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.

Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 78,668 | Gross: $24.92M

30. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Sandkings (1995)

TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In his own garage, a discredited scientist creates intelligent, insect-like creatures that were yielded by soil samples from Mars.

Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Beau Bridges, Helen Shaver, Dylan Bridges, Kim Coates

Votes: 1,098

31. The Munsters (2022)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

57 Metascore

Reboot of "The Munsters," that followed a family of monsters who moves from Transylvania to an American suburb.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Daniel Roebuck, Richard Brake

Votes: 11,552

32. The Blackening (2022)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

67 Metascore

Seven friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo

Votes: 18,685



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