10 Screamingly Funny Horror Films (That Weren't Supposed To Be Comedies)

5. Horror Of The Zombies

Even by horror movie standards, the ladies in Horror Of The Zombies give bikinied blondes a bad name. Adrift in the ocean after a publicity stunt gone wrong (long story), they think nothing of boarding a creepy-looking ship that suddenly appears out of the fog, pay no attention to the coffins on board and fail to notice when they disgorge their inhabitants – skeletal zombies in hooded cloaks.

Upping the bare flesh quotient allows director Amando De Ossorio to (slightly) tone down the violence in this third instalment of his Blind Dead quartet, which is unfortunate because the viewer can’t wait to see his thoroughly obnoxious cast get theirs. Among those begging to be eviscerated are a greedy sporting goods magnate, a bitchy photographer and a model who searches for her missing roommate while wearing a bikini.

What makes the film a must-see for Bad Movie fans are the “special” effects, which vary from skeletons that look more like props being pushed towards their victims to a “Spanish galleon” that’s clearly a toy boat in someone’s bathtub. De Ossorio frequently complained about the low budgets he was forced to work with and none of his Blind Dead films are cheaper (or funnier) than Horror Of The Zombies.