It often makes you wonder about the tastes of modern audiences when horror comedies - a combination of the two most downright enjoyable genres in cinema - usually manage to both be a turn-off critics, and fail at the box office. If ever a genre had the potential for send-up, its the one that spawned the immortal classics Unfriended, Ouija and Annabelle. Then again, its entirely possible that a modern crowd just doesnt want to see horror being parodied. A decent horror comedy (or, failing that, Scary Movie 5) will make fun of all the genre conventions and spoof their weaknesses, and the people whore itching to see another Friday the 13th eboot dont want that. Or maybe they watched A Haunted House and Vampires Suck and wrote off the idea that horror can be funny. It can, but you wont find many laughs in those opportunistic would-be comedies, so lets not go there. As is usually the case, that cinematic effluent was given a wide release while a bunch of movies that actually worked were consigned to oblivion. To seek out the best in comedy horror, you have to fearlessly search through all those Netflix and DVD titles youve never heard of. Or you could just check out the following. Its your dime.
15. Infestation (2009)
Youve probably never heard of this giant bug movie, and thanks to The Asylum et al, youre probably sick of creature features, but Infestation has several things going for it, including better than average monsters. A combination of practical and digital effects, these suckers can take over a city in a heartbeat, cocooning the inhabitants and storing them for food. Led by Cooper (Christopher Marquette), a slacker in the Chuck mould, a handful of survivors arm themselves and attempt to destroy the bugs nest. A movie that never takes itself too seriously, Infestation asks such important questions as, Can you use a Taser against a giant bug? (Yes, but the bugs tend to explode). Packing more fun into its 92 minutes then youve seen in a dozen Syfy films, Infestation is one big bug movie you need to check out.