10 Fun Horror Movies You Need To See
These delightfully terrifying romps are proof that audiences can have fun with movies that thrive on sheer terror.
Traditionally, the horror genre is not associated with the concept of fun, and understandably so. Dealing with cosmic terrors or the very worst the human experience has to offer does not lend itself to a good time, but every now and then a movie will go out of its way to elicit a feeling of amusement from its frightened audience.
Some features don't take themselves seriously despite the threat their antagonists pose, and some even relish in their gore and devastation in ways that push the idea of fun to its limits in humorous ways.
Classic cinematic efforts such as the Evil Dead series go out of their way to entertain and scare in equal measure, and do so in a way that ensures that tonal switches do not feel jarring and/or out of place in the feature's story.
To celebrate the idea of having fun with horror pictures. this list will cover self-referential stories, zombie schlock and low-budget films that are not beholden to the rigid requirements that may accompany larger financial resources.
These entries, while not quite as renowned as the aforementioned Sam Raimi franchise, understood the assignment when it came to offering a healthy dose of fun in addition to immersing audiences in the requisite horror tropes.
10. Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil
This 2010 comedy horror feature stars Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine as the titular hillbillies who get caught up in a series of increasingly bizarre, intense and shocking events once they cross paths with a group of friends who are on a camping trip in West Virginia.
The group's interaction with the well-intentioned pair is unfortunately clouded by a story told by Chad (Jesse Moss) about the 'Memorial Day Massacre', a bloody event that involved a hillbilly attack two decades prior.
Because of this, as well as the appearance and demeanour of the eponymous friends, sees each member of the friend group dying off in gruesome but darkly humorous fashion. The film's strongest selling point is how it plays with genre conventions, specifically the idea of heroes and villains in slasher movies that take place in the countryside.
It uses said conventions to lay the foundation for chuckle-inducing hijinks, whilst keeping the gore and fear in place to make an entertaining commentary on the pitfalls of making unhealthy assumptions about strangers based on surface level interactions.