Feel-Good Horror: Episode 206

Feel-Good Horror: Episode 206

From The Scariest Things by The Scariest Things

December 22, 2025 · 1h 0m

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of Feel-Good Horror, highlighting the movie 'Ready or Not' and exploring the emotional aspects of horror films that can evoke happiness.

Ready or Not (2019) is one of our favorite Feel-Good Horror Movies Consider Feel Good Horror as a palate cleanser for those of you looking for a bit of optimism and good vibes in your horror movies. For those of you who may have followed up on our recommendations from Episode 205: Mean Horror , we’re making it up to you now. Triumph over evil! Protagonists for the win! Fist pumps all around. It’s time for some emotional healing through horror with Episode 206: Feel Good Horror. Just because the primary motivation of a horror film is often to scare you, that doesn’t mean you can’t be smiling the entire time. Horror films elevate your emotions, and often that means your happiness as well as your fear. Those movies that do both are usually big winners. When we consider feel-good horror, we ask ourselves the following questions: Is there a happy ending? Do you have a real rooting interest in the protagonists? Are there good nostalgia vibes? Was evil vanquished satisfyingly? Is there a fist-pumping “OH YEAH!” moment? Is the movie fun? Are we laughing throughout? Do the antagonists/monsters get what they deserve? Does the movie make you laugh (for…

Topics covered

  • Feel-Good Horror
  • optimism in horror
  • emotional healing
  • horror comedies
  • horror romances

Keywords

  • Feel-Good Horror
  • Ready or Not
  • horror movies
  • emotional healing
  • horror comedies
  • nostalgia
  • happy endings

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ready or Not

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