|Horror Comedy Is Back — But Can It Survive 2026?

About this episode

Ambrose and Jessica explore the potential resurgence of horror comedy through a discussion of five notable films.

Send Us Your Scares! Can horror comedy actually make a comeback? Or did the internet ruin the spoof movie forever? This week, Ambrose and Jessica go deep on five films — Scary Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Tucker & Dale vs Evil, M3GAN, and the upcoming Scary Movie 6 — to answer one question: what makes a horror comedy actually last? Leave a review 👉🏻 https://the-thing-about-films.beam.ly/review Newsletter Sign up at https://deadletter-m8dfsqxm.manus.space Episode Breakdown They break down h...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ambrose, Jessica

Topics covered

• horror comedy
• film analysis
• spoof movies
• comeback
• cinema history

Keywords

• horror comedy
• Scary Movie
• Shaun of the Dead
• film reviews
• spoof movies

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Scary Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Tucker & Dale vs Evil, M3GAN, Scary Movie 6

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