5 Funny Slasher Movies to Watch if You Want to Laugh While You Scream
“There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.”
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Gaining popularity in the 1970s and 1980s with hits like Halloween (1979) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), the slasher horror subgenre features quick and creative kills and tried-and-true film tropes. You’ve got classic settings like cabins in the woods or high schools with promiscuous characters getting killed off before the Final Girl virgin. Though most of the classic slasher movies are serious in tone, if a little campy, sometimes you want a dash of humor with your bloody murders. That’s where slasher comedies come in.
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Tiffany Valentine (Jennifer Tilly), former lover of the serial killer, Charles Lee Ray, wants to resurrect him through the doll he inhabited before he died. The resurrection process goes awry and Tiffany finds herself transformed into her own living doll. While the original Child’s Play movies were all fear and no laughs, this offering moved the needle well into the realm of comedy–and Bride of Chucky turned into a cult classic masterpiece.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
Tucker and Dale just want to spend their off-time at their new cabin in the woods, but a group of college kids sure aren’t making it easy. They keep accidentally killing themselves, and they’re blaming Tucker and Dale for it. This slasher comedy–with a dash of romance–is considered by many as one of the best horror comedies of all time. Fans are on to something, since it’s both funny and heartwarming with incredibly likeable characters.
Happy Death Day (2017)
Tree is just a normal sorority girl–until she gets murdered on her birthday. When she wakes up the next day, back where she was before, she realizes that she’s reliving her birthday/death day over and over. If you’ve ever wanted a funny horror version of Groundhog Day (1993), here you go. Best of all: Happy Death Day truly hilarious and clever, which helped it spawn a not-quite-as-good sequel.
Ready or Not (2019)
Grace (Samara Weaving) just married into the famous Le Domas family, creators of a board game empire. On the night after the wedding, they initiate her into the family with a random family game. She pulls the “hide and seek” card, and so starts a gruesome night of a deadly game of everyone’s childhood favorite. The entire cast is stunning and perfectly deliver honest scares and hilarious dialog.
Freaky (2020)
Millie is just a regular high school girl. She’s a bit of a nerd, but she’s got great friends. Unfortunately, there’s a killer slaughtering people in town, and when he tries to go for Millie, they end up swapping bodies instead. Now she’s walking around in the killer’s body (Vince Vaughn) and has to figure out a way to switch back and stop the real killer. By the same director as Happy Death Day, Christopher Landon.
