# Evil Dead II turns 30 today. Has any movie ever been this funny AND scary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115 "2017-03-13T21:17:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/1 "2017-03-13T21:17:31Z")
I’ve grown used to thinking of Evil Dead II as a comedy, but the reality is that it is still pretty scary in some parts. My mind immediately goes to the blood pouring/gushing out of the wall an his hand running around while he tries to kill it, but a lot of the movie is actually a more serious horror movie. Has any movie ever been as scary as this one while still being so funny? Army of Darkness is, to me, almost entirely comedic. I found Drag Me to Hell to be not that comedic, but maybe I was missing its point/tone entirely. Shaun of the Dead? Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/2 "2017-03-13T21:31:49Z")
The _Tremors_ movies, to varying degrees, mix dry comedy with horrific action. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/3 "2017-03-14T00:40:01Z")
The first one was horror with some comedy. The second was a good mix. The third was comedy with some horror. _Cabin in the Woods_? Maybe more comedy than scary. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/4 "2017-03-14T01:26:36Z")
[Dead Alive](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103873/) (\*aka \*Braindead) is right up there with Evil Dead when it comes to horror-comedy. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/5 "2017-03-14T12:41:10Z")
I am fond of Gremlins and The 'burbs as horror-comedy hybrids. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/6 "2017-03-14T13:01:01Z")
I’ve haven’t seen it yet but _Get Out_ sounds like it’s in this category. I don’t recall if I’ve ever seen Evil Dead II but I remember the first one scared the heck out of me and I don’t recall any humor, except that the gore was over the top and therefore unrealistic and goofy. To me, humor and horror aren’t a good mix. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/7 "2017-03-14T13:37:37Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t recall if I’ve ever seen Evil Dead II but I remember the first one scared the heck out of me and I don’t recall any humor, except that the gore was over the top and therefore unrealistic and goofy. > > To me, humor and horror aren’t a good mix. The three movies are almost all different genres. The first is straight horror. Intense, too. The second is horror and comedy, thus the point of this thread. The third is pure comedy, only pretending to be horror in any way. The show is, to me, comedy mixed with a little horror and big time gore effects. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/8 "2017-03-14T15:14:32Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I’ve haven’t seen it yet but _Get Out_ sounds like it’s in this category. Yeah, Get Out had a lot of humor. Well placed as well, as it relieves a little bit of the tension to prevent it from getting unbearable at times. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/9 "2017-03-14T15:39:54Z")
**Cabin in the Woods** **Tucker and Dale vs Evil** are good contenders ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/10 "2017-03-14T16:54:49Z")
**An American Werewolf in London** did a great job of mixing the two. Alternately hilarious and terrifying. The previously mentioned **Braindead** is primarily comedy, as the gore is so ludicrously over-the-top it’s funny rather than horrific. **Return of the Living Dead** leaned to comedy, but had scary parts. The sequels (at least the ones that I saw) tended to be pure comedy with gross-out humor. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115/11 "2017-03-14T17:08:19Z")
> [@simster](#): > > **Cabin in the Woods** > **Tucker and Dale vs Evil** > > are good contenders :smack: of course, Tucker and Dale is a good one which at least initially flew under the radar. Dead Snow/Død snø might qualify. I haven’t seen the second one, but it sounds like it’s more comedy.