Zombie comedy
Zombie comedy, often called zom com or zomedy, is a film genre that aims to blend zombie horror motifs with slapstick comedy as well as morbid humor.
History
The earliest roots of the genre can be found in Jean Yarbrough's King of the Zombies and Gordon Douglas's Zombies on Broadway, though both of these films dealt with Haitian-style zombies. While not comedies, George A. Romero's Dawn of [the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead] and Day of the Dead featured several comedic scenes and satirical commentary on society. An [American Werewolf in London] and the The [Return of the Living Dead|Return of the Living Dead] series can be considered some of the earliest examples of zombie-comedy using the modern zombie. Other early examples include Mr. Vampire, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D., Braindead, and Bio Zombie.A popular modern zombie comedy is Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead, a self-dubbed romantic zombie comedy, or RomZomCom, with many in-jokes and references to George A. Romero's earlier Dead films, especially Dawn of the Dead. Other popular zombie comedies include Gregg Bishop's Dance of the Dead and the 2009 film Zombieland.
Andrew Currie's Fido, Matthew Leutwyler's Dead & Breakfast, and Peter Jackson's Braindead are also examples of zombie comedies. Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II, although a more direct horror film, contains some lighthearted and dark comedy elements, and its sequel, Army of Darkness, is even more comedic. The Evil Dead franchise features evil spirits that possess dead and living bodies and even objects, however, rather than traditional-style zombies.
List
Films that can be considered zombie comedies include:King of the Zombies Zombies on Broadway Mr. Vampire Re-Animator The Return of the Living Dead Redneck Zombies Night of the Creeps Return of the [Living Dead Part II] Dead Heat C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. Bride of Re-Animator Army of Darkness Braindead, New Zealand film released in the US as Dead AliveMy Boyfriend's Back Return of the Living Dead 3 Bio Zombie Idle Hands, starring Devon Sawa and Seth GreenStacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies Dead & Breakfast Shaun of the Dead SARS Wars Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Tokyo Zombie Dead and Deader Fido Planet Terror Dance of the Dead Zombie Strippers Dead Snow Zombieland, starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail BreslinJuan de los Muertos, Spanish-Cuban film released in the UK and US as Juan of the DeadDeadheads Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings, also known as Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si RemingtonCockneys vs Zombies Detention of the Dead ParaNorman Buck Wild Warm Bodies Go Goa Gone Zombie eXs Ang Huling Henya Burying the Ex Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead Life After Beth Stalled Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse Night of the Living Deb Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Oh My Zombie! One Cut of the Dead, a low-budget Japanese filmAnna and the Apocalypse Trip Ubusan: The Lolas vs. Zombies The [Dead Don't Die (2019 film)|The Dead Don't Die] The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale, first South Korean zombie comedy filmEat, Brains, Love Zombieland: Double Tap, sequel to ZombielandLittle Monsters Zombie Reddy Aquarium of the Dead Izla Zombivli Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, live-action adaptation of the manga of the same nameMy Zombabe- ''Jombieland''