Halloween doesn’t always have to mean hiding behind a pillow. Sometimes you want a scare that comes with a side of laughs. From sharp satire to over-the-top camp, these horror-comedies deliver jump scares, big jokes and plenty of personality. Whether it’s Eddie Murphy as a smooth-talking vampire or Madea fighting off frat boys, there’s something here for every mood. Grab your popcorn, cut the lights and press play.
The Blackening
It centers the horror trope that the Black character tends to dies first but what happens when the whole cast is Black?
A group of old college friends reunites at a cabin in the woods for Juneteenth weekend. In the game room, they find a racist board game called “The Blackening.” A masked killer has kidnapped one of them and forces the rest to play trivia about Black culture to save her. Then the killer demands they sacrifice the one who’s “the Blackest.”
Leprechaun in the Hood
Pure camp. It knows it’s ridiculous and leans all the way in.
A group of aspiring rappers steal a magic flute that belongs to a killer leprechaun, and he follows them through the streets of L.A. to get it back. Ice-T plays a shady music producer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0nJpKz49Xo
Day Shift
Slick, bloody and full of action, with Jamie Foxx at his coolest. Bud looks like a regular pool cleaner in the San Fernando Valley, but he’s secretly a vampire hunter. With his daughter’s tuition on the line, he takes on a risky job hunting vampires for cash. Snoop Dogg and Dave Franco co-star.
Boo! A Madea Halloween
Loud, chaotic family fun, with Madea doing what Madea does best.Madea agrees to watch her nephew’s teenage daughter, who’s determined to sneak out to a frat house Halloween party. A night of ghosts, ghouls and pure mayhem follows.
Bad Hair
Stylish, eerie and satirical, it’s a sharp look at beauty standards with a creepy twist. In 1989, an ambitious assistant at a music TV network gets a weave to move up in her career. Her new hair has a mind of its own, and it’s thirsty for blood.
In Fabric
Surreal, stylish and darkly funny, a strange, hypnotic ride. A lonely, recently separated bank teller (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) buys a stunning red dress at a department store sale. The dress turns out to be cursed, and it brings chaos and misfortune to everyone who wears it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMo_OHAtpnY
We Have a Ghost
Sweet, funny and a little spooky, a good pick for a family movie night.
A family moves into a fixer-upper and discovers it’s haunted by a ghost named Ernest. When their son posts videos of him online, Ernest becomes a viral sensation, and the family is soon chased by people who want him for themselves. Anthony Mackie and David Harbour star.
Scary Movie (Franchise)
Franchise note: This is a six-film series. The Wayans brothers created the first two, and they return for Scary Movie 6.
The parody franchise that started it all. It’s outrageous, quotable and nothing is off-limits, which is exactly why fans keep coming back.
Each movie takes the biggest horror hits of its moment and turns them into nonstop jokes. The first spoofs Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. The second sends a group of college students to a haunted mansion, taking on The Exorcist and The Haunting. The later films go after everything from Signs to Paranormal Activity. Scary Movie 6 brings back Regina Hall, Anna Faris and the Wayans to roast modern horror like Get Out, Nope and Sinners.
Vampires vs. the Bronx
Fun, heartfelt and clever, like Goonies meets Blade.
Three teens from the Bronx realize the new businesses buying up their neighborhood are run by vampires. With nobody believing them, it’s up to them to save their block.
Haunted Heist
A silly, laid-back watch for fans of Lil Rel Howery and Tiffany Haddish.
A crew of robbers plans the perfect heist, only to find the place they’re hitting is haunted. Now they have to deal with ghosts and get the loot out. Lil Rel also directed it.
Vampire in Brooklyn
Dark, seductive and funny, with Eddie Murphy playing three characters.
Maximillian, the last of a Caribbean vampire bloodline, arrives in Brooklyn looking for a half-vampire NYPD detective (Angela Bassett) he needs to carry on his line. Wes Craven directed it.
A Haunted House 2
Crude, wild and silly, more Marlon Wayans unfiltered. Malcolm moves into a new house with his new girlfriend and her kids, hoping to leave the demons of his last relationship behind. They follow him, and a creepy doll joins in.
Slice
Weird, quirky and unlike anything else on this list. In a town where ghosts and humans live side by side, pizza delivery drivers start turning up dead. A disgraced werewolf, played by Chance the Rapper, becomes the prime suspect. Zazie Beetz co-stars.
The Haunted Mansion
Classic family Halloween fun, spooky but never too scary. Workaholic real estate agent Jim Evers takes his family to check out a gorgeous old mansion. They get trapped inside with ghosts and a curse that only he can break.
They Will Kill You
Campy, gory and over-the-top in the best way. Zazie Beetz plays a woman who takes a housekeeping job at a luxury New York building, then finds out it’s home to a cult that wants her dead. She fights back hard.
Meet the Blacks
Mike Epps does what he does best, mixing wild humor with some scares. Carl Black moves his family from Chicago to Beverly Hills for a fresh start, right in time for The Purge. Now everyone from his past is coming for him.
The People Under the Stairs
Twisted, darkly funny and smarter than it looks. A 13-year-old named Fool breaks into his landlords’ house to steal gold coins and save his family from eviction. He finds out the couple is hiding something horrifying in their basement. Wes Craven directed it.
Haunted Mansion
Charming, heartfelt and spooky, with an all-star ensemble. A single mom and her son move into a haunted mansion and hire a team to help: a tour guide, a priest, a psychic and a historian. They have to rid the house of its ghosts before it’s too late.
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
Cute, spooky and colorful, a great pick for kids. A teenage girl accidentally unleashes a mischievous spirit on Halloween, and every decoration in town comes to life. She teams up with her dad (Marlon Wayans), who can’t stand Halloween, to save their town.
Werewolves Within
A cozy, funny whodunit with werewolves. A kind forest ranger, played by Sam Richardson, arrives in a small Vermont town just as a snowstorm traps everyone inside an inn. When a werewolf starts picking people off, nobody knows who to trust.
A Haunted House
Crude, outrageous and nonstop jokes, Marlon Wayans spoofing Paranormal Activity.
Malcolm’s girlfriend moves in with him, and so does the demon that’s possessing her. He sets up cameras to document everything, with hilarious results.
The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2
Big laughs and a vampire twist, with Mike Epps and Katt Williams going back and forth.
Carl Black returns to his hometown to promote his new book and becomes convinced his new neighbor, played by Katt Williams, is a vampire.
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
More Madea, more chaos and more screaming.
On her 18th birthday, Tiffany sneaks off to a party at a haunted campground. Madea and the crew head out to bring her home and run into more than they bargained for.