Scream represented two moods that often go together like the yin and the yang: very funny, and very scary. The combination of funny and scary didn't start with Scream, though. Not all horror ...

The combination of comedy and horror can be subdivided into several types: parody, black comedy, and spoof. Black comedy makes jokes and funny situations ... visuals and zany music of B-movies ...

When it's too funny or too scary? In most cases ... of the Body Snatchers," with lots of pub jokes. Cue the Squeeze music. By the way, what makes "The World's End," 1970s cop-movie sendup ...