Film and television genre
Zombie comedy,[1] often calledzom com orzomedy,[2][3] is afilm genre that aims to blendzombiehorrormotifs withslapstick comedy as well asmorbid humor.
The earliest roots of the genre can be found inJean Yarbrough'sKing of the Zombies (1941) andGordon Douglas'sZombies on Broadway (1945), though both of these films dealt withHaitian-style zombies. While not comedies,George A. Romero'sDawn of the Dead (1978) andDay of the Dead (1985) featured several comedic scenes and satirical commentary on society.An American Werewolf in London (1981)[4] and theReturn of the Living Dead series (1985)[5] (especially the first two and the last of the series) can be considered some of the earliest examples of zombie-comedy using the modern zombie. Other early examples includeMr. Vampire (1985),C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989),Braindead (1992), andBio Zombie (1998).
A popular modern zombie comedy isEdgar Wright'sShaun of the Dead (2004),[6] a self-dubbedromantic zombie comedy, orRomZomCom,[7] with many in-jokes and references toGeorge A. Romero's earlierDead films, especiallyDawn of the Dead. Other popular zombie comedies includeGregg Bishop'sDance of the Dead (2008) and the 2009 filmZombieland.
Andrew Currie'sFido,[8]Matthew Leutwyler'sDead & Breakfast, andPeter Jackson'sBraindead are also examples of zombie comedies.[9]Sam Raimi'sEvil Dead II, although a more directhorror film, contains some lighthearted and dark comedy elements, and its sequel,Army of Darkness, is even more comedic. TheEvil Dead franchise features evil spirits that possess dead and living bodies and even objects, however, rather than traditional-style zombies.
Films that can be considered zombie comedies include:
- King of the Zombies (1941)
- Zombies on Broadway (1945)
- Mr. Vampire (1985)
- Re-Animator (1985)[10]
- The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- Redneck Zombies (1986)
- Night of the Creeps (1986)
- Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
- Dead Heat (1988)
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989)
- Bride of Re-Animator (1991)
- Army of Darkness (1992)
- Braindead (1992), New Zealand film released in the US asDead Alive
- My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
- Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
- Bio Zombie (1998)
- Idle Hands (1999), starringDevon Sawa andSeth Green
- Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)
- Dead & Breakfast (2004)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- SARS Wars (2004)
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2005)
- Tokyo Zombie (2005)
- Dead and Deader (2006)[11]
- Fido (2006)
- Planet Terror (2007)
- Dance of the Dead (2008)
- Zombie Strippers (2008)
- Dead Snow (2009)
- Zombieland (2009), starringWoody Harrelson,Jesse Eisenberg,Emma Stone andAbigail Breslin
- Juan de los Muertos (2010), Spanish-Cuban film released in the UK and US asJuan of the Dead
- Deadheads (2011)
- Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings (2011), also known asZombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington
- Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
- Detention of the Dead (2012)
- ParaNorman (2012)[10]
- Buck Wild (2013)
- Warm Bodies (2013)
- Go Goa Gone (2013)
- Zombie eXs (2013)
- Ang Huling Henya (2013)
- Burying the Ex (2014)[12]
- Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
- Life After Beth (2014)[13]
- Stalled (2014)
- Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
- Night of the Living Deb (2015)
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)[10]
- Oh My Zombie! (2016)
- One Cut of the Dead (2017), a low-budget Japanese film
- Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
- Trip Ubusan: The Lolas vs. Zombies (2017)
- The Dead Don't Die (2019)[10]
- The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale (2019), first South Korean zombie comedy film
- Eat, Brains, Love (2019)
- Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), sequel toZombieland
- Little Monsters (2019)
- Zombie Reddy (2021)
- Aquarium of the Dead (2021)
- Izla (2021)
- Zombivli (2022)
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2022), live-action adaptation ofthe manga of the same name
- My Zombabe (2024)
- Jombieland (2025)
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- ^Bemenderfer, Mark (October 12, 2004)."Zombie Comedy Succeeds In Both Genres".The Observer Online. Archived fromthe original on December 2, 2007. RetrievedApril 9, 2007.
- ^Gartside, Will (September 30, 2004)."Zombie Comedy Slays Audiences".The Badger Herald. Archived fromthe original on November 11, 2007. RetrievedApril 9, 2007.
- ^Nelson, Resa (2004)."Science Fiction Weekly Interview".SciFi Weekly, Issue 388, paragraph 4. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^Dellamorte (January 22, 2003).Return of the Living Dead.Classic Horror Review. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^Edelstein, David (September 23, 2004)."The Importance of Being Undead: A Zombie Comedy of Manners" .Slate Magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^Smith, Kerry L. (2004-09-22)."Shaun Of The Dead: The World's First Rom-Zom-Com (Romantic Zombie Comedy)?".MTV News. Archived fromthe original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved2017-02-16.
- ^Capt. Xerox (March 16, 2007)."Critics Love the New Zombie ComedyFido".The Website @ The End Of The Universe. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^Frazer, Bryant.Braindead (review)Archived 2013-10-02 at theWayback Machine.Deep Focus. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^abcdSullivan, Kevin P. (14 June 2019)."8 Great Zombie Comedies (That Aren't The Dead Don't Die)".vulture.com. Retrieved13 July 2019.
- ^"Dead & Deader (2006)".IMDb.
- ^Kenny, Glenn (19 June 2015)."Burying the Ex".RogerEbert.com. Retrieved17 February 2018.
- ^Lemire, Christy (15 August 2014)."Life After Beth Movie Review & Film Summary (2014)".RogerEbert.com. Retrieved5 September 2014.
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