This scene woke something inside me as a boy...

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Hugh-Jorgan69@reddit

This movie and Evil Dead 2 are the Gold Standards of comedy-horror to this day. Nothing else is even close.

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tomqvaxy@reddit

I wouldn’t call that horror. Psychological thriller I guess? It’s a weird one.

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datbackup@reddit

I think maybe the issue is “horror” vs “supernatural horror” and how for some people the first always implicitly means the second

My first impulse was to agree with you, because I don’t think of American Pyscho as horror, but then, is the Scream franchise horror?

I guess we could say there is also the “slasher” genre and Scream and AP fit in that somewhat but yeah mainly I think the issue is whether horror is intrinsically supernatural and for me I lean yes

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Interesting. I don’t feel like it needs to have supernatural absolutely but you’re right it is not present in Scream and that’s unusual for more modern horror. 1970s horror was when shit like TexasCM arrived and that’s pure slash and gross no spooky.

I just feel like American Psycho is so purely a commentary on finance bro culture and mental illness that while horrifying all the murder could be left out and you’d have roughly the same movie.

Non-traditional horror I guess maybe. Or horror as a subcategory not the primary filing.

Now horror comedy? Dead Alive.

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datbackup@reddit

I just feel like American Psycho is so purely a commentary on finance bro culture and mental illness that while horrifying all the murder could be left out and you’d have roughly the same movie.

Good point. Actually if the murders happened only off screen and the audience was left wondering if Bateman actually did it, that could potentially be a much more disturbing film.

Now horror comedy? Dead Alive.

I vaguely remember watching this like 20 years ago! I might have to give it another watch.

Another one that reminds me of is Stacy:

https://imdb.com/title/tt0368296/

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datbackup@reddit

I just feel like American Psycho is so purely a commentary on finance bro culture and mental illness that while horrifying all the murder could be left out and you’d have roughly the same movie.

Actually if the murders happened only off screen and the audience was left wondering if Bateman actually did it, that could potentially be a much more disturbing film.

Now horror comedy? Dead Alive.

I vaguely remember watching this like 20 years ago! I might have to give it another watch.

Another one that reminds me of is Stacy:

https://imdb.com/title/tt0368296/

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ArcadeKingpin@reddit

When you google it says it’s horror/comedy under description. The director calls it a horror comedy. It’s horror comedy.

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tomqvaxy@reddit

Ah google. What.

The director I guess but I disagree. I’m including the book in my opinion ftr. Not horror. Are all movies with murders horror? Westerns just got weird.

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Spazzrico@reddit

Agreed but need to add Shaun of the Dead

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Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit

That arguably sheds the horror aspect because it's parody. I don't remember ever feeling afraid/horrified by it.

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MonkeyChoker80@reddit

I was partial to Frighteners, as well.

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system_id86@reddit

Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies

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harlembornnbred@reddit

Jamie Lee in Trading Places 🤤

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Sunshinehaiku@reddit

This one needs no explanation.

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NickAndHisGuitar@reddit

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DerbGentler@reddit

Hm, I haven't seen this movie (yet).

But I think kind of the first VHS crush for me was Milla Jovovich in "Return to the Blue Lagoon". (Which was the first movie I watched on VHS in 1991.)

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