Description

Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the *Scary Movie* franchise and other recent releases. This guide takes a comprehensive look at the comedy-horror movie genre, from the earliest stabs at melding horror and hilarity during the nascent days of silent film, to its full-fledged development with *The Bat* in 1926, to the Abbott and Costello films pitting the comedy duo against Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy and other Universal Studio monsters, continuing to such recent cult hits as *Shaun of the Dead* and *Black Sheep*. Selected short films such as Tim Burton’s *Frankenweenie* are also covered. Photos and promotional posters, interviews with actors and a filmography are included.