English-language comedy horror films

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. It tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday himself. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Ken Page, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey, Paul Reubens and Ed Ivory.

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis, and features Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, and William Atherton in supporting roles.

2000 film directed by Mary Harron

Scary Movie is a 2000 American parody film. It was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film stars Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan. The film, a parody of the slasher film genre, most notably the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream franchises, follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone, wearing a Ghostface mask and robe, begins hunting them one by one.

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

Zombieland is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer, in his directorial debut, and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Bill Murray. In the film, four survivors of a zombie apocalypse, Tallahassee (Harrelson), Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone) and Little Rock (Breslin) make their way on an extended cross-country road trip to find a sanctuary free from a virus that turns people into zombies.

1991 film by Barry Sonnenfeld

1974 film directed by Mel Brooks

2012 film directed by Drew Goddard

1996 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

2004 film directed by Edgar Wright

2000 American slasher film

1989 film directed by Ivan Reitman

Gremlins is a 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo the Mogwai. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II. The story follows Billy Peltzer, who receives Gizmo as a pet, who then spawns more of his kind that evolve into the titular imp-like monsters that wreak havoc on Billy's hometown during Christmas E

2012 American animated film directed by Tim Burton

2006 Animated film directed by Gil Kenan

2012 film by Tim Burton

2003 film directed by David Zucker

2013 American comedy film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

2015 film directed by Rob Letterman

1995 American fantasy film directed by Brad Silberling

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who also played the supporting role Riff Raff. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s. The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. It is narrated by Charles Gray, with cast members from the original Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Theatre, and Belasco Theatre productions, including Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn.

1981 film directed by John Landis

2009 film directed by Sam Raimi

2001 film by Keenen Ivory Wayans

2006 film directed by David Zucker

2002 film directed by Raja Gosnell

2009 film by Karyn Kusama

1993 film directed by Sam Raimi

2006 film directed by David R. Ellis

1987 film by Sam Raimi

2018 film directed by Shane Black

2019 film by Ruben Fleischer

ParaNorman is a 2012 American stop motion animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, and written by Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, and John Goodman. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3-D color printer to create character faces. In the film, Norman Babcock, a young boy who can communicate with ghosts, is given the task of ending a 300-year-old w

2017 film directed by Christopher B. Landon

1992 film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui

2013 film directed by Jonathan Levine

1987 film by Joel Schumacher, Richard Donner

1990 film directed by Joe Dante

2004 American film directed by Raja Gosnell

1986 film directed by Tobe Hooper

2003 film by Rob Minkoff

2022 film directed by Mark Mylod

2023 film directed by Elizabeth Banks

1995 film directed by Wes Craven

2002 film by Rick Rosenthal

1995 film by Mel Brooks

1996 film by Peter Jackson

2020 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

1967 film by Roman Polanski

1990 film directed by Nicolas Roeg

1994 film by Kim Henkel

2013 film directed by Malcolm D. Lee

2007 film by Joe Lynch

2018 film directed by Ari Sandel

2011 film by Craig Gillespie

2017 film directed by McG

1998 film by Ronny Yu

1948 film directed by Charles Barton

1991 film by Kristine Peterson