Funny Zombies
If I had to pick one horror trend that does not appear to be going anywhere, anytime soon, it would be: zombies. The flesh-and-brain-eating, mutant, ghoulish humanoid-things of nightmares, not to be confused with the old school voodoo zombie, are a thing of current fascination and having a moment in popular media. Films, television shows, web series’, novels, graphic novels, and video games (just to name a few) have all embraced the zombie phenomenon, and so have I.
Zombies have come a long way from the lumbering ghouls of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968), becoming faster and more sinister, and invading our houses on a weekly basis via the comic-adapted TV series The Walking Dead (2010 – Present), and its spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead (2015 – Present). One trend I was not expecting, but absolutely adore, is the rise of funny zombie films and TV shows. You know a trend isn’t going anywhere when it becomes the fodder of satire and provides countless hours of side-splitting comedy, from family films, to gore-filled black comedies, and all genres in between.
Collected here is a list of just some of the many funny zombie themed film and TV series that have arisen over the past few years. From the tame-ish bellhop zombies in the animated family flick, Hotel Transylvania (2012), to the zombie-musical-Christmas-horror-black-comedy, Anna and the Apocalypse (2017), there is truly a funny zombie film out there for everyone. So, grab some popcorn, round up your friends, and get prepared to laugh… Who knew that the zombie apocalypse could be so funny?
I predict that you will watch a funny zombie film in your future…
Shaun of the Dead (2004, dir. Edgar Wright)
Fido (2006, dir. Andrew Currie)
Zombieland (2009, dir. Ruben Fleischer)
Hotel Transylvania (2012, dir. Genndy Tartakovsky)
Cockneys vs Zombies (2012, dir. Matthias Hoene)
Warm Bodies (2013, dir. Jonathan Levine)
Z Nation (2014-2018, created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler)
Cooties (2014, dir. Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion)
Night of the Living Deb (2014, dir. Kyle Rankin)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015, dir. Christopher B. Landon)
Pride & Prejudice + Zombies (2016, dir. Burr Steers)
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017, dir. John McPhail)
Zombies (2018, dir. Paul Hoen)
The Dead Don’t Die (2019, dir. Jim Jarmusch)
Little Monsters (2019, dir. Abe Forsythe)
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019, dir. Ruben Fleischer)
Zomboat! (2019-Present, created by William Hartley and Adam Miller)
What are your favorite zombie films? Which zombie horror comedies do you find the funniest? Share your thoughts on funny zombies in the comments below!
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