Comedy-Horror Films

<p> Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the <I>Scary Movie</I> 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 <I>The Bat</I> 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 <I>Shaun of the Dead</I> and <I>Black Sheep</I>. Selected short films such as Tim Burton's <I>Frankenweenie</I> are also covered. Photos and promotional posters interviews with actors and a filmography are included.</p>