Drag Me to Hell!

[Angra]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

How could it not? I laughed during quite a few scenes, and I've read pretty much everywhere that it's a horror comedy. Maybe it's not as tongue-in-cheek (and dumb) as Army of Darkness, but I still think it was a horror comedy.

It is.

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

How could it not? I laughed during quite a few scenes, and I've read pretty much everywhere that it's a horror comedy. Maybe it's not as tongue-in-cheek (and dumb) as Army of Darkness, but I still think it was a horror comedy.

To me it wasn't. Just my opinion. I didn't get the feeling that the intent of the movie was to be funny as is the point of a comedy. It didnt come across as a comedy. To me it was a horror movie with some parts that made you laugh. Nothing about that movie made me laugh though. It wasn't silly, it took itself seriously and was trying to be scary plus it had a dark ending and not a silly one. I don't see how anyone could say its a comedy.

[Straker]

I'd definitely say it was a horror comedy. It has a ton of scenes that are played for laughs and plenty of scenes that are in the classic Raimi slapstick style. Half of what Raimi does in horror is a nod to The Three Stooges.

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by Straker

I'd definitely say it was a horror comedy. It has a ton of scenes that are played for laughs and plenty of scenes that are in the classic Raimi slapstick style. Half of what Raimi does in horror is a nod to The Three Stooges.

That's why I don't think it's a horror comedy. To me it was just his style, not a comedic tone to the movie. There's laughable scenes but it just doesn't play like a comedy.

[horcrux2007]

Originally Posted by The Villain

That's why I don't think it's a horror comedy. To me it was just his style, not a comedic tone to the movie. There's laughable scenes but it just doesn't play like a comedy.

If another director had directed that film, would it be a horror comedy then?

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

If another director had directed that film, would it be a horror comedy then?

No because like I said it doesn't play like one. its intent isn't to be funny. The fact that there's a few humorous scenes doesn't make it a comedy. Lots of horror movies have humorous moments for levity but that doesn't make it a comedy.

Shaun of The Dead, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Army of Darkness, Hide and Creep. Those are horror comedies. Movies that act as both horror and comedy not just a horror movie with a few funny moments thrown in.

[horcrux2007]

The ones you mentored are pretty much the opposite of Drag Me to Hell. They're comedies with some horror aspects. It doesn't matter how much comedy is in the film as long as it's prevalent and more than just one instance. Hell, I found no horror in the movies you listed, so how could those possibly be horror comedies?

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

The ones you mentored are pretty much the opposite of Drag Me to Hell. They're comedies with some horror aspects. It doesn't matter how much comedy is in the film as long as it's prevalent and more than just one instance. Hell, I found no horror in the movies you listed, so how could those possibly be horror comedies?

It does matter how much comedy is in the film. If its a comedy the tone will reflect that throughout and the same goes for horror. If a movie having some comedy made it one then every movie would be a comedy. Those movies tone reflect comedy and horror. Those movies feature gruesome effects and depicts people in scary situations as do the others and three of them involve supernatural beings and all play up on horror tropes. Cabin in The Woods is another example of a horror comedy. That's why those movies are horror.

Drag Me To Hell has some scenes that might make people laugh but its tone reflects a horror movie throughout.

Just because a movie makes you laugh it doesn't make it a comedy. If I laughed during the scene where Regan throws up on the priests would that make The Exorcist a comedy?

If I laughed at Michael Myers under the sheet does that make Halloween a comedy?

I know I have a strict sense of what makes a horror comedy but to me its just logic.

[horcrux2007]

Originally Posted by The Villain

It does matter how much comedy is in the film. If its a comedy the tone will reflect that throughout and the same goes for horror. If a movie having some comedy made it one then every movie would be a comedy. Those movies tone reflect comedy and horror. Those movies feature gruesome effects and depicts people in scary situations as do the others and three of them involve supernatural beings and all play up on horror tropes. Cabin in The Woods is another example of a horror comedy. That's why those movies are horror.

Drag Me To Hell has some scenes that might make people laugh but its tone reflects a horror movie throughout.

Just because a movie makes you laugh it doesn't make it a comedy. If I laughed during the scene where Regan throws up on the priests would that make The Exorcist a comedy?

If I laughed at Michael Myers under the sheet does that make Halloween a comedy?

I know I have a strict sense of what makes a horror comedy but to me its just logic.

It has to be intentionally funny. Why would we be talking about unintentional comedy when it never came up in the conversation before? I get the bolded part now, though.

And one last thing: I hardly found comedy in Cabin in the Woods.

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

It has to be intentionally funny. Why would we be talking about unintentional comedy when it never came up in the conversation before? I get the bolded part now, though.

And one last thing: I hardly found comedy in Cabin in the Woods.

Because I didn't find anything intentionally funny in Drag Me To Hell.

To further my argument: