Is it just me, or is choosing a movie that everyone in your group wants to watch literally impossible? As soon as someone asks, "So what should we stream tonight?" it's a full-fledged debate that lasts so long that eventually, everyone just decides to scroll Instagram in peace. Half your crew always lobbies for a rom-com from the early aughts, and that one friend insists on one of the scariest horror movies of all time (I am that one friend). You, being the most easygoing person on the planet, just want everyone to be happy, which is why I'm here to tell you about the crowd-pleaser of all crowd-pleasers: horror comedy movies. Or is it comedy horror?
Yep, a movie that makes you laugh one minute and scream the next checks most, if not all, of the boxes for movie night. Films in this genre typically cover a broad range of emotions—from happiness to terror, with plenty of laughs in between. You get some gore, smartly subverted clichés, and, if I'm honest, sometimes just so-so acting chops