Cozy horror occupies a strange space where the spooky meets the comforting. It's horror that doesn't traumatize you, often using humor to soften its bloody punches. These movies are less about jump scares and devastating deaths, and more about atmosphere wrapped in humor, nostalgia, or a happy ending. The conflict is usually less intense or resolved more quickly. Watching these movies usually feels more like sitting around a fire listening to ghost stories, instead of being in the horror itself. The subgenre leans on familiarity through favorite tropes, sensory richness (like crackling fires and autumn leaves), and a sense of distance that keeps real terror at bay.Here are 11 of our favorites.Death Becomes Her - YouTube www.youtube.com Robert Zemeckis serves up pitch-black comedy about two aging actors who drink a potion for eternal youth, only to discover immortality comes with some side effects. Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn chew scenery, Bruce Willis bumbles around hilariously, and Isabella Rossilini looks divine. The film gives us an equal dose of horror and camp. It's macabre but not mean-spirited. And it has one of my favorite horror comedy lines: "The morgue?! She'll be furious!"Read the script if you'd like to see a great example of how comedy, big characters, and body horror can mix.The Cabin in the Woods - YouTube www.youtube.com Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon deconstruct horror tropes while giving us fun scares. In this one, five friends head to a remote cabin and become pawns in an elaborate ritual overseen by...
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