This Apple TV Horror Comedy Is Fun, Frightful and One of the Best Shows of the Year

Sam Scott’s 'Turn It Up!' is a fun-but-flawed directorial debut that toes the line between indie band mumblecore comedy and existential cosmic horror spectacle.

"I'm stuck in a haunted house with my F-ing parents!" Max has revealed the official trailer for a funny new horror comedy movie called The Parenting, streaming on Max this March. Not a series for streaming, this is a one-off movie, directed by Craig ...

It's no surprise that Guillermo del Toro has praised Apple TV's horror-comedy Widow's Bay as "the best streaming series in a long time."

When Apple TV debuted "Widow's Bay" on April 29, the critical consensus was that it nailed the notoriously difficult horror-comedy tone. But behind the glowing reviews lies a bigger industry story. "Widow's Bay" is part of a broader decade-long shift in what audiences expect from the genre and highlights a highly lucrative global whitespace for content that can effectively walk the line between horror and comedy.

The horror-comedy genre is well-stocked on the film front. There are movies like “Gremlins” and “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,” but the concept goes back as far as Abbott and Costello’s various meetings with monsters. However, film doesn’t have a ...

One of my favorite quotes about cinema comes from the great thespian Nicolas Cage. While promoting his horror-comedy Renfield with an appearance on The Late Show in 2023, Cage described the eye-opening experience of watching another classic of the genre ...

The horror genre isn’t for the faint of heart. Whether the scares are derived from monsters, psychological terrors, slasher violence, or grotesque acts inflicted on the body, there are plenty of reasons for viewers to opt for something else when they ...

"Widow's Bay" is the series that should get Katie Dippold the recognition she deserves, despite working on "Parks and Recreation" and 2016's "Ghostbusters."