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Eli and Rachel are back with some uproariously funny horror comedies - just in time for April Fools Day!

Horror Comedies

The Blackening

Seven Black friends go away for the weekend only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive?

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Horror hostess Elvira inherits a mansion and causes a stir in a conservative New England town.

The Evil Dead

The evil dead lie in wait for the one ancient incantation that will give them license to attack the living. Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect these demons. One by one, the students are transformed into monsters whose own thirst for revenge becomes insatiable.

Freaky

High school senior Millie is just trying to survive being the unpopular kid when she becomes The Butcher's next target. Their fateful encounter gets twisted and they wake up in each other's bodies. Now looking like a towering psychopath, Millie learns she only has 24 hours to reverse the curse and get her body back before the switch becomes permanent and she's trapped in the form of a middle-aged maniac forever.

Happy Death Day

A college student discovers that she must re-live the day of her death until she can unmask her killer.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Aliens who look like clowns land in their circus-tent spaceship near a small town with the plan to turn all humans into cotton candy.

Little Shop of Horrors

An alien plant which lives on blood changes the lives of the people at Mushnik's flower shop.

The Menu

When several people travel to an exclusive island restaurant, they discover that the chef has prepared a lavish menu and is also hiding several dark secrets.

What We Do in the Shadows

Follows the lives of three vampire roommates struggling to keep up with contemporary society.

Zombieland

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock travel to the American heartland to take on a mob of zombies.

Horrors So Bad They're Hilarious

The Bye Bye Man

After three college friends discover the origins of a legend called the Bye Bye Man, they struggle to overcome his curse.

House of Wax

A group of friends on their way to a college football game fall prey to a grusome murderer who houses corpses in wax.

The Slumber Party Massacre

When Trish (Michele Michaels) decides to invite her high school girls' basketball teammates over for a slumber party, she has no idea the night is going to end with an unexpected guest- an escaped mental patient and his portable power drill.

Unfriended

A year after a shaming video causes a bully to kill herself, a teenage girl and her friends watch through their computer screens as a supernatural presence seeks revenge.