![]() In comedy horror film, gallows humor is a common element. Author Robert Bloch called them "opposite sides of the same coin". Edgar Allan Poe put humor and horror on the same continuum, and many nineteenth century authors used black humor in their horror stories. Shortly after the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, comedic parodies appeared. Horror and comedy have been associated with each other since the early days of horror novels. The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was based on mischief typically found during the holiday Halloween. ![]() ![]() Hallenbeck cites the short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving as "the first great comedy horror story". The 1948 film Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a comedy horror film, in that it pairs the comedy duo Abbott and Costello with the Frankenstein monster.Īuthor Bruce G. ![]()
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