The comedy to horror pipeline is interesting.
Jordan Peele went from comedy sketches on MadTV and Key & Peele to Get Out, Us, and Nope.
Danny McBride went from absurd comedies to writing the most recent Halloween trilogy. The director of the Halloween trilogy, David Gordon Green, also did comedies, including Pineapple Express (which starred Danny McBride), but he was arguably from a more serious background before that.
Curry Barker went from YouTube comedy sketches to writing and directing Obsession.
Zach Cregger did internet sketch comedy with The Whitest Kids U Know and went onto writing and directing the horror movies Barbarian and Weapons.
In a recent interview by Conan O’Brien, Danny McBride agreed with Conan that there’s a lot of similarity in writing for the tension and expectations when writing comedy and when writing horror, and it makes sense.
Good comedians are almost always incredibly talented. It requires introspection, a unique world view, quick wit and a good understanding of narrative timing/phrasing. All of that translates well to most projects.
Weapons wasn’t as big a jump between horror and comedy as it seemed. Completely surprised my wife and I. Great movie.
! Zach Cregger Mentioned ! I always loved him in WKUK, and the gallon of PCP
Horror is just comedy played in a minor key
I love this analogy, and will be using it in the future.
I think another part of it is that good, successful comedy with broad appeal is so hard to do that anyone who can write comedy well can write pretty much anything. You have to be so story-smart that you can take those skills to almost any genre in a way that someone who’s good at superhero stories, for instance, might not be.
I wonder why black Americans are so good at making horror?? It’s a mystery
At least they’re good at it. No complaints, no notes.
Key is only the voice of Buddy and Dark Buddy, he had nothing to do with the creation, writing or production of the movie…
Saying he “Makes horror media” is like saying Andy Serkis makes fantasy movies (because he voiced and was the motion capture actor for gollum in the LotR movies).
Exactly. Jordan Peele wrote and directed both Nope and the even better Get Out. Key does voice work in a movie that happens to be horror. I like 'em both, but OP’s statement is disingenuous.
Oh shit, isn’t that GIF from Parasyte: the Maxim? Outstanding show.
The gif alone got me wanting to watch it again. Peak.
One of my favorite anime, I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve watched it over the years.
The gif alone got me wanting to watch it again.
Same.
Wait, Key is involved in horror now too?
I assume they’re referring to the fact that he voices Buddy.
What is the show called
Parasite: The Maxim
Consequeeeenceeeees.
Nope wasn’t that good
