Horror Spoofs and Parodies : Dying of Laughter

This edited collection explores the world of the horror parody, examining how people take and transform the works that make us scream into ones that make us laugh. It explores famous parodies such as the Abbott and Costello Meet… films, Young Frankenstein and Scary Movie, as well as lesser-known works such as Psycho Beach Party, Student Bodies and Found Footage 3D, to see how they make the scary funny, offering both a potted history of the genre mode and an analysis of key strategies used in parodic transformation. The volume takes us on a journey to see how the cinemas of other nations (Brazil, Cuba, China and Turkey) engage with national and international humour and horror through their own parodies, and moves us beyond the silver screen to unpick the way in which horror is parodised across media including video games and web videos.