The A24 teen horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies received critical acclaim in its premiere at the South by Southwest Movie Festival as well as in preview showings. The horror comedy centers on a group of friends who get together in an attempt to rebuild their friendships. When they decide to play the game Bodies Bodies Bodies, one of them turns out dead and the girls must figure out how to survive as well as mend their own relationships.
Teen horror comedies, like Bodies Bodies Bodies, are a hit for audiences for mixing horror and humor elements and thwarting any expectations. While some do it better than others, these movies often hold a form of social satire that offers deeper insight into the characters and the situations.
The Final Girls (2015)
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In the meta-slasher, The Final Girls, Max, played by Taissa Farmiga, and her friends attend a showing of an iconic slasher movie her mother starred in 20 years earlier. After escaping a fire in the theater, the group finds themselves in the world of the horror film having to use common horror movie tropes to survive.
This often overlooked slasher is considered one of the best horror-comedy films in the past decade. Not only does it serve as an homage to the slasher genre with its creative meta-storyline, but its camp script also provides a plethora of heart, horror, and laughs throughout. Much like Bodies Bodies Bodies, the movie provides a fresh look at slashers through the eyes of these teens.
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
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Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, who recently received her first Emmy nomination, star together in Jennifer’s Body which centers on the titular popular girl who targets men to appease her insatiable hunger. Meanwhile, her best friend Needy attempts to find the missing men as well as stop her best friend when she realizes what she’s done.
The movie was released to mixed and negative reviews but since then, the movie has garnered cult classic status as a movie centered on female empowerment and disputing the poignant idea that women are merely sexual beings in men’s eyes. Its sharp comedy amalgamated with its dark symbolism makes it a perfect teen horror comedy to watch.
The Babysitter (2017)
Available on Netflix
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One of Netflix’s most recent horror hits, The Babysitter stars Samara Weaving as the babysitter for lonely and weak pre-teen Cole who often gets picked on. After teaching him how to defend himself, Cole starts to experience a crush on his babysitter until he realizes that she is part of a cult whose goal is to sacrifice him.
The teen horror comedy was a massive hit for Netflix which eventually produced the sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen. The movie’s script and direction were highly praised as well as Samara Weaving’s performance which many critics called a staple in her career. Its dark humor along with a stacked cast consisting of Robbie Amell and Bella Thorne made it a hit.
Freaky (2020)
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Freaky takes a spin on the classic slasher genre with a Freaky Friday twist by switching the bodies of a teenage girl with a serial killer who targets teens in their small town. When Millie, played by Kathyrn Newton, learns that she has until the end of the day to switch bodies before it becomes permanent, she begins to track her body down worn by Vince Vaughn’s The Butcher.
Both Kathryn and Vaughn’s performances were well-received, as well as the script that took the time to introduce Millie before The Butcher attempts to kill her. Fans and critics applauded the story and direction for its creativity and ability to make a well-written horror that is still able to be moving yet hysterical.
Detention (2011)
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The director of music videos for artists like Britney Spears and Taylor Swift, Joseph Kahn’s Detention focuses on a group of high schoolers who spend prom night in detention while a serial killer Cinderhella targets the school. With a campy storyline, the group must travel back in time in an attempt to save themselves and their school.
The movie received mixed reviews for its outlandish script but many critics believed that Kahn achieved a work of successful comedy and horror clash. Audiences believed it represented the postmodern cynical youth of today, much like in Araki’s Kaboom with the slasher elements of Scream.
Happy Death Day (2017)
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In Groundhog Day fashion, Tree Gelbman must relive her birthday after she becomes the victim of a serial killer in Happy Death Day. Until she solves the mystery of who killed her and saves herself, she has to relive every day in this creative new take on the slasher genre marking her one of the best final girls.
The movie mixed its dark slasher elements with a comedic campus storyline that made it a box office success and even followed up with a sequel Happy Death Day 2U in 2019. The storyline creates a modern nuanced look at horror’s “final girl” and a look at slashers in the age of social media, much like in Bodies Bodies Bodies.
Tragedy Girls (2017)
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Commenting on recent culture’s obsession with true crime, Tragedy Girls stars Alexandra Shipp and Brianna Hildebrand as two high school girls who run a popular true crime blog. A plot twist reveals a much more sinister secret between the two as they search for a local serial killer in their town with their friend played by Jack Quaid.
Its commentary on social media, the friendship between two young women, and obsession with danger make it similar to Bodies Bodies Bodies as teen horror comedies that both subvert expectations and bring notable references to the genre. The movie received mostly positive reviews and keeps audiences guessing at every turn.
Assassination Nation (2018)
Available on HBOMax
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A modern re-telling of the Salem Witch Trials by Euphoria director Sam Levinson, Assassination Nation follows a group of girls who are forced to fight for their lives when a group of hackers reveals all of Salem’s personal secrets. A group of mostly men then decides that these girls are to blame with no discernable evidence and targets them.
Featuring a cast of young women like in Bodies Bodies Bodies, the movie was praised for its cast performances and nuanced horror comedic take on a modern Salem-like witchhunt. Its commentary on America’s demonization of the youth, especially women and queer youth, made it a cult classic, though it did not achieve box office success.
House (1977)
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Inspired by his daughter’s nightmares, Nobihuko Obayashi created teen horror-comedy House unlike any other at the time making it one of the strangest horror movies of the 1970s. When Gorgeous and her friends visit her aunt for the summer, they witness supernatural occurrences and have to survive the haunted house targeting them one by one.
Like Bodies Bodies Bodies’s satirical commentary on youth culture today, this Japanese dark comedy illustrated Obayashi’s commentary on the Hiroshima bombings where he grew up. Despite mixed to negative reviews in Japan upon release, it became a cult classic in Japan and North America for its memorable imagery and bizarrely done effects to produce its absurdist horror.
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
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Despite not many horror movies being directed by a woman at the time, The Slumber Party Massacre was both written by and directed by women. Written as a parody of the slasher genre, the movie follows a series of girls who get together for a sleepover the same night that a drill-holding killer is on a rampage in the neighborhood.
While the movie was filmed as a strict horror movie, the movie’s terror is interrupted by hilarious breaks amongst the girls, much like in Bodies Bodies Bodies. The movie received mixed reviews but the massive cult classic status it won granted it two more sequels just as hilariously horrific.