Comedy horror

[2] The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was based on mischief typically found during the holiday Halloween.

In the United States following the trauma of World War I, film audiences sought to see horror on screen but tempered with humor.

The "pioneering" comedy horror film was One Exciting Night (1922), written, directed and produced by D. W. Griffith, who noticed the stage success of the genre and foresaw a cinematic translation.

[4] Charles Bramesco of Vulture.com identifies Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein as the first commercially successful comedy horror film.

More recent examples include The Owl House,[7] Wednesday, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Gravity Falls, Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss.