The Menu is a movie about a grand feast by a world-renowned chef on a remote island; a young couple, Erin and Tyler, played by Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult, find themselves among some of the social elite preparing to have a lavish meal prepared or them. The celebrity chef, Julian Slowik, played by Ralph Fiennes, has put together an over-the-top dinner party putting newly designed dishes on display for invited guests; the catch is that there are mysterious ingredients added to each dish that will have all participants running for the door. Erin discovers the shocking secret and desperately tries to escape before she ends up being desert.
The Menu is a dark comedy that has a few laughs while the characters panic and run for their lives; dark comedy is a rare taste for movie fans, but there are an abundance of spectacular films that surround this genre for fans of the genre to enjoy. Cinephiles that seek to scratch the itch of a wacky serial killer or corporate haunted house have a long list to choose from that are readily available a the click of a button. Here are some of the best horror comedies to watch if you love The Menu.
7 Scream
Scream was a masterful film that was one of the first to subvert the final girl troupe in horror movies. When Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell, is targeted by a vicious killer who brings up her family's dark past, she'll find that the threat is closer than she realizes.
One by one, Sidney's friends are terrorized and slain, and the trail of bodies leads straight to her doorstep. The killer taunts Sidney, and as the killer is revealed, Sidney decides to stop running and fight back. Scream sparked a five-film franchise that continues the first film's story, with most of the original cast returning to their roles.
6 Bodies Bodies Bodies
Nothing is more fragile than a group of best friends who can't trust each other after one of them ends up dead; a small group of friends becomes sheltered in an empty mansion during a dangerous storm, and to pass the time, they all decide to play a game; unfortunately, things become dire when one of them is found dead, and everyone points the finger at each other. With no one to trust, each person must fight not to become the next victim and be careful who they decide to align themselves with.
5 Ready Or Not
When newlywed Grace thinks she's finally gotten everything she's asked for, things go wrong in a way she would never have expected. While returning to her husband's wealthy estate, Grace becomes the target of a vicious game put on by the one she thought she could trust the most.
Her husband's parents seal the estate and begin to hunt Grace, who has to survive until midnight to be welcomed by the family with open arms. Caught off guard, Grace calms herself and slowly begins to combat her predators and turns them into prey.
4 The Cabin In The Woods
Some of the most famous troupes in horror are the masked serial killer and the haunted house no one can escape; Cabin in the Woods takes all of the things that go bump in the night and puts them under the control of a shadowy organization that conducts the murder of young unsuspecting teens in order to appease satanic gods with blood sacrifice.
This organization oversees that the zombies always win or that the big bad can always catch up to the victim. Things take a left turn when the victims discover this organization and throws a wrench in the works.
3 Parasite
Poverty is a devastating issue all over the world; many families struggle to obtain basic human needs like food, shelter, and clothing. When a small Korean family who will stop at nothing to better their situation scam their way into a wealthy businessman's home, they wind up in a vexatious situation that leads to bloodshed.
Greed is the root of all evil and forces the most negative sides of people to the surface; the small Korean family will learn that one evil deed only leads to another as they discover a dark secret hiding in the basement. Parasite is a highly praised film whose Director, Bong Joon-Ho won an Academy Award for.
2 Day Shift
Jamie Fox stars Day Shift, a rambunctious action film as Bud Jablonski, a vampire hunter who takes out undead menaces for a fee. Bud is a typical everyday dad who just wants the best for his daughter, so in turn, he finds a way to provide the best of the best for his only child by killing vampires.
Disguising himself as a pool cleaner, Bud hunts vampires but can barely make ends meet; Bud's last option is to rejoin the vampire hunters union, which lands him in to a dangerous situation facing down a vicious vampire army.
1 The Hunt
Crystal and a handful full of average joes become the target of a villainous plot when they wake up in the middle of nowhere with no memory of how they got there. It is soon revealed that a group of the one percent have gathered Crystal and the others to hunt them for sport like "the world's most dangerous game". Crystal refuses to lay on her back and let rich scoundrels decide her fate and decides to retaliate, taking the fight to their doorstep. The hunters quickly become the hunted as Crystal gears up and begin taking out the millionaire maniacs one by one.