tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post3348057257527905953..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: The Kind of Face You Slash - Day 2: Read Minds, Make Time Stop, Cook Pasta That’s Exactly Right Every Timebill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-29852421484111449842013-10-02T16:44:23.819-04:002013-10-02T16:44:23.819-04:00The best mingling of comedy and horror, I figure, ...The best mingling of comedy and horror, I figure, is the kind that doesn't fall neatly on one side or the other. The funniest parts of Return of the Living Dead come to mind: the tall gawky monster in the basement, equal parts wide-eyed goofiness and shambling horror; Burt struggling to play it cool as he offloads the twitching zombie parts on his mortician pal, Ernie. The movie's best laughs are played straight, and eventually, by the end, become almost indistinguishable from the horror.<br /><br />As for this book, I can't say, although the flippantly humorous tone apparent in these brief excerpts seems a little ominous to me. It seems to me that, even at the risk of being accused of po-facedness, a horror story does have to take itself seriously to a certain degree in order to succeed as one. The impression I get here is a story that plays more like a parody of itself. Then again I was never a big fan of Evil Dead II, and this seems like a clearcut case of The Kind of Thing You'll Like, If You Like That Kind of Thing.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364322006357208797noreply@blogger.com