Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987) Sam Raimi
The possessed hand sequence. Stooges violence, the squeaky Tom & Jerry voices made by the hand, the classic "Who's laughing now? Who's laughing NOWWWWWWWW?" Followed closely by Ash's immortal "Groovy".
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Edgar Wright's top 5 comic horror moments
The director of cult rom-zom-com Shaun Of The Dead and executive producer of Sightseers talked Film4.com through his top five moments in comedy horror when we spoke to him back in 2004
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An American Werewolf In London (1981) John Landis
Naked David Kessler running around London Zoo and half-inching a young boy's balloons, culminating in the classic deadpan child actor reaction: "A naked American man stole my balloons!" "Where is that kid now?" a nation cries out.
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Braindead (1992) Peter Jackson
"The Devil is among us, and I kick arse for the lord." Thus begins the best kung fu vicar fighting supercharged zombies scene ever. Matchless splatstick comedy.
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Starship Troopers (1997) Paul Verhoeven
In the aftermath of a bug attack, Michael Ironside examines the massive hole in a wounded soldier's head, before turning, almost to camera, and declaring, "They sucked out his brain!" Priceless. A highly underrated comedy classic.
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Death Line (1973) Gary Sherman
An inbred cannibal man born and raised in the tunnels under Russell Square Tube, both empathises and terrorises a kidnapped young lady with the only phrase in the English language he knows: "Mind the doors, Mind the doors!" One of the greatest pieces of monster acting ever.
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