Funny films, TV, games & books

Twenty-six years on, the Core Four are back in the crosshairs and no horror IP is safe.

Teenagers stalked by a recognisable masked killer — victims pile up and the laughs pile on in relentless genre satire.

Paranormal activity and home-security cameras become the setup for a haunted-house spoof.

A group of students visits a mansion called Hell House, and murderous high jinks ensue.

Cindy uncovers a haunted-boy mystery while alien Tr-iPods invade — broad genre parody on two fronts.

News anchor Cindy Campbell investigates crop circles, a deadly video tape, and an alien invasion threatening the President.

A fading celebrity tries a black-market cell-replicating substance that creates a younger version of herself.

Barbie and Ken leave Barbie Land for the real world and discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Vigilantes take down corrupt superheroes with blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Springfield's Simpson family — Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie — and the antics of everyday American life.

The dysfunctional Griffin family: bumbling Peter, long-suffering Lois, and a baby bent on world domination.

Everyday life at a Scranton paper-company branch office — cringe comedy mined from the mundane.

Six young New Yorkers find in each other the antidote to the pressures of adult life.

The eccentric Smith family shares their home with an alien and a talking fish in suburban Colorado.

The large, blended Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan offers an honest, often hilarious look at modern family life.

Seth Meyers hosts NBC's Late Night — A-list guests, memorable comedy, and the best in musical talent.

Four people entangled in a serial-murder investigation — an interactive drama played entirely straight, not for laughs.

Stanley follows instructions — until he doesn't. The game makes defying the narrator the joke.

Humans and monsters co-exist after an ancient war; you can choose kindness over combat throughout.

Hacktivism in an open-world San Francisco — hacking as the central mechanic in a city full of targets.

The New Kid joins South Park's children in an RPG where the town's fictional war is entirely the point.

A platformer set in an imaginary world where friendly and hostile creatures coexist in colourful chaos.

A parody run-and-gun where players cycle through a roster of Bro protagonists in a special unit.

A nuclear war is on pause; on a remote island, someone is building an army. A standalone shooter with a knowing tone.

A future society where books are outlawed and firemen burn any that are found — dystopia played straight.

Death takes on an apprentice who turns out to be an individual thinker — the driest of comic premises.

Ensign Dahl joins the prestigious starship Intrepid and notices that Away Mission crew members rarely return.

Hero and Claudio's love is threatened by false accusation, while a trap is laid for the arrogant Benedick.

Death goes walk-about; his independent-minded teenage granddaughter has to quietly take over the reaping.

Tina Fey's memoir is short, messy, and impossibly funny — the book's own description of itself.

Midoriya has inherited All Might's abilities and is navigating U.A. High School alongside students with extraordinary powers.

Senior Unseen University wizards follow the trail of a missing professor wherever it leads.