30-558: Blood Fest is a 2018 American comedy horror film written and directed by Owen Egerton and starring Robbie Kay , Seychelle Gabriel , and Jacob Batalon . Other cast members include Barbara Dunkelman , Nick Rutherford , and Tate Donovan , with a cameo by Zachary Levi . The film was released on Rooster Teeth 's video on demand service and had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in 2018. On Halloween, Dax Conway watches horror films with his mother. When she goes to
60-407: A weighted average , assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". In a mixed review, Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film's humor, stating, "There are some fun moments... But the humor more often comes across as forced." He mainly criticized the film compared to others in the same horror-parody genre, stating, "none of
90-472: A content deal with Sid and Marty Krofft Pictures , allowing it to acquire the worldwide digital distribution rights to its library of shows, with the exceptions of The Brady Bunch Hour (owned by Paramount Television, now part of CBS Media Ventures ), D.C. Follies (owned by Amazon MGM Studios ) and Mutt & Stuff (owned by Paramount Media Networks under the Nick Jr. brand) and they would launch
120-817: A minority stake in Shout! Factory . Finally, in September, Cinedigm partnered with The Dove Foundation to create The Dove Channel , an online streaming service focusing on faith-based programming. In December 2017, control of Cinedigm was given to Bison Capital of Hong Kong to start one of the first China-U.S Studios. On February 5, 2019, Cinedigm acquired streaming service Viewster and its Viewster Anime subsidiary. Viewster would eventually merge with CONtv and rebrand as CONtv Anime on June 13, 2020. In April of that year, Cinedigm licensed content from Chinese firms CCTV, China Lion, Starrise Media and Youku, in order to launch an entertainment and film service called Bambu;
150-452: A monitor locks the exit. Dax and Sam take a truck from the warehouse and drive to the control tower. With over two hundred festival-goers alive, Walsh activates the wristbands to emit a pulse causing the wearers to go insane. Sam attacks Dax, causing the truck to crash into the tower. Seeing Dax on the monitor, Dr. Conway activates the tower's elevator to help Dax escape. Dax confronts his father and sister. Dr. Conway shoots Walsh and claims he
180-556: A partnership with Robert Rodriguez to relaunch the former cable and satellite-based El Rey Network as a streaming channel. In December 2021, Cinedigm signed a deal with SideStream, a live video streaming service. In March 2022, Cinedigm acquired streaming, advertising and distribution company, Digital Media Rights; including the ad-supported streaming services Cinehouse (originally known as YuYu), AsianCrush, RetroCrush, Midnight Pulp, Cocoro (now discontinued), and KMTV. On September 15, 2022, Cinedigm launched Cineverse, marketed as
210-640: A story in a different direction. Examples of comedy horror films include Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), An American Werewolf in London (1981), the Evil Dead franchise (1981–present), Gremlins (1984), Shaun of the Dead (2004), and The Cabin in the Woods (2011). Horror and comedy have been associated with each other since the early days of horror novels. Author Bruce G. Hallenbeck cites
240-417: A trap, but Hinckley sacrifices himself to save her. Ashley and Krill get stuck in a bathroom and, after Ashley tearfully admits losing the passkey, they have sex. The four discovers explosive barrels and realize the place is rigged to explode. At an interview, Dr. Conway realizes Dax is missing and leaves. The four make it to Clowntown. Just before the murderous clowns attack, the zombies, no longer affected by
270-497: Is an American entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles , California . Cineverse’s businesses encompass digital cinema , streaming channels, content marketing, and distribution. The company was founded in 2000, under the name Access IT Digital Media, Inc., through a group led by Bud Mayo. Mayo served as director until his retirement in 2010, and subsequently founded Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. In September 2013,
300-475: Is cut short when Hinckley coldly dismisses Dax and his own films. The event's founder Anthony Walsh greets the audience and invites everyone to help him make "the ultimate horror film." A large group of chainsaw wielding assailants descends upon the audience and begins killing them. Dax, Sam, and Krill flee further into the venue. Walsh enters his control tower and watches the carnage being captured from multiple angles. Dax, Sam, and Krill meet Ashley and Lenjamin,
330-462: Is doing the right thing. Dax reveals that he fears his own father, having seen him killing. Dr. Conway activates the timed explosives. Having a change of heart, Jayme throws a knife at Dr. Conway's chest, sending him out of a window to his death. Sam bursts into the room, but returns to normal after Dax breaks off her wristband. The two admit their feelings each other and share a passionate kiss. Jayme apologizes for helping Dr. Conway before escaping out
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#1732790577283360-745: The Scary Movie series or A Haunted House also function as parodies of popular horror films. Well-known director Peter Jackson began his film career with the comedy horror classics Bad Taste , Meet the Feebles and Braindead . Stree2 , Roohi , Bhoot Police and bhool Bhulaiyaa are some popular horror comedy films in Bollywood . Examples of horror comedy on television date back to sitcoms The Munsters and The Addams Family and more recently include gruesome slapsticks Ash vs Evil Dead and Stan Against Evil , mockumentary
390-799: The What We Do in the Shadows (franchise) , Wellington Paranormal , comedies Todd and the Book of Pure Evil , Shining Vale and Santa Clarita Diet , and cartoons Beetlejuice , Courage the Cowardly Dog , School for Vampires , and Scooby-Doo . More recent examples include The Owl House , Wednesday , Don't Hug Me I'm Scared , Gravity Falls , Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss . Cinedigm Cineverse Corp. (originally Access IT Digital Media, Inc. , and later, Cinedigm )
420-466: The "Arbor Day" set recreation. The Arborist, the series' villain, pursues them. Krill, separated from the group, is captured by vampires, but the lead vampire Rain spares him for being a virgin. Krill obtains a flaming stake and uses it to kill the Arborist. Traveling through what they thought was the maintenance tunnels, the group stumble upon Tortureville, a torture porn -themed set. Sam gets stuck in
450-406: The 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " by Washington Irving as "the first great comedy horror story". The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was based on mischief typically found during the holiday Halloween . Shortly after the publication of Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein , comedic parodies appeared. Edgar Allan Poe put humor and horror on
480-485: The cinematic graveyard and feel secure in the knowledge that the monsters can't get you". In the era of silent film , the source material for early comedy horror films came from stage performances instead of literature. One example, The Ghost Breaker (1914), was based on a 1909 play, though the film's horror elements were more interesting to the audience than the comedy elements. In the United States following
510-545: The company acquired distributor New Video . In October 2013, the company acquired Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment . In May 2014, Cinedigm established Docurama , an OTT documentary channel, focused on documentaries and film festival coverage. Later that year, Jeffrey Edell would join as CFO, and the company began trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol. In February 2015, Cinedigm and Wizard World launched CONtv . In June of that year, Cinedigm would acquire
540-492: The company changed its name to Cinedigm Corp. In January 2011, Chris McGurk became the new chairman and CEO. In July 2011, the company sold its physical and electronic distribution business to Technicolor . The following month, Screenvision acquired UniqueScreen Media, Inc. (USM), the cinema advertising division of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. The companies entered into a long-term agreement, with Cinedigm providing distribution and promotion for Screenvision. In April 2012,
570-451: The company's flagship streaming service, featuring programming from across its AVOD (ad-supported video on demand) and FAST (free, ad-supported, television) brands. In May 2023, the company rebranded to Cineverse Corp. and began trading on NASDAQ under CNVS. The company stated that it was an "important step forward" in its "evolution into a streaming content and technology company". In June 2023, Cineverse announced that it would signed
600-491: The exit door. Red is revealed to be Dax's younger sister, Jayme, and Dr. Conway is Walsh's partner. Blaming horror films for his wife's death, he decided to turning Blood Fest into a massacre. His aim is both to punish horror films aficionados, and hopefully to use the shock to put an end to the horror genre. Telling Sam and Dax to escape, Dr. Conway and Jayme leave to join Walsh. However, one of Walsh's workers notices Dax and Sam on
630-471: The group then heads to the warehouse, where Ashley has a passkey for the door. At a graveyard set, after Ashley gives Lenjamin the passkey, zombies crawl out of the ground and kill him. The others run to a nearby cabin, where Hinckley is hiding. Dax kills a zombie and discovers it is a real corpse, re-animated and controlled by electrical signals. Dax and Sam destroy a power box, cutting off the signal, letting them escape. The group, joined by Hinckley, come upon
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#1732790577283660-609: The kitchen, a man in a red mask murders her. Dax's father, renowned psychologist Dr. Vaughn Conway, fatally shoots the man, his former patient. Years later, Dax develops an obsession with horror films as coping mechanism for his trauma. He prepares to attend Blood Fest, a horror film festival held on a massive, enclosed ranch. Discovering Dax's tickets and event wristband, Dr. Conway destroys them and forbids Dax from attending. Dax obtains an extra ticket from his acquaintances Ashley and Lenjamin. Arriving with his best friends Sam and Krill, Dax meets his idol Roger Hinckley, but his enthusiasm
690-675: The meta-styled proceedings is particularly original" and that "Genre aficionados might enjoy the film to a certain degree... But that familiarity is a double-edged sword, since buffs are also more likely to get the feeling that they've seen this type of thing far too many times." Comedy horror Comedy horror (also called horror comedy ) is a literary , television , and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction . Comedy horror has been described as having three types: " black comedy , parody and spoof." Comedy horror can also parody or subtly spoof horror clichés as its main source of humour or use those elements to take
720-406: The same continuum, and many nineteenth century authors used black humor in their horror stories. Author Robert Bloch called them "opposite sides of the same coin". In comedy horror film, gallows humor is a common element. While comedy horror films provide scares for audiences, they also provide something that dramatic horror films do not: "the permission to laugh at your fears, to whistle past
750-420: The service would launch on October 22, 2019. In 2020, Cinedigm acquired The Film Detective . In February 2021, Cinedigm acquired the horror -genre streaming service, Screambox. Later that year, on September 21, 2021, Cinedigm acquired Bloody Disgusting . As part of the acquisition, Screambox would be relaunched under the curation and management of Bloody Disgusting. In August 2021, Cinedigm announced
780-443: The signal confining them to their zone, rush in and fight the clowns. Spotting a zombified Lenjamin, Ashley retrieves the passkey and throws it to Krill, but is killed in the process. Dax, Sam, and Krill make it to the warehouse. Rain suddenly appears and rips Krill's throat out, realizing he is no longer a virgin. Sam kills Rain, but Krill dies from his injury. As Red appears and holds a knife to Sam's throat, Dr. Conway enters through
810-427: 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. The film included comedic blackface performances and footage of a hurricane for a climactic storm. As an early experiment,
840-402: The various genres were not well-balanced with horror and comedy, and later films improved the balance and took more sophisticated approaches. Charles Bramesco of Vulture.com identifies Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein as the first commercially successful comedy horror film. Its success legitimized the genre and established it as commercially viable. Some comedy horror movies, such as
870-518: The window. After Dax and Sam make their way out, the explosives go off and destroys the venue. In a post-credits scene, a hand breaks out of the ruins, clutching Walsh's staff. After Cinedigm acquired distribution rights, the film had a one night theatrical screening on August 14, 2018, exclusively through Fathom Events . The film was released onto Digital platforms on August 31, 2018, before onto Blu-ray and DVD on October 2, 2018. The digital release also includes footage featuring Gus Sorola that
900-411: Was cut from the film as a short film titled Gus Fest . On August 30, 2018, Rooster Teeth released "Mr. Leadfeet", a short film featuring the character of Mr. Leadfeet from Blood Fest . The film became available to paid members of Rooster Teeth's website on February 14, 2019. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 50% approval rating based on 20 reviews. Metacritic , which uses
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