{"id":3017,"date":"2009-10-26T13:47:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T18:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2017-06-22T10:10:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:10:16","slug":"no-scares-only-laughs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/10\/26\/no-scares-only-laughs\/","title":{"rendered":"No scares, only laughs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Some of the funniest movies available are not intended to make us fall on the floor laughing. A handful of horror flicks happen to fall into that category.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Around Halloween season, newspapers and magazines often put together lists of the scariest movies of all time. <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">The Clarion<\/em> did this last year, so we decided to put together a list of some of the funniest horror films ever assembled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Criteria for this list include story, acting, dialogue and\u2014most importantly\u2014ridiculousness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/10\/26\/no-scares-only-laughs\/attachment\/jeepers_creepers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/jeepers_creepers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"510,755\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jeepers Creepers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/jeepers_creepers-202x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/jeepers_creepers.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3018\" title=\"Jeepers Creepers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/jeepers_creepers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jeepers Creepers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>5. \u201cJeepers Creepers\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I\u2019m not going to lie. This movie was a little frightening when I first saw it. Revolving around a man-eating demon that is terrorizing a brother and sister who decide to travel through the wrong rural area, \u201cJeepers Creepers\u201d offers a fair amount of scares.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I can\u2019t help but laugh when I think of the Creeper waiting in line at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to get his license plate personalized to say \u201cBEATNGU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/10\/26\/no-scares-only-laughs\/attachment\/house-new_jpg_300x1000_q85\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/house-new_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,422\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"House\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/house-new_jpg_300x1000_q85-213x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/house-new_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3019\" title=\"House\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/house-new_jpg_300x1000_q85-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"House\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">4. \u201cHouse\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This was one of those movies that only appear on cable at 2 a.m. A Vietnam War veteran and horror novelist moves into his recently deceased aunt\u2019s home and he quickly discovers the spirits that possess the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Chuckles abound with scenes involving a possessed marlin, demons that resemble the blob that Chet turned into in \u201cWeird Science\u201d and George Wendt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3020\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/10\/26\/no-scares-only-laughs\/attachment\/imyd4rxulqnpbfv8a5xq3syw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/imyD4rxULqnpbfV8a5xq3sYw.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"434,371\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Leprechaun in the Hood\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/imyD4rxULqnpbfV8a5xq3sYw-300x256.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/imyD4rxULqnpbfV8a5xq3sYw.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3020\" title=\"Leprechaun in the Hood\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/imyD4rxULqnpbfV8a5xq3sYw-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Leprechaun in the Hood\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>3. \u201cLeprechaun in the Hood\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Even in Compton, the Leprechaun can still hold it down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For those who don\u2019t know, the \u201cLeprechaun\u201d series is an awful collection of horror films based on a comical tiny leprechaun who begins murdering people over his lost gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Featuring Ice T and Coolio, the film is hilarious from the opening credits. Just make sure you sit through it because the Leprechaun spits rhymes like \u201cLep in the hood come to do no good\u201d in the flick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/10\/26\/no-scares-only-laughs\/attachment\/night-of-the-lepus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Night-of-The-Lepus.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"429,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Night of The Lepus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Night-of-The-Lepus-214x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Night-of-The-Lepus.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3021\" title=\"Night of The Lepus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Night-of-The-Lepus-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Night of The Lepus\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>2. \u201cNight of the Lepus\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Scared of ghosts and serial killers? That\u2019s nothing compared to the horrifying creatures in \u201cNight of the Lepus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Twelve years after her famous credit in \u201cPsycho,\u201d Janet Leigh stars in this laugher involving large man-eating rabbits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As these mutant rabbits torment an Arizona town, the National Guard is called in to destroy the mass amount of adorable and overgrown bunnies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/10\/26\/no-scares-only-laughs\/attachment\/64553-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/64553-16.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,275\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Killer Klowns from Outer Space\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/64553-16-300x171.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/64553-16.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3022\" title=\"Killer Klowns from Outer Space\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/64553-16-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Killer Klowns from Outer Space\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>1. \u201cKiller Klowns from Outer Space\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Popcorn guns, cocoons made of cotton candy and crazy straws. These three things can only mean \u201cKiller Klowns from Outer Space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A group of extra-terrestrial clowns bring the circus to a small town and begin killing humans for thirst reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to the film, if a klown ever threatens you, go for the nose.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the funniest movies available are not intended to make us fall on the floor laughing. A handful of horror flicks happen to fall into that category. Around Halloween season, newspapers and magazines often put together lists of the scariest movies of all time. 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