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Spotlight on... Screwball Comedies

November gloom got you down in the dumps? Dig yourself out of the doldrums with a screwball comedy. Characterized by snappy dialogue, wacky characters, and fast-paced plots, screwballs are one of the most popular comedy genres.

Try a classic or a contemporary from our collection!

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Fido (2006)
Timmy's best friend is a rotting zombie named Fido, but then Fido eats the next-door neighbor...

      
Frankenstein (1931)
An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.

      
Frankenweenie (1992)
An ordinary dog becomes Frankenweenie through an extraordinary set of circumstances.

      
George A. Romero’s Diary of the dead (2007)
College students film the rise of flesh-eating zombies.

      
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla makes his way to Manhattan to wreak havoc in the big city.

      
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II (1999)
U.N. engineers construct MechaGodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla.

      
Godzilla: king of the monsters (1956)
A giant monster is awoken off the Japanese coast by atomic tests and proceeds to attack Tokyo.

      
Godzilla’s revenge (1969)
A lonely boy travels to Monster Island and is befriended by Minya, Godzilla's son.

      
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
Things are tense between two documentary film crews, and then they start seeing shapes in the murky water of Loch Ness.

      
Jurassic Park (1993)
An entrepreneur creates a secret park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA.

      
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Eight years after the first disaster, Velociraptors have evolved to be smarter than primates.

      
King Kong (1933)
A giant ape is transported to New York, where his attraction to a woman causes him to go wild.

      
King Kong (2005)
A giant ape is transported to New York, where his attraction to a woman causes him to go wild.

      
Land of the dead (2005)
The last humans alive live in a walled city to protect themselves from zombies.

      
Little Otik (2000)
A man gives his wife a carved tree stump that resembles a baby to console her after a miscarriage, and it becomes a real baby with a monstrous appetite.

      
Little shop of horrors (1986)
Business booms at Mushnik's Flower Shop when an exotic plant called Audrey II arrives, but then people start disappearing.

      
Lost boys: the tribe (2008)
Chris and his younger sister, Nicole, move to Luna Bay, California, a dark world populated by violent vampires.

      
Love at first bite (1979)
In this spoof, Dracula relocates to New York.

      
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
A greedy developer hatches a gigantic baby moth upon Tokyo, while Godzilla strikes again.

      
Mysterious island (1961)
Civil War POWS use a balloon to escape and crash on a Pacific island filled with giant plants and animals.



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