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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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The lost boys (1987)
Two brothers are convinced that they’ve moved to a town infested with vampires.

      
The lost world: Jurassic park (1997)
Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, dinosaurs roam free on a nearby island.

      
The monster squad (1987)
Kids in a monster club have to try to stop Dracula and other legendary monsters from taking over the world.

      
The mummy (1999)
An American on an archaeological dig accidentally awakens the mummy Imhotep.

      
The mummy returns (2001)
The mummy Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he begins a campaign of terror.

      
The Omega man (1971)
Blood-thirsty “neopeople,” spawned by a plague, roam the streets of Los Angeles at night.

      
The phantom of the opera (1925)
A disfigured, deranged composer who lives below the Paris Opera seeks love with a singer.

      
The rocky horror picture show (1975)
A couple’s car breaks down, and they seek help at the mansion of a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual.

      
The Wolf Man (1941)
A young man is bitten by a wolf, and finds himself becoming a werewolf at the first full moon.

      
The Wolf Man: the legacy collection (1935)
Includes: The Wolf Man (1941), Werewolf of London (1935), Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man (1942), and She-Wolf of London (1946)

      
Tremors (1998)
A desert town is infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live underground.

      
Ultraviolet (2006)
A vampire protects a boy who is the cure for all humans who have been transformed into vampires.

      
Underworld (2003)
A beautiful vampire warrior is entrenched in a war between the vampire and werewolf races.

      
Underworld: evolution (2006)
The war between the aristocratic vampires and the barbaric werewolves continues.

      
Vampyr (1931)
A young man attempts to kill a vampire that has assumed the shape of an old woman.

      
Van Helsing (2004)
Monster hunter Van Helsing battles Dracula with the unwilling help of Frankenstein and a wolf man.

      
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Dr. Frankenstein's grandson inherits his grandfather’s castle and repeats his experiments in this comic send-up of the classic.



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