Welcome to Mocktoberfest 2021!

Illustration by Andy Vanderbilt

It’s the first October since Neon Splatter burst onto the scene like so much eyeball explosions in an ‘80s gorefest flick. And we decided to celebrate this month by focusing on the theme of horror comedies. Please note that it’s not just “horror movies that have funny parts” but comedic films built around horror tropes and types. SCREAM is not a horror comedy; TROLL 2 is funny, but wasn’t intended as such so it doesn’t count; but MY MOM’S A WEREWOLF, however, is a horror comedy. (Oh, and we’re also including some horror comedy TV shows as well)

Every day there will be a new horror comedy featured by a different writer. We had a tremendous response on social media from folks so a lot of these posts will be by new (to Neon Splatter, anyways) writers.

Plus there will be the usual daily and weekly features that will tie in to the horror comedy theme as well. My Mixtape’s A Masterpiece will have some great spooky sounds for your Halloween happenings while Added To Watchlist will be supplanted by Marrowthon—in which guest writers compile a five movie marathon and explain their choices. All this and some more fun and games and surprises along the way. If you have a horror comedy short, book, film, album, comic book, podcast, or whatever else that you would like featured—please contact us today.

Finally, please enjoy this kickoff video featuring the song “Plus Ou Moins” by Legends Of Neglect (which you can grab on Bandcamp right here). Please share as many of our posts as possible around the net using #Mocktoberfest2021. Thanks to everyone for participating and we hope you enjoy screaming in laughter and fright with Mocktoberfest 2021!