I recommend:

• The Cabin in the Woods
• Tucker and Dale versus Evil
• Midnight Mass

The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982). Not gory, so much as gooey.

The Babadook.

The Mist. Based on a book by Steven King. King admits the movie ending is better than his own.

10 Cloverfield Lane. It's standalone, don't worry if you haven't seen Cloverfield

Annihilation. The bear freaks me out.

Event Horizon. Sci-Fi/Horror

Original Ghostbusters from 1984.

Gremlins

No One Will Save You. The ending is weird, but the suspense is top-notch.

The 'Burbs. Classic Tom Hanks comedy.

Tremors.

What We Do in the Shadows

I would add The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993) to your Funny and Spooky list. I'll also second the The Fog (1981) suggestion.

The TV show version of What We Do in the Shadows is also quite good, I think, and very much traffics in the same themes as the movie, if even a bit sillier.

I don't watch a lot of creepy/spooky stuff, so my recommendations come from a fairly limited breadth. That said, I recommend a few things that many might lump under "kid movies" (I prefer the more accurate label "family entertainment") since they tend to be perilous and unsettling without being outright violent, gory, or generally miserable.

Coraline (2009) - A young girl, dissatisfied with her home life after moving to a new town, stumbles upon a dark, parallel world. Therein, she finds solace in a parallel version of her mother who is not what she seems.

Paranorman (2012) - A young boy who can speak with the dead learns that a witch who was executed by the townspeople hundreds of years ago will soon return to seek vengeance upon them.

Over the Garden Wall (2014) - A mini-series focusing on two brothers who find themselves inexplicably lost in a forest teeming with fell beasts, witches, undead, and unlikely allies. I watch this one every year around this time. Cozy yet spooky at the same time.

The Pirates of the Caribbean movies fit I think. Skeleton pirates, curses, sea-zombie pirates, giant squid attacks, the East India Trading Company...

As long as you don’t mind blood and guts in a lighter context, Cabin in the Woods and Tucker and Dale vs Evil are both incredibly fun comedy horror. Neither is really scary (though CitW has a stretch where it emulates classic slasher tropes), but both are quotably hilarious. Considering Shaun of the Dead is on your list and it includes a full evisceration, you’re probably fine.

If you’ve seen Bubba Ho-Tep but not at least Evil Dead 2 if not also Army of Darkness, then you’re woefully deprived.

Zombieland and its sequel are both delightful popcorn fun and very funny.

Happy Death Day is a slasher, but it’s also Groundhog Day and a likable, fun, PG-13 romp without too much meanness or darkness. The sequel is… fine.

Slither is a brilliant horror comedy but it’s a bit of a gross-out type, so it’s iffy if you don’t like seeing people swell to bursting with alien slugs and stuff like that. But the tone is always light and it’s just so much fun. Nathan Fillion in his peak Firefly days is the immensely likable hero.

There’s also a movie from the 80’s called Night of the Creeps that’s a cheesy, schlocky, gooey slugfest that is the spiritual predecessor to Slither.

Speaking of the 80’s, Return of the Living Dead is a super fun and funny 80’s zombie movie that actually has the honor of originating the “zombies eat brains” trope as far as I know.

If the 90’s are in play, Idle Hands is a fun, slightly gross, thoroughly silly stoner horror comedy that’s especially fun if you’re a fan of The Offspring (IYKYK).

I would also add Coraline and Nightmare Before Christmas as spooky atmospheric fun that aren’t obnoxiously kid-focused.

And segueing into Christmas horror, Krampus is a really fun movie that is both very funny and, but also works as a solid proper horror movie AND a family Christmas movie (for freaks like me).

Don't sleep on Doctor Sleep.

For "funny and spooky" I'd suggest Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness. The gore is over the top to such a degree that it becomes just ridiculous!

For shows, I've been digging "From" on MGM+. First season (10 episodes) is free. 3rd season just started, new episode tonight!

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/pDHqAj4eJcM

Dead Zone with Christopher Walken is amazing. Glad to see it on this list.

Some more classic Stephen King you might enjoy if you haven’t already seen it:

• Salems Lot (the original 1970s mini series)
• Carrie (the original Spacek version, not the remakes)
• Firestarter (original with Drew Barrymore)

Edit: The Fog isn’t Stephen King. But it’s still good. I don’t remember it being too gory because everything happens in “the fog” but there might be a neck slicing. It’s been a looong time since I last watched it.

• The Fog (original with Adrienne Barbeau)

A few that I don't think have been mentioned yet:

• Rosemary's Baby
• Ring (Japanese original)
• Mulholland Drive
• Get Out
• The Exorcist
• The Omen

A couple old ones:

The Serpent And The Rainbow directed by Wes Craven.

Arachnophobia with Jeff Daniels, John Goodman.

X-Files

Haven't seen anyone here recommend The Woman in Black (2012) which fits the atmospheric horror genre perfectly. Stars Daniel Radcliffe and I remember it as being quite good, with no gore and minimal cheap jump scares. I don't think the trailer is a good representation of it so that would be one to go into blind.

Studio 666 was really good. Marginally scary; more funny.

Color Out of Space was an amazing adaptation of an amazing short story.

For 'Action Horror', I've liked The Hunt (2020), Ready or Not, Totally Killer and Strange Darling (technically not a horror, but it's about a serial killer)

I watched Red Rooms recently, and that's French (Canadian), so if anyone asks you what you watched recently, you can say 'Les chambres rouges' and sound all intelligent and stuff.

It could just be that I first watched it when I was pretty young, but The Changeling from 1980 with George C. Scott is a pretty good atmospheric horror. No real gore or even deaths to speak of, but a good creepy ghost story nonetheless.

Candyman Candyman Candyman Candyman ....... .. . .. ...... Candyman

The Murmuring from Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.

Was so excited to answer this only to find the top post hit virtually every one of my suggestions.

But there is one more. This year I plan to revisit an old classic:

The Lost Boys.

The Halloween Tree isn't explicitly a kids movie. I watched it as a kid, but Ray Bradbury isn't as excited to most kids.

I thought Insidious was good, and not annoyingly gratuitous with the violence.

watching every AVGN halloween special

Under the funny and spooky category, one of my favourite movies is Murder Party.

The Night House is a really good horror/thriller, I don't recall it having any gore.

The Menu is phenomenal, but does have a bit of blood and gore.

I don't think I saw anyone mention Get Out, a fantastic movie.

I'm not a big movie guy, but these were some of my faves (along with Evil Dead, which have been mentioned a ton already 🙂)

You may check these groups, you can find many list of movies and discussions.

!horrormovies@lemm.ee

!cosmichorror@lemm.ee

!lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world

• Ring (Japanese original)

• The Eye (Taiwanese? Thai?)

• M3GAN (you want the PG/13 rated version, as there's a gory cut out there)

• The Conjuring 2 (the best of the whole franchise)

• Nope

That should keep you going for a bit.