Games with a light-hearted/comedic/silly horror overtone.

[flojocabron]

This game

[Jrecee]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Muto ?

I was actually trying to find some other horror themed platformer. Maybe it was for wii?

There's also that series involving a jack nicholson sounding alien that has a similar vibe to zombies ate my neighbors (1950s horror cheese). Can't remember the name.

And one of the timesplitters games had a horror themed level.

[ZeoDefender]

Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night.

[Gamerforlife]

Plants vs Zombies
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Lollipop Chainsaw

[Gamerforlife]

Zombie Revenge
Night Slashers
The Dishwasher Dead Samurai
The Dishwasher Vampire Smile - The Dishwasher games are really a wide mix of influences, but there are lots of zombies and undead things, including the main characters themselves.
Mortal Kombat series - There have always been some horror elements
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Xbox) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds - Chaos Bleeds actually lets you play as a dummy
Devil May Cry series, and I guess Bayonetta too
Nightmare in the Dark
Twin Blades The Reaping Vangard
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1
Charlie Murder

Also, the last two Resident Evil games

Seriously, it's impossible to take RE 5 or 6 seriously. I mean, remember this:



All the Castlevania games have some comedy as well. I mean look at this:


Castlevania has never taken itself as seriously as some people seem to think

[AppleQueso]

^Lots of great examples there! I can't believe that Lollipop Chainsaw completely slipped my mind like that.

I thought about bringing up Mortal Kombat, but the series as a whole is pretty inconsistent with how seriously it takes itself. I'd say that MK2 and 3 are pretty goofy all around though.

I think the Castlevania example you mentioned however is more of a case of simply having a bit of comic relief, which kinda falls into the same category to me as stuff like the Silent Hill joke endings.

[alienjesus]

I don't know how good they are, but there's also Voodoo Vince, Grabbed by the Ghoulies and Stubbs the Zombie on Xbox.

I will say that despite it being listed here a couple of times, there isn't really a horror overtone at all in Grim Fandango. Yes you're a grim reaper and you partner is a demon, but it's never even played for comic style horror, the film noir style is much much much more prevalent.

[Protronrob]

This game

I just purchased this while I was on vacation, just because of the name without knowing anything about it. Lots of fun and not a cakewalk either!

[soul_hacker]

Dead Pixels
Does Cotton count? She's a witch and all...
Deathsmiles 1 and 2

[samsonlonghair]