10/05/2026
It's Day 5 of the 2026 Coy's Horror Challenge, where 31 days of horror could win you a spooky prize pack. Remember, you only need one entry to play.
Day 5's prompt is FRANKENFILM: horror stitched together with another genre.
Co-owners Steve and Brandi are both suckers for a good mashup, so they're splitting this one: Steve on the watch, Brandi on the read.
Watch pick: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010), from Steve
Today's pick is all about genre mashups, and boy do I love me a good horror/comedy. My favorite has to be Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. It starts out just like any classic slasher: a group of young friends on a road trip end up in the woods and run into two creepy backwoods hillbillies they're sure abducted their friend and mean to kill them all. Twist! The hillbillies are just two awkwardly goofy, lovable buddies trying to fix up a cabin, who save a girl from drowning and then have to deal with a bunch of "College Kidddddds" trying to rescue their friend. So many laughs, and so many accidental deaths, ensue.
Reading pick: Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison, from Brandi
There may be no better mashup of genres in a single book than Rachel Harrison's newest release, Kiss Slay Replay. Willa Sullivan attends her best friend's wedding, and while she's eager to see her old group of friends, she's not looking forward to seeing her very recent ex-fiancé. Luckily she doesn't have to worry about that for long, because a slasher arrives and starts slaughtering everyone! But when Willa wakes up and starts experiencing the same day over (and over) again, she realizes she's going to have to face a wild variety of horrors. This one starts rom-com, goes summer camp slasher, and then... spoilers, so I can't tell you. But it definitely pays homage to some great horror tropes and makes for a very fun October read!
What's your favorite genre mashup? Post your pick with and tag to be entered to win our horror prize pack worth over $500. Be sure to check back every day in October for a new prompt.