After The Scream with Chris & Jess
The podcast is a celebration of horror and the filmmakers who make it. We review horror films and TV series and talk to the creatives who work hard to make them, including sharing the behind-the-scenes. And we will be throwing in filmmaking tips from my years on set. Bring your favorite drink to the show- laugh and scream. It's a crazy good time!
After The Scream with Chris & Jess
Cold Storage: Does Comedy KILL Fear?!
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In this review of Cold Storage (2026), we break down the new horror-comedy starring Liam Neeson and Joe Keery and ask a bigger question: Do horror comedies actually work?
Cold Storage follows two night-shift employees trapped inside a self-storage facility after a decades-old government experiment — a fast-mutating parasitic fungus — escapes containment. What starts as strange alarms underground turns into full-blown body horror chaos, mutations, and a race to stop an outbreak before it spreads beyond the building.
In this episode, we discuss:
What worked in Cold Storage (performances, creature concept, contained setting)
Where the movie struggled (tone balance, tension, pacing)
Whether the humor strengthens or weakens the horror
And if horror-comedies can truly scare you while making you laugh
Is Cold Storage a successful horror-comedy?
Does comedy kill fear?
Or can both genres coexist without canceling each other out?
If you’re into horror movie reviews, creature features, horror-comedy debates, and film analysis, this episode dives deep into what makes the genre mashup succeed — or fail.
Let us know in the comments:
What’s your favorite horror-comedy?
Did Cold Storage scare you, or was it just a fun ride?
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