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The Horror Parodies of ‘Key & Peele’

These guys know and love the scary movie genre.
Key And Peele Horror Skits
By  · Published on February 21st, 2017

“Alien Imposters”

Going for something slightly more action than horror, this sketch from season four is sort of reminiscent of the racist zombie one, but it goes a little further with its idea than just stretching a single joke:


“Georgina and Esther and Satan”

Two old churchgoing ladies show us how to deal with demonic possession, even when it’s Satan himself, in this raunchy season four sketch that doesn’t initially seem relevant to the horror genre:


“Non-Scary Movie”

Laughing at scary movies is important if you want to conquer your fears by pretending you’re not actually afraid. It’s especially important if you don’t want your friend whom you saw it with to know you’re actually afraid. That’s the idea with this sketch from season four of Key & Peele:


“Make-A-Wish”

From that same Halloween episode, here’s a sketch that manages to poke fun at the Make-A-Wish Foundation while mainly meaning to spoof creepy children in horror movies:


“Gremlins 2 Brainstorm”

Unlike the others, this season five sketch isn’t a general horror spoof but a hilarious look at the ridiculous ideas behind a certain comedic horror movie sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch:


The “Allentown Boys” from Keanu

Key and Peele’s first major movie together, Keanu, is an underrated comedy that is often brilliant but wasn’t what fans were expecting. That’s weird, though, because most of it is very similar to what you find on Key & Peele, including dashes of horror influence. In addition to their main roles, both Key and Peele additionally play the “Allentown Boys,” creepy brothers who look more like horror movie villains than gang members. Even their demise at the end (spoiler, sorry) is like something out of a Friday the 13th movie.


Horror Movie Weapons

This is a recent bit for GQ magazine tied to the release of Get Out where Peele plays with and makes fun of some of the most iconic horror movie weapons, including Freddy Krueger’s glove:

Bonus: Keegan-Michael Key in Hell Baby

This has nothing to do with Peele and isn’t written by Key, but Key does co-star in the silly horror comedy, and this toe-stubbing thing is very Key & Peele:

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Christopher Campbell began writing film criticism and covering film festivals for a zine called Read, back when a zine could actually get you Sundance press credentials. He's now a Senior Editor at FSR and the founding editor of our sister site Nonfics. He also regularly contributes to Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes and is the President of the Critics Choice Association's Documentary Branch.