The horror genre is full of subgenres that come alive during the spooky season. Some viewers like psychological horror like The Shining, Hereditary, and Get Out; while some like their platter full of horror and blood, like The Terrifier franchise, Evil Dead, The Hills Have Eyes; and some fans like their horror with a side of laughter, think Zombieland franchise, Shaun of the Dead, Beetlejuice, and What We Do in The Shadows. Perhaps horror comedies work best because they address a four-quadrant crowd better than any other.
Among such features is the Elizabeth Banks-directed Cocaine Bear. The fascinating story of a cocaine-induced bear on a rampage for blood and blow tickles as well as intrigues at the same time. The feature takes inspiration from the 1985 true story of missing cocaine from a drug runner's plane and the black bear that ate it. While the real bear had a different ending, the dark comedy plays like the bear's revenge story. Cocaine Bear follows a ragtag group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens coming together to find a 500-pound American black bear, who has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine, and has gone on a coke-fueled rampage. The performances and the premise both pave the way for very dark comedic moments laced up in some high-octave scenes with the bear. The feature gained a lot of popularity for its insane plot. Audiences loved the unapologetic, high-energy B-movie charm, practical splatter gore, and its technical CGI execution of the bear. Making it a commercial hit, earning over $90 million worldwide on a $35 million budget.
Who Stars in 'Cocaine Bear'?
The feature benefits from a slew of talented actors such as Keri Russell as Colette Matthews, Brooklynn Prince as Colette's daughter, O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Howard, Christian Convery-Jennings as Henry, Alden Ehrenreich as Marty, Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Bob, Matthew Rhys as Andrew C. Thornton II, and more. Owing to brilliant performances and amazing black comedy, the film earned a 65% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics and 71% from the audience, with their consensus noting, "Cocaine Bear does pretty much exactly what it sets out to do, and if you're in the mood for some silly horror-comedy, that'll be more than enough to satisfy."
Seems like this spooky season fans are in the mood for some silly fun as Cocaine Bear returns to Netflix's streaming charts, as per FlixPatrol. The film stands beside titles like Ben Affleck's Animals, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's Twilight, Ice Age, and more.
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