April 20th is an annual stoner holiday dedicated to getting high and celebrating weed. If you’re a horror movie fan, what better way to spend the day than watching scary movies that have funny pot-related moments? This list is full of suggestions for your 4/20 viewing pleasure.
Weed plays an important role in the character development of our characters in Idle Hands (1999).
Idle Hands (1999). A horror comedy about a stoner named Anton (Devon Sawa) whose hand becomes possessed and starts murdering his friends and family despite his protests.
Marty in The Cabin in the Woods is a rare stoner horror character who isn’t killed off at the beginning of the movie.
The Cabin in the Woods (2011). A group of college students head to a cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. (Warning, spoilers ahead) The stoner character, Marty, accidentally survives an attack by a zombie and joins final girl Dana in discovering they were part of a bizarre human sacrifice. The films ends with Marty and Dana sharing a joint and waiting for the world to end.
Jamie Lee Curtis says Laurie Strode “smokes like a good girl”. “You can see she’s not experienced. She coughs and she sort of blows it.”
Halloween (1978). Not only is Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) one of the most well-known final girls, she’s one of the few that is explicitly shown smoking weed.
Scream (2022). Mindy Meeks-Martin plans to light up with a serial killer on the loose offing her friends.
This is the End is a very funny stoner comedy with Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera and Emma Watson.
This is the End (2013). A great stoner comedy, and since it’s about the literal end of the world, there’s also a horror element to it.
A nice poem from Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988).
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) Worth watching just for the line “Let this be a lesson to you, say no to drugs!”
Actor Warwick Davis had to be shown how to use the bong before filming the scene.
Leprechaun 2 (1994) Watch it if only for the death by bong scene.
Jack Black as a Rastafarian stoner in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) Jack Black plays an annoying stoner character who has appropriated Rastafarian aesthetics.
A bag of weed turns deadly in The Green Inferno.
The Green Inferno (2013) A bag of weed hidden in a dead body causes problems when the body is burned. The protagonists are then surrounded by cannibals with the munchies.
The opening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) This movie deserves inclusion on this list because of the fun fact that John Larroquette was paid one (1) joint for his work voicing the iconic opening narration.
The post from Hereditary.
Hereditary (2018) is a bad watch on 4/20 unless you want to put bummer vibes on the whole day. A character’s decision to smoke weed has just about the worst consequences any decision can have and sets in motion the real horror in this movie. Don’t imbibe and drive people!
Weed plays an important role in the character development of our characters in Idle Hands (1999).
Idle Hands (1999). A horror comedy about a stoner named Anton (Devon Sawa) whose hand becomes possessed and starts murdering his friends and family despite his protests.
Marty in The Cabin in the Woods is a rare stoner horror character who isn’t killed off at the beginning of the movie.
The Cabin in the Woods (2011). A group of college students head to a cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. (Warning, spoilers ahead) The stoner character, Marty, accidentally survives an attack by a zombie and joins final girl Dana in discovering they were part of a bizarre human sacrifice. The films ends with Marty and Dana sharing a joint and waiting for the world to end.
Jamie Lee Curtis says Laurie Strode “smokes like a good girl”. “You can see she’s not experienced. She coughs and she sort of blows it.”
Halloween (1978). Not only is Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) one of the most well-known final girls, she’s one of the few that is explicitly shown smoking weed.
Scream (2022). Mindy Meeks-Martin plans to light up with a serial killer on the loose offing her friends.
This is the End is a very funny stoner comedy with Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera and Emma Watson.
This is the End (2013). A great stoner comedy, and since it’s about the literal end of the world, there’s also a horror element to it.
A nice poem from Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988).
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) Worth watching just for the line “Let this be a lesson to you, say no to drugs!”
Actor Warwick Davis had to be shown how to use the bong before filming the scene.
Leprechaun 2 (1994) Watch it if only for the death by bong scene.
Jack Black as a Rastafarian stoner in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) Jack Black plays an annoying stoner character who has appropriated Rastafarian aesthetics.
A bag of weed turns deadly in The Green Inferno.
The Green Inferno (2013) A bag of weed hidden in a dead body causes problems when the body is burned. The protagonists are then surrounded by cannibals with the munchies.
The opening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) This movie deserves inclusion on this list because of the fun fact that John Larroquette was paid one (1) joint for his work voicing the iconic opening narration.
The post from Hereditary.
Hereditary (2018) is a bad watch on 4/20 unless you want to put bummer vibes on the whole day. A character’s decision to smoke weed has just about the worst consequences any decision can have and sets in motion the real horror in this movie. Don’t imbibe and drive people!