Comic relief

-What is the comic relief?
Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama.

-Why is it often used in horror films?                                             Sometimes comic relief characters will appear in fiction that is comic.

-Do you remember laughing in horror films? Can you think of an example.                                                                                                  I remember that Chucky is a horror movie but at the same time laugh