‘Big Break’: In This Meta Horror Comedy, a Real-Life Sketch Group Pursues Fame and Dodges a Killer

When the New York-based sketch group Simple Town considered making a movie, horror seemed like the most practical way in.

“We obviously wanted it to be a funny movie because we’re a comedy group,” Sam Lanier, the film’s writer and a cast member, said.

“But we felt that the horror genre would be a super […] ...