Loosely based on real events, the cast of Cocaine Bear put together a wild ride as a series of characters travel through the woods while being hunted by a bear on a cocaine-fueled rampage. Written by Jimmy Warden and directed by Elizabeth Banks, the comedic horror movie is based on the 1985 incident where a bear (lovingly nicknamed Pablo Eskobear) consumed 40 containers of cocaine. In real life, the bear died quickly after eating the cocaine. However, Cocaine Bear turned the chaotic incident into a horror movie, as the bear tears its way through drug smugglers and innocent hikers alike on the quest for more cocaine.

While there have been plenty of horror comedies that are genuinely scary, few have had real-life incidents to base themselves on. That fact, however, is not a deterring factor to the film as most of the fictional cast also cause murder and mayhem themselves alongside the bear,...