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By asking us, aren't you kind of cheating? lol
I've never really been a fan of comedy horror. I've liked some films from that genre though (Shaun of The Dead, Hide and Creep, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil etc...)
What i never liked about it is in my opinion, it ruined what was supposed to be the purpose of horror. Which to me is to be scary, frightening, disturbing, all around the opposite of what everything else provides. By adding a heavy comedy element to the mix, it dilutes that fear, that horror and disrupts what Horror is supposed to be about.
Comedy horror is an inevitable genre but its a perversion to what horror is supposed to be about. I also believe that most non-fans of horror, consider it a joke and don't see the importance in it. By making horror comedies you are giving them a way to see the horror movies but you're also strengthening their resolve that horror movies are just a joke.
This weakens horror's core and alters the game. Hollywood and movie makers alike stop trying to make horror movies scary and instead try to broaden its scope to include fans and non-fans alike all in the purpose of making money.
Horror movies will stop being as scary as they used to be and the creative process will go down, we've already started to see this. Now this isn't all the fault of horror comedies but in my opinion, it is a contributing factor.
Hope that helped.
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