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There's a difference between what might be acceptable in an academic program, to the specific requirements of the teacher, and what might do well on the open market. The plain fact is that the comedy-inflected horror series Scream, and its accompanying parody series Scary Movie (horror-themed comedy) both did extremely well at the box-office. The Addams Family, in all its variations, iterations and imitations, was also a huge fan favorite, as are the works of Edward Gorey. Stephen King is known as the master of the terrifying, but his works tend to be salted with a fair amount of humor.
But horror is not to everyone's tastes --personally, I can neither read it nor watch it. And comedy horror can be particularly stomach-churning if it seems to make light of the truly horrific. It may be that your former professor just found your work too distasteful (from his or her own perspective) to even react to.My recommendation is that you deploy your humor strategically, with just a little bit of it to lighten the mood between horrors. A full-on blend of the two is just going to come across as psychopathic, and while there's actually an audience for that, it's a niche one, and not necessarily one you want. (Or maybe you do.)
It's also worth noting that the more challenging your subject matter, the better a writer you have to be to make readers inclined to go on the journey. People may not like a ham-fisted, poorly written sentimental romance, but they'll treat in a little more kindly than a ham-fisted, poorly written piece about a serial killer. The more distressing the material, the better the writing needs to be to make up for it. It may be that your teacher made a snap judgement that your piece wasn't going to qualify, and wasn't willing to go any further with it.
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