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Rental > Cult > Black Comedy: 14 Films to Rent on VHS

 
Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series)Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) (1999)
Genuinely amusing clay–mation generated by MTV, stages fantasy bouts–to–the–death between various celebrity pairings, like:…
Dark Backward, TheDark Backward, The (1991) Recommended
Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton…
Weird black comedy about a hopeless stand–up comic (Judd Nelson) who finds that the third arm growing from his back is his ticket to the…
ParentsParents (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
Frightening piece of horror kitsch about a boy who suspects his parents are cannibals. Splendid, stylised direction and set design make this a…
Smoke 'em If You Got EmSmoke 'em If You Got Em (1988)
Dir. Ray Boseley
Feat. George Huxley, Nique Needles
The apocalypse inspires a group of loutish adolescents to throw a party, in spite of their guests dying from radiation sickness! Bizarre comedy…
Crazy LoveCrazy Love (Love Is a Dog from Hell) (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas…
Superlative tragicomedy based on the work of Charles Bukowski is told in three parts – pre–pubescence, acne plagued teenagehood and…
ScreamplayScreamplay (1986)
Dir. Rufus Butler Seder
Feat. George Kuchar, Katy Bolger
Tacky amusement can be found in this midnight flick about a splatter movie writer whose nightmare visions become frighteningly real!
Mixed BloodMixed Blood (1984)
Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Marilia Pera, Richard Ulacia
Appropriately loose and ironic black comedy about gang and drug shenanigans in NYC from Warhol's factory alumni, Morrissey.
Love Butcher, TheLove Butcher, The (1982)
Dir. Mikel Angel, Donald M. Jones
Feat. Eric Stern
Amusing sleaze/cheesefest about a retarded, sexually frustrated gardener (Eric Stern) who harbours a slick, womanizing alter–ego, not to…
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts)Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)
Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet…
When his lost switchblade turns up as a murder weapon, petty crim Gerard Depardieu goes on the lam in a nightmarish Paris, several disreputable…
Day in the Death of Joe EggDay in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Alan Bates, Janet Suzman
Rewarding black comedy stars Alan Bates and Janet Suzman as a couple with an autistic child whom they consider mercy–killing. Bizarre yet…

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