Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 501 Films to Buy & Rent
Belief (2006)
- Dir. Phil Davison
- Low–budget grinder from local horror up'n'comer Phil Davison (KUNG FU VAMPIRE KILLERS) which juggles comedy and DIY terror around the tale of…
Big Nothing (2006)
- Dir. Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Feat. Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, Natascha McElhone…
- Violent farce with dead–beat Schwimmer falling in with scam–artist Pegg in a bizarre blackmail scheme that goes predictably –and…
Bothersome Man, The (2006)
- Dir. Jens Lien
Feat. Trond Fausa Aurvaag
- A black comedy with a typically Scandinavian sense of absurdity and style, in which an amnesiac finds himself in an unfamiliar city with a new job,…
Desperate Housewives (TV Series) - Season 3 (2006)
- Feat. Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross…
- More episodes from the popular drama–black comedy set among the denizens of suburban America.
23 episodes over 6 discs.
Dexter (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter…
- Deliciously twisted crime drama series following a forensics investigator encouraged by his adopted father to knock off the dregs of the criminal…
Final Destination 3 (2006)
- Dir. James Wong
Feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Workmanlike third entry in the horror series known best for its wildly inventive death sequences, this time setting up a handful of teenagers to…
Pulling (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Sharon Horgan, Tanya Franks, Rebekah Staton…
- BAFTA nominated UK comedy series about a woman who decides to break up with her dependable fiancee in order to move in with a group of girls and live…
Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)
- Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson
- A disturbing dalliance with her pet pooch comes back to bite a newly engaged woman in this disarmingly frank indie rom–com that is certain to…
Tiger's Tail, The (2006)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciaran Hinds…
- John Boorman points his moral compass towards the ‘miracle’ Irish economy in this patchy yet worthwhile satirical thriller about an enterprising…
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
- Dir. Goran Dukic
Feat. Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Tom Waits…
- Wilfully eccentric suicide comedy (!?) set in a warped and washed–out afterlife inhabited solely by suiciders, in which a young no–hoper…