Subgenre Sampler
Horror > Black Comedy: 81 Films to Buy & Rent
Lesson of Evil (Lesson of the Evil) (2012)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Yamada Takayuki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Hideaki Ito
- Another manga adaption from director cult Takashi Miike based on the seinen manga on the same name.
A successful English teacher who is secretly a…
Burke and Hare (2010)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson…
- An oddball comedic take on the infamous grave robbing duo, with Serkis and Pegg supported by a terrific ensemble of British comedic thesps.
While…
Drag Me To Hell (2009)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver
- Sam Raimi returns to his horror roots in this twisted tale of a loan officer (Lohman) who has three days to rid herself of a deadly curse placed upon…
Must Love Death (2009)
- Dir. Andreas Schaap
Feat. Jeff Burrell, Sami Loris, Manon Kahle…
- Perversely romantic torture porn with a suicidal man joining up with what he assumes to be a group of like–minded individuals; unluckily for…
Psychoville (TV Series) (2009)
- Dir. Matt Lipsey
Feat. Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Dawn French…
- Blacky comic sitcom written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who each play numerous bizarre…
Run Bitch Run! (2009)
- Dir. Joseph Guzman
Feat. Christina DeRosa, Cheryl Lyone, Peter Tahoe
- Cheap and nasty pastiche of old school grindhouse flicks that sees two Catholic schoolgirls seek brutal revenge on their attacker.
Cottage, The (2008)
- Dir. Paul Andrew Williams
Feat. Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith
- Splattery horror–comedy in the vein of SHAUN OF THE DEAD follows two mismatched brothers on a bungled kidnapping attempt of a gangster’s…
Dance of the Dead (2008)
- Dir. Gregg Bishop
Feat. Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Zoe Myers…
- Lean and mean zombie comedy about a plague of living dead who crash the high school prom and the dateless losers who appear to be the only ones who…
Otis (2008)
- Dir. Tony Krantz
Feat. Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Bostin Christopher…
- A cult favourite in the making, this outrageous black comedy is an assuredly twisted, dark and laugh–out–loud funny satire of vigilantism…
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
- Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
Feat. Alexa Vega, Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head…
- Gore–soaked goth opera set in a future necropolis where worldwide organ failure has necessitated a global organ–selling empire with an…