Subgenre Sampler
Horror > Black Comedy: 81 Films to Buy & Rent
Dead and Deader (2007)
- Dir. Patrick Dinhut
Feat. Dean Cain, Guy Torry, Susan Ward
- A referential zombie comedy that is knowingly unoriginal, but serves its subgenre well by splatting the target more often than most in both laughs…
Planet Terror (2007)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Rose McGowan, Freddy RodrÃguez, Josh Brolin…
- Robert Rodriguez's half – and quite possibly, the better half – of the "Grindhouse" double bill (with Quentin Tarantino's DEATH PROOF),…
Signal, The (2007)
- Dir. David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
Feat. Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, A.J. Bowen…
- This promising triptych of horror stories centres on a mysterious viral signal which, via electronic transmissions, sends those exposed to its…
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman…
- Johnny Depp is centre stage once again for dir. Tim Burton in this fiendish screen rendition of Stephen Sondheim's twisted musical about a…
Teeth (2007)
- Dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein
Feat. Jess Weixler
- Squeamishly entertaining horror centred on a sweet high school virgin who discovers she has a set of mutant teeth between her legs, the perfect…
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…
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…
2001 Maniacs (2005)
- Dir. Tim Sullivan
Feat. Robert Englund, Lyn Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews
- A clan of college loafers plan a spring break to Daytona Beach but end up getting side tracked into a creepy little town where the residents have…
Evil Aliens (2005)
- Dir. Jake West
- Riotous horror–comedy in the shamelessly low–rent tradition of BAD TASTE, in which a tabloid TV presenter gathers up her film crew to…
Ordeal, The (Calvaire) (2004)
- Dir. Fabrice du Welz
Feat. Laurent Lucas
- Less gruelling than its title suggests, this is a macabre, blackly humorous slice of "redneck gothic" from Belgium, in which a cabaret singer's…