Subgenre Sampler
Horror > Black Comedy: 81 Films to Buy & Rent
Final Destination 2 (2003)
- Dir. David R Ellis
Feat. Ali Larter, A J Cook, Michael Landes
- Inevitably tongue–in–cheek sequel to one of the better teen horror’s of the late nineties replaces the original’s doomed…
Cabin Fever (2002)
- Dir. Eli Roth
Feat. Justin Ladd, James DeBello, Rider Strong
- More a horror ‘tribute’ than a horror movie, this indie effort from David Lynch protégé Roth steals knowingly from every other…
Suicide Club (Suicide Circle) (2002)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Masatoshi Nagase
- Off–beat Japanese thriller based on apparently real–life incidents in which groups of high–school children commit mass…
Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiyoshiro Imawano…
- A delirious confection from Japanese bad boy dir., Takashi Miike, this “zombie musical” is his most benevolent yet purely entertaining…
Bride of Chucky (1999)
- Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Nick Stabile
- Hard to believe this was a good idea, but the writer of the original CHILD'S PLAY manages to rejuvenate the tired series with a sardonic edge and an…
Hypnosis (Saimin) (1999)
- Dir. Masayuki Ochiai
Feat. Hiroshi Inagaki, Miho Kanno
- A mysterious force is causing a spate of bizarre suicides, creatively and gruesomely staged for our blackly comic pleasure, in this…
Idle Hands (1999)
- Dir. Rodman Flender
Feat. Seth Green, Devon Sawa, Elden Henson
- An evil spirit moves from person to person, afflicting only a single hand, which proceeds to wreak five–fingered carnage. High–school…
Quiet Family, The (Choyonghan kajok) (1998)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Min-sik Choi
- A deliciously deadpan black comedy in which a respectable family decide to leave the rat race behind, buy a hotel in remote mountains and lead more…
Jack Frost (1997)
- Dir. Michael Cooney
Feat. Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel
- A modern Ed Wood–style horror comedy about a killer snowman terrorising a small rural community. While uneven, this is mostly better than it…
Scream 2 (1997)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette…
- Neve Campbell and friends get revisited by another round of cell–phone threats, masked stalkers and spotty, self–referential…