Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror > Black Comedy: 79 Films to Rent
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal
- TV movie of the 1979 Broadway hit, originally staged by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Set in London in 1846, where Barber…
- Fade to Black (1980)
- Dir. Vernon Zimmerman
Feat. Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford
- Film buffs should appreciate this inventive black–comedy about a weirdo movie addict who kills people in the style of his various film heroes.
- Motel Hell (1980)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons
- Comedy black enough to convert one to vegetarianism about rednecks who use a special kinda meat for 'Farmer Vincent's Fritters'! The duelling…
- Blood for Dracula (1974)
- Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier
- Joe Dallesandro happily deflowers a house of virgins before Udo Kier can sink his fangs into them. The perfect excuse to flaunt lashings of sex and…
- Homebodies (1974)
- Dir. Larry Yust
Feat. Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Frances Fuller
- A blackly humourous yarn about a group of retired tenants who are willing to go to extremes to prevent eviction. Inventive genre pic belies its low…
- House That Dripped Blood, The (1970)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott…
- Juicy if variable four–part portmanteau film written by PSYCHO scribe, Robert Bloch, and adorned by the Cushing/Lee double–act as well as…
- Sadisterotica (1967)
- Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Janine Reynaud, Rosanna Yanni, Adrian Hoven
- Eurotrash comedy–thriller about a foxy private eye whose insignia is imprint of her red lips!? She teams with another babe to pursue a nasty…
- Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966)
- Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy…
- Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America.
22 episodes…
- Raven, The (1963)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff…
- A great cast inhabits this low budget fantasy–comedy version of Edgar Allan Poe's tale – one of Corman's best.