Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 497 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
You Kill Me (2007)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, Luke Wilson…
- Quirky black comedy about a hit–man from Buffalo (Kingsley) who screws up a crucial assignment because of his drinking problem and gets sent to…
You Move You Die (2007)
- Dir. Ketzal Sterling
Feat. Ketzal Sterling, Bruce Hopkins
- Ad hoc gangster thriller out of Auckland concerns a stolen engagement ring, and its ensuing recovery by a desperate fiancée and his posse of…
You the Living (2007)
- Dir. Roy Andersson
Feat. Jessica Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Björn Englund
- Master of the painstaking, deadpan vignette, Roy Andersson, continues his singular and obsessive vision with this absurdist comedy of…
12 In A Box (2006)
- Dir. John McKenzie
Feat. Ed Bennett, David Burrows-Sutcliffe, Robert Cargill…
- Farcical comedy following a dozen old school 'friends' who are offered the chance to win a million pounds each if they can survive 96 hours with one…
Aachi and Ssipak (2006)
- Dir. Beom-jin Jo
Feat. Ryoo Seung-beom
- Bawdy Korean anime imbues its puerile subject matter – where in a post–apocalyptic society, human excrement is the currency of choice –…
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…