Subgenre Sampler
Britannia Hospital (1981)- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright… - Political allegory dressed as raucous Blighty comedy going all out, but it hasn't quite the magic of cult predecessors IF... and O LUCKY MAN!
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman… - This little beauty was the first Kiwi film to make international inroads. An amoral tale about a gang of misfits who travel the length of the country…
Montenegro (1981)- Dir. Dusan Makavejev
Feat. Susan Anspach, Erland Josephson, Marianna Jacobi - A bored housewife gets caught up in Slavic sex and violence and discovers that she quite likes it. Unpredictable and weird, things become wickedly…
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…
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet… - When his lost switchblade turns up as a murder weapon, petty crim Gerard Depardieu goes on the lam in a nightmarish Paris, several disreputable…
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)- Dir. Michael O'Donoghue
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher… - Notorious spoof of the Italian schockumentaries is the brain child of Saturday Night Live's oddball genius Michael O'Donoghue. Originally…
End, The (1978)- Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise - Black comedy directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, who plays a real–estate agent who decides to kill himself when he is diagnosed with a…
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez Vos Mouchoirs) (1978)- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere - Naive, frustrated husband Gerard Depardieu embarks on an unconventional quest to find his listless wife some happiness, firstly by 'lending' her to a…
Abigail's Party (1977)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Alison Steadman - A cult classic of British TV, this is an outrageously funny send up–of social etiquette in the suburbs, with fashions to match. Squirm as buxom…
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