Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 494 Films to Buy & Rent
- Bitter Moon (1993)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Peter Coyote, Hugh Grant, Emmanuelle Seigner…
- Erotic weirdness unfolds aboard an ocean liner as wheel–chaired creep Peter Coyote foists an unsavoury personal tale upon innocent Hugh Grant.…
- Deadly Advice (1993)
- Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker, Jonathan Pryce…
- A wicked little black comedy about murder in small, genteel provincial town on the Welsh borders. The twist is to have the bickering ghosts of…
- Falling Down (1993)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey…
- Powerhouse black comedy in which Michael Douglas finally turns in a noteworthy performance. Striking back for the oppressed WASP male, he blows his…
- Innocent Blood (A French Vampire in America) (1993)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia
- Director Landis rekindles the AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON formula and almost reaches the heights of his classic predecessor. Scrummy Anne 'NIKITA'…
- Serial Mom (1993)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Kathleen Turner
- Prickly domestic satire stars Kathleen Turner as the perfect mom – one who'll go to murderous lengths to protect her family.…
- So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
- Dir. Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Mike Myers, Nancy Travis
- Better–than–expected follow up from WAYNE'S WORLD's Mike Meyers. The plot acts as merely a thread off which a number of inspired ideas…
- Tango (1993)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Noiret, Richard Bohringer
- Left by his wife, Thierry Lhermitte hits the road to track her down with the help of his misogynist uncle, Phillippe Noiret. Hitman Richard Bohringer…
- True Romance (1993)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman…
- Precocious, ultra–violent black comedy from the pen of Tarantino in which comic–book–nerd Christian Slater transforms into…
- Voyage (1993)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Karen Allen, Eric Roberts
- A great black comedy B–movie with Rutger Hauer and Karen Allen as long–marrieds who share their yacht with old 'friends'. They soon…
- Braindead (Dead Alive) (1992)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody
- Local prodigy's magnum opus may well be the last word in zombie film. What begins as a nervous romance for naive young Lionel soon turns into a…