Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 494 Films to Buy & Rent
- Parents (1989)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
- Frightening piece of horror kitsch about a boy who suspects his parents are cannibals. Splendid, stylised direction and set design make this a…
- Trop Belle Pour Toi (Too Beautiful For You) (1989)
- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet
- Car salesman Gerard Depardieu has a beautiful wife, but becomes infatuated with his plain yet passionate receptionist. Insightful, melancholy comedy.
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin…
- A deceased couple return as ghosts and discover their home has been occupied by an obnoxious family, so decide to enlist the services of…
- Brain Damage (1988)
- Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Feat. Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry
- Outrageous splatter comedy doubles as a drug–addiction parable about a parasitic monster that feeds off the acquaintances of its human host.…
- Child's Play (1988)
- Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent…
- 'Chucky', the possessed cabbage–patch kid, goes on a murderous rampage in this clever consumerist parable. Tightly scripted and imaginatively…
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Classic tale of an unscrupulous French countess who creates royal havoc by challenging her former lover to the sexual conquest of a virginal…
- Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
- Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
Feat. Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind…
- William Ragsdale returns as Charley Brewster, now a college freshman who is tormented by the undead sister of the vampire from the first film. While…
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Dir. Stephen Chiodo
Feat. Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson
- Smalltown folk are harvested by blood–drinking alien clowns in this novelty horror confection. Has something of a reputation, but that doesn't…
- Lair of the White Worm (1988)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Sammi Davis…
- Dir. Ken Russell's campy masterwork combines many estranged ideas from his previous films for an outlandish horror spoof.
As hilarious as it is…
- Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
- Dir. Ken Wiederhorn
Feat. Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan
- Yet another unnecessary sequel, this time to the popular spoof of Romero's Living Dead films.