Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 497 Films to Buy & Rent
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.
Smoke 'em If You Got Em (1988)
- Dir. Ray Boseley
Feat. George Huxley, Nique Needles
- The apocalypse inspires a group of loutish adolescents to throw a party, in spite of their guests dying from radiation sickness! Bizarre comedy…
Bad Taste (1987)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Peter Jackson
- New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…
Crazy Love (Love Is a Dog from Hell) (1987)
- Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas…
- Superlative tragicomedy based on the work of Charles Bukowski is told in three parts – pre–pubescence, acne plagued teenagehood and…
Creepshow 2 (1987)
- Dir. Michael Gornick
Feat. George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini…
- George Romero and Stephen King present three stories of bloodcurdling horror that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a…
Drowning by Numbers (1987)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson
- Blackly comic tale of three women who each drown their husbands. Peppered with references to game–playing, you can take part by counting to…
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell
- Not so much a sequel as a big–budget remake, it's a tour–de–force of slapstick horror with camera theatrics that confirm a major…
Stepfather, The (1987)
- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Terry O'Quinn, Shelley Hack
- This psycho doesn't waste time with marriage guidance when a few waves of a machete is the quick and easy solution! Superior…