Subgenre Sampler
Horror > Black Comedy: 81 Films to Buy & Rent
Scream (1996)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich…
- The horror genre gets a long overdue (if tongue–in–cheek) revamp but you needn't be an aficionado to experience the thrill of this…
Grave, The (1995)
- Dir. Jonas Pate
Feat. Craig Sheffer, Josh Charles, Gabrielle Anwar…
- Craig Sheffer and Josh Charles break jail to dredge though redneck country in pursuit of buried treasure. Though indebted to the likes of the Coen…
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett
- Eddie Murphy and the ever–dynamic Angela Bassett team up for horror specialist Wes Craven, who injects a mix of comedy and gothic romance into…
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes
- Ingenious post–script to the tired NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. franchise in which castmembers of the previous films (playing themselves), too, become…
Addams Family Values (1993)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
- Not bad sequel focuses less on Gomez & Morticia, and gets more comic mileage from the rest of the gang.
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'…
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…
Guilty As Charged (1992)
- Dir. Sam Irvin
Feat. Rod Steiger, Isaac Hayes
- Resourceful and 'well–executed' black comedy stars Rod Steiger as a religious zealot who fries sinners in his home–made electric chair.…
Addams Family, The (1991)
- Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd…
- Huston, Julia and Lloyd star in this glossy update of the '60s TV series. Inventive, blackly comic and lavishly gothic production design.
Battle Heater (Kotatsu) (1990)
- Dir. Geroge Iida
Feat. Pappara Kawai, Akira Imoto
- A maniacal low–budget doozie about a man–eating Kotatsu heater, this adds its own spirited splash to the horror mini–genre of…