Black Humour
"Black comedy...also known as 'black humour' or 'dark comedy', is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, war etc - are treated in a humorous or satirical manner." - Wikipedia
Good Stuff! Alice's dark comedy delights await below.
The Good Life (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Stephen Berra
Starring: Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Klein, Bill Paxton, Harry Dean Stanton, Patr...
In small-town Nebraska, if you don't like football, you're persona non grata, so Jason Prayer (Mark Webber) isn't exactly Mr Popular. He escapes into... Read more
The Graduate (1967)
8/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels
A landmark film of the late '60s that's still just as pungent and funny. Dustin Hoffman, in his first major film role, plays an ultra-naive college gr... Read more
The Graduate ( Blu-ray ) (1967)
8/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels
A landmark film of the late '60s that's still just as pungent and funny. Dustin Hoffman, in his first major film role, plays an ultra-naive college gr... Read more
The Greasy Strangler (2016)
5.6/10
Director: Jim Hosking
Starring: Michael St Michaels, Elizabeth De Razzo, Sky Elobar
Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) runs a disco walking tour along with his browbeaten son, Brayden (Sky Elobar). When a sexy, alluring woman named Janet (... Read more
The Green Butchers (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Line Kruse, Bodil Jorgensen, Ole Thestrup, Nic...
A dark cannibal comedy from Denmark where two affable losers have opened a butcher's shop. Considering their lack of business know-how, the venture se... Read more
The Grifters (1990)
7/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
A classy, suspenseful and erotic thriller acclaimed as one of the best films of the year about a mother, son (only fourteen years her junior) and son'... Read more
The Halo Effect (2004)
5.8/10
Director: Lance Daly
Starring: Stephen Rea, Grattan Smith, Kerry Condon, Simon Delaney, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Ge...
Stephen Rea plays Fatso, owner of one of the worst takeaways in Dublin. His heart is in the right place, but a gambling addiction means keeping his he... Read more
The Happytime Murders (2018)
5.1/10
Director: Brian Henson
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Michael McDonald, Joel McHale,...
Detective Phil Philips is a down-on-his-luck puppet who used to work for the Los Angeles Police Department. When two puppets from an old TV show wind... Read more
The Happytime Murders (Blu-Ray) (2018)
5.1/10
Director: Brian Henson
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Michael McDonald, Joel McHale,...
Detective Phil Philips is a down-on-his-luck puppet who used to work for the Los Angeles Police Department. When two puppets from an old TV show wind... Read more
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Alexandre Aja
Starring: Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford, Vanessa Shaw, Dan Byrd, Emilie de...
Stranded in the New Mexico desert, a family find themselves under attack by savage 'hill people', mutilated after exposure to radiation from nuclear t... Read more