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.
Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth (2004)
8.5/10
Director: Stan Lathan
Starring: Dave Chappelle
Outrageous comedian Dave Chappelle is back on the stand-up circuit with more wry observations about everything from black celebrity to crackheads, fro... Read more
Frontline: Series 2 (1995)
8.6/10
Director: Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy
Starring: Rob Sitch, Kevin J Wilson, Jane Kennedy, Tiriel Mora, Alison Whyte, Santo Cilaur...
Kevin J Wilson steps into Bruno Lawrence's producer shoes in the second season of this acclaimed current affairs spoof. He's a no-nonsense guy, but h... Read more
Gremlins (1984)
7.2/10
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
A young man tries to save his small town from complete destruction as director Joe Dante provides the Grinch's version of 'It's a Wonderful Life' in w... Read more
Rockabilly Vampire (2001)
4.7/10
Director: Lee Bennett Sobel
Starring: Stephen Blackeheart, Margaret Lancaster, Paul Stevenson, Valentine Miele, Wendy...
A low-rent horror spoof from the Troma team about Iris, a woman whose life is going downhill - she hates her job, her landlord is on her case and the... Read more
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Jun Kunimura, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaido
There's a war going on, but that won't stop the inexperienced but eager wannabe film crew The Fuck Bombers from following their dreams of making the u... Read more
The Vicious Kind (2009)
7/10
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: J K Simmons, Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost
There's nothing like a first love to bring family tensions to a boil in this riveting dark comedy! In a startling performance, Adam Scott stars as Cal... Read more
Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
5.7/10
Director: Hue Rhodes
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Tim Blake Nelson, John Cho, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dinklage, Emma...
Loosely styled on Dante's "Inferno", this unique offering stars Steve Buscemi as compulsive gambler John Alighieri who has finally beaten the habit, s... Read more
Double Date (2017)
6.1/10
Director: Benjamin Barfoot
Starring: Georgia Groome, Danny Morgan, Michael Socha, Kelly Wenham
While Jim attempts to lose his virginity before he turns 30, he and his friend Alex meet two beautiful sisters, Kitty and Lulu, who seduce them as par... 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
Battle Royale (2000)
7.7/10
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Kou S...
At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence amongst the nation's youth... Read more