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.
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
Gremlins ( Blu-ray ) (1984)
7.2/10
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Hoyt Axton, Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan
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
Grilled (2006)
5.2/10
Director: Jason Ensler
Starring: Ray Romano, Kevin James, Juliette Lewis, Michael Rapaport, Burt Reynolds
This sleeper comedy stars real-life buddies Kevin James and Ray Romano as partners who sell meat door-to-door. When business gets slow, they are force... Read more
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
7.4/10
Director: George Armitage
Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Arkin
A professional hitman (John Cusack) combines business with pleasure when he attends his high school reunion while on assignment... but the girl he dum... Read more
Gummo (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Harmony Korine
Starring: Linda Manz, Max Perlich, Chloe Sevigny
Harmony Korine, the creator of 'Kids', offers a startling glimpse of the suburb of Xenia, Ohio; a world existing in the aftermath of a tornado that ra... Read more
Guy X (2005)
5.1/10
Director: Saul Metzstein
Starring: Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Michael I...
It's 1979. Jason Biggs is Corporal Rudy Spruance who joined the army to avoid jail-time and now finds himself on the receiving end of a small but sign... Read more
Hank and Mike (2007)
6/10
Director: Matthiew Klinck
Starring: Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini, Chris Klein, Joe Mantegna
A twisted, one-of-a-kind comedy about two foul-mouthed Easter Bunnies (Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini) who get fired and try their hand at an assortmen... Read more
Hanzo the Razor - Sword of Justice (1972)
6.8/10
Director: Kenji Misumi
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi
Hanzo 'the Razor' Itami is a samurai cop who's expert at weilding more than just his sword. Like a Japanese version of 'Shaft', Hanzo is a demented b... Read more
Hanzo the Razor 2 - The Snare (1973)
Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura
Starring: Shintaro Katsu
Based on the manga of Kazuo Koike, this is the second part in the Hanzo trilogy as our dubious and well-endowed hero gets on the wrong side of a bunch... Read more
Hanzo the Razor 3 - Who's Got The Gold? (1974)
Director: Yoshio Inoue
The last in the Hanzo trilogy, this time our hard-as-nails super-stud cop is on the trail of a plot to smuggle gold out of the national treasury. Nat... Read more