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.
Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Masato Harada
Starring: Reiko Kataoka, Kazuya Takahashi, Koji Yakusho
Part crime thriller, part road movie and part social polemic, writer/director Masato Harada's drama follows Yakuza underling Tatsuo (Kazuya Takahashi)... Read more
Keeping Mum (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Niall Johnson
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson), the well meaning vicar of Little Wallop, is so obsessed with writing the perfect sermon that he is oblivious to hi... Read more
Kika (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Victoria Abril, Peter Coyote, Veronica Forque, Alex Casanovas, Rossy de Palma
A wacky, colourful, very adult story about a free-spirited make-up artist Kika (Veronica Forque) and the men in her life, including a corpse, an Ameri... Read more
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
8.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A Fox, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, David Carradi...
"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon proverb. Uma Thurman is The Bride, left for dead after a wedding day massacre kills everyone in at... Read more
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
8.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A Fox, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, David Carradi...
"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon proverb. Uma Thurman is The Bride, left for dead after a wedding day massacre kills everyone in at... Read more
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
8/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Chia Hui Gordon Liu,...
The Bride (Uma Thurman) had five on her list. Now there are three. O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green were the first to fall, now The Bride is out to finis... Read more
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
8/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Chia Hui Gordon Liu,...
The Bride (Uma Thurman) had five on her list. Now there are three. O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green were the first to fall, now The Bride is out to finis... Read more
Kill! (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Akira Kubo, Naoko Kubo
A samurai satire, equal parts sword-play and jet-black comedy this is full of Japanese cinema inside jokes, double crosses and fast-paced action. Tat... Read more
Killer Joe (2011)
6.7/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Gina Gershon, Matthew McConaughey, Thomas Haden Church, Emile Hirsch, Juno Templ...
Following their earlier collaboration, "Bug", director William Friedkin and playwright Tracy Letts re-team for 'a totally twisted deep-fried Texas red... Read more
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
6.1/10
Director: Stephen Chiodo
Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Vernon
A spaceship looking like a circus tent lands in a field near a small town, signaling the attack of deviant, red-nosed, balloon-twisting psychos from a... Read more