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Tag: dark comedy

  • Welcome to the Dollhouse

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    An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

  • The Day of the Beast

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    The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible, a death metal salesman from Carabanchel, and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult. These go on a literal “trip” through Christmas-time Madrid to hunt for and prevent the reincarnation of the Antichrist.

  • Problem Child 3

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    Now a pre-teen, Junior has fallen head over heels for a classmate who doesn’t even notice him, but does notice three other boys – a child star, a hockey player and a Boy Scout – who are rivals to Junior. This means war!

  • Curtis’s Charm

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    This film, based on a Jim Carroll short story, recounts the tale of Curtis and his encounter with voodoo. Curtis is a drug addict who has become paranoid, thinking that his wife’s mother has cast evil spells on him. He meets his friend Jim and asks him for help in counteracting her black magic. Jim…

  • George Carlin: Back in Town

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    Back in Town is George Carlin’s ninth HBO special. It was also released on CD on September 17, 1996. This was also his first of many performances at the Beacon Theater in New York City. He rants about Abortion, The death penalty, prison farms, fart jokes, free floating hostility and words.

  • Killer Tongue

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    A bank robber seeks refuge in a desert gas station run by nuns, awaiting her boyfriend’s release. An alien meteorite transforms her into a flesh-craving monster with a monstrous tongue, while her poodles become drag queens.

  • Gray’s Anatomy

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    The film documents, in an often dramatic and humorous fashion, Gray’s investigations into alternative medicine for an eye condition (Macular pucker) he had developed.

  • Mahjong

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    Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.

  • The Long Kiss Goodnight

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    Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha…

  • The Cable Guy

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    When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn’t let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven’s pal, but when Steven tries to end the ‘friendship’, Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who’s left to fend for himself…

  • Mars Attacks!

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    A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world’s major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, “come in peace.” U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians’ mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the…

  • Trainspotting

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    Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.

  • Circus

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    Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius’s wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn’t his wife -…

  • Jesus’ Son

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    A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds

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    Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good… much to…

  • Panic

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    Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he’s worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman…

  • Zora la vampira

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    Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincarnated as a young graffiti artist from the Roman hip-hop scene.

  • Monday

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    A simple funeral turns a man’s world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.

  • American Psycho II: All American Girl

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    Rachel is a criminology student hoping to land a position as a teacher’s assistant for professor Robert Starkman. She’s sure this position will pave the way to an FBI career, and she’s willing to do anything to obtain it — including killing her classmates. The school psychiatrist, Dr. Daniels, becomes aware that Rachel is insane,…

  • American Psycho

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    A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

  • The House of Yes

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    Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn’t expecting him to bring a friend — and she’s even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that her obsession with Jackie Kennedy is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother, and she…