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The Acid House (1998)

1 May 199913 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Irvine Welsh Anthology/Bizarre Transformations

Director: Paul McGuigan
Actors: Ewen Bremner, Jemma Redgrave, Martin Clunes, Stephen McCole, …
Category: Fantasy

The Addams Family (1991)

1 April 19996 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Kinky Perverse Family

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, …
Category: Fantasy

Addams Family Reunion (1998)

21 November 20006 January 2020

Rating: ★

Kinky Perverse Family

Director: Dave Payne
Actors: Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah, Ed Begley Jr, Carel Struycken, …
Category: Fantasy

Addams Family Values (1993)

8 August 199910 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Kinky Perverse Family

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, …
Category: Fantasy

American Psycho (2000)

14 April 200021 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Yuppie Psycho

Director: Mary Harron
Actors: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny, …
Category: Horror

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

16 October 201324 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Modern Werewolf

Director: John Landis
Actors: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, …
Category: Horror

The Apartment Complex (1999)

21 January 200116 November 2019

Rating: ★

Apartment Building of Weird Tenants

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Chad Lowe, Fay Masterson, Amanda Plummer, Patrick Warburton, …
Category: Horror

Apartment Zero (1988)

1 May 199927 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Sinister Roommate/Weird Psychological Games

Director: Martin Donovan
Actors: Colin Firth, Hart Bochner, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith, …
Category: Horror

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

8 July 199921 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Grand Guignol Comedy/Murderous Old Ladies

Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Peter Lorre, Jean Adair, …
Category: Horror

Barton Fink (1991)

26 April 20003 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Writer’s Block/Paranoia Black Comedy

Director: Coen Brothers
Actors: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, …
Category: Horror

Bedazzled (1967)

4 June 200017 February 2021

Rating: ★★★

Pact with the Devil/Black Comedy

Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Raquel Welch, Eleanor Bron, …
Category: Fantasy

Big Trouble (2002)

28 December 200415 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Nuclear Weapon Comedy

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Janeane Garofalo, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Bothersome Man (2006)

29 July 200725 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Afterlife Black Comedy

Director: Jens Lien
Category: Fantasy

The Brand New Testament (2015)

21 August 20165 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

God Living in the Modern World/Black Comedy

Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Actors: Pili Groyne, Benoit Poelvoorde, Yolanda Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, …
Category: Fantasy

Brazil (1985)

1 August 20016 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Black Comedy

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, Kim Greist, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

7 March 200026 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Universal Frankenstein Sequel

Director: James Whale
Actors: Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, …
Category: Horror

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

25 October 19999 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Urban Hell/Haunted Ambulance Driver

Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Tom Sizemore, Ving Rhames, …
Category: Fantasy

Britannia Hospital (1982)

1 January 20019 March 2020

Rating: ★★

British Social Satire

Director: Lindsay Anderson
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Robin Askwith, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Bucket of Blood (1959)

13 December 201026 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Murderous Beatnik Artist/Black Comedy

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Ed Nelson, Judy Bamber, …
Category: Horror

The ‘Burbs (1989)

3 January 200026 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Suburban Paranoia Black Comedy

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, …
Category: Horror

Cabin Boy (1994)

6 December 200214 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Idiot’s Absurdist Adventures

Director: Adam Resnick
Actors: Chris Elliott, Melora Walters, Ann Magnuson, James Gammon, …
Category: Fantasy

The Cable Guy (1996)

30 April 199919 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Over-Friendly Stalker Black Comedy

Director: Ben Stiller
Actors: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, …
Category: Horror

Clay Pigeons (1998)

13 August 199922 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Smalltown Psycho Black Comedy

Director: David Dobkin
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo, Georgina Cates, …
Category: Horror

Cold Fish (2010)

2 October 20107 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Serial Killer Black Comedy

Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka, …
Category: Horror

The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

1 April 20016 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Murderous Morticians Comedy

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, …
Category: Horror

The Cottage (2008)

20 July 201517 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Kidnapping Comedy/Backwoods Brutality

Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Actors: Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Jennifer Ellison, Simon Schatzberger, …
Category: Horror

Creepshow (1982)

6 July 200022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Stephen King, Fritz Weaver, …
Category: Horror

Curdled (1996)

31 December 199630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Forensic Cleaner Meets Serial Killer/Black Comedy

Director: Reb Braddock
Actors: Angela Jones, William Baldwin, Mel Gorham, Barry Corbin, …
Category: Horror

The Dark Backward (1991)

19 February 201520 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Comedy/Man Grows a Third Arm

Director: Adam Rifkin
Actors: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, …
Category: Fantasy

The Day of the Beast (1995)

6 December 200227 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Biblical End Times Prophecies Comedy

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Alex Angulo, Santiago Segura, Armando De Razza
Category: Horror

Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2010)

15 August 201029 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Twisted Road Movie

Director: Sylvia Soska, Jen Soska
Actors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Rikki Gagne, C.J. Wallis, …
Category: Horror

Deadly Advice (1994)

31 December 199426 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Advice from Ghosts of Famous Murderers/Black Comedy

Director: Mandie Fletcher
Actors: Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Brenda Fricker, Ian Abbey, …
Category: Fantasy

Deal of the Century (1983)

7 November 20001 July 2020

Rating: ★

Arms Trading Black Comedy

Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards, …
Category: Science Fiction

Death Becomes Her (1992)

9 March 200123 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Youth Serum Black Comedy

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini
Category: Fantasy

Death Race 2000 (1975)

6 August 20002 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Future Road Race/Black Comedy

Director: Paul Bartel
Actors: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)

5 April 201320 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Cemetery Keeper vs the Undead/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Michele Soavi
Actors: Rupert Everett, Francois Hadji-Lazaro, Anna Falchi, Barbara Cupisti
Category: Horror

Dogtooth (2009)

19 February 201120 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Family Who Have Never Been Outside

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Christos Stergioglou, Hristos Passalis, Angeliki Papoulia, Michele Valley
Category: Horror

Dr Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

16 November 200120 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Nuclear War Black Comedy

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Eating Raoul (1982)

23 April 201427 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Killing Kinksters Black Comedy

Director: Paul Bartel
Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, …
Category: Horror

Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012)

5 May 201330 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Sleepwalking Cannibalism/Black Comedy

Director: Boris Rodriguez
Actors: Thure Lindhardt, Dylan Scott Smith, Georgina Reilly, Al Goulem, …
Category: Horror

End of Days, Inc. (2015)

8 November 20176 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Office Workers Prepare for the End of the World

Director: Jennifer Liao
Actors: Mark O'Brien, Carolyne Maraghi, Paulino Nunes, Janet Porter, …
Category: Fantasy

A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)

21 March 201424 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Writer’s Paranoia/Black Comedy

Director: Crispian Mills
Actors: Simon Pegg, Clare Higgins, Paul Freeman, Tamzin Griffin
Category: Horror

Four Rooms (1995)

12 November 200217 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Black Comedy Portmanteau

Director: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Actors: Tim Roth, Jennifer Beals, Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Willis, …
Category: Fantasy

Gravy (2015)

5 July 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Psychos Imprison Staff of a Restaurant to Kill and Eat Them/Black Comedy

Director: James Roday
Actors: Michael Weston, Jimmi Simpson, Sutton Foster, Lily Cole, …
Category: Horror

Guilty as Charged (1991)

19 April 20092 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Vigilante Executioner Black Comedy

Director: Sam Irvin
Actors: Rod Steiger, Heather Graham, Lyman Ward, Lauren Hutton, …
Category: Horror

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

5 May 20079 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Black Comedy

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tetsuro Tamba, Naomi Nishida, …
Category: Fantasy

Horns (2013)

6 December 201430 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Man Grows a Set of Devil Horns

Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson, Juno Temple, …
Category: Fantasy

The House That Jack Built (2018)

8 February 20199 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Serial Killer

Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, …
Category: Horror

How I Won the War (1967)

18 March 20033 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

WWII Absurdist Black Comedy

Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Lee Montague, Roy Kinnear, …
Category: Fantasy

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

24 January 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Talking Boil/Black Comedy

Director: Bruce Robinson
Actors: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Rachel Fielding, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

10 September 20018 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Black Comedy/Divine Intervention

Director: Coen Brothers, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, …
Category: Fantasy

I Sell the Dead (2008)

10 January 201123 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Grave Robbers Encounters Monsters

Director: Glenn McQuaid
Actors: Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Brenda Cooney, …
Category: Horror

Jabberwocky (1977)

21 December 200010 June 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Mediaeval Quest Black Comedy

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, Max Wall, Deborah Fallender, …
Category: Fantasy

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

2 November 20096 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Possessed Cheerleader

Director: Karyn Kusama
Actors: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, …
Category: Horror

Keeping Mum (2005)

21 June 20065 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Murderous Old Dear Black Comedy

Director: Niall Johnson
Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, …
Category: Horror

The Kingdom (1994)

16 December 200116 June 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Hospital/Black Comedy

Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Actors: Ernst Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Søren Pilmark, Peter Mygind, …
Category: Horror

The Kingdom II (1997)

30 September 199916 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Hospital/Black Comedy

Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Actors: Ernst Hugo Järegård, Holger Juul Hansen, Kirsten Rolffes, Søren Pilmark, …
Category: Horror

The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005)

24 July 200514 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

TV Characters Enter the Real World

Director: Steve Bendelack
Actors: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, David Warner, …
Category: Fantasy

Life Among the Cannibals (1996)

18 October 200427 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Black Comedy/Psycho Next-Door Neighbour

Director: Harry Bromley Davenport
Actors: Kieran Mulroney, Wings Hauser, Juliet Landau, Daryl Haney, …
Category: Horror

A Little Bit of Soul (1997)

25 January 200318 June 2019

Rating: ★

Longevity Drug and Satanism Black Comedy

Director: Peter Duncan
Actors: David Wenham, Geoffrey Rush, Francis O'Connor, Heather Mitchell, …
Category: Fantasy

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

12 November 20024 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Killer Plant Black Comedy

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Jonathan Haze, Mel Welles, Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller, …
Category: Horror

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

15 July 20024 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Killer Plant Musical

Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia, …
Category: Fantasy

Liza, The Fox-Fairy (2015)

5 February 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Hungarian Black Comedy/Woman and Her Jealous Ghost Companion

Director: Karoly Ujj Meszaros
Actors: Moni Balsai, Szabolcs Bede Fazekas, David Sakurai, Zoltan Schmied, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lobster (2015)

10 October 201518 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Future Where Everyone Must Be in a Relationship/Black Comedy

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Angeliki Papoulia, Lea Seydoux, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Loved Ones (2009)

16 July 201331 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Australian Psycho Prom Date Black Comedy

Director: Sean Byrne
Actors: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Jessica McNamee
Category: Horror

Mad Bomber in Love (1992)

1 March 200130 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Psycho Roommate Black Comedy

Director: James Bogle
Actors: Craig Pearce, Rachel Szalay, Alex Morcos, Laura Keneally, …
Category: Horror

Man Bites Dog (1992)

7 February 200118 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Serial Killer Mockumentary/Black Comedy

Director: Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde
Actors: Benoit Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux, Valerie Parent, Nelly Pappaert, …
Category: Horror

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

16 November 200113 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Film Noir Thriller/UFOs

Director: Coen Brothers
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Badalucco, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

9 July 200021 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Brainwashed Assassin/Political Satire

Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, …
Category: Science Fiction

Matador (1986)

6 March 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Sex and Death/Serial Killers/Black Comedy

Director: Pedro Almodovar
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Assumpta Serna, Nacho Martinez, Eva Cobo, …
Category: Horror

Meet the Applegates (1991)

3 July 200330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Family of Insects/Black Comedy

Director: Michael Lehmann
Actors: Ed Begley Jr, Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Cami Cooper, …
Category: Science Fiction

Men & Chicken (2015)

29 May 201623 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Black Comedy/Human-Animal Hybrids

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling, …
Category: Science Fiction

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

16 September 20055 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Absurdist Parody of the Arthurian Legends

Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979)

15 July 200212 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Accidental Messiah Absurdist Comedy

Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

1 June 200115 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Absurdist Comedy Skits

Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Actors: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, …
Category: Fantasy

Mortuary Academy (1988)

3 June 200526 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Bad Taste Mortuary Comedy

Director: Michael Schroeder
Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Perry Lang, Christopher Atkins, …
Category: Horror

Motel Hell (1980)

22 May 20057 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Backwoods Brutality Comedy

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Rory Calhoun, Nancy Parsons, Paul Linke, Nina Axelrod, …
Category: Horror

The Ninth Configuration (1979)

4 November 200019 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Military Asylum Black Comedy

Director: William Peter Blatty
Actors: Stacy Keach, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson, Ed Flanders, …
Category: Horror

No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)

1 July 200416 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Actor/Comedy Thriller

Director: Jack Smight
Actors: Rod Steiger, George Segal, Lee Remick, Eileen Heckart, …
Category: Horror

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

2 February 200125 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Depression-Era Version of The Odyssey

Director: Coen Brothers
Actors: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, …
Category: Fantasy

O Lucky Man! (1973)

2 January 199930 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Social Satire

Director: Lindsay Anderson
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Helen Mirren, Rachel Roberts, …
Category: Science Fiction

Parents (1989)

9 January 20114 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Paranoia Comedy/Boy Thinks His Parents Are Cannibals

Director: Bob Balaban
Actors: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Bryan Madorsky, Sandy Dennis, …
Category: Horror

Postal (2007)

11 January 20096 March 2021

Rating: 0­

Videogame Adaptation/Bad Taste Satire

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Chris Spencer, …
Category: Horror

Prevenge (2016)

4 November 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Psychopathic Pregnant Woman

Director: Alice Lowe
Actors: Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Tom Davis, Kate Dickie, …
Category: Horror

Re-Animator (1985)

2 January 20013 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Resurrection of the Dead/Splatter Black Comedy/H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, …
Category: Horror

Repo Men (2010)

21 March 201030 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Future Organ Repossession

Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Actors: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber, …
Category: Science Fiction

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

6 December 200117 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Zombies/Black Comedy

Director: Dan O'Bannon
Actors: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews, Don Calfa, …
Category: Horror

Serial Mom (1994)

9 November 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Murderous Housewife Black Comedy

Director: John Waters
Actors: Kathleen Turner, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Sam Waterston, …
Category: Horror

Severance (2006)

17 August 200727 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Backwoods Brutality Comedy

Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Danny Dyer, …
Category: Horror

Sightseers (2012)

27 July 201316 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Tourists on a Killing Spree/Black Comedy

Director: Ben Wheatley
Actors: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Richard Glover, Eileen Davies, …
Category: Horror

Silence, Ça Tue (2008)

16 December 200917 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Murderous Filmmakers Mockumentary

Director: Christophe Lamot
Actors: Christophe Lamot, Christophe Mortier, Kevin Van Nuffel, Francois Huntzinger, …
Category: Horror

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)

1 June 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★

Surrealism

Director: Steve Roberts
Actors: Trevor Howard, Patrick Magee, Harry Fowler, Denise Coffey, …
Category: Fantasy

Snowflake (2017)

31 August 202031 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Meta-Fiction/Hitmen Discover They Are Characters in a Screenplay

Director: Adolfo J. Kolmerer
Actors: Reza Brojerdi, Erkan Acar, Xenia Assenza, David Masterson, …
Category: Fantasy

Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

17 October 201430 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Surreal Vignettes

Director: Roy Andersson
Actors: Lars Nordh, Sten Andersson, Torbjorn Fahlstrom, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, …
Category: Fantasy

Stuff (1999)

6 July 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Resurrection Ring/Black Comedy

Director: James Dunnison
Actors: Max Danger, Sandra Guerard, Joe Sather, Maureen Burgoyne, …
Category: Fantasy

Suburban Gothic (2014)

27 October 201427 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Middle-Class Satire/Haunting

Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Actors: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings, Ray Wise, Barbara Niven, …
Category: Horror

The Suicide Shop (2012)

10 March 20134 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Black Comedy

Director: Patrice Leconte
Category: Fantasy

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

9 October 200630 June 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Caroline Williams, Dennis Hopper, Bill Johnson, Jim Siedow, …
Category: Horror

Theater of Blood (1973)

5 November 20006 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mad Shakespearean Actor’s Revenge

Director: Douglas Hickox
Actors: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Milo O'Shea, …
Category: Horror

There’s Something About Mary (1998)

24 September 20104 May 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Stalker Black Comedy

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Actors: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans, …
Category: Horror

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