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Category Archives: Black Comedy

March 15th, 2013: Theater of Blood

2 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge Tagged Britain, cash-in, Diana Dors, diana rigg, Douglas Hickox, Drive-In, Jack Hawkins, low-budget, Milo O'Shea, rip-off, Robert Morley, Stanley Mann, theme murders, United Artists, Vincent Price

February 13th, 2013: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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2 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged Charlie Kaufmann, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Focus Features, Jane Adams, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Gondry, Tom Wilkinson

February 2nd, 2013: Groundhog Day

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Slapstick Tagged Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Elliot, Columbia Pictures, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, it's not over, National Film Registry, Rick Overton, Stephen Tobolowsky

December 29th, 2012: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Dec29 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Comedy, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominee, Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominee, Best Achievement in Makeup, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Best Music Original Score Nominee, Billy Connolly, Brad Silberling, Catherine O'Hara, Cedric the Entertainer, Daniel Handler, Emily Browning, Jennifer Coolidge, Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Lemony Snicket, Liam Aiken, Luis Guzman, Meryl Streep, Robert Gordon, Thomas Newman, Timothy Spall, VFD

November 12th, 2012: Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)

Nov12 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Crime, Movember, Movie of the Day Tagged Arthur Penn, Celia McGuire, David Patrick Kelly, Jon Cryer, Leonardo Cimino, magic, Paul Chihara, Penn & Teller, Penn Jillette, Teller

October 20th, 2012: Thundercrack! (1975)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adult, Animals Attack, Arthouse, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Hardcore, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof Tagged bestiality, blow-up doll, circus, crazy old woman, Curt McDowell, fire, George Kuchar, gorilla suit, gorillas, grindhouse, hitchhiking, homage, horny gorilla, insanity, low-budget, mother-son relationship, musical interlude, older woman, porn, secret, storm, tragic past, truck crash, truckers, twist, underground films, vomit, voyeur

October 16th, 2012: Horrible Bosses (2011)

Oct16 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged Charlie Day, Christopher Lennertz, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Kevin Spacey, Michael Markowitz, MTV Movie Award - Best On-Screen Dirtbag, Seth Gordon

September 19th, 2012: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, Satire, Spoof, Stalker, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Music Nominee, Brian De Palma, deal with the devil, disfigured face, double cross, Drive-In, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, homage, insanity, Jessica Harper, music industry, musicians, Paul Williams, Rod Serling, William Finley

September 14th, 2012: Creepshow (1982)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Animals Attack, Anthology, Based on a Comic Book, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black Comedy, Comedy, From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Killer Plants, Monster, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Spoof, The Original, Thriller, Zombies Tagged Adrienne Barbeau, alcoholic, beach, before they were famous, Christine Forest, college, college students, comic books, doctor, Drive-In, E.C. Comics, E.G. Marshall, Ed Harris, evil businessman, father-daugther relationship, father-son relationship, Fritz Weaver, Gaylen Ross, George A. Romero, Hal Holbrook, homage, incompetent doctors, insects, it's not over, Leslie Nielsen, low-budget, nightmares, ocean, overbearing father, patricide, professors, rednecks, scientists, shrew, Stephen King, Ted Danson, Tom Atkins, Tom Savini, unfaithful spouse, voodoo doll, Warner Brothers

July 1st, 2012: Wild in the Streets (1968)

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2 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged AIP, Barry Shear, Barry Williams, before they were famous, Bill Mumy, Bobby Sherman, cameos, children of famous people, concentration camp, corrupt politicians, Dick Clark, double cross, Drive-In, Ed Begley, generation gap, Hal Holbrook, it's not over, James H. Nicholson, Larry Bishop, Les Baxter, LSD, Millie Perkins, musical interlude, musicians, old men, Paul Frees, Peter Tork, political group, politician, revolution, Richard Pryor, Robert Thom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, secret police, Senator, Shelley Winters, teens, Walter Winchell

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