Black comedy

The Comedy of Terrors

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August 24, 2018August 1, 2021

The Comedy of Terrors (1963), starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joyce Jameson

Synopsis of The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors is a hilarious horror spoof. A funeral director, who is in arrears on his rent, aggressively pursues customers to bolster his business … And the fact that they haven’t died yet doesn’t bother him at all!

What a Way to Go

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March 2, 2018March 25, 2022

What a Way to Go (1964) starring Shirley MacLaine, Dick Van Dyke, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Gene Kelly, Dean Martin, Bob Cummings

Synopsis of What a Way to Go

What a Way to Go is a black comedy. It opens with Louisa Foster donating a multi-million dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she’s crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. She then discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.