Dark Comedy Hour
Six dark comedies for people who like their laughter with teeth: flat-share hell, supernatural inconveniences, workaholics anonymous and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.
Dark Comedy Hour
“Laughing at the abyss, and the abyss snorts back. Six shorts that find the funny bone in all the wrong places.”
Six dark comedies for people who like their laughter with teeth: flat-share hell, supernatural inconveniences, workaholics anonymous and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.
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- 1
This Place is a Sh*thole
Chaos and grime of communal living spiral into something horrifying
Dir. Will Wightman - 2
Purgatory
A Doomsayer is trying to recruit people for Satan's army
Dir. Henry Thompson - 3
Wendy & Vee
A daughter decides to do something about her mother's abusive boyfriend
Dir. Jean-Baptiste Canac - 4
Floater
A troubled man builds a mausoleum after his abusive father dies
Dir. D.M. Harring - 5
Workaholic Anonymous
Nathanaël the Great shares his struggles in a workaholics support group
Dir. Manuel Held - 6
Love Less Likely
A cursed woman, a mouthy teen, and a bunch of dead guys
Dir. David Liban
6 films · 1h 4m
- 1This Place is a Sh*tholeChaos and grime of communal living spiral into something horrifyingdark comedy · dark · visual
- 2PurgatoryA Doomsayer is trying to recruit people for Satan's armycomedy · comic · heartwarming
- 3Wendy & VeeA daughter decides to do something about her mother's abusive boyfriendcomedy · dark · hilarious
- 4FloaterA troubled man builds a mausoleum after his abusive father diesdark comedy · dark · emotional
- 5Workaholic AnonymousNathanaël the Great shares his struggles in a workaholics support groupcomedy · hilarious · quirky
- 6Love Less LikelyA cursed woman, a mouthy teen, and a bunch of dead guyscomedy · entertaining · romantic
Comedy is tragedy that kept the receipts.
Dark comedy is the hardest register in short film. Go one degree too far and it’s cruelty; one degree too soft and it’s a sitcom. The six films in this hour stay exactly on the line.
They were chosen for their nerve, for treating awkwardness, failure and the occasional cursed object as things worth looking at directly. You will laugh. You may feel slightly guilty about it. That’s the genre working as intended.
Frequently asked
How dark is “dark”?
Sharp rather than bleak. Expect discomfort and gallows humour, not gratuitous shock. Every film here earns its edge.
How long is the whole collection?
Almost exactly one hour across six films. Hence the name.
Are these films free to watch?
Yes. Klipist is free to watch, with no signup required for most films.
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