The Comedy of Terrors
ComedyHorror
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.
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A darkly humorous and campy romp through a New England funeral home. It's a macabre, yet surprisingly melancholic, look at desperation and the absurdity of death, with a steady, deliberate pace.
macabrecampyslapstickmelancholicsteadygothic comedyperiod piecedark humordeathgreedabsurditypoverty
funeralcatpoisoncoffinundertakernew englandtroubled marriage19th century
