The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Aug 5, 2002Big and Small Adventures
Adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic about adventures in the lands of big and small people with stop-motion creature effects by Ray Harryhausen
Peter Bull
The Old Dark House (1963)
Jun 27, 2017Old Dark House Comedy
The oddest collaborations of its era – between Hammer Films and William Castle renowned for his sensationalist gimmicks, who conduct a remake of James Whale's droll horror comedy. Alas, Castle only turns out a broad farce
Dr Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Nov 16, 2001Nuclear War Black Comedy
Stanley Kubrick decided the only way to make a film about nuclear war was to resort to black comedy. Aided by three sidesplitting performances from Peter Sellers, the result are mercilessly funny
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Dec 16, 2001Doctor That Can Speak to Animals/Musical
This gets the nonsensical absurdity of the original Doctor Dolittle stories far more than the Eddie Murphy version. On the other hand, this was the era of Mary Poppins and this is made as a lumbering musical
The Tempest (1979)
Jul 5, 2004Shakespeare Adaptation
Derek Jarman's take on Shakespeare's play filled with weird imagery and staged like a journey through a haunted house where all the players are verging on madness