"If you kill a whale, you get Greenpeace and Jacques Cousteau on your back, but wipe out sardines and you get a canning subsidy!"

Man Bites Dog (1992)
Directed by Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel & Benoit Poelvoorde, rated NC-17, 95 minutes

Man Bites Dog is a depraved and pitch black Belgian mockumentary about a camera crew that follows around a psychotic serial killer as he shows off his craft. Benoit Poelvoorde is perfect as the killer, simultaneously being utterly creepy and earnestly hilarious, making him easily one the most likable film serial killers around. The film is even more effective in this day and age of reality TV, and the stark black and white photography leaves a series of lasting and disturbing images. Man Bites Dog feels convincingly real, which makes it all the more horrifying, and yet in a blink of an eye can make you laugh out loud - which makes this film a unique and fun, if often unpleasant ride. You'll like it if: You like extremely dark humor, comedy-horror, films about serial killers, American Psycho, A Clockwork Orange or Fargo.