Dark Humor Web Series: If the funnies for you lie away from laugh tracks and slapstick gags, then dark humor could be the genre for you. These web series combine wit with wickedness, highlighting absurdity, agony, and irony in ways that usual sitcoms wouldn’t dare. Here are seven brilliantly twisted dark comedies that you cannot afford to miss.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s masterpiece takes a shamelessly hilarious yet brutally honest view on grief and guilt and the errands of messy, modern love. The fourth-wall narration makes you cringe and laugh, sometimes simultaneously, at human flaws.
A hitman with aspirations of acting: That is the absurd wonder that Barry is. Bill Hader’s Emmy-winning turn marries gut-punching humor with crime, chaos, and existential despair.
An off-beat teen who thinks he’s a psychopath and a rebellious girl head off together. It journeys through a disturbing yet somewhat touching blend of deadpan whimsy with emotional maturation.
Two women conjoin by tragedy-and a series of dark secrets. The priceless chemistry between Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini keeps this twisted friendship story deliciously unpredictable.
For an animated show about a washed-up celebrity horse, it is deep and darkly funny. It tackles depression, addiction, and fame through one heck of a satirical lens paired with heartbreaking truth.
Located in Northern Ireland during political unrest, this coming-of-age comedy turns chaos into charm. With an especially dark flare, the humor carries a heart.
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Glamorous, stylish, and wickedly funny, this anthology series explores throughout the decades betrayal and revenge-proving that murder can come with an impeccable fashion sense.
If you are too mature for hackneyed punchlines, these shows will sustain your darker streak of humor and remind you that it can be acceptable to laugh at life’s absurdities.