Cult Classic
Many cult movies have gone on to transcend their original cult status and have become recognized as classics, others are of the "so bad it's good" variety, and are destined to remain in obscurity. Here you will also discover some of the most astonishing, tastless and sometimes the worst movie ever made. The term cult film implies a certain level of obscurity, and widely popular, mainstream movies are not considered to be cult films and will not be found in this company.
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
3.8/10
Director: Edgar G Ulmer
Starring: Douglas Kennedy, Marguerite Chapman, James Griffith
This sci-fi schlocko concerns a crazed scientist who, hoping to create the perfect henchman, renders a crook invisible. Unfotunately, the unseen under... Read more
The Ape Man (1943)
4.5/10
Director: William Beaudine
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie
Scientist Bela Lugosi turns into a gorilla in this z grade cult horror classic.Jaw-droppingly bad acting, cardboard sets, and "one-take" direction tur... Read more
The Arena (1974)
5.4/10
Director: Steve Carver
Starring: Margaret Markov, Pam Grier, Lucretia Love, Paul Muller, Daniel Vargas
"See wild women fight to the death!" in this 70s exploitation classic from Roger Corman. Kidnapped by Roman soldiers, a voluptuous Nubian slave (Pam G... Read more
The Astounding She-Monster (1958)
3.3/10
Director: Ronnie Ashcroft
Starring: Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Shirley Kilpatrick
Astoundingly cheap little film in which Hollywood gangsters kidnap a Beverly Hills socialite and take her to a remote mountain cabin where a curvy 'st... Read more
The Best of the Doctor 2005-2011: The Documentaries (2014)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Matt Smith, David Tennant
A compilation of documentaries produced by BBC America. The DVD is an Australian exclusive release, although the documentaries themselves have all bee... Read more
The Bettie Page Collection (1951)
Director: Irving Klaw
Starring: Bettie Page
Throughout the 1950s Bettie Page ignited the world with her notorious bondage and burlesque poses. Today a cult icon, Page started her career performi... Read more
The Big Bird Cage (1972)
6.1/10
Director: Jack Hill
Starring: Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Candice Roman, Carol Speed
Cheap drive-in thrills abound as Terry (Anitra Ford) is kidnapped during a nightclub shootout and thrown into a concentration camp for women. In the c... Read more
The Big Doll House (1971)
6/10
Director: Jack Hill
Starring: Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, Pat Woodell
This groundbreaking "woman behind bars" actioner became an instant cult classic. When the desperate, abused inmates of an all-female prison rebel agai... Read more
The Blob (1958)
6.4/10
Director: Irvin S Yeaworth
Starring: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corseaut, Earl Rowe
This classic cult movie of the 50's combined both elements inherent in the Sci-Fi and teen delinquent movies of the time and created a new hybrid that... Read more
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
4.6/10
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene
Christopher Lee is the mysterious Asian madman Fu Manchu, plotting world domination from his secret headquarters underneath the Amazon rainforest. Fu... Read more