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.
Teaserama: The Holy Grail of Girlie Flicks! (1955)
5/10
Director: Irving Klaw
Starring: Bettie Page, Tempest Storm, Joe E Ross
A rare, colour burlesque feature, with strippers, dancers and comics at the top of their risque form. The incomparable Bettie Page is featured in sizz... Read more
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Tarantula! (1955)
6.5/10
Director: Jack Arnold
Starring: John Agar, Leo G Carroll, Mara Corday
When Doctor Reemer invents a new radioactive serum that makes animals grow at a fantastic rate, he thinks it could solve the world's food shortage. Ho... Read more
Bride Of The Monster (1955)
4.1/10
Director: Edward D Wood Jr
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Loretta King, Tony McCoy, Tor Johnson
A mad scientist (Bela Lugosi) creates a giant rubber octopus that terrorises a woodland stream. Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson provides added laughs as... Read more
Varietease (1954)
5.7/10
Director: Irving Klaw
Starring: Bettie Page, Lili St Cyr
Legendary pin-up girl Bettie Page struts her stuff along with fellow 'teaser' Lili St Cyr in this classic '50s sexploitation flick. Interspersed thro... Read more
Jail Bait (1954)
3.2/10
Director: Edward D Wood Jr
Starring: Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Steve Reeves
A hard as nails gangster film Ed Wood style. A hood on the lam shoots his partner, then forces his surgeon father to change his face... Stars Lyle Tal... Read more
Project Moonbase (1953)
Director: Richard Talmadge
Starring: Donna Martell, Larry Johns, Hayden Rorke
Intriguing sci-fi feature, culled from episodes of an unaired TV series, that was created and co-scripted by novelist Robert A. Heinlein. In the year... Read more
Phantom from Space (1953)
4/10
Director: W Lee Wilder
Starring: Dick Sands
A cop and a pair of scientists are lured to an observatory by a series of murders, links to an invisible alien (Dick Sands) who has crash-landed on Ea... Read more
Robot Monster (1953)
2.9/10
Director: Phil Tucker
Starring: George Nader, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle, John Mylong, Gregory Moffett, Pamel...
Ro-Man, a sex starved robot monster (dressed in a gorilla suit and diving helmet), has destroyed all of humanity with the exception of a small band of... Read more
Glen or Glenda (1953)
4.2/10
Director: Edward D Wood Jr
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Daniel Davis, Dolores Fuller
A.k.a. 'I Changed My Sex'. 'Beevare the beeg green dragin!' Thus we are warned by narrator Bela Lugosi who introduces us to the hopelessly confused Gl... Read more
Red Planet Mars (1952)
4.9/10
Director: Harry Horner
Starring: Herbert Berghof, Peter Graves, Andrea King, Walter Sande, John Hoare
A scientist (Peter Graves) uses Nazi radio equipment to contact Mars. When he gets an answer, he finds that Mars is a true Utopia and that the message... Read more