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.
Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (1979)
Director: Russ Meyer
Starring: Francesca Natividad, Anne Marie, Ken Kerr, June Mack
Russ Meyer's final ode to the uber-bosom takes place in the fictional town of Rio Dio. With an hilariously deadpan 'plot' narration it follows the se... Read more
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson
Aka "Zombie". A gory pulp zombie tale in true spaghetti style. A woman travels to a remote island from which her father's boat returned with only zomb... Read more
Cheech & Chong: Up in Smoke/ Still Smokin (1978)
6.6/10
Director: Lou Adler
Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail. Cheech & C... Read more
The Uncanny (1977)
5.6/10
Director: Denis Heroux
Starring: Peter Cushing, Samantha Eggar, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon, Donald Pleasence
A Montreal-based author, Wilbur Gray (Peter Cushing), convinced that cats are conspiring to replace the human race as masters of the earth, narrates t... Read more
Queen Kong (1976)
3.5/10
Director: Frank Agrama
Starring: Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon, John Clive, Carol Drinkwater
A British send-up of the original film with Rula Lenska as a director who takes an all-female crew and a handsome young actor, Ray Fay (Robin Askwith)... Read more
God Told Me To (1976)
6.3/10
Director: Larry Cohen
Starring: Tony Lo Bianco, Sandy Dennis, Andy Kaufman
AKA 'Demon'. Writer/director Larry Cohen delivers a controversial, way-out thriller starring Tony Lo Bianco as a New York cop trying to stop a series... Read more
Sidecar Racers (1975)
6/10
Director: Earl Bellamy
Starring: Ben Murphy, Wendy Hughes, John Clayton, Peter Graves, John Meillon, Serge Lazare...
Jeff Rayburn, an American surfer visiting Australia, gets involved in the world of sidecar motorcycle racing. He becomes friends with Dave Ferguson an... Read more
The Story of O (1975)
5.4/10
Director: Just Jaeckin
Starring: Udo Kier, Anthony Steel, Christiane Minazzoli, Corinne Clery
Banned in New Zealand for 25 years! O (Corinne Clery) is taken by her boyfriend Rene (Udo Kier) to a mysterious club where a group of submissive women... Read more
The Monster (1975)
5.4/10
Director: Peter Sasdy
Starring: Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bates, Caroline Munro
Joan Collins stars in this outrageous horror, as a stripper who spurns the advances of a lecherous dwarf and is subsequently cursed by a monstrous bab... Read more
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
6.2/10
Director: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Tomoko Ai, Katsumasa Uchida
Aliens rebuild Mechagodzilla with the help of a demented scientist who has discovered a creature called Titanosaurus, which they intend to team up to... Read more