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Cult Films / After Dark

Cult Films generally have limited but very special appeal. They are usually strange, quirky, offbeat, eccentric, oddball, or surreal. They may have outrageous, weird, cartoony characters or plots, and garish sets. They are often considered controversial because they step outside standard narrative and technical conventions. Cult films cut across many film genres (science fiction, horror, melodrama, etc.), and though they can be very stylized, they are often flawed or unusual in some striking way. To make a little sense of this unique genre, scroll the motherlode below, or take a side road by clicking a blue sub-heading to yer left... Visiting "Television Shows" and the "Cult Television" sub-feature may be worth checking out, also the "Animation" feature and the "Cult Animation" or "JapAnime" sub-feature will help with the bigger picture.. Right: Henry (Jack Nance) is "Eraserhead".

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

7.4/10
Director: Jim Sharman
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Tim Curry, Meat Loaf, Susan Sarandon, Richard O'Brien, Patricia...

This camp musical sci-fi horror movie spoof has become - thanks to elaborate audience participation on the midnight movie circuit - the definitive cul... Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show ( Blu-ray ) (1975)

7.4/10
Director: Jim Sharman
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Charles Gray, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Meat L...

This camp musical sci-fi horror movie spoof has become - thanks to elaborate audience participation on the midnight movie circuit - the definitive cul... Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show / Shock Treatment (1975)

Director: Jim Sharman
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Cliff De Young, Jessica Harper

The quintessential cult movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) follows Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) as a flat tire leads the... Read more

The Rules of Attraction (2002)

6.7/10
Director: Roger Avary
Starring: James Van Der Beek, Jessica Biel, Kate Bosworth, Kip Pardue, Ian Somerhalder, Sh...

Meet Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek), a womanizing drug dealer whose quest for a connection brings him face to face with Lauren (Shannyn Sossamon),... Read more

The Rules of Attraction ( Blu-ray ) (2002)

6.7/10
Director: Roger Avary
Starring: Faye Dunaway, James Van Der Beek, Jessica Biel, Swoosie Kurtz, Clifton Collins J...

Meet Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek), a womanizing drug dealer whose quest for a connection brings him face to face with Lauren (Shannyn Sossamon),... Read more

The Ruling Class (1972)

7.6/10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe

Outrageously funny satire features an Oscar-nominated performance by Peter O'Toole as a British earl who thinks he's Jesus Christ. Wicked barbs are th... Read more

The Rum Diary (2011)

6.2/10
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi, Johnny Depp, Richard Jenkins, Michael Rispoli, A...

After an unforgettable turn in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," Johnny Depp takes on another Hunter S. Thompson persona in this adaptation of the gon... Read more

The Rum Diary (Blu-ray) (2011)

6.2/10
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi, Johnny Depp, Richard Jenkins, Michael Rispoli, A...

After an unforgettable turn in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," Johnny Depp takes on another Hunter S. Thompson persona in this adaptation of the gon... Read more

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)

7.4/10
Director: Eric Idle, Gary Weis
Starring: Eric Idle, John Halsey, Rikki Fatar, Neil Innes

The Rutles, a living legend that will live long after other living legends have died. The Rutles are a non-existent band that look like the Beatles, b... Read more

The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

7.2/10
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox

Director Guy Maddin's works are like a window to an alternate film universe - this unforgettable feverish whirligig of a movie is the closest the cul... Read more