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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 Salton Sea (2002)

7.2/10
Director: D J Caruso
Starring: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Anthony LaPaglia, Adam Goldberg, Deborah Kara Ung...

In your face, modern film noir with Val Kilmer as a California speed freak and jazz musician with multiple indentities who recounts his sordid and fra... Read more

The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang (2006)

Director: Tim Skousen
Starring: Justin Long, Joey Kern, Carl Weathers, Jeremy Sumpter

Hollywood's favourite geek Justin Long ('Galaxy Quest', 'Die Hard 4', the Apple Mac vs PC ads) branches out as the scene-stealing, mulleted bully in t... Read more

The Science of Sleep (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma De Caun...

Director Michel Gondry returned to France to direct his own screenplay, a surreal and entrancing journey into the mind of young idealist Stephane (Gae... Read more

The Searchers (1956)

8/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Ward Bond, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter

In this revered Western, Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) returns home to Texas after the Civil War. When members of his brother's family are killed or abdu... Read more

The Searchers ( Blu-ray ) (1956)

8/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood

This classic western stars John Wayne as a Civil War veteran who tracks a Comanche raiding party for five years to rescue the girl they hold captive.... Read more

The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970)

Director: Massimo Dallamano
Starring: Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Margaret Lee, Richard Todd, Marie Liljedahl, Maria R...

In the late 60s in London, the model Dorian Gray (Helmut Berger) meets an aspiring actress, Sybil Vane (Marie Liljedahl), and they fall in love. Meanw... Read more

The Servant (1963)

7.9/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig

Joseph Losey directs a Harold Pinter screenplay, a tale of decadence and debauchery unravelling the relationship between the servant (Dirk Bogarde) an... Read more

The Servant (Blu-ray) (1963)

7.9/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig

Joseph Losey directs a Harold Pinter screenplay, a tale of decadence and debauchery unravelling the relationship between the servant (Dirk Bogarde) an... Read more

The Set-Up (1948)

7.8/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

One of the best film noirs of the '40s, this atmospheric tale centres around an ageing prize-fighter who refuses to be corrupted by the mob. A great p... Read more

The Seventh Seal (1957)

8.2/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson

Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges h... Read more