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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 Shawshank Redemption (1994)

9.3/10
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Tim Robbins, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bello...

Director Frank Darabont's powerful adaptation of the novella by Stephen King stars Tim Robbins as a man serving two life sentences in New England's Sh... Read more

The Shawshank Redemption ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

9.3/10
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbi...

Director Frank Darabont's powerful adaptation of the novella by Stephen King stars Tim Robbins as a man serving two life sentences in New England's Sh... Read more

The She-Creature (1956)

3.2/10
Director: Edward L Cahn
Starring: Tom Conway, Cathy Downs, Chester Morris, Marla English

A hypnosis based horror film tells the story of an oily hypnotist Dr Carlo Lombardi and his beautiful former carnival worker assistant Andrea. Dr Lomb... Read more

The Shining (1980)

8.4/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Jack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd

Stanley Kubrick's great thriller, based on Stephen King's novel, with Jack Nicholson going slowly mad in a remote deserted hotel, terrorising his wife... Read more

The Shining ( Blu-ray ) (1980)

8.4/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

From a script he co-adapted from the Stephen King novel, director Stanley Kubrick melds vivid performances, menacing settings, dreamlike tracking shot... Read more

The Signal (2007)

6.1/10
Director: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
Starring: Anessa Ramsey, AJ Bowen, Justin Welborn, Scott Poythress, Sahr Ngaujah, Suehyla...

As the citizens of Terminus prepare to ring in the new year, a mysterious signal transmitted through all electronic devices turns normally sane people... Read more

The Silent Flute ( aka Circle of Iron ) (1978)

Director: Richard Moore
Starring: Christopher Lee, David Carradine, Eli Wallach, Jeff Cooper, Roddy McDowall

Aka 'Circle of Iron'. A highly unusual mixture of Eastern philosophy and martial arts action that was based on a story written by Bruce Lee shortly be... Read more

The Song Remains The Same (1976)

7.6/10
Director: Joe Massot, Peter Clifton
Starring: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham

Rock giants Led Zeppelin are captured live at Madison Square Garden in 1973. Augmenting the performances, fantasy sequences and at-home glimpses of Ji... Read more

The Song Remains The Same ( Blu-ray ) (1976)

7.6/10
Director: Joe Massot, Peter Clifton
Starring: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham

Rock giants Led Zeppelin are captured live at Madison Square Garden in 1973. Augmenting the performances, fantasy sequences and at-home glimpses of Ji... Read more

The Spider (1958)

4.1/10
Director: Bert I Gordon
Starring: Ed Kemmer, June Kenny, Geene Persson, Gene Roth

A.k.a. "Earth vs The Spider". The ads warned 'It must eat you to live'. A spider bigger than a bus is found in a cave and, when revived, decides to st... Read more