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 Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
6.2/10
Director: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Marilyn Burns, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal
Tobe Hooper's modern horror classic that preceded the "splatter" trend was based, like "Psycho," on real-life murderer Ed Gein. A group of teens is at... Read more
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
6.2/10
Director: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Marilyn Burns, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal
Tobe Hooper's modern horror classic that preceded the "splatter" trend was based, like "Psycho," on real-life murderer Ed Gein. A group of teens is at... Read more
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
5.6/10
Director: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow
Leatherface, the Cook, Grandpa, and company are back, proving that the family that slays together stays together, in Tobe Hooper's follow-up to his 19... Read more
The Thief of Bagdad (Sabu) (1940)
7.6/10
Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan
Starring: Sabu, John Justin, June Duprez, Conrad Veidt
This multiple Oscar-winning film is a magical, atmospheric, epic - its sumptuous art direction and beguiling special effects making this the definitiv... Read more
The Thing From Another World (1951)
7.2/10
Director: Christian Nyby
Starring: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Douglas Spencer
An American scientific expedition, set up in the North Pole, discovers a UFO crashed in the icecap. Inside is a frozen extra-terrestrial visitor. The... Read more
The Toxic Avenger (1985)
6.2/10
Director: Michael Herz, Samuel Weil
Starring: Mitchell Cohen, Marisa Tomei, Andree Maranda
Stupid, sick and outrageous spoof of monster movies, super heroes and 98-pound weaklings. Troma at its best! Look for future Academy Award Winner Mari... Read more
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
4.4/10
Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Starring: Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Jessica Dublin...
This third instalment (put together entirely from sub-plot and time cuts made from Part II) has Toxie finding there is little to do in Tromaville afte... Read more
the Toxic Avenger: Part II (1989)
5.1/10
Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Starring: Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins
The world's ugliest and most unusual crimefighter is back! Spawned from toxic waste, the Avenger has cleaned up Tromaville and even found romance, but... Read more
The Twilight Zone: season 1 (2019)
5.7/10
Starring: Jordan Peele
An updated version of the classic anthology series featuring various tales of science fiction, mystery, and horror. Read more
The Wanderers (1979)
7.4/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Linda Manz
'The Wanderers' are a gang of Italian-American youths who have banded together for safety and good times. While they are not trouble-makers, life in t... Read more