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".
Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
7/10
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Tiny creatures called "Parasites" have arrived on Earth with the sole purpose of taking over human brains and preying on mankind. When one of them lat... Read more
Lunatics: A Love Story (1991)
6.3/10
Director: Josh Becker
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Deborah Foreman, Ted Raimi
In the seedy part of Los Angeles, a man who writes poetry has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involvi... Read more
The 10th Victim (1965)
6.6/10
Director: Elio Petri
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli
In the 21st Century, where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress agrees to kill a "victim" to get a major... Read more
Dressed to Kill (Blu-ray) (1980)
7.1/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen
A visit to the art museum leads to a fateful and fatal sexual encounter for bored housewife Angie Dickinson in this stylish, erotic suspenser from Bri... Read more
Tremors (Blu-ray) (1990)
7.1/10
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross
A fast-paced tale about deadly worm-like creatures menacing a tiny desert community. Perky script, good special effects and extraordinary performances... Read more
Basket Case (1981)
6.1/10
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith
"E.T."as if it were written and directed by a psychopath! The story of Duane Bradley and his little brother Belial who have come to New York looking f... Read more
First Man Into Space (1958)
5.5/10
Director: Robert Day
Starring: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards
"A better than it looks" tale of a daring pilot who disobeys orders and becomes the title character, returning to Earth a dust-encrusted, blood-drinki... Read more
Kids (1995)
7/10
Director: Larry Clark
Starring: Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny
Famed photographer Larry Clark makes his directorial debut with this sensational story of teenage life in Manhattan. Ignoring the challenge posed by A... 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
The Stud (1978)
3.4/10
Director: Quentin Masters
Starring: Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias, Sue Lloyd, Mark Burns
The sexual cavortings of the super-rich and the highly unpleasant are looked at in this successful soap opera, telling of a waiter who works his way u... Read more