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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".

Electric Dreams (1984)

6.5/10
Director: Steve Barron
Starring: Bud Cort, Lenny von Dohlen, Maxwell Caulfield, Virginia Madsen

Lonely architect Miles purchases a fancy new "Pine cone" personal computer and clumsily spills champagne on it which, of course, imbues the computer w... Read more

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (Blu-ray) (1984)

7.6/10
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller

Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Blu-ray/3D) (2014)

6.5/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis, Christopher Lloyd, Dennis Haysbert, Jeremy Piven, Joseph Gordon-Le...

This film is the sequel to 2005s 'Sin City' and is based on Frank Miller's popular, violent and sexy comic series. 'Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame... Read more

JCVD (Blu-ray) (2008)

7.1/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more

Mad Max: Fury Road (Black and Chrome Edition) (2015)

8.1/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne

From director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary Mad Max franchise, comes Mad Max: Fury Ro... 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

That'll Be The Day (1973)

6.7/10
Director: Claude Whatham
Starring: David Essex, Billy Fury, Rosemary Leach, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon

Tells the story of a young man (David Essex) growing up in the dreary working-class world of Britain who comes of age and finds his proper outlet in t... Read more

Monstrosity - The Atomic Brain (1964)

Director: Joseph V Mascelli
Starring: Erika Peters, Frank Fowler, Marjorie Eaton

This weird, morbid little sci-fi thriller stars Marjorie Eaton as a wealthy woman who employs a scientist to transfer her brain from its aging body in... Read more

Daddy-O (1959)

2.2/10
Director: Lou Place
Starring: Bruno Ve Sota

Dick Contino stars as Phil Sandifer, a part-time truck driver and singer who is almost run off road by a feisty buxom platinum blonde. They meet up ag... Read more

Rock All Night (1957)

5.7/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Abby Dalton, Dick Miller, Russell Johnson

A tense hostage melodrama set in Cloud Nine a rockin' bar where a new tone-deaf singer is auditioning. Dick Miller stars as Shorty, is an ill-tempered... Read more