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 Beyond (Blu-ray) (1981)
6.6/10
Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck
In 1927, a Satanic disciple is crucified and melted alive in the basement of a Louisiana hotel. Fifty years later, Lisa (Catriona MacColl) inherits th... Read more
Godzilla ( Blu-ray ) (3D) (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: David Strathairn, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Bryan Cranston,...
From the director of Monsters, Godzilla is back after a ten year break, just in time to mark the 60th anniversary in the Godzilla universe. The world'... Read more
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991)
4.8/10
Starring: Corey Feldman, Evan Richards, Mary Woronov, Larry Linville
A new principal is imported to Rock 'n' Roll High to put the clamps on the rock-inspired rebelliousness that has the local school board quite concerne... Read more
Repo Chick (2009)
3.8/10
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Chloe Webb, Karen Black, Robert Beltran, Rosanna Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, Jacl...
Spoiled rich girl Pixie De La Chasse has been disinherited by her family due to her numerous driving offences, her failure to get a job and her overal... Read more
Blood for Dracula (Blu-ray) (1974)
6.2/10
Director: Paul Morrissey
Starring: Vittorio De Sica, Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro
A.k.a. 'Andy Warhol's Dracula'. Count Dracula travels from Romania to Italy in search of virgin's blood in this campy, sexy and gory version of the va... Read more
Electric Slide (Blu-ray) (2014)
4.7/10
Director: Tristan Patterson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Arquette, Isabel Lucas
A chronicle of the life of furniture salesman turned bank robber Eddie Dodson. Read more
Kill Your Friends (2015)
6/10
Director: Owen Harris
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, James Corden
An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit. Read more
Saturday Night Fever/Staying Alive (1977)
6.8/10
Director: John Badham, Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Karen Lynn Gorney, John Travolta, Barry Miller, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes
Saturday Night Fever (1977) John Travolta, in an Oscar-nominated role, is Tony Manero, a paint store employee by day and a disco dancing legend by ni... Read more
Sushi Girl (Blu-ray) (2012)
6/10
Director: Kern Saxton
Starring: James Duval, Jeff Fahey, Mark Hamill, Noah Hathaway, Sonny Chiba, Tony Todd, Dan...
Fish (Noah Hathaway) has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery and about the other men involved... Read more
The Ape Man (1943)
4.5/10
Director: William Beaudine
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Louise Currie
Scientist Bela Lugosi turns into a gorilla in this z grade cult horror classic.Jaw-droppingly bad acting, cardboard sets, and "one-take" direction tur... Read more