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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".

Stardust Memories (Blu-ray) (1980)

7.2/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper

Woody Allen plays a troubled filmmaker attending a film seminar weekend where space aliens confide that they enjoyed his earlier, funnier movies. He a... Read more

Dust Devil (1992)

6.2/10
Director: Richard Stanley
Starring: Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, Zakes Mokae, William Hootkins

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker. Read more

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

7.2/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell form a unique duo in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', one of the classic musicals of the 1950's. Featuring Marilyn's rendit... Read more

The Ruling Class (1972)

7.6/10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe

Outrageously funny satire features an Oscar-nominated performance by Peter O'Toole as a British earl who thinks he's Jesus Christ. Wicked barbs are th... Read more

Santa Sangre (1989)

7.7/10
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell

Unforgettable imagery is used to tell the story of two circus performers, an armless woman and her insane son who acts as his mother's hands. Jodorows... Read more

The Set-Up (1948)

7.8/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

One of the best film noirs of the '40s, this atmospheric tale centres around an ageing prize-fighter who refuses to be corrupted by the mob. A great p... Read more

Slaughterhouse Five (1972)

6.9/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche

Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's bizarre fantasy novel follows the story of Billy Pilgrim, who becomes unstuck in time and jumps back and forth in his li... Read more

Crash (1996)

6.4/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Rosanna Arquette, Deborah Kara Unger

James Spader, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette are a motley assortment of car crash survivors seeking more and more perverse thrills to communicate,... Read more

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)

6.7/10
Director: John Hough
Starring: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Roddy McDowall

Would-be race car driver Larry (Peter Fonda) is joined by free-spirited girlfriend Mary (Susan George) and mechanic pal Deke (Adam Roarke) on a rubber... Read more

Necronomicon: The Book of the Dead (1993)

Director: Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko
Starring: Belinda Bauer, Bruce Payne, David Warner, Dennis Christopher, Jeffrey Combs, Mil...

This anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead a... Read more