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 Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
5.4/10
Director: Roger Michael Watkins
Starring: Roger Michael Watkins, Ken Fisher, Bill Schlageter, Kathy Curtin, Paul M Jensen
After serving a year in prison a drug dealer is released and decides to go back to making porn movies; but the money men want something new. Affronte... Read more
Belief (2005)
4.8/10
Director: Phil Davison
Starring: Sara Georgie, Marguerite Juanico-Nielson, Anita Cumming, Amadeus Rainbow
From the director/writer of 'Kung Fu Vampire Killers' comes this black comedy horror that finds three friends on holiday in Central Otago who pick up... Read more
Countess Dracula (1970)
6/10
Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Maurice Denham, Lesley-Anne Down
When a voracious vampire vixen (Ingrid Pitt) discovers that virgins' blood holds the secret to eternal youth, it's not time at all before she's squeez... Read more
Blade Runner: Ultimate Collector's Edition (1982)
8.2/10
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Joe T...
And this really is the ultimate collection with all five known versions of the film - Ridley Scott's newest cut includes added and extended scenes and... Read more
The Song Remains The Same ( Blu-ray ) (1976)
7.6/10
Director: Joe Massot, Peter Clifton
Starring: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham
Rock giants Led Zeppelin are captured live at Madison Square Garden in 1973. Augmenting the performances, fantasy sequences and at-home glimpses of Ji... Read more
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
6.7/10
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring: Alexa Vega, Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head, Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, Bill Mose...
A uniquely bizarre, gory, sci-fi, musical horror, and pet project of 'Saw' sequels director Darren Lynn Bousman. The year is 2056, and following an ep... Read more
Graffiti Bridge (1990)
4.3/10
Director: Prince
Starring: Prince, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, Jill Jones
Music is the power, Love is the message, Truth is the answer... that's the motto of Prince in this semi-sequel to "Purple Rain". Read more
1941 (Director's Cut) (1979)
5.8/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christoph...
Steven Spielberg's monumental comedy spectacular, based on a true incident, about the war panic that erupted in Southern California after a Japanese s... Read more
Dune ( Blu-ray ) (1984)
6.6/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Alicia Witt, Brad Dourif, Dean Stockwell, Everett McGill, Francesca Annis, Fredd...
Dazzling special effects, unforgettable images and powerful performances highlight David Lynch's stunning film version of Frank Herbert's classic scie... Read more
A Field in England (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Reece Shearsmith, Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glov...
Fleeing from a battle in the English Civil War, a small group of deserters are captured by a mysterious alchemist and forced to aid him in his search... Read more