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".
Aka 'Grip of the Strangler'. Set against the backdrop of Victorian society in London, this atmospheric horror features Boris Karloff as a novelist inv... Read more
The Shock-by-Shock Confessions of a SORORITY GIRL! Smart... Pretty... And All Bad! How far would you go for your revenge? Meet Sabra Tanner, a poor-li... Read more
Wild and Wicked living with no tomorrow! This classic tale of good versus evil takes place between two rival motorcyclists. Fresh from prison Nick wan... Read more
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
Science meets sorcery in this A.I.P. shocker that features Tom Conway as a mad doctor who uses a voodoo spell to turn beautiful Maria English into a h... Read more
"Reform School Girl" tells the story of a pretty teenage girl as she gets caught up in her boyfriends criminal ways. When taking her out for a spin in... Read more
Car Crazy Speed Crazy Boy Crazy! Louise is eighteen, blonde and loves fast men and even faster cars. She likes two boys and her well-to-do parents dis... Read more
Six weeks after her mother dies, Nancy Perkins' father remarries. The stepmother then sends Nancy (Sandra Harrison) off to a school for girls where th... Read more
An effective chiller with overtones of the 'Id' creature from 'Forbidden Planet' as a scientific thought experiment goes awry and the fiends go on a f... Read more
Elvis Presley goes to prison for accidentally killing a man in a bar fight, and is signed to a musical contract following his performance on a TV show... Read more