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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".

Project X (2012)

6.7/10
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Miles Teller

It's Thomas Kubb's 17th birthday and all he wants to do is throw a small party with some friends to help raise his social status and maybe even get lu... Read more

Thanatomorphose (2012)

4.7/10
Director: Eric Falardeau
Starring: Kayden Rose, David Tousignant, Emile Beaudry, Karine Picard

A Cronenbergian smorgasbord of rancid flesh and sexual gratification, Thanatomporphose (Hellenic word meaning the visible signs of an organism's decom... Read more

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)

5.4/10
Director: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Ray Wise, Robert Loggia, William Atherton, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wa...

Provided with a billion dollars for film production, Tim and Eric squander every dime and elicit the wrath of the sinister Schlaaang Corporation. With... Read more

Wrong (2012)

6.3/10
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: William Fichtner, Alexis Dziena, Steve Little, Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor

Dolph Springer (Jack Plotnick) awakens one morning to find he has lost the sole love of his life - his dog, Paul. Desperate to reunite with his best f... Read more

John Dies at the End (2012)

6.4/10
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Clancy Brown, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Roebuck, Doug Jones, Chase Williamson, Rob M...

It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. B... Read more

Antiviral (Blu-ray) (2012)

5.7/10
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Sheila McCarthy, Wendy Crewson, Nicholas Campbell, Douglas Smi...

Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Syd... Read more

Antiviral (2012)

5.7/10
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Sheila McCarthy, Wendy Crewson, Nicholas Campbell, Douglas Smi...

Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Syd... Read more

Spring Breakers (2012)

5.3/10
Director: Harmony Korine
Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, Gucci...

Faith (Selena Gomez), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Brit (Ashley Benson) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) are best friends anxious to cut loose for spring break,... Read more

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)

4.8/10
Director: Roman Coppola
Starring: Bill Murray, Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Patricia Arquette, Aubrey Plaza,...

Set in a stylized Los Angeles, "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is a playful comedy of lost love, friendship, revenge fantasies, and Br... 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