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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".

The Wiz (1978)

5.3/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Nipsey Russell, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor

A film based on the smash Broadway musical, which itself was based on L. Frank Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz'. Featuring Diana Ross as Dorothy, with Nipsey... Read more

The Wizard of Gore (2007)

5/10
Director: Jeremy Kasten
Starring: Brad Dourif, Crispin Glover, Jeffrey Combs, Kip Pardue, Joshua Miller, Bijou Phi...

Magic, madness and mayhem join in this hallucinogenic remake of the 1970 Herschell Gordon Lewis shocker. Crispin Glover portrays Montag the Magnificen... Read more

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, Mar...

Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more

The Wizard of Oz ( Blu-ray ) (1939)

8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamil...

Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more

The Woman (2011)

6/10
Director: Lucky McKee
Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh

"The Woman" finds the cannibal clan's sole survivor (Pollyanna McIntosh) hewing out a feral existence in the Maine backwoods. She's discovered and ca... Read more

The Zodiac Killer (1971) / The Sex Killer (1967) / Zero In And Scream (1970)

Director: Owsley Brown
Starring: Bob Oran, Michael Stearns, Hal Reed

Three sexploitation shockers are featured in this release. First up is 'The Zodiac Killer' - a dramatic thriller based on the serial murders that terr... Read more

They Call Her... Cleopatra Wong (1978)

Director: Bobby A Suarez
Starring: Marrie Lee

When a ruthless gang of counterfeiters launches a plan to take over Asia, Interpol's top agent, Cleopatra Wong (Singapore star Marrie Lee, in her firs... Read more

They Live (1988)

7.3/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason

John Carpenter's sci-fi thriller about one man's battle against aliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth. Pro-wrestler Roddy Piper s... Read more

They Live ( Blu-ray ) (1988)

7.3/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason

John Carpenter's sci-fi thriller about one man's battle against aliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth. Pro-wrestler Roddy Piper s... Read more

They Saved Hitler's Brain (1963)

2.5/10
Director: David Bradley
Starring: Walter Stocker

Connoisseurs of bad movies rank this execration as an all-time favorite, rivaling Ed Wood's infamous Plan 9 from Outer Space as the worst film of all... Read more