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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".

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Cyd Charisse, Donald Boisset, Lea Brodie

AKA 'Seven Cities to Atlantis', this family-aimed fantasy sees the ever-heroic Doug McClure leading an expedition to the lost city of Atlantis. He dis... Read more

Wassup Rockers (2005)

6/10
Director: Larry Clark
Starring: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno, Eddie...

Filmmaker Larry Clark ('Kids', 'Bully') again tackles the inner workings of urban youth culture in this comedy drama about a handful of Salvadorian em... Read more

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972)

7.2/10
Director: Richard Compton
Starring: Alan Vint, Geoffrey Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Francine York

Discharged soldiers, just back from Vietnam, decide to drive across country and see the nation they protected. The country, however, doesn't want to s... Read more

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

7.4/10
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Brendan Sexton Jr, Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Eric Mabius

This Sundance winner follows the travails of Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo), the teen pariah who seems to invite the cruelties heaped upon her by cla... Read more

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

8.1/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee

This gothic psychological chiller from director Robert Aldrich stars Bette Davis as former child star Baby Jane Hudson, driven by jealousy and dementi... Read more

Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

6.7/10
Director: Art Linson
Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby, Rene Auberjonois

Bill Murray takes on the role of American 'gonzo' journalist Hunter S. Thompson whose passion for writing was equalled only by his love of drugs, alco... Read more

White Comanche (1968)

4.1/10
Director: Jose Britz
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Rosanna Yanni, William Shatner

AKA: "Hour of Vengeance," "Rio Hondo." Filmed in Spain during a hiatus on "Star Trek," this campy Western melodrama stars William Shatner as twin brot... Read more

White Crane Chronicles ( aka Kung Fu Killer ) (2008)

Director: Philip Spink
Starring: Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Cheng Pei-Pei, Osric Chau, Kay Tong Lim, Lim Yu-B...

China, 1929. As the Republic crumbles, only the legendary Wudang monks dare to defy the ruthless warlords trafficking in the opium trade. Among them i... Read more

White Heat (1949)

8.2/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

This quintessential gangster film contains James Cagney's most frightening role, that of a psychopathic mother-obsessed gunman. This riveting crime dr... Read more

Whoops Apocalypse (1986)

6/10
Director: Tom Bussmann
Starring: Loretta Swit, Peter Cook, Michael Richards

Based on the popular TV series, this satire follows the events leading up to a nuclear conflict, and though fun is very occasionally made of the Russi... Read more