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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".

Bride of Re-Animator (1989)

6.3/10
Director: Brian Yuzna
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones

Aka: 'Re-Animator II'. The sequel to the acclaimed 'Re-Animator' featuring the same cast now attempt to create life from spare body parts! Jeffrey Com... Read more

Bride Of The Monster (1955)

4.1/10
Director: Edward D Wood Jr
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Loretta King, Tony McCoy, Tor Johnson

A mad scientist (Bela Lugosi) creates a giant rubber octopus that terrorises a woodland stream. Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson provides added laughs as... Read more

Brimstone and Treacle (1982)

7.7/10
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Sting , Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Suzanna Hamilton

An eerie, psychological drama about a manipulative and mesmerising young man (Sting) who worms his way into the home and lives of a middle class coupl... Read more

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Gig Young, Isela Vega, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Webber, Warren Oates

When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollar bounty on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Gig Young and Robert Web... Read more

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Blu-ray) (1974)

7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Gig Young, Isela Vega, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Webber, Warren Oates

When a Mexican land baron puts a million dollar bounty on the head of the man who seduced his daughter, two money-hungry men (Gig Young and Robert Web... Read more

Britannia Hospital (1982)

6.3/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright

A gala celebration turns into an apocalyptic nightmare in Lindsay Anderson's biting social satire. The staff of Britannia Hospital are preparing for i... Read more

Bronson (2008)

7.1/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Tom Hardy, Matt King

In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a h... Read more

Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

7.1/10
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci...

This international box office hit from France is a real genre-buster, mixing up elements of period piece costume drama, horror films, melodrama, swash... Read more

Brotherhood of the Wolf ( Blu-ray ) (2001)

7.1/10
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Mark Dacascos, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Samuel Le Bihan...

This international box office hit from France is a real genre-buster, mixing up elements of period piece costume drama, horror films, melodrama, swash... Read more

Brothers of the Head (2005)

6.4/10
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Starring: Bryan Dick, Sean Harris, Jonathan Pryce, Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway

Off-beat tale of rock and roll rebellion chronicles the rise and fall of Bang Bang, a fictional 1970s Brit-rock band comprised of the Howe brothers (H... Read more