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".
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
7.1/10
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi Marnhout, Bob Ivy
In this oddball low-budget horror comedy flick, Elvis (Bruce Campbell) and JFK (Ossie Davis) are living out their days in an East Texas retirement hom... Read more
Buck Rogers: The Serial (1939)
7.3/10
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe
A classic action packed sci-fi serial in 12 chapters. Emerging from a state of hibernation after 500 years, Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and young Budd... Read more
Bulldog Drummond Double: Deadlier Than the Male / Some Girls Do (1967)
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Nigel Green, James Villiers, Robert Morley, Suzann...
A blast from the past! In 'Deadlier Than The Male', top British Agent Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond (Richard Johnson) sets out to stop a master criminal and... Read more
Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) / Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) / Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Director: Louis King, James P Hogan
Starring: John Howard, Ray Milland, John Barrymore, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny
'Bulldog Drummond's Bride' - On his way to the altar, famed adventurer Captain Hugh Bulldog Drummond (John Howard), is sidelined by a bank robbery com... Read more
Bullitt ( Blu-ray ) (1968)
7.5/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simo...
Steve McQueen stars in this classic action movie about Frank Bullitt, a San Francisco detective who has become hardened to crime. He is assigned by an... Read more
Bully (2001)
7/10
Director: Larry Clark
Starring: Brad Renfro, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner, Michael Pitt, Kelli Garner, Nick Stah...
Based on a true story, acclaimed director Larry Clark delivers his most powerful film since "Kids." Marty (Brad Renfro) is a tormented surfer who, des... Read more
Burn! (1969)
7.4/10
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Starring: Renato Salvatori, Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez
An engrossing drama based on a true incident and starring Marlon Brando as a British agent sent to a 19th Century Caribbean island to investigate a re... Read more
Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
6.6/10
Director: Marco Ferreri
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco
Directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gerard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, and Geraldine Fitzgerald, this brilliant black comedy was nominated for... Read more
Caligula (1979)
5.3/10
Director: Tinto Brass
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud
'Penthouse' publisher Bob Guccione's entry into film-making was a disaster, but nevertheless, 'Caligula' has achieved cult status of sorts. This epic... Read more
Cannibal! The Musical (1995)
7.2/10
Director: Trey Parker
Starring: Trey Parker, Toddy Walters, Matt Stone, Ian Hardin
South Parkers should relish this gross-out about the sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition whos taste for gold is replaced by that of human... Read more