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 New York Ripper (1982)
6.4/10
Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Jack Hedley, Almanta Keller
Start spreading the blood...I'm slashing today. if you want to wake up to the sound of a city that never stops screaming, then see Italian horror mast... Read more
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
8/10
Director: Charles Laughton
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Robert Mitchum gives one of his best performances as Harry Powell, a psychotic self-styled preacher who is after the stolen money of a hanged man. Set... Read more
The Night of the Hunter ( Blu-ray ) (1955)
8/10
Director: Charles Laughton
Starring: Lillian Gish, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters
Robert Mitchum gives one of his best performances as Harry Powell, a psychotic self-styled preacher who is after the stolen money of a hanged man. Set... Read more
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
6/10
Director: Amy Talkington
Starring: Nick Stahl, Tom Wilkinson, Selma Blair, Frances Fisher
Max Hagan (Tom Wilkinson) has hit hard times. His soon-to-be ex has kicked him out of the house and he's completely penniless. An unlikely ally turn... Read more
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
8/10
Director: Henry Selick
Starring: Danny Elfman, Paul Reubens, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
A wonderfully bizarre and visually stunning Yuletide treat from Tim Burton, who uses stop-motion animation to tell the story of Jack Skellington, the... Read more
The Nutty Professor (1963)
6.7/10
Director: Jerry Lewis
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore
Jerry Lewis is a mild mannered chemistry professor who follows in the footsteps of Dr Jekyll and becomes Buddy Love, a heartless lounge lizard and hea... Read more
The Onion Movie (2008)
6.3/10
Starring: Steven Seagal, Len Cariou, Daniel Dae Kim
Based on the wildly popular newspaper hailed by The New Yorker as the funniest publication in the United States, this topical satire takes aim at pop... Read more
The Parallax View (1974)
7.2/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels
A stylish, taut thriller with Warren Beatty as a determined reporter investigating an unfolding political conspiracy involving a covert organisation,... Read more
The Party (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion
Peter Sellers in one of his best roles plays a clumsy Indian bit player who has just destroyed a remake of 'Gunga Din', and finds himself at a posh pa... Read more
The Party ( Blu-ray ) (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Claudine Longet, Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers is a disaster-prone actor from India who is at first thrown off the set by the producer of a film then invited to his posh Hollywood par... Read more