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".
7.7/10
Polanski's most autobiographical film is, like "Repulsion", a journey through the distorted realm of the human mind. Polanski himself plays Trelkovsky... Read more
8/10
A cyborg is sent from the future to present-day Los Angeles on a deadly mission. He's got to kill a young woman whose life will have great significanc... Read more
8/10
A cyborg is sent from the future to present-day Los Angeles on a deadly mission. He's got to kill a young woman whose life will have great significanc... Read more
6.2/10
This rip-snorting, gore-drenched reworking of Tobe Hooper's 1974 original is set in the early 1970s and follows the horrific adventures of five teens... Read more
6.2/10
Tobe Hooper's modern horror classic that preceded the "splatter" trend was based, like "Psycho," on real-life murderer Ed Gein. A group of teens is at... Read more
6.2/10
Tobe Hooper's modern horror classic that preceded the "splatter" trend was based, like "Psycho," on real-life murderer Ed Gein. A group of teens is at... Read more
5.6/10
Leatherface, the Cook, Grandpa, and company are back, proving that the family that slays together stays together, in Tobe Hooper's follow-up to his 19... Read more
7.6/10
This multiple Oscar-winning film is a magical, atmospheric, epic - its sumptuous art direction and beguiling special effects making this the definitiv... Read more
7.2/10
An American scientific expedition, set up in the North Pole, discovers a UFO crashed in the icecap. Inside is a frozen extra-terrestrial visitor. The... Read more
6.2/10
Stupid, sick and outrageous spoof of monster movies, super heroes and 98-pound weaklings. Troma at its best! Look for future Academy Award Winner Mari... Read more