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 Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
4.4/10
Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Starring: Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Jessica Dublin...
This third instalment (put together entirely from sub-plot and time cuts made from Part II) has Toxie finding there is little to do in Tromaville afte... Read more
the Toxic Avenger: Part II (1989)
5.1/10
Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Starring: Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins
The world's ugliest and most unusual crimefighter is back! Spawned from toxic waste, the Avenger has cleaned up Tromaville and even found romance, but... Read more
The Twilight Zone: season 1 (2019)
5.7/10
Starring: Jordan Peele
An updated version of the classic anthology series featuring various tales of science fiction, mystery, and horror. Read more
The Wanderers (1979)
7.4/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Linda Manz
'The Wanderers' are a gang of Italian-American youths who have banded together for safety and good times. While they are not trouble-makers, life in t... Read more
The Warriors (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City. The armies of the night number 100,000; they outnumber the polic... Read more
The Wasp Woman (1961)
4.6/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Susan Cabot, Fred Eisley, Barboura Morris
Cosmetics producer Susan Cabot thinks she's discovered a new age-retarding cream, but learns that the 'wasp enzymes' in the formula turn her into an i... Read more
The Wes Craven Collection: The Last House on the Left / The Hills Have Eyes / The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 / The American Nightmare (2000)
Director: Wes Craven
Starring: John Laughlin, Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Dee Wallace, Sandra Cassell, Lucy G...
This collection of films from American horror director Wes Craven includes: 'The Last House on the Left' - In Craven's notorious film debut , four der... Read more
The Wicker Man (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Robin Hardy
Starring: Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt
A British police officer goes to a small island off Scotland to find a missing girl, only to discover that the islanders practice a Celtic religion wh... Read more
The Wicker Man (Blu-ray) (1973)
7.5/10
Director: Robin Hardy
Starring: Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt
A British police officer goes to a small island off Scotland to find a missing girl, only to discover that the islanders practice a Celtic religion wh... Read more
The Wild Bunch (1969)
8/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: William Holden, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson
Peckinpah at his violent best. In the Southwest of 1913, Pike Bishop (William Holden) is leader of 'The Wild Bunch', a gang of outlaws coerced by a Me... Read more