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".
Troma Triple: Blades (1989) / Blood Hook (1987) / Zombie Island Massacre (1984)
Director: Jim Mallon, Thomas R. Rondinella, John N. Carter
Starring: William Towner, Robert North, Victoria Scott, Mark Jacobs, Lisa Todd, Patrick Da...
A gory Troma triple-bill of B-horrors. 'Blades' - People are getting mown down - literally- at the Tall Grass Country Club, where a pro-Am tournament... Read more
Tromeo and Juliet (1995)
6.2/10
Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: Steve Gibbons, Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele, Stephen Blackeheart
All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had! Join Tromeo (Will Keenan), Juliet (Jane Jensen), and Lemmy of... Read more
True Romance (1993)
7.9/10
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman
Another explosive cocktail from the pen of Quentin Tarantino ('Reservoir Dogs', 'Pulp Fiction'). This is a 90's twist on the young lovers-on-the-lam g... Read more
True Stories (1986)
7.1/10
Director: David Byrne
Starring: John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray, Pops Staples, Tito La...
David Byrne stars in this wacky view of the people and events of Virgil, Texas, population 40,000 and growing, a gleeful glimpse of Americana where th... Read more
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
7.6/10
Director: Eli Craig
Starring: Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden, Alan Tudyk
What do you get when you cross two West Virginia hillbillies with evil? Tucker and Dale are two best friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain... Read more
Turbo Kid (2015)
6.7/10
A raucous retro action-comedy that delivers fun and gore by the bucket-load, this debut feature from Quebecois filmmaking collective RKSS (Francois Si... Read more
Tusk (2014)
5.3/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Michael Parks, Justin Long, Genesis Rodriguez
From writer-director Kevin Smith ("Dogma", "Red State") comes this wickedly funny modern-day monster movie that will hold you in terror as it keeps yo... Read more
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
7.2/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Kyle MacLachlan, Madchen Amick, Moira Kelly, Harry Dean St...
Prequel to the surreal TV series dealing with the last seven days of Laura Palmer's life; the homecoming queen with the plethora of secrets in her clo... Read more
Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
Director: Mario Bava
Starring: Claudine Auger
A family's murderous battle over some bayfront property is the subject of director Mario Bava's bloody horror-thriller, which many have cited as the g... Read more
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
7.3/10
Director: Monte Hellman
Starring: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, David Drake
Monte Hellman's acclaimed cult film concerns a race around the back-roads of America between a pair of drag-racing drifters (musicians James Taylor an... Read more