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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".

Children of Paradise ( Les Enfants du Paradis ) (1945)

8.3/10
Director: Marcel Carne
Starring: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur

Poetic realism reaches sublime heights with "Children of Paradise" ("Les Enfants du Paradis"), the ineffably witty tale of a woman loved by four diffe... Read more

Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)

5.5/10
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Jane Daly, Alan Ormsby

Hippies and horror mix in this comedy-shocker from director Bob Clark ("Porky's"), who co-scripted with filmmaker Alan Ormsby. A group of actors and t... Read more

Choke (2008)

6.5/10
Director: Clark Gregg
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Clark Gregg, Brad Henke, Bijou P...

Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) shouldn't be a likeable character. He attends Sex Addicts Anonymous, looking for women to bed; he pretends to choke in r... Read more

Choose Me (1984)

6.8/10
Director: Alan Rudolph
Starring: Patrick Bauchau, Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Rae Dawn...

In real life, radio sex therapist Nancy (Genevieve Bujold) is as clueless as the callers on her late night talk show. Promiscuous bar-owner Eve (Lesle... Read more

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989)

3.8/10
Director: Dan Hoskins
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Martha Quinn, Jamie Rose, Catherine Carlen

A gang of benevolent biker chicks rolls into a small town to encounter a settlement full of zombies created by evil mortician Ralph Willum. Now these... Read more

Citizen Kane (1941)

8.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane

Generally regarded as the greatest and most influential films of all time; Orson Welles directorial debut (he was only 25!) is the story of newspaper... Read more

Citizen Kane ( Blu-ray ) (1941)

8.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Ruth...

Even people who have never seen Citizen Kane know it's the greatest film of all time. Orson Welles' debut has become an undisputed cultural benchmark... Read more

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)

4.3/10
Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Starring: Rick Collins, David Mattey, Ron Jeremy, Corey Feldman

The Toxic Avenger must defend his friends from his own evil alternate universe doppelgänger, The Noxious Offender. Read more

Class of 1984 (1981)

6.6/10
Director: Mark L Lester
Starring: Perry King, Timothy Van Patten, Merrie Lynn Ross, Stefan Arngrim, Michael J Fox,...

This violent '80s shocker received an 'R.20' rating when first released to NZ cinemas and is now finally out on DVD to poison a new generation! A new... Read more

Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

5.7/10
Director: Samuel Weil, Richard W Haines
Starring: Janelle Brady, Gilbert Brenton, Robert Prichard

In true Tromatic fashion comes a tale of classic terror from the creators of "The Toxic Avenger". Welcome to Tromaville High where all the students ar... Read more