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".
Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus (2013)
Director: Sebastian Silva
Starring: Gaby Hoffmann, Michael Cera, Agustin Silva, Juan Andres Silva, Jose Miguel Silva
During a road trip through Chile, boorish American expatriate Jamie (Michael Cera) and three Chilean brothers plan to set off in search of the prized... Read more
Daddy-O (1959)
2.2/10
Director: Lou Place
Starring: Bruno Ve Sota
Dick Contino stars as Phil Sandifer, a part-time truck driver and singer who is almost run off road by a feisty buxom platinum blonde. They meet up ag... Read more
Danger 5 (2011)
8.4/10
Director: David Ashby, Dario Russo
Starring: David Ashby, Sean James Murphy, Natasa Ristic
Set in a bizarre 1960's inspired version of World War II, this action comedy series follows a team of five spies on a mission to kill Hitler. The acti... Read more
Danger: Diabolik (1967)
6.5/10
Director: Mario Bava
Starring: Adolfo Celi, John Phillip Law, Michel Piccoli, Marisa Mell, Terry-Thomas
The suave, psychedelic-era thief, Diabolik, can't get enough of life's good - or glittery - things. Not when there are currency shipments to steal fro... Read more
Dark Star (1974)
6.4/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Cal Kuniholm
A cult classic that began as a $6,000 project by a group of Californian students, 'Dark Star' is an earth spaceship on a mission to find and destroy a... Read more
Darkman (Blu-Ray) (1990)
6.4/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Colin Friels, Dan Hicks, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake, Liam Ne...
When thugs employed by a crime boss lead a vicious assault on Dr. Peyton Wilder (Liam Neeson), leaving him literally and psychologically scarred, an e... Read more
David Cronenberg Collection: Shivers / Rabid / The Dead Zone (1975)
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Brooke Adams, Christopher Walken, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Marilyn Chambers, Lyn...
This boxset includes 3 iconic films from master horror director David Cronenberg. "Shivers" (1975) - Starliner Island is an idyllic community. Cut off... Read more
David Lynch Collection (2008)
Director: David Lynch
'The David Lynch Collection' brings together a pastiche of Lynch's legendary 40 year career, including: 'Eraserhead' - This seminal, surreal classic i... Read more
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Scott Reiniger, Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, David Emge
As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating horde... Read more
Dawn of the Dead ( Blu-ray ) (1978)
8/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: David Emge, Gaylen Ross, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger
As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating horde... Read more