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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".

Day of the Dead (Blu-Ray) (1985)

7.2/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Joe Pilato, Lori Cardille, Richard Liberty, Terry Alexander, George A Romero

Trapped in a missile silo, a small team of scientists, civilians and trigger-happy soldiers battle desperately to ensure the survival of the human rac... Read more

Dazed and Confused (1993)

7.7/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Shawn Andrews, Milla Jovovich, Matthew McConaughey, Jason London

America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, Richard Linklater... Read more

Dead End Drive-in (1986)

6/10
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring: Natalie McCurry, Carmen Nicholson, Ned Manning

In the near future, nuclear accidents, economic collapse and global riots have put the entire world in a state of chaos. Looting is widespread. Cities... Read more

Dead Snow (2008)

6.3/10
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal, Evy Kasseth R...

Nazi zombies anyone? This over-the-top, blackly comic shocker from Norway begins harmlessly enough with eight med students off to spend an idyllically... Read more

Dear Wendy (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Novella Nelson, Chris...

Scripted by Lars von Trier and directed by Dogme co-founder Thomas Vinterberg, this is a wry, sharply observed perspective on American gun culture thr... Read more

Death Line (1972)

Director: Gary Sherman
Starring: Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington

Spine-tingling horror classic concerns a family of flesh-eating humans whove lived for generations within the London subway system. After the patriar... Read more

Death Note / Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Shigeki Hosokawa, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yu Kashii

How do you find a serial killer when the killer only needs to know the face and the name of his victims? When Light Yagami, a brilliant college law st... Read more

Death Proof (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitie...

A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more

Death Proof ( Blu-ray ) (2007)

7.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poiti...

A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more

Death Race 2000 / Deathsport (1975)

Director: Paul Bartel, Allan Arkush, Henry Suso
Starring: Claudia Jennings, David Carradine, Mary Woronov, Sylvester Stallone, Roberta Col...

A killer double feature of 70s exploitation from legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman. 'Death Race 2000' (1975, 80 mins) - Paul Bartel's cult class... Read more