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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".

Deliverance ( Blu-ray ) (1972)

7.7/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds

Four Atlanta businessmen's weekend canoe trip turns into a desperate fight for survival in John Boorman's riveting adaptation of James Dickey's novel.... Read more

Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979)

7.2/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

The 'Last Stand' of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore is an often hilarious, occasionally disturbing overview of two classy performers at the end of their t... Read more

Detour (1945)

7.4/10
Director: Edgar G Ulmer
Starring: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Tim Ryan

This noir masterwork was made on pennies by Edgar G. Ulmer,and focuses on a New York night club pianist hitchhiking to L.A. who is picked up by an ami... Read more

Die Screaming, Marianne (1970)

5/10
Director: Pete Walker
Starring: Susan George, Barry Evans, Leo Genn

In this British psycho-thriller from director Pete Walker, Susan George ('Straw Dogs') stars as Marianne, a nightclub dancer desperately running from... Read more

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)

6.7/10
Director: John Hough
Starring: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Roddy McDowall

Would-be race car driver Larry (Peter Fonda) is joined by free-spirited girlfriend Mary (Susan George) and mechanic pal Deke (Adam Roarke) on a rubber... Read more

Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006)

6.2/10
Director: Jim Hickey
Starring: Lee Dainton, Dan Joyce, Mike Locke, Mathew Pritchard

Britain's answer to Jackass, Dirty Sanchez, take to the big screen with their first feature length adventure. The fearsome foursome are ordered to emb... Read more

Diva (1981)

7.3/10
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Starring: Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Frederic Andrei

A breathtaking series of visual images in this stylish romantic thriller; at the heart of the film is an opera-intoxicated 18-year old mail carrier wh... Read more

Divine Madness (1980)

7/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Bette Midler

Bette Midler's dynamic and bawdy live show 'Divine Madness' was filmed with ten cameras to create this electrifying film. Featuring such musical hits... Read more

Divine Trash (1998)

7.8/10
Director: Steve Yeager
Starring: Divine, Jim Jarmusch, Mink Stole, Steve Buscemi, John Waters, Paul Morrissey

Get the lowdown (and we mean low down!) on one of the most infamous films of all time, John Waters' 1972 cult classic "Pink Flamingos", in this acclai... Read more

Django Unchained (2012)

8.4/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Dennis Christopher, Don Johnson, James Remar, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Parks,...

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the bullets fly fast and furious in this Oscar-winning tribute to the spaghetti westerns of the '60s and '7... Read more