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".
Easy Rider ( Blu-ray ) (1969)
7.4/10
Director: Dennis Hopper
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Peter Fonda, Phil Spector
Counter-culture road movie with Dennis Hopper (also directing) and Peter Fonda getting out their choppers to travel across the Southwest. On their way... Read more
Eat the Rich (1987)
6/10
Director: Peter Richardson
Starring: Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Kathy Burke, Robbie Coltrane, Katri...
In direct opposition to the advice of Jonathan Swift, (whose 'Modest Proposal' of 1729, suggested the Irish poor sell their children as livestock to e... Read more
Eating Raoul (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Paul Bartel
Starring: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltran
Characterized as a 'dextrous, beautifully timed, macabre comedy of manners which tackles kinky sex, economics, gourmet cooking, modern marriage, and e... Read more
Ed Wood (1994)
7.9/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jon...
From Hollywood's acclaimed director Tim Burton comes the offbeat, true-life story of Hollywood's worst director, Ed Wood. Superstar Johnny Depp portr... Read more
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
6.9/10
Director: Martin Davidson
Starring: Tom Berenger, Michael Pare, Joe Pantoliano, Ellen Barkin
In the early 1960's, Eddie Wilson (Michael Pare) and his band, The Cruisers, enjoyed a brief fling with success, but their career came to a halt when... Read more
Educational Archive: Social Engineering 101 (2003)
Discover how to fit in, keep clean, choose between right and wrong and behave yourself in the cafateria. Proper social etiquette is the recurring the... Read more
Eegah! (1962)
2.2/10
Director: Arch Hall
Starring: Arch Hall Jr, Richard Kiel, Marilyn Manning
Long criticised for it's inept amateurishness, "Eegah!" tells the story of a gigantic Neanderthal who has managed to survive into modern times living... Read more
El Topo (1971)
7.5/10
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky
Aka "The Mole." "I ask of film what most North Americans' ask of psychedelic drugs" said Writer, Director and star Alexandro Jodorowsky of this stunni... Read more
Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
7.2/10
Director: James William Guercio
Starring: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitchell Ryan
The only thing good-hearted motorcycle cop John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) wants is to become a detective - to wear a big Stetson, smoke fancy cigars... Read more
Electra Glide in Blue ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.2/10
Director: James William Guercio
Starring: Billy Green Bush, Robert Blake
The only thing good-hearted motorcycle cop John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) wants is to become a detective - to wear a big Stetson, smoke fancy cigars... Read more