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".
Friday Foster (1975)
6/10
Director: Arthur Marks
Starring: Carl Weathers, Eartha Kitt, Pam Grier, Scatman Crothers, Yaphet Kotto, Thalmus R...
Statuesque action star Pam Grier is supremely cast as comic-strip heroine Friday Foster. A free-lance photographer with an insatiable thirst for adven... Read more
Fright Night (Blu-Ray) (1985)
7.1/10
Director: Tom Holland
Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall
Teenage Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) is a horror-film junkie, so it's no surprise that, when a reclusive new neighbor named Jerry Dandridge (Ch... Read more
Frightmare (1974)
4.2/10
Director: Pete Walker
Starring: Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Leo Genn
'Frigthmare' is Britain's answer to 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. This is the film that gave director Pete Walker his notorious reputation. 'Fright... Read more
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
7.3/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Salma Hayek, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, C...
Director Robert Rodriguez and star-screenwriter Quentin Tarantino throw in everything they can think of in this tale of a pair of bank-robbing brother... Read more
Funny Games (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart
Michael Haneke remakes his own controversial suburban ennui-meets-home invasion thriller with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth as the bored couple who find th... Read more
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
7.6/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through... Read more
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Blu-ray) (2024)
7.6/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through... Read more
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
7.7/10
Starring: Billy West, Phil LaMarr, Katey Sagal, Coolio, Sarah Silverman, Mark Hamill, Al...
Matt Groening thrills fans of his cult animated comedy with this feature-length movie about, well, evil alien telemarketers, a tattoo on Fry's backsid... Read more
Gas-s-s-s (1970)
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Bud Cort, Cindy Williams, Robert Corff, Ben Vereen
Aka: "Gas! or: It Became Necessary to Destroy The World in Order to Save it". Odd hippy stuff about a gas that kills everyone on Earth over 25 years o... Read more
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
7.2/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell form a unique duo in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', one of the classic musicals of the 1950's. Featuring Marilyn's rendit... Read more