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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".

King Kong (1933)

7.9/10
Director: Ernest B Schoedsack, Merian C Cooper
Starring: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot

He is billed as "the eighth wonder of the world" and, in the sixty years since the movie's release, animator Willis O'Brien's awesome creature has all... Read more

King of Hearts (1967)

7.5/10
Director: Philippe De Broca
Starring: Alan Bates, Francoise Christophe, Genevieve Bujold, Pierre Brasseur

A Scottish World War I explosive expert (Alan Bates) is sent to a French town abandoned by everyone except the escaped inmates from an asylum. This ra... Read more

King of the Rocket Men (1949)

7.2/10
Director: Fred Brannon
Starring: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, House Peters Jnr

Ray guns! Evil scientists!! Ransoms!!! New York City at bay!!!! All this and much more in this ultra-exciting series in twelve death-defying episodes... Read more

Kingdom Of The Spiders (1977)

5.9/10
Director: John Bud Cardos
Starring: William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode

One of the best nature-run-amok films, thanks to a realistic, intelligent approach in it's story of tarantulas massing against humans in an American S... Read more

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)

7.6/10
Director: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen

From Shane Black, the man who wrote the book on buddy flicks - kicking off the "Lethal Weapon" series, comes this astonishing and hilarious directoria... Read more

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang ( Blu-ray ) (2005)

7.6/10
Director: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Corbin Bernsen, Michelle Monaghan

From Shane Black, the man who wrote the book on buddy flicks - kicking off the "Lethal Weapon" series, comes this astonishing and hilarious directoria... Read more

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

7.7/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart

Mickey Spillane's pugnacious private eye, Mike Hammer, becomes involved with femmes fatale, diabolical doctors and, perhaps, the end of the world cour... Read more

Knightriders (1981)

6.4/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini

Knightriders is the story of a troupe of motorcyclists who are members of a travelling renaissance faire. They move from town to town, staging joustin... Read more

Krull (Blu-Ray) (1983)

6.1/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Trevor Martin, Be...

On the planet of Krull, an evil creature called the Beast decimates the world's army and kidnaps the lovely Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony), who is d... Read more

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Leung Siu Lung, Dong Zhi Hua

Charismatic Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow's ('Shaolin Soccer') frenetically paced martial arts spoof is a delirious mix of quickfire gags, surr... Read more