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".
6.7/10
In the Pacific Northwest in 1983, outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely... Read more
7.2/10
From the novel 'Red Dragon' by Thomas Harris ('The Silence of the Lambs', 'Hannibal') comes this thriller about a neurotic FBI agent specialising in s... Read more
6/10
A maniacal murderer has taken to the streets sporting the uniform of New York's finest and the police force is being torn apart. A taut and explicit h... Read more
1.9/10
Everything that can go wrong does on a young couple's terrifying vacation. Lost and unable to find an inn, they stop at the door of a mysterious house... Read more
Reefer turns a good girl into a heroin-selling slut in the delirious, over-the-top non-masterpiece that is 'Marihuana - The Devil's Weed'. This film t... Read more
7.2/10
This story of habitual thief (Tippi Hedren) whose employer (Sean Connery) is determined to understand her illness was considered a misfire in 1964...... Read more
8.4/10
Martin believes he may be an 84-year-old Romanian vampire without fangs. So, naturally, he uses razor blades to extract blood. A grand mixture of hor... Read more
3.2/10
Star of a slew of erotica films (most famously 'Emmanuelle'), Sylvia Kristel now takes on the role of real-life seductress Mata Hari. Hari was an exot... Read more
6.7/10
From that gross but sensational director of 'Bad Taste' comes this 'Sluppet' movie. The film revolves around the famous 'Feebles Variety Massacre' - t... Read more
2.5/10
Ludicrously shonky creature feature with two gigantic prehistoric sea critters released from their icy slumber in very bad moods. Giant Octopus goes f... Read more