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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".

Mandy (Blu-Ray) (2018)

6.7/10
Director: Panos Cosmatos
Starring: Bill Duke, Linus Roache, Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Richard Brake, Ned De...

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

Manhunter (1986)

7.2/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox

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

Maniac Cop (1988)

6/10
Director: William Lustig
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Sheree North, Richard Roundtree

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

Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)

1.9/10
Director: Harold P Warren
Starring: Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Mahree, Hal Warren

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

Marihuana - The Devil's Weed (1936)

Director: Dwain Esper
Starring: Harley Wood, Gloria Browne, Pat Carlyle, Juanita Crosland

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

Marnie (1964)

7.2/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker

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

Martin (1976)

8.4/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest

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

Mata Hari (1985)

3.2/10
Director: Curtis Harrington
Starring: Gottfried John, Oliver Tobias, Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove

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

Meet the Feebles (1990)

6.7/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Harry, Bletch, Heidi

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

Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (2009)

2.5/10
Director: Jack Perez
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Deborah Gibson, Vic Chao, Sean Lawlor, Dean Kreyling

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