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".
8/10
David Lynch pulls out all the stops, upends all expectations, and, well, goes all Lynchian in this maniacal, mind-bending mix of Hollywood satire, fil... Read more
8/10
A dark-haired woman (Laura Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an ap... Read more
6.1/10
Social misfit Christopher figures he'll be home alone on Halloween when he finds an invitation to a 'murder party'. He slaps together a cardboard cost... Read more
7.8/10
A beautifully directed American classic about Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) leading to the inevitable gunfight at the O.K.... Read more
6.3/10
B-movie icon Bruce Campbell directs and plays himself in this horror/comedy in which he is abducted by deluded fans of the 'Evil Dead' series and take... Read more
4.3/10
Most critics consider this one of the worst films ever made. Blessed with a star-studded cast (Rex Reed, Mae West, Raquel Welch and John Huston) and b... Read more
7.4/10
Blast off on the Satellite of Love with Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow in the big-screen version of the hilarious TV series, as they wisecrack their... Read more
6.8/10
In this stylish, supernatural thriller a pair of twin brother and sister vampires haunt contemporary New York. Full of dead-pan black humour and execu... Read more
7.1/10
William S. Burroughs' 1959 free-form, underground classic is brought to the screen weaving elements of the author's life with the fictional material.... Read more
7.6/10
Abel Gance's original 1927 masterpiece is a must-see not only for silent film buffs, but for all interested in classic world cinema. You are taken fro... Read more