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".
Overlord (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Julius Avery
Starring: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, John Magaro, Pilou Asbaek, Bokeem Woodbine, Jacob An...
On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines to penetrate the walls of a fortified church and destroy a radio transmitter. As th... Read more
Overlord (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Julius Avery
Starring: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, John Magaro, Pilou Asbaek, Bokeem Woodbine, Jacob An...
On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines to penetrate the walls of a fortified church and destroy a radio transmitter. As th... Read more
Pacific Banana (1981)
4.8/10
Director: John D Lamond
Starring: Graeme Blundell, Robin Stewart, Luan Peters, Deborah Gray, Alyson Best
Martin (Graeme Blundell) has got a little problem that keeps getting bigger all the time...and the girls will go to any lengths to help him stand up f... Read more
Palindromes (2004)
6.8/10
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Adly-Guirgis, Emani Sledge, Valerie...
Todd Solondz' new film begins with the funeral of his beloved 'Welcome to the Dollhouse' character, Dawn Wiener. Touching on the same raw-nerve subje... Read more
Pandora's Box (1929)
8/10
Director: G W Pabst
Starring: Franz Lederer, Fritz Kortner, Louise Brooks
A silent German masterpiece based on Wedekind's play, with an unforgettable Louise Brooks in her unforgettable haircut as Lulu, the innocent vamp whos... Read more
Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
7/10
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Tiny creatures called "Parasites" have arrived on Earth with the sole purpose of taking over human brains and preying on mankind. When one of them lat... Read more
Pecker (1998)
6.4/10
Director: John Waters
Starring: Patricia Hurst, Mink Stole, Martha Plimpton, Lili Taylor, Edward Furlong, Christ...
Edward Furlong is Pecker, a happy-go-lucky, camera obsessed Baltimore teen who loves taking pictures of life as he sees it. He is "discovered" and bec... Read more
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton
You want some fresh air? Here it is! Pee-wee Herman goes on an adventure to recover his most important possession - a bicycle stolen by some nasties.... Read more
Peeping Tom (1960)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Brenda Bruce
Director Michael Powell's disturbing and fascinating cinema experiment in fear was denounced when first released but has gone on to become a cult clas... Read more
Peeping Tom (Blu-ray) (1960)
7.7/10
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Brenda Bruce
Director Michael Powell's disturbing and fascinating cinema experiment in fear was denounced when first released but has gone on to become a cult clas... Read more