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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".

Perdita Durango (1998)

Director: Alex De La Iglesia
Starring: Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Don Stroud, James Gandolfini

Aka "Dance with the Devil". Another twisted treat from the Director of "Accion Mutante". This sequel of sorts to "Wild at Heart" (where Isabella Rosse... Read more

Performance (1970)

7/10
Director: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
Starring: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg

Mick Jagger is Turner, a burnt-out rock star, in this mind-boggling study of consciousness and identity where nothing is true and everything is permit... Read more

Perversion Story (1969)

Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Elsa Martinelli, Faith Domergue, Jean Sorel, John Ireland, Marisa Mell

Jean Sorel stars as an arrogant San Francisco doctor trapped between his sultry mistress (Elsa Martinelli) and an amoral stripper (Marisa Mell) who be... Read more

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)

7.4/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper

Outrageous horror-rock comedy retelling of 'Phantom Of The Opera' features pop musician Paul Williams as a notorious record tycoon who sells his soul... Read more

Phil The Alien (2004)

5.3/10
Director: Rob Stefaniuk
Starring: Rob Stefaniuk, Boyd Banks, Christopher Barry

Phil, an alien, crashes into a small town in Northern Ontario, befriends a young boy, and a super-intelligent beaver, and quickly develops a heavy dri... Read more

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

7.6/10
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse

A spellbinding mystery set in 1900 and filmed with stunning beauty, about a group of schoolgirls, some of whom mysteriously disappear on a St. Valenti... Read more

Picnic at Hanging Rock ( Blu-ray ) (1975)

7.6/10
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Rachel Roberts

St. Valentine's Day, 1900. On a beautiful summer day, a party of Australian schoolgirls from an exclusive finishing school prepare for an excursion to... Read more

Piggy Banks (2004)

Director: Morgan J Freeman
Starring: Lauren German, Gabriel Mann, Jake Muxworthy, Tom Sizemore, Kelli Garner

Tom Sizemore plays an itinerant thief and murderer who has raised his two sons to follow in his footsteps. While Michael enjoys his vocation, John ha... Read more

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

8/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Christine Hargreaves, Bob Hoskins, Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof stars as Pink, the burned-out rock star slowly going out of control. Conceived and written by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, with animation by... Read more

Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)

Director: James Cameron
Starring: Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen

Aka "Piranha II: Flying Killers". Call Mrs Paul!! Call Mr Limpet!! Killer fish are on the loose and there'll be halibut to pay!! The beaches run red w... Read more