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".
Pretty Poison (1968)
7.2/10
Director: Noel Black
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland
Anthony Perkins plays the psychotic who persuades a naive girl that he works for the CIA. Soon it becomes unclear though who is manipulating whom, as... Read more
Prime Cut (1972)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek
Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and a young Sissy Spacek star in a rough and tumble, misanthropic crime thriller with an unmistakably '70's feel. Marvin pla... Read more
Prince of Darkness (Blu-Ray) (1987)
6.7/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Alice Cooper, Dennis Dun, Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong, Jameson Pa...
Poking around in a church cellar, a priest (Donald Pleasence) finds an otherworldly vial filled with slime. Frightened, he brings his discovery to a c... Read more
Princess Raccoon (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Jo Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru
To lovers of romance, there is nothing unusual in the story of how Amechiyo, an exiled prince, meets the exotic and mysterious girl, Tanuki-hime, in t... Read more
Privilege (1967)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Watkins
Starring: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton
Steven Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, is loved by millions; his approval or endorsement can guide the choices and actions of the masses. Bu... Read more
Problemista (2023)
6.8/10
Director: Julio Torres
Starring: RZA , Tilda Swinton, Isabella Rossellini
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job a... Read more
Project X (2012)
6.7/10
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Miles Teller
It's Thomas Kubb's 17th birthday and all he wants to do is throw a small party with some friends to help raise his social status and maybe even get lu... Read more
Promising Young Woman (2020)
7.5/10
Director: Emerald Fennell
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Adam Brody, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Bo Burnham
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path. Read more
Protectors of the Universe (1983)
Director: Larry M. Jackson
In the far reach of space, a new star evokes. At that very moment, a horrible roaring sweeps across the universe. This sudden roaring, like a helpless... Read more
Psych-Out / The Trip (1967)
Director: Richard Rush, Roger Corman
Starring: Adam Roarke, Bruce Dern, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fo...
Psych-Out - Jenny Davis (Susan Strasberg) is a deaf young woman who has run away from home to search for her missing brother. Arriving in the hippie-f... Read more