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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".

Queen of Outer Space (1958)

4.6/10
Director: Edward Bernds
Starring: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Lisa Davis

A camp masterpiece about a group of astronauts who land on Venus and discover a civilization populated by voluptuous women, including gossamer-gowned... Read more

Rabid Grannies (1989)

4.8/10
Director: Emmanuel Kervyn
Starring: Danielle Daven, Anne Marie Fox, Jack Mayar, Elliot Lison

It's off to your grandmother's house we go for "Rabid Grannies", the blood spattered tale of two little old ladies who open a surprise package from he... Read more

Race With The Devil (1975)

6.6/10
Director: Jack Starrett
Starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit

After two vacationing couples travelling from Texas to Colorado witness a satanic cult's human sacrifice they must flee in their RV, with the murderou... Read more

Radar Men from the Moon: Volume 1 (1952)

4.5/10
Director: Fred Brannon
Starring: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Blakewell, Clayton Moore

Chapters 1-6 (of 12). A string of mysterious bombings striking at our nation's defense systems precipitates the call for the invincible Commando Cody... Read more

Radar Men from the Moon: Volume 2 (1952)

4.5/10
Director: Fred Brannon
Starring: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Blakewell, Clayton Moore

Chapters 7-12 (of 12). A string of mysterious bombings striking at our nation's defense systems precipitates the call for the invincible Commando Cody... Read more

Raising Arizona (1987)

7.4/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Nicolas Cage, William Forsythe, Randall Tex Cobb

Riotous comedy caper from Joel and Ethan Coen about an infertile couple (ex-con Nicolas Cage and policewoman Holly Hunter) who desperately want childr... Read more

Rancho Deluxe (1974)

6.4/10
Director: Frank Perry
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Clifton James, Slim Pickens, Harry Dean Stanton, El...

A curious, off-beat comedy western, with a tangible charm thanks largely to charismatic stars, Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston. They're a couple of mo... Read more

Re-Animator (1985)

7.2/10
Director: Stuart Gordon
Starring: Bruce Abbott, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson

This stylishly grotesque and gory filming of H.P. Lovecraft's 'Herbert West, Re-Animator' hits the mark, as we follow a brilliant young medical studen... Read more

Re-Animator ( Blu-ray ) (1985)

7.2/10
Director: Stuart Gordon
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson

This stylishly grotesque and gory filming of H.P. Lovecraft's 'Herbert West, Re-Animator' hits the mark, as we follow a brilliant young medical studen... Read more

Rebel Rousers (1970)

3.8/10
Director: Martin B Cohen
Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Harry Dean Stanton

Filmed in 1967 and not released until three years later, after the success of "Easy Rider", this film focuses on a philosophising leader of a pack of... Read more