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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".

Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom (Blu-Ray) (1975)

6/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto P Quintavalle, Aldo Valetti

Nazi-Fascist Northern Italy, 1943-44. Four senior members of government, aided by henchmen and Nazi soldiers, kidnap a group of young men and women. T... Read more

Samson (1961)

6.3/10
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Starring: Brad Harris, Brigitte Corey, Alan Steel

Bodybuilder Brad Harris brings down the house as the strongman of Old Testament fame, splitting tree trunks with his bare hands, tackling whole legion... Read more

Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1963)

Director: Riccardo Freda
Starring: Gordon Scott, Yoko Tani

In the 13th Century, hordes of sadistic Mongol warriors descend upon China, enslaving the people and plotting to defile and assassinate the virgin pri... Read more

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

2.6/10
Director: Nicholas Webster
Starring: John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Pia Zadora

A really bad film shot on a low budget in an abandoned Long Island airport hangar about two children kidnapped by Martians to advise on their domestic... Read more

Santa Sangre (1989)

7.7/10
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell

Unforgettable imagery is used to tell the story of two circus performers, an armless woman and her insane son who acts as his mother's hands. Jodorows... Read more

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

6.8/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Karen Lynn Gorney, John Travolta, Barry Miller

John Travolta, in an Oscar-nominated role, is Tony Manero, a paint store employee by day and a disco dancing legend by night. However, the streets of... Read more

Saturday Night Fever ( Blu-ray ) (1977)

6.8/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Barry Miller, John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney

John Travolta, in an Oscar-nominated role, is Tony Manero, a paint store employee by day and a disco dancing legend by night. However, the streets of... Read more

Saturday Night Fever/Staying Alive (1977)

6.8/10
Director: John Badham, Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Karen Lynn Gorney, John Travolta, Barry Miller, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes

Saturday Night Fever (1977) John Travolta, in an Oscar-nominated role, is Tony Manero, a paint store employee by day and a disco dancing legend by ni... Read more

Scanners (1980)

6.8/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan

David Cronenberg directs this explosive tale of mind control and the powers that exist to govern and observe its application. Patrick McGoohan ('The P... Read more

Scanners II: The New Order (1991)

6.8/10
Director: Christian Duguay
Starring: David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin

A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners. Read more