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".
Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)
5.3/10
Director: Christian Duguay
A young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, power-crazed villain after she takes an experimental drug developed by her fat... Read more
Scarface (1983)
8.3/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, Steven...
One-time 'Godfather' Al Pacino returns to his screen beginnings with a bravura performance in the title role of this modern take on Howard Hawks' 1932... Read more
Scarface ( Blu-ray ) (1983)
8.3/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, Steven...
One-time 'Godfather' Al Pacino returns to his screen beginnings with a bravura performance in the title role of this modern take on Howard Hawks' 1932... Read more
Scarlet Diva (2000)
5.2/10
Director: Asia Argento
Starring: Asia Argento, Jean Sheppard, Herbert Fritsch, Gian Luca Arcopinto
A semi-autobiographical tale from Asia Argento, daughter of the famous cult director, Dario. Asia not only directs, but stars, as Anna Battista, a ri... Read more
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Michael Cera, Brando...
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), whose life of garage band practice and other laid-back pursuits is turned upside-down when he... Read more
Scott Pilgrim vs the World ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Michael Cera, Anna K...
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), whose life of garage band practice and other laid-back pursuits is turned upside-down when he... Read more
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
5.6/10
Director: Bob Kelljan
Starring: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier
'The black prince of shadows stalks the earth again'. An occult ritual summons vampire William Marshall from spirit exile, and only the occult skills... Read more
Seconds (1966)
7.7/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer
Rock Hudson is a revelation in this sinister, science-fiction-inflected dispatch from the fractured 1960s. "Seconds", directed by John Frankenheimer,... Read more
Seconds (Blu-Ray) (1966)
7.7/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: John Randolph, Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, Will Geer
Rock Hudson is a revelation in this sinister, science-fiction-inflected dispatch from the fractured 1960s. "Seconds", directed by John Frankenheimer,... Read more
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
7.8/10
Director: Mac Carter
Starring: David Cronenberg, Frank Langella, George Reeves, Margot Kidder, Pat Boone, Sam H...
What personal tragedy helped inspire the creation of Superman? What pop phenomenon put Batman back on the cultural radar? What changes to Wonder Woman... Read more