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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".

Something Weird (1967)

5.3/10
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Starring: Tony McCabe, Elizabeth Lee, Ted Heil, William Brooker, Mudite Arums

A boiling, bizarre tale of a mad love that crashes through the supernatural! When an electrical accident disfigures the face of Cronin Mitchell, he al... Read more

Sons of the Desert (1933)

7.7/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch

Laurel and Hardy attend a convention of the fraternal order of the Sons of the Desert without letting their wives know the real reason for their absen... Read more

Sorority Girl (1957)

5.4/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, June Kenny

The Shock-by-Shock Confessions of a SORORITY GIRL! Smart... Pretty... And All Bad! How far would you go for your revenge? Meet Sabra Tanner, a poor-li... Read more

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

6.9/10
Director: Boots Riley
Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Terry Crews, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie...

In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, California, telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magica... Read more

Southland Tales (2006)

5.5/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Bai Ling, Christopher Lambert, John Larroquette, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Smith, Mirand...

Richard Kelly's ("Donnie Darko") complex and offbeat blend of sci-fi and comedy focuses on a disparate group of people living in a not-too-distant, po... Read more

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

5.4/10
Director: Lamont Johnson
Starring: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside, Andrea Marcovicci

Three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to r... Read more

Spanking the Monkey (1994)

6.3/10
Director: David O Russell
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson, Benjamin Hendrickson

Just your average black comedy about masturbation and incest. A bright teenager is told by his travelling-salesman father that he must sacrifice his... Read more

Spectres of the Spectrum (1999)

6.4/10
Director: Craig Baldwin
Starring: Sean Kilkoyne, Caroline Koebel

Mixing bizarre narration with footage taken from educational films, vintage TV shows, cartoons, commercials, and early cinematic works, filmmaker Crai... Read more

Spider Baby (1964)

Director: Jack Hill
Starring: Lon Chaney Jr, Carol Ohmart, Sid Haig

A.k.a. 'The Liver Eaters', 'The Maddest Story Ever Told'. Lon Chaney Jr is the manservant to a family of cannibals in this low budget horror comedy. L... Read more

Spring (2014)

6.7/10
Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Francesco Carnelutti, Nick Nevern

Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker star in this horror romance directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead ("Resolution"). After the tragic death of h... Read more