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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".

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)

6.8/10
Director: Liam Lynch
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed, Ronnie James Dio, Troy Gentile

The self-proclaimed 'greatest band in the world' attempt to convince the rest of the world of their superstar status, embarking on a rock-musical odys... Read more

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

6.2/10
Director: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Tomoko Ai, Katsumasa Uchida

Aliens rebuild Mechagodzilla with the help of a demented scientist who has discovered a creature called Titanosaurus, which they intend to team up to... Read more

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

7/10
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring: Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomoroh Taguchi

Compared to the work of Lynch and Cronenberg, telling the strange tale of a man's gradual metamorphosis into a synergy of flesh and metal. Tomoroh Tag... Read more

Thanatomorphose (2012)

4.7/10
Director: Eric Falardeau
Starring: Kayden Rose, David Tousignant, Emile Beaudry, Karine Picard

A Cronenbergian smorgasbord of rancid flesh and sexual gratification, Thanatomporphose (Hellenic word meaning the visible signs of an organism's decom... Read more

That Hamilton Woman (1941)

7.3/10
Director: Alexander Korda
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray

AKA 'Lady Hamilton'. An excellent film about Nelson's lifelong relationship with Emma Hamilton that is somewhat glamorised and stiff but generally ex... Read more

That'll Be The Day (1973)

6.7/10
Director: Claude Whatham
Starring: David Essex, Billy Fury, Rosemary Leach, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon

Tells the story of a young man (David Essex) growing up in the dreary working-class world of Britain who comes of age and finds his proper outlet in t... Read more

That'll Be The Day (1973) / Stardust (1974)

Director: Michael Apted
Starring: David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Keith Moon, Rosemary Leach, Ringo Starr,...

'That'll Be The Day' tells the story of a young man (David Essex) growing up in the dreary working-class world of Britain who comes of age and finds h... Read more

The 10th Victim (1965)

6.6/10
Director: Elio Petri
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli

In the 21st Century, where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress agrees to kill a "victim" to get a major... Read more

The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971)

7.2/10
Director: Robert Fuest
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Peter Jeffrey, Vincent Price, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas, Virgi...

Meet Doctor Phibes: a one-time concert musician who's now an all-time crazed murderer. In this clever, crypt-kicking classic, horror meister Vincent P... Read more

The Acid House (1998)

6.3/10
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Martin Clunes

Three short stories. 'The Granton Star Cause' finds a lad living at home with his parents. He has a gorgeous girlfriend and he's the star player in th... Read more