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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".

The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)

4.6/10
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene

Christopher Lee is the mysterious Asian madman Fu Manchu, plotting world domination from his secret headquarters underneath the Amazon rainforest. Fu... Read more

The Bloody Judge (1969)

5.3/10
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Maria Schell, Maria Rohm, Margaret Lee

Based loosely on the real life witch-hunting exploits of Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys (Christopher Lee) in the late 17th century. When a young woman i... Read more

The Blues Brothers (1980)

7.9/10
Director: John Landis
Starring: Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Belushi, James Brown, Henry Gibson, Dan Aykro...

Engagingly nutty comedy about John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd trying to raise money to save an orphanage by reuniting their old band and nearly destroyin... Read more

The Body Beneath (1970)

4.3/10
Director: Andy Milligan
Starring: Susan Heard, Gavin Reed

This Andy Milligan England-based period horror tale of undead depravity follows a reverend who is the patriarch of a family of vampires looking for so... Read more

The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)

5.9/10
Director: William Witney
Starring: Dorothy Provine, Richard Bakalyan, Jack Hogan

Dorothy Provine gives her all to the title role in this original re-telling of the Bonnie and Clyde legend. Billed in the picture's ad campaign as "th... Read more

The Boondock Saints (1999)

7.8/10
Director: Troy Duffy
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly

A clever, funny, high energy tale focusing on two Irish brothers in Boston who become, by accident, the "saints" of the neighbourhood by killing some... Read more

The Box (2009)

5.6/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, James Marsden, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne

In 1976, a cash-strapped suburban couple (Cameron Diaz and James Marsden) receive a gift of a simple wooden box with a single button on it. A mysterio... Read more

The Brain Eaters (1958)

4/10
Director: Bruno Vesota
Starring: Ed Nelson, Alan Frost

Strange things are happening in Riverdale, Illinois. A mysterious cone, 50-feet tall by 50-feet across at its base, is discovered sticking out of the... Read more

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Director: James Whale
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester

Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) makes a bride for his creature (Boris Karloff), and all hell breaks loose. Arguably better than the orginal - both emot... Read more

The Brown Bunny (2003)

5/10
Director: Vincent Gallo
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Vincent Gallo, Cheryl Tiegs

Vincent Gallo wrote, directed, shot, edited and starred in his second directorial effort. A haunting abstract road movie about a man in a van travell... Read more