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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 Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919)

Director: Robert Weine
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover

Set in a little village on the Dutch border, fairground hypnotist Dr Caligari puts on show a somnambulist called Cesare who has been asleep for 23 yea... Read more

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Blu-ray) (1919)

7.6/10
Director: Robert Weine
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover

Set in a little village on the Dutch border, fairground hypnotist Dr Caligari puts on show a somnambulist called Cesare who has been asleep for 23 yea... Read more

The Candy Snatchers (1973)

6.5/10
Director: Guerdon Trueblood
Starring: Tiffany Bolling, Brad David, Christophe Trueblood, Ben Piazza, Bonnie Boland, Vi...

Three depraved criminals kidnap 16-year-old Candy (Susan Sennet) and bury her alive, demanding a ransom from her father. When Dad refuses to pay, the... Read more

The Castle Of Fu Manchu (1969)

2.7/10
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Maria Perschy, Tsai Chin

Christopher Lee portrays the sinister Asian genius, who terrorizes the globe by threatening to freeze the world's water supply with his latest inventi... Read more

The Changeling (1980)

7.3/10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh

George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere star in a thriller that challenges the viewer to solve its mystery. It's a haunted house adventure complete with... Read more

The Chumscrubber (2005)

7/10
Director: Arie Posin
Starring: Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Glenn Close, Rory Culkin, Tim DeKay,...

When disaffected teen, Dean (Jamie Bell), discovers the body of his friend hanging in his bedroom, he doesn't bother telling any adults as he doesn't... Read more

The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

5.4/10
Director: Michael Chapman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, James Remar, Pamela Reed

The Neanderthal drama based on Jean Auel's popular novel casts Daryl Hannah as a beautiful outcast shunned by her tribe of swarthy cavemen. Determined... Read more

The Committee (1968)

6.3/10
Director: Peter Sykes
Starring: Robert Lloyd, Paul Jones

This independent black-and-white film noir stars Paul Jones of Manfred Mann fame and is a unique and controversial document of Britain in the 1960s. A... Read more

The Company of Wolves (1984)

6.7/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Brian Glover, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Sarah Patterson, St...

The tangled forest is misty with mystery, the thatched cottages are cute and quaint, and the dashing rogues are devious charmers, but this revision of... Read more

The Complete Dr Phibes (Blu-ray) (1971)

7.1/10
Director: Robert Fuest
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Peter Jeffrey, Vincent Price, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas, Virgi...

The Abominable Dr Phibes: 1971 - Meet Doctor Phibes: a one-time concert musician who's now an all-time crazed murderer. In this clever, crypt-kicking... Read more