Fervid Filmmaking: 66 Cult Pictures of Vision, Verve and No Self-Restraint

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1. All About Evil (2010)

Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Horror

A woman screens snuff films disguised as horror films to great success at her movie theater, until a high school student learns that the murders are real.

Director: Joshua Grannell | Stars: Jack Donner, Mikayla Rosario, Robin Calvert, Julie Caitlin Brown

Votes: 1,982

2. Anguish (1987)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.

Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Àngel Jové

Votes: 4,307 | Gross: $0.23M

3. Animal Room (1995)

R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller

Cynical and intelligent Arnold Mosk, a known drug user, is put into a disciplinary program at his high school meant for the seriously disturbed where he becomes the main target of the psychopathic Doug Van Housen and his gang.

Director: Craig Singer | Stars: Ryan Payne Bell, Dechen Thurman, Eddie Malavarca, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 425

4. The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History

Plagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey

Votes: 4,993

5. Banned (1989)

97 min | Comedy, Horror

A mellow jazz guitarist is possessed by the ghost of a wild punk rocker

Director: Roberta Findlay | Stars: Amy Brentano, Fred Cabral, Roger Coleman, Victor Competiello

Votes: 57

6. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

M | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In post-nuclear-holocaust England, a handful of bizarre characters struggles on with their lives in the ruins, among endless heaps of ash, piles of broken crockery and brick, muddy plains, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

Votes: 2,582

7. Bitch Slap (2009)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

19 Metascore

Three bad girls travel to a remote desert hideaway to steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.

Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Michael Hurst

Votes: 14,155 | Gross: $0.02M

8. The Blood Shed (2007)

Not Rated | 73 min | Horror

A sweet little tale about your average inbred, hillbilly, cannibal family residing in the northern part of New Jersey and how they deal with the day-to-day annoyances of encroaching suburbia.

Director: Alan Rowe Kelly | Stars: Susan Adriensen, Victoria Bensen, Tom Burns, Zoe Daelman Chlanda

Votes: 304

9. The Boneyard (1991)

R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror

Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner's building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madness.

Director: James Cummins | Stars: Ed Nelson, Deborah Rose, Norman Fell, James Eustermann

Votes: 1,712

10. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991 TV Movie)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

In a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Fred Ward, David Warner, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown

Votes: 4,842

11. Coonskin (1974)

R | 100 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Barry White, Charles Gordone, Scatman Crothers, Philip Michael Thomas

Votes: 3,750

12. Deadwood Park (2007)

Not Rated | 117 min | Horror, Mystery

The small community of Eidolon Crossing once boasted a flourishing economy and great prosperity, fueled by Dogwood Park, an amusement park at the edge of town. Then the child murders began.... See full summary »

Director: Eric Stanze | Stars: William Clifton, Lindsey Luscri, Bryan Lane, Jason Allen Wolfe

Votes: 506

13. Death Watch (1980)

R | 117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard

Votes: 3,464

14. Dr. Caligari (1989)

R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The granddaughter of an infamous doctor experiments with hormone and shock therapies at her asylum for the insane.

Director: Stephen Sayadian | Stars: Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris, Laura Albert, Jennifer Balgobin

Votes: 1,455

15. The Dueling Accountant (2008)

Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy

When a lonely accountant reluctantly agrees to fight a sword duel, he is thrown into a world of intrigue and romance as he faces a scheming heiress, a deadly opponent, vengeful Gypsies and secrets from the past.

Director: Peter Bishai | Stars: Jeremy Fonicello, Jenifer Krater, Matt Beckham, Ronald Guttman

Votes: 18

16. Dynamite Chicken (1971)

R | 76 min | Comedy

A collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies, but more a general patchwork than a purposeful collection.

Director: Ernest Pintoff | Stars: Richard Pryor, Ace Trucking Company, Patti Deutsch, Michael Mislove

Votes: 247

17. Fearless Frank (1967)

G | 83 min | Fantasy, Comedy

A satirical comedy about an unsophisticated country boy who treks off to Chicago, Illinois, gets shot by mobsters, and awakens to find that he has the powers of Superman.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Monique van Vooren, Jon Voight, Joan Darling, Severn Darden

Votes: 365

18. The Final Programme (1973)

R | 81 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A trio of scientists plan to create a self-replicating, immortal, hermaphrodite using the Final Programme developed by a dead, Nobel Prize-winning scientist.

Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Sterling Hayden, Harry Andrews

Votes: 1,079

19. Forbidden Zone (1980)

R | 74 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

64 Metascore

The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.

Director: Richard Elfman | Stars: Gene Cunningham, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Phil Gordon

Votes: 5,446

20. Get Crazy (1983)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Music

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards

Votes: 1,484 | Gross: $1.65M

21. G-Men from Hell (2000)

PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate.

Director: Christopher Coppola | Stars: William Forsythe, Tate Donovan, Bobcat Goldthwait, Barry Newman

Votes: 428

22. Head (1968)

G | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

The Monkees frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing surreal humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith

Votes: 6,943

23. Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! (2003 Video)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Recent college graduate Herman Schumacher has just taken up residence in an apparently great house with apparently great roommates. But all is not well. Why did the roommate Herman replaced... See full summary »

Director: Josh Miller | Stars: Pat Casey, Andy 'Hippa' Kriss, Maria A. Morales, N. David Prestwood

Votes: 243

24. His Kind of Woman (1951)

Approved | 120 min | Action, Crime, Film-Noir

A deported gangster's plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.

Directors: John Farrow, Richard Fleischer | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt

Votes: 4,962

25. I Sell the Dead (2008)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

62 Metascore

A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.

Director: Glenn McQuaid | Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm

Votes: 11,200 | Gross: $0.01M

26. I Love You, I Love You (1968)

91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

After attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories.

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac, Alain MacMoy

Votes: 3,276 | Gross: $0.06M

27. Jubilee (1978)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

79 Metascore

Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.

Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County

Votes: 3,703

28. The Land of College Prophets (2005)

83 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Two belligerent college students accidently reactivate a toxic wishing well, setting off a series of events that brings havoc to a small community.

Directors: Mike Aransky, Philip Guerette, Thomas Edward Seymour | Stars: Thomas Edward Seymour, Philip Guerette, Russ Russo, Tina Angelillo

Votes: 237

29. The Last of Sheila (1973)

PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A year after Sheila is killed by a hit-and-run driver, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Richard Benjamin, James Coburn, James Mason, Dyan Cannon

Votes: 8,414

30. Le Magnifique (1973)

95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Hans Meyer

Votes: 6,283

31. Lethal Force (2001)

70 min | Action

After his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped, a gangster is forced to betray his best friend who is also a deadly killer, in this raucous, off-the-wall satire that is to action films what Scream (1996) is to horror movies.

Director: Alvin Ecarma | Stars: Frank Prather, Patricia Dugueye, Cash Flagg Jr., Andrew Hewitt

Votes: 179

32. Meet the Hollowheads (1989)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Hollowheads, a slightly darker and more satirical 80s take on The Jetsons (1962), have their hands full when the head of the family's sleazy and abusive boss invites himself to their family dinner.

Director: Thomas R. Burman | Stars: John Glover, Nancy Mette, Richard Portnow, Matt Shakman

Votes: 863

33. The Mutilation Man (1998 Video)

82 min | Horror, Fantasy, Thriller

Ivan is a young man who travels a barren wasteland performing shows of self mutilation to small but adoring crowds. He is doing so to attempt to understand the cycle of child abuse he has ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Copp | Stars: Terek Puckett, Kristy Bowersock, Jim Van Bebber, Jollie Scott

Votes: 220

34. Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)

PG | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, after he takes a trip to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.

Director: Tom Schiller | Stars: Zach Galligan, Apollonia van Ravenstein, Lauren Tom, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 960

35. Oblivion (1994)

PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.

Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Meg Foster

Votes: 1,631

36. O.C. and Stiggs (1985)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Romance

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against them. They seek revenge against the middle-class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: the middle class.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Daniel Jenkins, Neill Barry, Jane Curtin, Paul Dooley

Votes: 1,467 | Gross: $0.03M

37. Operation Midnight Climax (2002)

Unrated | 74 min | Comedy

Will Nitch is a man on a mission to achieve a transcendental tantric sexual experience.

Directors: Gadi Harel, Will Keenan | Stars: Jarred Alterman, Caron Bernstein, Heather Braden, Scott Graham

Votes: 82

38. Parasomnia (2008)

R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller

A horror-thriller centered on a woman (Wilson) suffering from a medical condition that causes her to sleep her life away, waking briefly on rare occasions.

Director: William Malone | Stars: Sean Young, Patrick Kilpatrick, Dylan M. McKnight, Cherilyn Wilson

Votes: 2,585

39. The Prodigy (2005)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who ... See full summary »

Director: William Kaufman | Stars: Holt Boggs, Glen Vorhis, Matt Beckham, Diana Lee Inosanto

Votes: 923

40. Psychos in Love (1987)

Unrated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

A strip-joint owner and a manicurist find that they have many things in common, the foremost being that they are psychotic serial killers. They fall in love and are happy being the family ... See full summary »

Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Carmine Capobianco, Patti Chambers, Carla Bragoli, Carrie Gordon

Votes: 1,471

41. Puckoon (2002)

82 min | Comedy

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Sean Hughes, Elliott Gould, Daragh O'Malley, John Lynch

Votes: 392

42. Rented Lips (1987)

R | 82 min | Comedy

A documentary filmmaker who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the documentary on Indian farming he has always ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Edy Williams

Votes: 389

43. The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

During WWII, Captain Invincible fought against Nazis using superpowers. Later falsely accused of communism, he retires in Australia. When a secret US weapon gets stolen, he's called back but struggles with alcoholism.

Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Kate Fitzpatrick, Bill Hunter

Votes: 997

44. Satan Was a Lady (2001)

80 min | Drama

Wishman's plot rotates around the maneuverings of a whore who longs for a touch of mink and a seat at the finer tables in life. Blackmail, betrayal, murder and malice are all part of her tender trade. Lord help anyone who lays in her way.

Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: Honey Lauren, Glyn Styler, Edge, Hans Lohl

Votes: 147

45. Schizopolis (1996)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery

44 Metascore

Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Steven Soderbergh, Scott Allen, Betsy Brantley, Marcus Lyle Brown

Votes: 6,051 | Gross: $0.01M

46. Shadey (1985)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A young man discovers that not only has he the ability to read minds, but also that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thoughts he sees onto film. He strikes a deal ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Antony Sher, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Macnee, Katherine Helmond

Votes: 186

47. Shanks (1974)

PG | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror

A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher

Votes: 772

48. Shockheaded (2002 Video)

Not Rated | 107 min | Horror

Noble is a man who lives alone in a rundown hotel room. Lately, someone has been sliding notes under his door, telling him to do things. He has dreams of a white mask lying on the ground. ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Thornett | Stars: Jason Wauer, Mr. ?, Debbie Rochon, Demetrius Parker

Votes: 79

49. Sixteen Tongues (1999)

Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The lives of an assasin and her hacker girlfriend are shattered when they cross paths with a rogue cop holed up inside an S/M hotel.

Director: Scooter McCrae | Stars: Jane Chase, Crawford James, Alice Liu, Jonny Tingle

Votes: 256

50. Skidoo (1968)

R | 98 min | Comedy

Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark

Votes: 1,919

51. Son of Dracula (1973)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Due to be crowned King of the Netherworld by his mentor Merlin the Magician (Sir Ringo Starr) at a monster's convention, Count Downe (Harry Nilsson), the son of Count Dracula, falls in love... See full summary »

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Freddie Jones, Suzanna Leigh

Votes: 441

52. Sonny Boy (1989)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there's a baby in the back-seat. He and his transgender wife cut out the boy's tongue and raise him as a mute ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Martin Carroll | Stars: David Carradine, Paul L. Smith, Brad Dourif, Conrad Janis

Votes: 969

53. Straight to Hell (1987)

R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Western

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of ... See full summary »

Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love

Votes: 2,783 | Gross: $0.21M

54. The American Success Company (1979)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.

Director: William Richert | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Belinda Bauer, Ned Beatty, Steven Keats

Votes: 435

55. Survival of the Dead (2009)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

43 Metascore

On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Joshua Peace

Votes: 22,536 | Gross: $0.10M

56. Teenape Vs. The Monster Nazi Apocalypse (2009 Video)

78 min | Comedy

In 1945, the members of P.I.A. (Paranormal Investigation Agency) landed in Nazi Germany and defeated Hitler and his evil scheme to unleash genetically engineered man-monsters on the world. ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Seaver | Stars: Jesse Ames, Andrew Baltes, Casey Bowker, Nicola Fiore

Votes: 81

57. Tideland (2005)

R | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

26 Metascore

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer

Votes: 34,693 | Gross: $0.07M

58. Tromeo and Juliet (1996)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.

Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Jane Jensen, Will Keenan, Valentine Miele, William Beckwith

Votes: 6,869

59. Trouble in Mind (1985)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

78 Metascore

The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.

Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold

Votes: 2,428 | Gross: $0.02M

60. Twice Upon a Time (1983)

PG | 74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Two wannabe heroes and their friends must stop a madman from giving everyone nightmares.

Directors: John Korty, Charles Swenson | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Judith Kahan, Marshall Efron, James Cranna

Votes: 1,266

61. The World's Greatest Sinner (1962)

Not Rated | 77 min | Drama

A bored insurance salesman quits his job to go into politics. He first starts preaching about how man is greater than he thinks and that man can live forever. He ends up forming his own ... See full summary »

Director: Timothy Carey | Stars: Timothy Carey, Gil Barreto, Betty Rowland, James Farley

Votes: 854

62. Xtro (1982)

R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.

Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Danny Brainin, Maryam d'Abo

Votes: 8,142



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