Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1365 Films to Buy & Rent
Protectors, The (TV Series) (1972-1973)
- Feat. Robert Vaughn, Ngaire Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt
- A suave, jet–setting suspense series that was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's (THUNDERBIRDS) second foray into live–action, depicting the…
Rainbow (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- Cult kids show both educational and slightly surreal, and responsible for introducing generations to Bungle, George, Zippy and horrendously colored…
Ruling Class, The (1972)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe
- An eccentric comedy about English eccentricity, with schizophrenic aristocrat Peter O’Toole succeeding the Earlship of Gurney, and proceeding to…
Season of the Witch (Hungry Wives) (1972)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jan White, Raymond Laine, Joedda McClain…
- The third feature film from director George Romero is a self–described "feminist" horror following a neglected and dissatisfied housewife who…
Siddhartha (1972)
- Dir. Conrad Rooks
Feat. Shashi Kapoor
- A young Brahmin Indian goes in search of knowledge, wisdom and spirituality in this gloriously shot version of Hermann Hesse’s cult novel.
Set…
Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
- Though a conservative adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's time–tripping novel, this is still a significant entry to the genre, with a wide cult…
Superfly (1972)
- Dir. Gordon Parks Jnr.
Feat. Ron O'Neal
- Ron O'Neal is a supercool drug pusher who wants to make one last score before getting' out, yo. Quintessential blaxploitation film laced with hot sex…
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972)
- Dir. Richard Compton
Feat. Joe Don Baker, Paul Koslo, Alan Vint…
- Glum cult item with four Vietnam vets finding themselves persecuted upon their return home. Brash, unsubtle flick that will be chiefly on interest to…
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
- Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli…
- Another brilliantly lurid psycho–sexual horror from Italian giallo master Sergio Martino (THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH).
Edwige Fenech…
200 Motels (1971)
- Dir. Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer
Feat. Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Frank Zappa…
- This trippy, ad–hoc Zappa production purports to be about life on the road as a touring musician. In reality, it’s a series of psychedelic,…