Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Cult: 218 Films to Rent on VHS
- Accion Mutante (1993)
- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Antonio Resines, Alex Angulo
- A deformed terrorist group strike out against pretty society in this wildly irreverent satire that takes a gleeful turn into futuristic…
- Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)
- Dir. Bolex Brothers
- Resembling something of a post–apocalyptic Wallace and Gromit, this combines stop–motion animation of live actors and puppetry to tell…
- Sex and Zen (1993)
- Dir. Michael Mak
Feat. Lawrence Ng, Kent Cheng, Xu Jin-Jang
- Part comic fantasy, part porno movie, and though an imaginative example of both genres, the balancing act is a hard one to pull off (fnarr, fnarr).…
- Totally F***ed Up (1993)
- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid…
- A corrosive portrait of a group of alienated gay comrades, and the first (and perhaps best) part of dir. Araki's 'teen apocalypse trilogy' (completed…
- Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1992)
- Dir. Dan Hoskins
Feat. Jamie Rose, Catherine Carlen, Lycia Naff
- Hit–and–miss parody of zombie and biker flicks with a feminist–revenge kick. An improvement from the dreaded 'Troma' label.
- Cyberpunk (1992)
- Dir. Marianne Trench
Feat. William Gibson, Timothy Leary
- Low–budget insight into the cyberpunk counter–culture. Author William Gibson and many hangers–on offer their view of what it means…
- Dark at Noon (1992)
- Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. John Hurt, David Warner
- John Hurt and David Warner join in the spirit of this bizarre fancy from exiled Chilean director Ruiz. Set in a Portugese village where anything…
- Leolo (1992)
- Dir. Jean-Claude Lauzon
Feat. Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Julien Guiomar
- A rites–of–passage drama seen through a warped looking–glass, the story of ten–year–old Leolo is a blackly humorous…
- Living End, The (1992)
- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel
- Irreverent road movie posits a pair of HIV–positive young hunks on the fast–track to nowhere as they attempt to live the rest of their…
- Roadside Prophets (1992)
- Dir. Abbe Wool
Feat. John Doe, Adam Horovitz
- An imperfect but engaging reworking of the '70s road movie for Generation Xers. John Doe and Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz pair as free–wheeling…