Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Cult: 218 Films to Rent on VHS
- Liquid Television 2 (1997)
- Dir. Various
- Another collection of bizarre and fringy animation from the MTV stable.Includes Winter Steele, Bobby & Billy, Brad Dharma, Cut–Up Camera and…
- Pretty As a Picture (1997)
- Dir. Toby Keeler
Feat. Jack Nance, Mel Brooks, Dean Stockwell
- A beguiling and extensive peep behind the velvet curtains of director David Lynch's creative processes, during the making of LOST HIGHWAY. Helping…
- Spicy City (TV Series) (1997)
- Dir. Ralph Bakshi et al
- A Ralph Bakshi (FRITZ THE CAT) animated TV–series that pursues a decidedly adult version of the 'cyber–future', though with more of a…
- Dr. Katz (1996)
- Dir. Jonathon Katz
- Featured on MTV, meek animated psychologist Dr Katz conducts en–couch journeys with various troubled New Yorkers. Effectively simple artwork…
- Fetishes (1996)
- Dir. Nick Broomfield
- One of dir. Broomfield's more insalubrious documentaries, where his customised faux innocence is used as a passport into the world of New York's…
- God's Lonely Man (1996)
- Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters
- The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
- Hardcore Logo (1996)
- Dir. Bruce McDonald
Feat. Bernie Coulson, John Pyper-Ferguson, Callum Keith Rennie…
- This Canadian punk music 'mockumentary' is not just simply another son–of–SPINAL TAP, taking an edgier, bleaker comic look at the…
- Head, The (TV Series) (The Head Saves the Earth) (1996)
- An animated mutant super–hero joins forces with the parasitic alien stuck in his outsized cranium to ward off an impending invasion of Earth.…
- Institute Benjamenta (1996)
- Dir. The Brothers Quay
Feat. Mark Rylance, Alice Krige, Gottfried John
- A meek, alienated German (Mark Rylance) enlists in a bizarrely regimented academy for butlers in this live–action debut of renowned animators,…
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
- Dir. Kelly Makin
Feat. Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald
- Smart satire from the Canadian sketch comedy troupe is more hit than miss. Plot such as it is centres on a dangerous anti–depressant that…