Cult Cinema Icons

John Carpenter Cult Classic Christine 40th Anniversary Theatrical Screening with Intro by the Director (2023) | Film Screening Series | Sep 10 - Sep 13, 2023

The cult horror classic Christine is based on the novel of the same name by the legendary Stephen King. The film tells the horrific story of a 1957 Plymouth that’s purchased by a misfit student (Keith Gordon) and refurbished, then mysteriously taking on human characteristics. Christine, as the Plymouth is called, exacts revenge on everyone ….

Criterion Collection Releases Spiritual Kung Fu and 5 More Jackie Chan Cult Classics as Special Edition Set (2023) | Blu-ray Releases | Nov 7, 2023

Originally tapped as a potential successor to Bruce Lee, Hong Kong martial arts master and Chinese Opera performer Jackie Chan ultimately established his own unique on-screen persona, blending goofball slapstick and bone-crushing kung fu into intricate feats of supercharged athleticism. Tracing his rise from breakout star to full-fledged auteur, these six unabashedly hilarious, unstoppably entertaining ….

Equalizer 2000 (1987) | VHS Releases, World Premieres | May 21, 1987

In a bleak and nightmarish future, the sadistic governing force known as The Ownership rule with an iron fist. A ragtag band of rebels are the only survivors with the will to oppose them… until a warrior of the wasteland, Slade, emerges to take up the struggle. Armed with the high-tech weapon of incredible power ….

Violent City (1973) | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Feb 1, 1973

Violent City, also called Città violenta (Italian) and The Family, is a 1970 crime thriller directed by Sergio Sollima from a screenplay co-written with Lina Wertmüller. The film stars Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, and Telly Savalas, and centers on a former hitman named Jeff Heston, who’s been framed by a mob boss named Al Weber, ….

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) | U.K. Theatrical Releases | Aug 22, 1974

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was a groundbreaking collaboration between Hong Kong and The United Kingdom’s largest genre film studios of the 1970’s, Shaw Brothers and Hammer Films, respectively. In Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, vampire hunter Professor Lawrence Van Helsing is giving a lecture in China. He’s soon approached for help ….

Crime Zone (1988) | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Dec 12, 1988

Helen (Sherilyn Fenn) and Bone (Peter Nelson) live in a repressive futuristic dystopian society they badly want to escape. A mysterious man named Jason (David Carradine) hires them to steal a disc for him. It’s practically a suicide mission, but he claims he can smuggle them out, in return successfully retrieving the disc. Directed by ….