Favorite Cult Horror/Sci-fi films

Everyone knows the sci-fi mainstays of 2001, Blade Runner, and Alien etc. The same can be said for the horror classics that formed franchises in the 80s like Nightmare on Elm/Friday the 13th, but what about the cult films? What are some of your favorite cult/lesser known sci-fi and horror films from the past?

Trying to think of some good ones, but the first one that immediately comes to mind is Fright Night from 1985. It works both as a comedy and a horror movie, and I watch it at least every couple of years.

The original Rollerball, The Hitcher, Quatermass and the Pit.

Them...

the day the earth stood still(the original)

the night of the hunter(robert mitchum and lilian gish)

event horizon

They Live
The Quiet Earth
Battle Beyond the Stars
The Last Starfighter
D.A.R.Y.L
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Fright Night
Salem's Lot
Jacob's Ladder
Creepshow
Maniac Cop
Scanners
Re-animator

From more recently
The Faculty
Dog Soldiers
Cronos
Phantoms
Storm of the Century

Oh yeah They Live is great. They Live, We Sleep!

The Mist
Prometheus
Pandorum
Event Horizon
The Fly
Cube
Pitch Black
Alien 3
Mimic
Pumpkinhead
Gremlins 2
Evil Dead 2
Devil
Predator
Cold Skin
Rogue
Mayhem
Starship Troopers 2
Eraserhead
Underworld
Rosemary's Baby
Virus
Cargo
Whiteout
Anaconda
Wrong Turn
Spawn

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
They Live
The Quiet Earth
Battle Beyond the Stars
The Last Starfighter
D.A.R.Y.L
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Fright Night
Salem's Lot
Jacob's Ladder
Creepshow
Maniac Cop
Scanners
Re-animator

From more recently
The Faculty
Dog Soldiers
Cronos
Phantoms
Storm of the Century

No one ever mentions or possibly remembers, Near Dark.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
No one ever mentions or possibly remembers, Near Dark.

Will look into that. I see it's Kathryn Bigelow, director of Point Break.

I almost forgot about Hellboy (2019). It will develop cult status, mark my words.

Originally posted by Putinbot1
Surely Salems Lot was a mini series.

Saw it in a one-r. It's only two episodes.

The Passion of the Christ 👆

The Pit

The Void, cool cosmic horror, creature effects in the same vein of Carpenter’s The Thing.

Originally posted by Khazra Reborn
The Void, cool cosmic horror, creature effects in the same vein of Carpenter’s The Thing.

👆 I forgot about that one. It's one I've been meaning to go back and watch again. It's weird and symbolic, but I sort of liked it. I'm familiar with the guy who did the sound/music for it and it's very him (Lustmord or Brian Williams), very creepy/ominous and distinctive.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Will look into that. I see it's Kathryn Bigelow, director of Point Break.

K9 Widow Maker & Hurt Locker too.

Bigelow was married to James Cameron.

Near Dark stars Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton & Jenette Goldstein.

Cameron also used these actors to star in Aliens & T2.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Bigelow was married to James Cameron.

I did not know that. Weird wild stuff.

Rented Brazil, Scanners, and Eraserhead on Prime

tremors
big trouble in little china
lost boys
killer clowns from outter space