Subgenre Sampler
Cult TV: 186 Films to Buy & Rent
- X-Files, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (1993)
- Dir. Robert Mandel, Daniel Sackheim, Harry Longstreet
Feat. Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny
- The first series of the sci fi TV phenomenon – not quite finding the shape of the mythology of later seasons, but with some excellent episodes…
- Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series) (1992-2002)
- Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley
- Comedy darling Jennifer Saunders and sweetie Joanna Lumley tap a popular vein and strike gold with this Saunders–penned post–feminist…
- Fishing with John (TV Series) (1992)
- Dir. John Lurie
Feat. Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Dennis Hopper…
- Neo–beatnik musician John Lurie hosts his own candid, off–beat TV show in which he takes a hipster celebrity pal on an exotic fishing…
- Larry Sanders Show, The (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Garry Shandling, Rip Torn, Jeffrey Tambor…
- A seminal comic work that preceded the likes of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and 30 ROCK, Garry Shandling's parody of the late–night talk show hit all…
- Wild Palms (TV Series) (1992)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt, Kathryn Bigelow, Keith Gordon
Feat. James Belushi, Dana Delany, Angie Dickinson…
- Grandly stylised mini–series heavily inspired by TWIN PEAKS yet almost as worthy in spite of big lug James Belushi in the lead role. After…
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV Series) (1991)
- 13 episodes of the first season of this 90's Nickelodeon show following the escapades of the "Midnight Society", a group of teen horror aficionados.
- Bottom (TV Series) (1991-1995)
- Dir. Ed Bye, Bob Spiers
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
- Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson take their unique brand of 'splat–stick' and bad taste to the very limit as unsavoury bachelor boys Richie and…
- Eerie Indiana (TV Series) (1991-1992)
- Feat. Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow
- Short–lived, cult TWIN PEAKS–offshoot follows the arrival of a young boy to Eerie, Indiana, a town overrun with urban legends, a living…
- Ren and Stimpy (TV Series) (1991-1995)
- Dir. John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp
- The ground–breaking cartoon misadventures of a hyper chihuahua and a stupid cat that turned animation and good taste on its ear, and inspired a…
- Twin Peaks - Season 2 (TV Series) (1991)
- Dir. David Lynch, Various
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick…
- Second and final season of the cult nineties serial, with Kyle MacLachlan as an eccentric, mystical FBI agent arriving in a small Pacific Northwest…