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What makes a film “cult?” Is it a lost masterpiece? A “so bad it’s good” camp treasure? Or, like the haunted VHS tape in THE RING, is it a dark, dark door that should have never been opened?
Cinema Salem brings you entries from the cult canon and new nuggets of negative energy, ready to be unearthed.
While Salem sleeps, we keep the light burning.
All shows are Friday night, 10 pm


Mulholland Drive
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Recently voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is essential viewing by one of the masters of contemporary American cinema. David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
2001. USA.
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Recently voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is essential viewing by one of the masters of contemporary American cinema. David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
2001. USA.
Mulholland Drive
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Recently voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is essential viewing by one of the masters of contemporary American cinema. David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
2001. USA.
MORE / TRAILERAfter a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Recently voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is essential viewing by one of the masters of contemporary American cinema. David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
2001. USA.


C.H.U.D.
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
Cannibalistic. Humanoid. Underground. Dwellers.
Photographer George Cooper is documenting the lives of subterranean homeless people, a population that has mysteriously dwindled. After receiving information from a reporter, George becomes aware of a conspiracy theory about cannibalistic monsters lurking in the sewers. He teams up with the reporter, a policeman and a priest to fight two battles: one against the cannibals and the other against a corrupt government official.
1984. USA.
Cannibalistic. Humanoid. Underground. Dwellers.
Photographer George Cooper is documenting the lives of subterranean homeless people, a population that has mysteriously dwindled. After receiving information from a reporter, George becomes aware of a conspiracy theory about cannibalistic monsters lurking in the sewers. He teams up with the reporter, a policeman and a priest to fight two battles: one against the cannibals and the other against a corrupt government official.
1984. USA.
C.H.U.D.
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
Cannibalistic. Humanoid. Underground. Dwellers.
Photographer George Cooper is documenting the lives of subterranean homeless people, a population that has mysteriously dwindled. After receiving information from a reporter, George becomes aware of a conspiracy theory about cannibalistic monsters lurking in the sewers. He teams up with the reporter, a policeman and a priest to fight two battles: one against the cannibals and the other against a corrupt government official.
1984. USA.
MORE / TRAILERCannibalistic. Humanoid. Underground. Dwellers.
Photographer George Cooper is documenting the lives of subterranean homeless people, a population that has mysteriously dwindled. After receiving information from a reporter, George becomes aware of a conspiracy theory about cannibalistic monsters lurking in the sewers. He teams up with the reporter, a policeman and a priest to fight two battles: one against the cannibals and the other against a corrupt government official.
1984. USA.


Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
2005. USA.
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
2005. USA.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
2005. USA.
MORE / TRAILERA petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
2005. USA.


Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader.
2010. Finland.
On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader.
2010. Finland.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader.
2010. Finland.
MORE / TRAILEROn Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader.
2010. Finland.


Surf Nazis Must Die
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
“Pure Troma fun and sleaze.” - Gabriel Jewett, LETTERBOXD
Welcome to California, where the beaches have become battlefields and the waves are a war zone! In the near future, a major earthquake has devastated the California coastline. As the survivors attempt to put their lives back together, a new, more terrifying threat erupts. The once beautiful beaches are now ruled by ruthless gangs . . . and the gangs are ruled by the dreaded Surf Nazis! Only one person is powerful enough to stop them. And as long as she’s alive, the Surf Nazis Must Die! With one of the greatest titles in movie history, this courageous saga of a mother’s undying love and devotion and quest for justice becomes a tidal wave of action and destruction, filled with the passion of perverted romance!
1987. USA.
“Pure Troma fun and sleaze.” - Gabriel Jewett, LETTERBOXD
Welcome to California, where the beaches have become battlefields and the waves are a war zone! In the near future, a major earthquake has devastated the California coastline. As the survivors attempt to put their lives back together, a new, more terrifying threat erupts. The once beautiful beaches are now ruled by ruthless gangs . . . and the gangs are ruled by the dreaded Surf Nazis! Only one person is powerful enough to stop them. And as long as she’s alive, the Surf Nazis Must Die! With one of the greatest titles in movie history, this courageous saga of a mother’s undying love and devotion and quest for justice becomes a tidal wave of action and destruction, filled with the passion of perverted romance!
1987. USA.
Surf Nazis Must Die
Night Light presents a series of classic and contemporary cult films from around the world on the second and fourth Friday of every month.
“Pure Troma fun and sleaze.” - Gabriel Jewett, LETTERBOXD
Welcome to California, where the beaches have become battlefields and the waves are a war zone! In the near future, a major earthquake has devastated the California coastline. As the survivors attempt to put their lives back together, a new, more terrifying threat erupts. The once beautiful beaches are now ruled by ruthless gangs . . . and the gangs are ruled by the dreaded Surf Nazis! Only one person is powerful enough to stop them. And as long as she’s alive, the Surf Nazis Must Die! With one of the greatest titles in movie history, this courageous saga of a mother’s undying love and devotion and quest for justice becomes a tidal wave of action and destruction, filled with the passion of perverted romance!
1987. USA.
MORE / TRAILER“Pure Troma fun and sleaze.” - Gabriel Jewett, LETTERBOXD
Welcome to California, where the beaches have become battlefields and the waves are a war zone! In the near future, a major earthquake has devastated the California coastline. As the survivors attempt to put their lives back together, a new, more terrifying threat erupts. The once beautiful beaches are now ruled by ruthless gangs . . . and the gangs are ruled by the dreaded Surf Nazis! Only one person is powerful enough to stop them. And as long as she’s alive, the Surf Nazis Must Die! With one of the greatest titles in movie history, this courageous saga of a mother’s undying love and devotion and quest for justice becomes a tidal wave of action and destruction, filled with the passion of perverted romance!
1987. USA.