4. S. Darko (2009)
Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko (2001) was an apocalyptic and bizarre teen drama that managed to be quintessentially different, yet still garner both mainstream and cult appeal in its strong reception. Jake Gyllenhaal starred as the eponymous teenage loner with antisocial tendencies, and the power to see a surreal time-predicting rabbit known as Frank. As days passed, the world ticked down to its apparent apocalypse, but it wasn't the world coming to a close, only Donnie Darko. Donnie Darko isn't exactly the most likely candidate for a sequel; it was a low budget cult movie that didn't earn much at the box office, so clearly the cash cow motive isn't really there. S.Darko director Chris Fisher claimed he only wanted to create a similarly bizarre, and liminal other-world experience just like Richard Kelly had. The film follows sister of Donny, Samantha Darko, as played by Daveigh Chase both times. She begins to sleepwalk as strange occurrences happen, with time travel being the primary element of the plot, in conjunction with a very badly explained occurrence with meteors? Fans of Donnie Darko should leave this one be, as apart from Daveigh Chase, the films have literally nothing in common. One is a fundamentally fresh and original cult indie film, while the sequel is poor writing and directing hoping to thrive on the former's coattails.