What is your favorite cult movie?
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Blue Velvet! which is pretty disturbing if you haven't seen it, figured I'd give a fair warning
I have to pick one????
Can't do it. Here's my short list:
Visitor Q
Cecil B Demented
Amazon Women on the Moon
Dr Strangelove
I'm Gon Git you Sucka
The Toxic Avenger
From Beyond
FrankenHooker
Dead Alive
Beyond Reanimator
Fist of the North Star (Animated)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The Lost Highway
Strangeland
Lord of Illusions
Preaching to the Perverted
Death Race 2000
Heavy Metal
Machete
This is Spinal Tap
City of Lost Children
I could name 100's more but my eyes are sore..
Can't do it. Here's my short list:
Visitor Q
Cecil B Demented
Amazon Women on the Moon
Dr Strangelove
I'm Gon Git you Sucka
The Toxic Avenger
From Beyond
FrankenHooker
Dead Alive
Beyond Reanimator
Fist of the North Star (Animated)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The Lost Highway
Strangeland
Lord of Illusions
Preaching to the Perverted
Death Race 2000
Heavy Metal
Machete
This is Spinal Tap
City of Lost Children
I could name 100's more but my eyes are sore..
Not really a cult movie, neither is Clockwork Orange. Both of those made a considerable amount of money and were seen by millions right out of the gate.
I'll throw in:
Carnival of Souls
Phantasm
Eraser Head
Cannibal Holocaust
And anything with Rudy Ray Moore.
I toss in clockwork because it is used in college psychology classes to teach aversion therapy as it is the best example of it.
I love a bunch of the movies you all have as favorites. Gdaym8, my local indie theater (The Nuart, bless its soul) has played "Rocky Horror" every Friday at midnight forever, so I've had more than my fair share of tortillas to the face
. I adore pretty much anything and everything by David Lynch, Kubrick, John Waters, Richard Linklater (of "Slacker", "Dazed And Confused", etc.), and Terry Gilliam. I also really go for the stuff that comes out of the Dogme 95 school Dogme 95 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lars Von Trier is something of a ....., but his movies are a blast to watch. "The Celebration" is a great, accessible film out of the movement. Many of Werner Herzog's odd documentaries Werner Herzog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia are great. His latest, "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams" is really worth seeking out. Keeping with cultish documentaries, Errol Morris is brilliant - Errol Morris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. But my favorite cult doc is "Crumb" - so weirdly wonderful. Saturdays, the Nuart will often play old Antonioni and Fellini movies that have something of a cult status, and they are paradise, but maybe that's for some other foreign film thread? Then there's kiddie cult, "The Princess Bride", "Willy Wonka", which have earned their obsessive fans. If anyone's interested in B-movies, or just great docs, watch "Corman's World: Exploits of A Hollywood Rebel" pronto. Knowing of my interest, a friend sent me this a little while back - The 50 Greatest Cult Movies of All Time | Nerve.com, and I've really enjoyed a great many of them, some as great films, some for the fun of kitch and camp. The 50th, "Withnail and I", is hilarious, and I just watched it again. And the soundtrack from "The Harder They Come" is my favorite soundtrack of all time. Sure hope this wasn't overkill, gdaym8, since I think you weren't envisioning a laundry list; but it's 3:30 A.M., so you'll have to forgive me
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. I adore pretty much anything and everything by David Lynch, Kubrick, John Waters, Richard Linklater (of "Slacker", "Dazed And Confused", etc.), and Terry Gilliam. I also really go for the stuff that comes out of the Dogme 95 school Dogme 95 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lars Von Trier is something of a ....., but his movies are a blast to watch. "The Celebration" is a great, accessible film out of the movement. Many of Werner Herzog's odd documentaries Werner Herzog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia are great. His latest, "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams" is really worth seeking out. Keeping with cultish documentaries, Errol Morris is brilliant - Errol Morris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. But my favorite cult doc is "Crumb" - so weirdly wonderful. Saturdays, the Nuart will often play old Antonioni and Fellini movies that have something of a cult status, and they are paradise, but maybe that's for some other foreign film thread? Then there's kiddie cult, "The Princess Bride", "Willy Wonka", which have earned their obsessive fans. If anyone's interested in B-movies, or just great docs, watch "Corman's World: Exploits of A Hollywood Rebel" pronto. Knowing of my interest, a friend sent me this a little while back - The 50 Greatest Cult Movies of All Time | Nerve.com, and I've really enjoyed a great many of them, some as great films, some for the fun of kitch and camp. The 50th, "Withnail and I", is hilarious, and I just watched it again. And the soundtrack from "The Harder They Come" is my favorite soundtrack of all time. Sure hope this wasn't overkill, gdaym8, since I think you weren't envisioning a laundry list; but it's 3:30 A.M., so you'll have to forgive me.
And for a lighter cult movie favorite, I'll tag "American Graffiti". It brings back memories of my childhood in the 60s. Even thought it was set a decade earlier, the cruising, chasing women, and hanging out part was the same. I kind of miss drive-in restaurants. Sonic is about the only one left.
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