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Roger and Me and Cult Movies
Hey folks, Harry here. It's Sunday morning and I just remembered that I'm on ROGER EBERT AND THE MOVIES this weekend. Not reviewing films coming out this week, but rather... it is a special that Roger and I taped concerning CULT MOVIES.
I have to say that I had quite a blast with this particular show... and had a chance to name some of my faves and hopefully... perhaps a couple that you haven't seen or heard of.
Together I believe we mention about 20 or so different titles or more. Feel free to use the following talk back to talk about the show... your favorite Cult Movies... What your personal definition of a Cult Movie is.... Movies that performed like a holiday fruitcake at the box office, but then became a Crackerjack on home video.... Cult actors, directors, actresses, effects folks, screenwriters, etc. Those films that you instantly show NEW friends in order for them to be properly indoctrinated into your own private film cult. Have fun...
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phantom menace is the number 1 movie of 1999 and grossed 430 million dollars yet harry put it in best of list in the 20s?! ByThe Way i'm first cocksuckers.
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I've been reading this site for a few months, and I generally spend most of the time in the Talkback forums, though I haven't posted much. So far, I haven't seen one mention of "Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters" in ANY context. That's the one I recommend as an introduction to movies that don't have Happy Meal support. "True Stories" is another one, and I guess "Reefer Madness" is a third. Are they all three the same kind of film? Hell, yes: they're cult films. Or they could just be films that flopped but I happen to like, a la "Dune". And "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" still makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, too.
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That's a joke. Does anybody get it?
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There now, is that obvious enough for you?
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After reading the above article, I have spent a great deal of time trying to determine what film might have caused me to develop an obsessive and faddish devotion to the principle or person rendered in a movie. After much consideration I have narrowed my list down to THE IRON GIANT. Among the towns people there was one, Hogarth, who had in his soul the potentiality of something better, and that potential was evident in his sense of awe before the unknown, his fascinated curiosity, with a desire to approach and to explore. This, in the film, was suggested in a symbolic scene showing him seated in wonder before the mysterious IRON GIANT in the forest. And while others wanted to abandon, destroy or capture THE GIANT, it was Hogarth, apart and alone, contemplating THE GIANT, reached out and made contact. And Hogarth was followed then, by others, though not all; for indeed there remain among us many still who are unmoved by what Goethe called
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No, I won't go that far for a joke.
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Nothing better than "Spring Break" (1983). David Knell, Perry Lang, Paul Land and Steve Bassett deliver the perfectly moronic beach tit-flick. Contains the great lines, "I'm sorry I was late...I had to kill a man.", "What happened to your underwear?--I think she ate them." and "those are Playboy titties!!"
When has a pathetic plot, homely actors and directionless direction been more perfectly realized?!
Oh, and Todd--I love the IRON GIANT posts that are cropping up everywhere on the site! Funny! Actually just kidding--you sound like a pathetic fucking loser! Hehe!! Have fun fucking your sister, loser!! -
Hov you ever fan-taseyezed...about what it's like to be killled?...How do you want to diee?.. I want to get naked...and be eaten..by a bunch of rotten,disgusting ollld mennn...First id pull off these ripped, , black stockings and tie my feet to the edge of my balcony fence..id pull my bloodstained black panties all wet with God's butter down to my knees leaving a streak of love down my leg...my pleated black rayon mini pulled down just below my little ass...id tenderize my alabaster chest with my silver claws, ripping a hole in the pierced nee nee..oh fuck, ..then id pulll up my strawberry crush hair all knotted and twisted in a rubber band, big as a bee hive..and id jump..and flip over the edge, like a supermodel..stretching the stockings till the holes gave plummeting me down into the glass roof of the pool where all those olddd, ragged, shriveled up lechers jack off with each other in the Steam...burst me through the glass ceiling..lacerate my translucent flesh..id land in the pool still alive, sinking to the bottom, ...and through the growing red underwater fog..i could watch as those ancient, wrinkled cockodiles slip smooth into the sweet bath..come and get me you bastards..I WANT YOU TO EAT MY MANE...
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One of my favorites, which I recently mentioned on some horror Talkback, is The Wicker Man, which fits both definitions of "cult" film. Another very cool one is The Ninth Configuration, written and directed by Exorcist author William Petter Blatty. One FUCKED UP film. Can a film by any well known director be a cult film? Well if so, I'd say Orson Welles' The Lady From Shanghai, his most off-beat, entertaining, and underrated film. Fuller has been getting "mad props" in recent years, but some of the lesser known and very cool ones are White Dog (a critique on racism featuring a dog trained to attack black people, AND starring Kristy MacNichol!), The Crimson Kimono and Underworld U.S.A. I'd also have to mentioned a very atmospheric film by Alan Rudolph, Trouble in Mind, with Kris Kirstofferson in my favorite of his roles. I'll also have to second the earlier mentioning of Frankenhooker, and Re-Animator is probably too popular in geek-lant to call cult, but what about From Beyond? "It ate his head..."
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Everyone should know the ultimate cult movie is "Plan 9 From Outer Space" followed by "Evil Dead" and "Clerks". I think two movies in theaters will soon become cult classics: "Fight Club" and "Magnolia", because when I get them I'm showing them to all of my friends.
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Orlando, Teenagers from Outer Space, just about any Bruce Campbell film, Ninja Scroll, Orgazmo, Detour, Aguirre the wrath of god, Nosferatu (either), Dracula (spanish version), Dune, about 12 or so strait hours of Twin Peaks material (cows eat oats and does eat oats....), The Sinister Urge (I think the best Ed Wood...dissenters welcome), the list could grow but after mentioning Rocky Horror I am just too lazy to go on.
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HK movies are life itself!!! Just about everything that comes out of Hong Kong gets slapped with the cult sticker. I don't know how appropriate this is, because a lot of them are good enough to compare with anything from Hollywood, and "cult" has this connotation of campy or exploitive. (A lot of them are, but most of the best are not.) Mainly, I just want to use this as an excuse to tell you all to see A MOMENT OF ROMANCE, a great gangster/tragic love flick w/Andy Lau, and THE LOVERS, directed by Tsui Hark. You can decide how cult they are.
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What about a film like "Perdita Durango", now there is a cult film for ya, or what about "The Day of the Beast" another classic cult film.
Or even films like "I Spit on Your Grave", "Cannibal Holocaust", or any of the Troma films. I mean you can't get more culty than "Toxic Avenger" or "Tromeo & Juliet" can you ? -
Oh, and Anime is also often considered "all cult" but some of the best, i.e. Hayao Miyazaki stuff, is not particularly cultish and a lot more people would like it if the morons at Miramax were doing a better job of marketing it! @#$%@*! So pissed! Sorry, I just have to let off some steam. I agree that another one of my favorites so far, NINJA SCROLL, is pretty cultish. What I'm trying to say is that calling something "cult" is sometimes a mistake because it limits the appeal and makes people who are unfamiliar with it condescending.
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Ice Pirates....Space Hunter....Revenge Of The Nerds....Breaking All The Rules ( a very B movie in which deals with a stolen diamond, a fun park, and guy that falls for a preppy chick and a punk chick in the same day only realizing that they are the same girl because she is wearing the same panties he saw earlier in the movie).....lame as hell movie....but it is what i remember watching late night years ago on HBO. CanonBall Run 1 & 2...CondorMan...there are too many to name
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Chicken and Duck Talk (Gai tung aap gong)!!!!!
Truly, this great Chinese language comedy (about a failing duck restaurant and it's fued with a KFC-style take away store that moves in across the street) is a classic unappreciated comedy. Madcap and clever and actually somewhat moving (says I), I heartily recommend seeking this one out. -
"I came here to do two things - chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum!"
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Wether or not any of the following
may or may not appear on anyone's list of cult faves, they're all worth checking out if you've missed them:
"The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover"
"Three O'Clock High"
"Closetland"
"Shogun Assassin"
"Bedazzled"
"Dead Alive"
"Something Wild"
"One False Move"
And more recently...
"Run Lola Run"
"Cube"
"Ravenous"
"Office Space"
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As an adendum to the previous posting, I feel obligated to include the ones I missed:
"A Chinese Ghost Story"
"Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain"
"Better Off Dead"
"Curdled"
"Grosse Point Blank"
"The Big Lebowski"
"In the Soup"
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...My love for the film knows no bounds. It's especially dear to me because when I was in film school we all edited films to music to make little music videos. And, while everyone else did "The Piano" and "Forrest Gump", I decided to do Frankenhooker. When I pulled out my video and told everyone what I had edited the music to, they looked at me as if I were totally and absolutely insane. But by the end, the entire class cheered and they all wanted to rush right out and rent it. I guess people love exploding hookers. And of course, I also second my favorite film of all time, Eraserhead.
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Here in my country, the term "cult" is wrongly used to describe movies that have no greater commercial appeal and are only watched by "cultured" people. The american version of this would be "Art House" movies. A cult movie is one that is able to generate a following, a gathering of people that feel connected to it and to each other, due to it
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And finally:
"Trainspotting"
"Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels"
"The Last Supper"
"Dead Man"
"Wolfen"
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Possibly the worst movie Jack Palance ever made. Rubber swords and ping pong balls for the special effects. And great dialog!
Hawk: They are all Sleeping.
Crow: The sleep of the dead.
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Now that I'm thinking of it,if you want to see some really great bad HK cult movies, see GOLDEN QUEEN COMMANDOS and its semi-sequel, OPERATION PINK SQUAD. Both of these spagetti-western-girls-with-guns-and-dynamite-in-prison flicks are directed by the transcendently awful Chu Yen Ping and feature unbelievable dialogue and production design, plus two women who went on to star in PEKING OPERA BLUES, Brigitte Lin (!) and Sally Yeh. Weisser gives them four stars in his ASIAN CULT CINEMA. Actually, they suck. But they are entertaining as hell. (Weisser, by the way, is a font of factual misinformation as well as opinions that no decent human being could hold. He seems to value gratuitous nudity and maggot scenes more than good characters or photography. He is particularly mistaken about Stephen Chow, but I'm biased, of course.) Anyway, check out these masterpieces from Chu Yen Ping, a veritable Chinese Ed Wood.
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...but my "cult fave" is EVENT HORIZON...one of the most detested movies at AICN. Apart from that, just the usual ones...EVIL DEAD 2, ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, CRITTERS IN SPACE...oh, and the video cover for THE DENTIST 2 - haven't seen the movie, but the cover's the coolest thing ever, and the tagline "You know the drill" cracks me up every time...*Gag Halfrunt*
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Movies that define me? Jesus, hand me a phone book. Still, here goes... The first film I'd show a newbie of mine would be MEET THE FEEBLES. If they didn't run screaming after that, well, they're set. What? Haven't heard of MTF? Well, now, let's see - it's got a shit-eating fly tabloid reporter, a Vietnam-vet frog hooked on smack, a drug-dealing rat who also directs porn and snuff films on the side, a mutated elephant-chicken baby, a slut hippo who also happens to be quite good with an assault weapon, a sex-crazed rabbit whose just caught "The Big One", and a fox who has just written the definitive ode to sodomy. By the way, it's also directed by Peter Jackson, director of the upcoming Lord of the Rings films. After seeing this you'll either praise the man forever or stop at nothing to kill him before he proceeds with LOTR. Now THAT'S a cult movie.
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Just used the title to get your attention, after reading about "Spring Break". (And besides, we all know that for cheesy '80's T&A, "Hardbodies" is far superior.) But one of the most oft overlooked cult comedies is "Zorro, the Gay Blade". Too many great quotes to post here. Don't know if you would qualify "Night on Earth" as a cult film, but I always force everyone to watch it, so I guess it's my own personal cult movie.
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Jan 30, 2000 10:37:02 AM CST
Freaked, Bad Taste, Dead/Alive(Brain Dead), Meet the Feebles are
by stonemonkey
The Alex Winter(Bill S. Preston) and Tom Stern film 'Freaked' is a guilty pleasure of mine. The early Peter Jackson films are crazy, loony fun. Sad as it is, I've never seen 'Killer Clowns from Outer Space.' I have to track a copy of that down. One guilty pleasure of mine is tracking down all 130 episodes of 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.' Now those are awesome. That's where Paul Dini and J. Micheal Strazinzki got there starts. Not just a 30 minute commercial for kiddies, thise show genuinely entertained(until the Christian Right movement got ahold of it and made the last season cheesy as hell. Bastards!) Stone Monkey out. ..
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Finally, the topic I,ve been waiting for. Avert your eyes children, this may get self indulgent...
I'd crawl through broken glass to to see these chrome-plated time-wasters, and anyone who doesn't think that these films are a matter of life and death can fuck off for a start. These puppies make movies fun.
I never get tired of watching "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". For me, this movie has an utterly unique and timeless quality. It is mean-spirited, vindictive and has a near-perfect tone of barely controlled hysteria. It is so gleefuly vapid that it collapses in on itself and becomes a kind of masterclass on the dynamics of film. If film history is a black hole, BVD is the naked singularity at the centre, ripping time and space apart. The only thing that comes close is another Russ Meyer opus, "Up", to my knowledge the only small town, sexploitation, nazi conspiracy theory, murder mystery ever made. There is nothing like these films and Roger Ebert has my eternal gratitude for having a hand in both of these films. God bless you sir, for the restraint you lacked and the poor judgement of those who produced these gems. I deeply and sincerely love these films.
John Water's "Multiple Maniacs" is another particular favourite of mine. It's a nasty little enterprise, milking the Manson family murders for all they were worth. I have always had a soft spot for flicks about travelling carnivals, but the 'cavalcade of perversion' is the sleaziest version so far.
Anything with Tura Satana in it is nothing short of brilliant but I have always had a particular soft spot for "Astro-Zombies". I think my feelings towards this film crystallised at a particular screening at the Encore cinema (RIP) in Sydney. A Bugs Bunny short to get everyone in the mood, casually flicking cockroaches of my boots, the polite garden-party applause with which Ms Satana's on-screen arrival was greeted, and finally the film catching fire in the projector, the image gracefully melting on the screen. You don't get that kind of experience at a multiplex.
Other treasures include:
"2000 Maniacs" - the American civil war has never been so vividly examined before or after this naty little fucker.
"I Drink Your Blood" - a Manson family inspired cheapo in which an enterprising young lad kills a bunch of murderous hippies by feeding them rancid meat pies injected with blood from a rabid dog.
"Perdita Durango" - grossly underrated, santeria/foetus smuggling violent melodrama.
"The Holy Mountain" - bizzare, hallucinatory film including a re-enactment of the spanish civil war by costumed toads.
"Deep Red" & "Suspiria" - strange and terrifying giallo, both so reliant on tone and style they go beyond formula and become operatic.
I guess I love these movies because they do more than the average movie. They are not merely 'so bad they're good'. You have to work at appreciating these movies, and I guess this is true of all cult movies. You have to invest yourself in cult films, but the more you invest the more you are rewarded. -
"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." Nothing beats the Z-Man. He is just too over the top. Also, Orgy of the Dead, Putney Swope, Desperate Living(my personal fav John Water's film-the gun in the ass would do it),Blood In Blood Out:Bound By Honor, Fantastic Planet, City of Lost Children, The Warriors, The Wanderers, any Porky's flick(Tony Ganios is the man!), anything by my boy Harm(Gummo and Julien-donkeyboy), Falling Down, and Purple Noon. And Harry, props to bringing "Killer Klowns..." out to the public. And what a great theme song to that film!
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I think my favorite cult film is Repo Man. Although I have lots more of them to see, this one was probably the first cult film I ever saw, back in the 80s. The story is wacky, its a mixture of sci-fi, comedy and music, the main character is a punk rocker and that guy in the Chevy is hilarious. I love the speech he gives on the "nutritious aspect of Junk Food"!! On the cult film scale its a 10 out of 10!
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the greatest MOST UNDERATED FILM OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!! Gate II sucked ass though
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Yeah, Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 kick ass, but so does Army of Darkness. You gotta show that puppy too.
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Riding With Death is my favorite cult movie, anybody ever heard of it. Any fans out there.
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All caps, because this movie deserves it. If you've never seen this jaw-dropping movie about Japanese biker gangs, get your ass over to your friendly import tape dealer and see it. I have never, NEVER in my life seen a more astounding movie. Nothing even comes close. Other favorites, also mostly from Japan: WEATHER REPORT GIRL, THE RING, BOUNCE KOGALS, SUSPIRIA, THE PHYNX (so bad it's good), BLACK MASK (the original unmolested version), THE CRAZY FAMILY, RUN AND KILL (the most BRUTAL HK movie ever made), and, oh yeah, WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST? That last one may be the single finest film made in the past 15 years, along with GOODFELLAS.
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Jan 30, 2000 11:51:02 AM CST
Cult movies that no one mentioned because they suck/ or my fav p
by ken
first thing that came to my head when I saw this topic was so obvious that I cannot believe nobody posted it: Clerks. Then you got Mallrats. Really like only the true Smith Fans have seen this and I personally think it's the better of the trilogy. Then, there's others like the first Austin Powers, SLC punk (I love this movie. The scene with Heroin Bob in the Doctors office is great! "I hate doctors man"!!!) Then there's Run Lola run, which I'm sure most people here have seen. Then, It's not AS good as the others listed above (ESP. not Clerks) but Desert Blue is pretty good too.
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Jan 30, 2000 11:54:17 AM CST
Judging by the title, I thought this article was going to be abo
by deltahead
...Besides, his movies ("Roger and Me" and "The Big One") are two cult favorites in my circle of friends, as well as his original television show, TV Nation. And here's another bit of Michael Moore trivia: He is reportedly the director of the next Rage Against the Machine video, which was shooting here in NYC. The band wanted to make use of the NY Stock Exchange for one scene, so they kinda busted in, and Michael Moore was "detained" by the police. This is how I heard it reported on K-Rock. Does anyone know anything else? Peace.
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Roger Ebert's show was pre-empted this week in Detroit so they could run the news. Damn. Im just gonna have to put in that video of Evil Dead 2... Wait a sec... "Jack of all Trades" is on the WB! It's the perfect Bruce Campbell fix for a half-hour! Oh look! It's Executive-Produced by Sam Raimi! Everything you need is right here!
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Lets face it,these guys are the best cult actors in the film world today.Anyone see Mickey in Point Blank?It kicked ass.How about Walken in almost anything he's in?Even Walken's straight to video stuff is thoroughly watchable.As for Danny Trejo,he's become my favorite tough guy on film.Anyone see him in Blood In Blood Out?Now there is a dope movie.
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HK cult films that I love: The Once Upon A Time In China series, especially the third, have yet to see part iv and v. Chinese Ghost Story! Five Fingers of Death, if you haven't seen this it's a must! Not a cult, but a good HK film -- Peace Hotel! Chow Yun smokin' the bitches that mess with his bad self. It's the Chinese gunsmoke. Jet Li in HIGH RISK ... the Chinese Die Hard. Moving on to others: The Fearless Vampire Killers! Lair of the White Worm! Evil Dead I and II, even though they've already been mentioned. Shockwave ... saw this one when I was a tot on Channel 17's up all night classics. Evil Nazi type fellas genetically mutated to kill hunt down these folks on an island, or something to that extent. They come out of the water. Extremely bad, but funny. Kingdom of the Spiders, I think that this was a television movie in the 70's. Small town taken over by tarantualas. Beastmaster! Animation: NINJA SCROLL! The badass muthafucka of them all. Kicks major butt! Grandiezer, not sure if that is the spelling, but it used to play, along with other Godaiken (sp?) and Shogun Warrior cartoons, on Showtime around six in the morning. Ralph Bakshi: STREET FIGHT, FRITZ THE CAT, FIRE and ICE (this one rocked)! Too many to list. Watch 'em if you can.
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Aguirre: The Wrath of God (aka Der Zorn Gottes) is one of the best films ever. It's lush, visually amazing, and makes you wanna die. Team it up with Herzog's 'Fitzcarraldo' and you can put yourself right into a fatigue coma. Few films are as physically exhausting to just watch as these two.
Otherwise, Meet the Feebles is special, most of Waters' early stuff w/Divine, and naturally Bruce Campbell's classics. Also, his newer 'Running Time' is quite good, although you have to order it from Becker's website. Toss in some of the early 1930s german expressionist stuff too, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari mayhaps. Finally, let me just say: Under the Rainbow. This is a film with Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher containing midgets. Just midgets. Everywhere. Want to see Carrie Fisher nearly nekkid and menaced by a monocle-sporting German Nazi midget spy? This is it. What the Ewoks could have been. -
Harry, PLEASE don't tell me that you missed this one. It's the greatest cult film of all time, directed by William Peter "The Exorcist" Blatty. A group of Vietman vets are stranded in an old castle that is now a mental institution, and led by a Colonel who is crazier than any of them. It also has a great bar-room fight scene. Find the director's cut if you can.
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The greatest films .....Of the cult genre>>>>>Humanoids From the Deep>>>>>>A Boy And His Dog>>>>>>Fade to Black>>>>>A Clockwork Orange>>>>Caged Heat>>>>>The Plague Dogs>>>>Zombie>>>Dawn Of The Dead>>>The Street Fighter(Gerald Yamada...not fuckin van damme)>>>>Pink Floyd The Wall>>>>>The Evil Dead>>>>>>>>Star Wars>>>>>Whats the definition of a cult film anyway???Is it Pulp Fiction>>>>Or Reservoir Dogs????A killer show that will stand the test of time, to true movie buffs????Citizan Cane>>>Conan the Barbarian(Not that cheesy sequal)>>>The Terminator>>Blazing Saddles>>Ladyhawke(admit it besides the suck ass music it was a killer Way to spend a hour and a half)>>>or how 'bout>>OR >>This list can go on and on.....What is A CULT FILM.....Does any of the above not deserve to be on such a list.....there all killer movies in there own right...Does a cult film 'haf to be a low budget artsy-Fartsy piece that has a following....FUK-NO.....a CULT Film is Any killer ass show that people will rent at Blockbuster When there is nothing else to rent....I Just watched the PLAGUE DOGS recently....that fuckin movie tore me up....if that isnt one of the saddest godamn movies in cinamatic History that has a cult statis I'll never watch a movie again....What is The True Cult Film>>>>Whats your definition???
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What about Sid and Nancy? or Glory Daze????
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If any of you ever want to see a superbly shitty, dull, so-bad-its-laughable movie, rent Chantel Akerman's A COUCH IN NEW YORK. William Hurt plays a NYer who switches apartments with Juliette Binoche, a parisian, and the bad acting, lousy dialogue, and predictability ensue. I was actually laughing at it, although it still saddens me to know that such a fine director and two brilliant leads could put themselves up to this. If John Rocker could screen this to America, then it he would get his wish and no one would ever visit the big city again.
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More Killer Ass Flics>>The Warriors>>>>>(WARRIORS COME OUT AND PLAY-YAY)>>>Fire And Ice>>>Killer Clowns>>>The Good The Bad And The Ugly>>>>Critters>>>>Zulu>>>Mandingo>>>Texas Chainsaw Masacre>>>I Spit On Your Grave>>>>>Bladerunner>>>Dr. Strangelove>>>>>You figure out some more...im getting tired
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Jan 30, 2000 12:57:42 PM CST
HARDWARE WARS, Lickerish and DarthPsychotic Home Movie
by darthpsychotic
hardware wars with augie ben doggie is clearly the best with a close second being the Lickerish and DarthPsychotic Home Movie, which is in same cult category as that silicone slut PAM ANDERSON.
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C'mon, don't tell me I'm the only guy at this site who's at least heard of THE MUSIC LOVERS, GOTHIC, WHORE, THE BOY-FRIEND, etc. But I know that I can't be the only one who has sat through THE DEVILS at least twice...
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Nobody's mentioned the excellent action film THE ONE ARMED EXECUTIONER. If you haven't seen this gem of screen cheeze definitely do so. This guy loses his arm and his fiance and THEN starts whippin' some ass... and with only one arm to boot! It's worth the purchase price just to see him try and reload a gun! I mean come on, a midget informant gets locked in a phone booth and thrown in a river in the first five minutes! Now THAT is entertainment... I think.
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Hopefully Harry or Roger mentioned this terrific cult-classic. DARK CITY is one of my absolute favorite sci-fi flicks and it deserves the cult following it has. I'll be looking in the TV guide to check the show out Harry--sounds really cool. And in my opinion RESERVOIR DOGS is the greatest cult-classic of them all. Like I said, that's my opinion, I could be wrong.
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The Maysles brothers film from the mid '70's about Jaquiline Bouvier Kennedy's Aunt and Cousin living in a 28 room mansion called Grey Gardens. No running water, falling apart, and over run with racoons. These two women are HILARIOUS!
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Like Haywire, I was also unable to see the show because of extended Detroit news preemption. Would somebody who's seen the show please list out Harry and Mr. Ebert's picks if possible? My cult pic is Thou Shalt Not Kill...Except, which was put together by much of the same team that worked on the 'Evil Dead' films, including a story co-written by Bruce Campbell. It features Sam Raimi hamming it up as a Charles Manson-like cult leader; he utters the classic line, "Don't ever touch the sacrificial fluids...okey dokey!" It plays great on a double bill with Peter Jackson's 'Bad Taste', and it's certainly right up there in the cult echelon with Repo Man, Dawn of the Dead, Sweet Sweetback's Baadaaass Song, Assault on Precinct 13 (or any of Carpenter's early films), and all the other great films already mentioned above. Cult films rule.
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Yes... everyone has mentioned most great cult movies (and many that aren't), but I'm a little shocked that you guys have completely forgotten BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA! Also add in Suicide Kings, any Gregg Araki film, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Crow.
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There are so damn many, but one of my favorite cult movies is this Italian zombie flick called "BURIAL GROUND". It features simply the most disgusting zombie effects ever captured on film; you can practically TASTE the decaying, stinking rot. "THE BEYOND" (another Italian horror flick) is another classic; my friends and I were lucky to catch a theatrical showing of this one two years ago, preceded by a bunch of kick-ass retro trailers including "Evil Dead" and "Detroit 9000". It was certainly fun to watch, though I'll be damned if I could understand it. Another big one is "THE CARE BEARS MOVIE". My little sister had a copy when she was three or four and ran it all the time; soon I too had these hordes of bright multicolored bears running through my head, spreading their gospel of caring and sharing and bellowing "CARE BEAR STAAARRRRRREEE!!!!" (I saw "Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation", but for some reason it didn't maintain the artistic integrity of the original). My memories of this movie were so strong that in college I got it into my head to rent it again, for old time's sake. For some reason it didn't hold up, but my roommates and I had fun making up our own Care Bears, such as "Were Bear" and "Hair Bear" and "Ultrafuck Bear". The only problem came the next time we went to the store; I'd made the mistake of keeping the tape a day late. We went up to the counter to rent "Magnum Force", after scanning my card the guy at the counter exclaimed, "Hey, you've got a late fee on... (eyes narrowed in disbelief) 'THE CARE BEARS MOVIE'!!! My God, were you guys DRUNK or something?!" To our minds the entire store had heard this (particularly the two attractive girls behind us in line), and we frantically made "sshh"-ing motions until we grabbed our tape and ran out of there. I don't think I've gone into that store since.
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Good call on Sid and Nancy. That's a great f'n movie, man! And what about Dazed and Confused? UHF? Escape From New York? Transformers: The Movie? Hell, maybe even Howard the Duck.
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There's DAWN OF THE DEAD, not just a cult film but also the greatest horror film ever, and one of the greatest films of any kind ever made. Also, BRAZIL, VIDEODROME, THE DARK CRYSTAL (not sure whether this qualifies), THE NEVERENDING STORY (not sure about this either), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (well, DUH), THE AVENGERS (Hey, noone liked it but me, it qualifies), ED WOOD... a lot of my favorites can be considered cult films in one way or another.
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amazing cult movie
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condor man, leonard part 6, dark star.
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Dr. Butcher, M.D. A zombie classic. Remember, it is filmed in BLOOD RED!
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I've never posted on this site before, but I had to sign up specifically for this discussion.
I'm ashamed for all of you AICN users except for the two of you who gave fleeting mention of The Warriors. This qualifies not only as the greatest cult movie of all time, but the single greatest film ever. This strange, post apocalyptic in style vision of a New York City overrun by gangs is untouchable.
The music, the leather vests, the hair. None of it can be f-ed with. And lets face it, you've got gangs like the Turnbul AC's, the Lizzies (The chicks are packin heat!) and the Baseball Furies (they dress in baseball uniforms and fight with bats - but inexplicably wear face paint as well.)
Let's not forget the classic lines as well. From "Whatsa matta - you going fagot?" to "Can you deeeeeg it?" to "Come out and playeay!", pretty much every line of this movie can stand out as unforgettable on its own. The most underrated line in this movie may be "Why don't you just strap a mattress to your back?"
The reason this movie is a cult classic and not embraced by mainstream America is because to enjoy it, you must watch it three or four times first and undergo no small amount of shame in admitting to your enjoyment. The pattern usually goes like this: Step 1: watch it and laugh at it. Step 2: Watch it for the laughs, think the gangs they fight are cool. Step 3: Watch it alone and go bucknuts for it. Step 4: Convince others to start the vicious cycle.
Other selections for my cult classics? Transformers: The Movie, Excalibur, Grosse Point Blanke, and a bunch of others i dont feel like writing about.
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To that guy who mentioned The Dentist 2, with Corbin Bernsen, I don't think I've ever screamed like a woman as loudly as I have at that horrible, wretched disgusting movie.
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How can you not like a movie where evil clowns from outer space cover a town in a giant circus tent, and cocoon their victims in cotton candy? I rented "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" over 10 years ago; I don't know why I did, but I enjoyed the movie on its own goofy level. I never could figure out "Rocky Horror" though: maybe it needs to be seen with a crowd. "Song of the South" is available on home video, but you need a laserdisc player and a Japanese address to watch it. I guess Disney didn't think alleged racism was bad until 1968, because the movie was re-released (on its 7 year Disney cycle during that year ; someone I know saw it then). Undeserving cult movie? "Heavy Metal." Not bad by any means, but it had this huge buildup over the years, and when I finally saw it on video, I was underwhelmed. Like I said, not bad, but not worthy of the hype. Cool soundtrack though.
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all great cult movies nobody but me seem to like.
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This is a great talkback, with tons of wonderful (and wonderfully BAD) films mentioned.
Well, I seem to be the only person I know who saw a French film called Marquis- a bizarre version of Sade's life done with animal puppets and very odd stop animation. Possibly the strangest film I have ever seen. Also, Alice, by Jan Svankmejer, is a great twisted retelling of Alice in Wonderland as only the dark master of Czech animation can do it. The Quay Brothers call Svankmejer one of their major influences, and I would call their stuff quite cultish. Oh, and kudos to the person above who quoted They Live- That movie rocks! -
But i think the award for cult actor of the century can be given to Dean Cameron. He has been in so many cheesy yet lovable movies, ie Summer School, Ski School 1 &2, Miracle Beach, and a slew of others. No one has combined the worlds of slacker based comedy and soft porn better than Deano.
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Quickly: Monty Python & The Holy Grail -- Weird Science -- 2001: A Space Odyssey -- Pale Rider -- Somewhere in Time (the most ROMANTIC music ever in a film) -- Pink Floyd: Live @ Pompeii (kicks the living shit out of The Wall) -- Brazil -- Straw Dogs -- 1969 -- Easy Rider -- Five Easy Pieces
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Has anyone seen Jude, the Micheal Winterbottom film with Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet, that'a an AWESOME movie.There are many good cult flicks such as Weekend at Bernies 1 and 2 :), Better off dead, men at work, Almodovar movies particularly Jamon Jamon, Golden Balls and Tie Me Up ! Tie Me Down !. There's also Romance, all Robert Rodriguez films except that god-awful selling out movie called The Faculty :, Four Rooms, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, All Ewan McGregor films including Eye of the Beholder, Being John Malkovitch, Election, True Romance , all Kevin Smith movies except for Dogma, good will hunting (except it made money), run lola run, lock stock..., the acid house. As for anime - there's of course Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke, Golgo 13, Armitage 3, Ninja Scroll, and THE IRON GIANT (which is an anime). Finally, Let's not forget the mother of all cult films - FIGHT CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Do you guys consider it an anime ? Now, I know that Anime is from Japan and a particular type of animation, but the ideas and the mature storytelling of IG are similar. For what its worth, I consider that the Iron Giant was the first American step towards the direction of the Anime industry and I hope it wont be the last. Now, how about making Iron Giant 2.
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The term cult is applied to movies with a duality similar to the term hacker.
Hackers can mean the "evil" people who break into computers and networks and disrupt them, but hackers were originally the people who loved computers, dug into them, and tried to expand their uses outside the conventional limits of the time. But computer professionals often hackers see hackers in the same way that a carpenter looks at someone who cuts boards with the claw end of a hammer.
Cult movie fans likewise love film, and take joy in the whole film experience. Even the worst of films can contain germs of ideas that for one reason or another could not be realized or that worked by themselves but were undercut by the editing or publicity. A good example would be Brazil (1985, Teryy Gilliam).
The contrary use is derogatory, intended to imply that viewers of such films are un-cultured, but such users are best ignored.
My pick for a list of 10 most desired "lost" cult films is Candy (1968). When it first came out an old friend called me up and told me that I "had to see the film Candy.
The film is based on a Terry Southern satire of the same name. It includes a cast that is hard to believe today; one of the best performances is by Richard Burton.
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where tim burton ripped his early film style from!
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I keed thinking of new ones (this could go on forever). Ya gotta love THE SWEET HEREAFTER. And, how about TERMINAL ISLAND, with Tom Selleck & Roger E. Mosley (aka Magnum, PI and T.C.)?
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wolfman's got nards
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Jan 30, 2000 3:05:22 PM CST
With all the talk about animation and anime on the show, I'm sur
by niiiice
Specifically, Akira, which served as probably the largest catalyst in propelling U.S. interest in the Japanese art form through the roof. To me, this better fits the classic ideal of a "cult" film better than Kiki's Delivery Service, as it is chock full of cyberpunk philosophizing and all around confusing weirdness. Films like that touch a cord or spark curiosity and get people talking and debating, but its not something that fits well into the mainstream. But I guess all of anime falls into the "cult" section, probably a result of the American misconception of animation as a lower form of intellectual art, something just for children. But I'm going to go out on a ledge here and say that some of the most beautiful (Graveyard of the Fireflies) and thought-provoking (Evangelion) things I've seen have come from anime. I mean, they had the concept of fluidity and "bullet" time years before the Matrix came out...
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1. Fight Club(1999), the only 1999 movie that will reach the Cult Status. * 'cept Star Wars.
2. Dark City(1998), that and Out of Sight(1998) might achieve Cult status in a couple of year.
3. The Evil Dead Trilogy (82,87,93). One Word: Groovy.
4. The Phantom Menace(1999), that one was a cult before the casting had begun.
5. The Crow(1993), only reason it's cooler then Dark City: Brandon Lee.
6. Most of Hitchcock movies.
7. Se7en. DAH!
Future Cult Movies: All of David Fincher directed movies, Spider-Man if not too cheesy (ala Xena, Hercules or Jackass of trade), and of course the next 2 chapters of the Star Wars Saga.
Chill Out.
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How is Iron Giant more like anime than Disney's Tarzan? It's true that recent trends in American animation have started adopting anime techniques, such as exaggerated eye size and facial features for greater emotional expression, but that does not make something "anime". Great film it was, but the Iron Giant didn't break out of any shells or push any barriers. The style of anime, both in the art and the storytelling, is very culturally distinct, many times reflecting aspects of Japanese society and social hierarchy. The Iron Giant had a completely different way of visually expressing the story, but just because it's different from Disney, that doesn't make it "anime". There are hundreds of different animation styles in the U.S., from Batman and Superman to Pinky and the Brain. Similarly, there are many different types of drawing and art styles for japanese anime, which may not be as obvious to the casual anime viewer.
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I know it was a huge commercial hit, but Ghostbusters gets my vote for favourite cult movie.I have been through 5 VHS copies of the film (I need DVD), and I never ever get sick of it. Venkman is the all time coolest screen character EVER!!!!
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1) The Missiles of October-Martin Sheen nails Bobby Kennedy! (In his performance and NOT in any sexual connotation) 2) Seven Days in May-Rod Serling's adapted screenplay kicks ass! (The book is great, too) 3) The Atomic Cafe-If you love the American government (which I do most of the time) this movie will give you a moment of pause 4)Failsafe- Peter Fonda and "JR" Larry Hagman in the same room talking turkey with the Russkies. RAWK! But for number 5 I'm mentioning a movie you've NEVER EVER heard of. It's called "A Wilderness of Mirrors" (soundtrack by Paul K). It's about this guy, Al, and he's just a regular guy living out in New Mexico with his wife, see, and he works odd jobs off and on but also for the National Guard. Well, one night he's awakened by a phone call to help out with some National guard stuff. He ends up on a farm, removing strange wreckage and dead green bodies (you see where this is going). Anyway, of course he is sworn to secrecy (he's never kept ANYTHING from his wife until now). He slowly starts to go insane. Now, at the same time Al's wife has been raped by her OB-GYN and he tells her that she has cancer. Now, both partners in this otherwise solid relation have a deep dark secret that they must keep from each other, something neither knows how to do. So they end up seperating (I can remember how, but it was heartbreaking...I think Al's wife leaves in the middle of the night). Anyway, Al spends the next 40 years of his life (Like Job-from the bible, y'know) wandering around looking for his wife. In the end, he is committed to Bellvue Hospital in NY for being a looney. However, unbeknownst to Al his wife lies dying of something, not cancer (that cancer diagnosis was B.S.) and she passes away like three floors beneath her husband. It's a real motherfucker of an emotional rollercoaster. You'll never find it (the movie) but the soundtrack which pretty much serves as the movie's narrative is avalible on Alias records (Paul K-"A Wilderness of Mirrors") through Amazon and the like. You owe it to yuorself to check this out if you dig the whole "conspiracy" genere.
PS-It's snowing in Kentucky today. I wish you could all be here. The fire in the fireplace is raging and the game comes on is 2 1/2 hours. The Ziti will be done in 45 min. So hurry up, y'all!
Sopranos at 10 tonight!!!
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Here`s a cult film that was out of print on video for the longest time and now you can get at Suncoast for under 10 dollars. It has Christopher Lee as an alien in disguise as a priest. One of the best endings of all time.
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O.K., a few of my personal favorites.... Night of the Hunter, Meet the Feebles, The Batchelor and the Bobbysoxer, Galaxy of Terror, The Big Bus, Glen or Glenda...
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Slap Shot
Licence to Drive
Kickboxer
The Abyss
Arena
Dead Alive
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REVENGE OF THE CHEERLEADERS. I guess it could be more of a B-movie than a cult movie, but it sure as hell was funny! Somebody back me up here!
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The Stoned Age is one of the better cult film sto watch. The best thing about cult films are those little lines or snippets that you and your buds watch and you kep re enacting or saying them. That's what a makes a cult film!! Rewatchability! I've seen Caddyshack a zillion times. Don't forget Jim Wynorki's movies like Sorority House Massacre 2 and Dinosaur Island. You have your Kubricks and Scroseses, and then you have your Ed Woods and Jim Wynosrkis. I think TRUE film fans enjoy both ends of the spectrum.
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Sorry, I forgot these:
Flashback
Weekend at Bernies
Outrageous Fortune
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has anybody mentioned Heathers? Christian Slater impersonating Jack Nickelson all the way through is worth the price of a rental. How about just hearing a little bit of Big Fun's "Teenage Suicide, Don't Do It"? Shannen Dorhty being a bitch the entire way through (oh, wait...). "Heather, my love, there's a new sheriff in town"
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I am a frequent visitor to this site, but have never posted a Talkback before today as there has never been a topic before today that I really felt inclined worthy to share my opinion about. However, cult movies are a passion of mine, and with the aid of one of the nation's best video stores (Four Star Video Heaven in Madison, WI), I have viewed a vast number of them. Anyways, what follows is but a fragment of the list of my favorites, in no particular order:
-Streets of Fire- A classic Walter Hill flick, featuring snappy editing, great characters, excellent lines, and early roles from Rick Morranis, Bill Paxton and Willem Dafoe, who wears what appear to be the most uncomfortable overalls know to man in the movie. It's the story of lost love, revenge, and rock and roll, set to a very cheesey '80's rock sound track.
-Hate (La Haine)- This French film is not only a great cult film, but probably my favorite movie of all time. It has great acting by a diverse cast of young actors, and an extraordinarily deep plot that concrns race, violence, guns and mainly, of course, hate. You really empatize with the actors in this movie as they trek around Paris over the course of 24 hours. I reccomend this movie very highly, but be warned that it is very affecting, especially the first time that you see it.
-Shakma (Shockma)- Good luck finding this one on VHS, but I hear that it is often on late nights on various cable channels. Shakma is trying to be a Frankenstein-like tale of why man shouldn't mess with nature, but it ends up being a laughable horror movie that will really have you scratching your head by the completion. Also features a character named Bradley, who is one of the lamest portrayls of a gamer in movie history.
-Midnight Madness- Speaking of horrible portrayals of gamers, this movie also does them injustice, as a character sporting a yellow shirt with the block letters "GAME MASTER" printed on it is one of the nerdiest characters to ever cross the screen. Other than that, this is a great '80's flick about a scavenger hunt that is truly one of history's weakest MacGuffins. The movie features several cliched groups, all of which are milked to their limits, including frat boys, jocks, nerds, and clean cut dorks. I don't think that this movie would make for good repeat viewing, but it's worth at least one look.
-Spaceman- Directed and written by Onion head honcho Scott Dikkers, this is a great sci-fi comedy that is almost completely unknown. Again, it may be difficult to find, but worth seeking out. It's about an earth baby who is kidnapped by aliens, trained as an assasin, then marooned on earth as an adult. Needless to say, there are somewhat cliched fish-out-of-water jokes in the movie, but there is >a lot< of original stuff there too. The film features Brian Stack of Late Night with Conan O'Brien fame in a very laughable role as an FBI agent bent on disecting people. The ending of this movie is totally classic.
-American Movie- A recent film, but already a cult classic. If you haven't heard about the documentary, it's about Mark Borchart, a down-on-his-luck film maker attempting, in a few words, to achieve the American Dream. Also featured are some of the best characters in recent film history, all of which are real people. The film has some of the funniest lines ever uttered as well. Example: while trying to inspire some voice actors to scream convincingly, Borchard says, "OK, take two. Wait a few seconds, then you're burning in fucking hell!" This movie will change the way you use the phrase, "It's all right, it's OK, there's something to live for, Jesus told me so!"
-Coven- This is the film whose creation was documented in American Movie. To be perfectly honest, the movie is awful, but after seeing American Movie, it takes on a whole new meaning and more levels than imaginable for a 40 minute direct-to-video horror movie.
-They Live- This early John Carpenter horror/sci-fi work is simply brilliant. It has both inadvertently comedic elements, as well as poignant, serious social commentary. This movie is one of the most pertinant to comment on the issue of the state of society in this country today.
-The Warriors- ANother Walter Hill film, this movie follows a wrongly accused, and in turn hunted, colorful gang of thugs across New York, allegedly in the future. The dialogue in this movie is classic, as are the characters, specially Ajax, the Orphans, Cyrus, and the Lizzies. The gangs in this movie are worth the rental price alone. Of all the movies on this list, this is the closest to being a "must see".
-Fight Club- I don't think I can say much about this movie that hasn't already been said here. Just see it.
-Cane Toads- A short yet hillarious documentary about a species of toads whose introduction into Austrailia was supposed to alleviate a problem, but instead ruined their ecosystem. A short and amusing glimpse into a real world problem.
-The City of Lost Children- A dark version of a live action childrens movie with brilliant visuals and a bizzare story by Jeunet and Caro. This movie is a true visual masterpiece. The duo's Delicatessen is also worth checking out.
-Big Trouble in Little China- A classic action movie starring Kurt Russel. If you're in the mood for a shoot 'em up movie with more heart than any Arnie vehicle ever had, check this flick out.
Well, I'd better stop before I remember any more. Thanks for reading. -
Jan 30, 2000 4:29:19 PM CST
Hey Niiiice (Todd should read this aswell cause maybe he could h
by darius25
Atleast you called me a casual anime viewer not some wannabe. Ok, i know all about the different type of animation even within the Japanese Anime industry. If you look at Akira, and the Ghost in the Shell you can tell some differences. Even in the princess mononoke, the animation is different. Then in other movies/shows like Golgo 13, there are very little "big eyes" if there are any at all. The drawings in Golgo 13 and Armitage 3 are much more like the Batman cartoons all dark and sinister looking. Another example of this is HBO's Spawn television series. But when I said IG was an anime, I was not talking about its visuals. (While it does resemple anime much more than Tarzan though.) I was talking about the approach to the story telling. It was very thinly disguised as a kid's movie - it did not dumb down the story line like Tarzan. While Tarzan had awesome animation - it was made purely for children. IG was made for children AND adults. You can tell this because of the realistic plot settings - only 50s songs !!! The costumes, the language, the innocence, the cold war paranoia are all from the 50s. I am pretty sure that the average 5 year old is not aware of what "Sputnick" is. How about the "Duck and Cover" shows ?? I am getting off topic now, but if you consider that the majority of animes are driven by a mature storyline (dont count Ninja Scroll which was all action and no story but still pretty cool). In this way, IG was the first step for America moving in the direction towards mature storytelling where Animes are right now. If IG was a box office success or even if Mononoke was a box office success, we would have much more of these movies in theatres rather than waiting for stuff like some David Spade movie about talking llamas !? Do you sort of understand what I am trying to say ? It is sort of hard for me to explain but I am only saying that whenever a form of animation works on more than different levels, when you have to see them more than once to figure everything out which is hidden beneath the surface, it is heading towards the standards already achieved by the Japanese animation industry aka Anime. (By the way have you seen the Gall Force series - Fucking Awesome!!!_
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Jan 30, 2000 4:29:34 PM CST
Best Cult Films: Confessions of A Trick baby, Orgazmo, Doom Gene
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Glad to see another Warriors fan, as well as a Midnight Madness mark. "M-E-A-T M A C H I N E!"
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The Warriors was one of my favorite cult movies since grade school. But two other films I've enjoyed just as much have not seemed to have been mentioned. The first is Death Race 2000. The other is Kentucky Fried Movie, one of the funniest movies of all time.
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How about a crappy kids' movie that wantonly rips off E.T. and all other Spielburgian efforts, while jamming in as much product placement as possible? Oh yeah, since McDonald's ponied up the dough for part of this film, I wonder how the name "Mac" came up. I also wonder how they managed to sneak in a dance sequence AT A MCDONALDS RESTAURANT. Toss in endless flubs, inconsistancies amd acting that qualifies as just plain BAD, and you my friend have one fantastic cult film. Word to ya mutha.
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Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, MST3K: The Movie, and Pi are my favorite cult movies. Before Satan (Kevin Costner in a recurring role) got his hands on Sam Raimi, Raimi was putting out some of the best movies of all time. MST3K: The Movie is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, and Pi is amazing.
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My name is Tom Stabb.
I am a founding member of PROTEAN ORLANDO and a foot soldier on the front lines of the suburban resistance. The message has become clear. We are controlled by THE SYMPTOMS OF ATOM. For proof....email Valas14864@aol.com
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One of the greatest cult films of all time, and an extremely important work of art.
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Better Off Dead, Heathers, Grosse Point Blank, and Army of Darkness and So I Married an Axe Murderer. Any movie that you end up quoting for months afterwards qualifies. Any movie that made me choke up as a teenager. Any movie with John Cusack or Bruce Campbell or Jean Reno ('cept Godzilla). Honorable mention goes to Nemisis, with that Gunnar dude. He was too cool.
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To me the term cult movie (and it can't be a FILM-too highbrow)signifies something in the horror or scifi or action genre, especially if there are dollops of comedy involved. You rarely hear about cult Westerns, cult musicals(except for TRHPS) or cult
dramas. If you are the only one who professes to a likeness for a certain movie that everyone else has forgotten about, is it a cult
movie? (If so, some of mine are Busting, The Mckenzie Break and The In Laws).BTW, why would anybody call '2001' a 'cult' movie? It was a commercial, critical and cultural success right from the start and is still widely discussed and shown. How many other 1968 movies are shown on TV these days? -
Then you get your asses in gear and see "Repo Man." Follow that up with "Infra-Man." And concluded with "Munster, Go Home."
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I am just honored to be a part of that fine array of flicks. Anyone courious? Check out the official DIVIDING HOUR site at www.dolphinative.com. Mention AICN on the orderform and get it for $15 postage paid.
Thank you for the plug, Harry. It was surreal watching something I had worked on a few years ago pop up on National TV.
- Mike Prosser
writer/director/producer/whatever
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..I believe the line'Why don't you strap a bed to your back?' came from 'The Wanderers' not 'The Warriors'. And the wanderers is a certified cult movie"Oooh I got a great hand. Can I have four cards?".A few others ...The stone killer, white lightning, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot(THE Jeff Bridges performance)Slap Shot, Blue City, Just Tell Me What You Want, Shakedown,Coogan's Bluff,etc etc etc
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Mr. Tibbs briefly mentioned this, but I thought I might go into more depth. Alan Bates (the most under-rated actor in history) plays a man who returns to England after eighteen years in the Austrailian Outback. There, he learned many interesting things from the Aborigines, including how to kill everything around you by shouting. He moves into the home of a rural couple (John Hurt and Sussana York), and seduces the wife. It is based on a short story by Robert Graves. Rent it if you can find it.
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"Good Burger".
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Richard Stanley's "Hardware" and "Dust Devil." Yeah, they got fucked by the production company's editors, but there are some freaky-shit movies lurking around in what's left of them. And props to all the folks going off about "Meet the Feebles." Perhaps the ultimate cult film. Oh, except for "Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD."
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You know, it's almost obvious why Princess Mononoke didn't make a dent in the box office. With all the pre-release hype and celebration going around, I can't imagine how many animation fans (myself included) were jumping up and down with the thought, "Hey, THIS is the movie that'll show America that there's more to animation than saturday morning cartoons!" But after it failed the Minneapolis test market, I realized something. It's the same thing that has kept anime on those back shelves at the video stores all these years. It's true that alot of anime is trash, but like Ebert said, alot of EVERYTIHNG is trash. Darius, you're right when you said anime deals with mature themes, but its more than that. Most anime just doesn't deal with mainstream stuff. You could compare the Disney movies with the special-effects laden summer blockbusters that people can go to and turn off their brains and be entertained, while the anime can be thought of as the arthouse flicks that few can understand and truly appreciate, hence their "cult" status. Anime is often so surrealistic and fantasy like, people think of those things as kids stuff or just don't understand and get turned off...I have more to say, but this post is running a bit long...
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Isn't Clinton on the show this weekend? I keep reading that he'll be on "the weekend of Feb. 5-6". Did Harry get bumped?
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Jan 30, 2000 8:06:43 PM CST
kkrankk says: Using actual football images in the GLADIATOR prom
by kkrankk
But as for cult flicks, who's seen MELODY, a great British-made for kids? Or Blake Edwards' EXPERIMENT IN TERROR? I must see MEET THE FEEBLES; nice page for it over at theonering.net. I read about PERDITA DURANGO months before it was supposed to come out but I never saw it hit the west coast. Rosie Perez, yum yum.
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Jan 30, 2000 8:16:19 PM CST
Hey Kkrank! I thought I was watching the trailer for Any Given
by niiiice
I know all the advertisers try to tie in their products with the Super Bowl, but damn the Gladiator teaser even used the same music as the Any Given Sunday trailer!! That being said, what we DID see of the Gladiator looked BADASS!!
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Jan 30, 2000 8:19:33 PM CST
BTW, Shouldn't there be a board for us to post our thoughts on t
by niiiice
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The Superbowl teasers were lame.There should've been one for Rocky and Bullwinkle.Oh well.Go Rams!!!!!!!
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Here's a short list: Legend Of Lylah Clare; Gorgo; Blood from Dracula's Castle; Terror in the Jungle (a must see!); Infra-Man; Assault on precinct 13; The Boogeyman; Ilsa, she wolf of the SS; Suspiria; They Saved Hitler's Brain; The Creeping Terror; any Peter Carpenter flick (Blood Mania, Point of Terror, etc); Rodan; Hardware; Twisted Brain (Horror High); Concord Airport 79; Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2; Dune; Invaders From Mars (original); The Last Days of Planet Earth; Dark Star; Solaris; Humanoid Girl (another Russian sci-fi); The Brood; Marnie; The Last Wave; Robinson Crusoe on Mars; much, much more.
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maybe it was in the wanderers too, but it was in warriors. don't doubt me.
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On second thought,maybe From Dusk Till Dawn..it's second to Killer Klowns for sure.Go Rams!!!!!!!!!
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Mick Jagger meets GOODFELLAS. Kickass movie.
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But if that doesn't fit people's definition of a true cult film, then I'm going to go w/ So I Married An Axe Murderer or Heavenly Creatures!!!
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Damn, you guys mentioned so many of my favorites. Stuff like 'Blood in, Blood Out', 'I Spit On Your Grave', 'Death Race 2000' (this one is so classic it isn't even funny. It's either the best B movie ever made, the Ultimate Cult movie or both), Hardware (some majorly fucked-up shit with an Iggy Pop score!), and 'Man Bites Dog'. Still, I have to throw in my 2 cents here...'Meet The Feebles' is the only movie in the last decade to make me ill to my stomach. It's like watching the Muppets doing porno. Left the worst taste in my mouth and has changed my view of puppeteering forever. By far more horrifying and distasteful than any straight porno or horror flick in creation. Rent it. Your life will never be the same. I swear. Others I'd like to add to the list are: Frankenstein Unbound (with Raul Julia), Michael Mann's criminally under-rated 'The Keep', 'The Hidden' (A killer alien from outer space that digs heavy metal...what's not to love?), Atom Egoyan's 'Exotica' especially but 'The Adjuster' too, 'The Curve' (think 'Dead Man on Campus' but taken a bit more seriously), a Spanish film called 'Open Your Eyes' (If you want to see Penolpe Cruz, see this flick. I guarantee you will not be disappointed. One of the best foreign films I've ever seen), and for the finale, the greatest God damn movie EVER, cult, B or otherwise.........Sam Peckinpah's 'BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA'. Lastly, 2 movies I've never seen but have been trying to track down over the years but still never seem to find: 'Karen Carpenter: Superstar' (this is the story of Carpenter as told through Barbie Dolls) and Atom Egoyan's 'Calendar'. If anybody can help me out in trying to find these movies, I'd really appreciate it.
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I didn't give an e-mail address if by chance someone could aide in my search for 'Superstar' and 'Calendar'. It's: lostoptimist@hotmail.com. Oh, yeah, one more film I'd recommend tho I'm not too sure if it falls withing the parameters of 'cult': 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'. Hey, if Ebert is going to list 'Shawshank Redmeption' and 'Austin Powers', this ought to be fair game. The movie bombed at the box office but, wouldn't you know it, every time I see it come on TV I take the phone off the hook, turn off the lights, lock the door and never EVER leave my seat. Besides, it's got the greatest collection of comedians ever assembled in one movie.
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if you truly cannot find one..Number one is WISE BLOOD, probably the most accurate portrayal of hillbilly ignorance ever!!!! The Wrong Guys, wow, Louis Anderson, Richie Belzer, John Goodman, Franklyn Ajaye, an ALL-STAR cast...Nosferatu..Devil Girl(?) Yoko..Vampire Hunter D..Intruder..Two Lane Blacktop..all of the Debbie Does series..ALL of the COFFIN JOE movies..El Topo..Holy Mountain..Return of the Living Dead...and an incredible precursor to pulp fiction- THE GODSON..a pimping classic!!
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RAMS BABY!!!SUPAHBOWL CHAMP-EE-ONS!!!!!!OH HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
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Rutger Hauer is the star of several of my favorite "cult" films, but I choose to only list two because they're my personal faves: Split Second and Blind Fury. The first is an almost incomprehensible action/mystery/horror/serial killer/alien/buddy cops/sci-fi/cultist film that's just so damn fun to watch it's not even funny. Strike that... it is funny. And anyone who hasn't seen Blind Fury has deserves to have a really mean-looking nun slap their wrists with a metal ruler. Simple premise: blind master swordsman takes on drug dealers. Directed by Phillip Noyce, who went on to do Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Bone Collector. A few other little-seen favorites: Mean Guns, starring Christopher Lambert and Ice-T - 1 warehouse, 100 assassins, 1,000 weapons, 10,000,000 dollars, one survivor. The funniest existentialist sci-fi film of all time, John Carpenter's Dark Star. Quite possibly the dumbest funny comedy of all time, Freaked, written/starring/directed by Alex Winter (Bill from Bill & Ted). The Hidden, Kyle Machlachlan's best non-David Lynch-related project. The only cult romance that I can think of, Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply, starring Alan Rickman. Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge (the best in the series). And The Most Dangerous Game, from the creators of the original King Kong, starring Fay Wray, Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks. Watch it, and if you can't see that countless films have ripped it off over the years, then you're blind. Hey, I know this was long, but do yourself a favor and see these movies!
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Seriously. There're some great films here, and I'm writing them down. Some I've seen, but not recently enough. For example, Killer Klowns, and Condorman. Haha, these rock! Here're a few more I haven't seen mentioned:
RawHeadRex, Street Trash (hobos drinking $1 Viper alcohol found walled up in a store turn into freaks), whichever Critters film has them turn into a giant rolling ball, Buckaroo Banzai, Ice Pirates, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Light Years, and Moontrap. -
Two great cult movies, in my opinion: THE BURBS, and THE LAST DRAGON with Taimak and Vanity. And lets not forget AVENGING DISCO GODFATHER, which is included simply because there will never be a more beautifully titled movie...ever.
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I do not care what anyone says: UHF is the GREATEST cult movie ever. Add to that Cannibal:The Musical, Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Who's Tommy (good ol' Ken Russel), Orgazmo, Shocking Asia, Shocking Africa, Mondo Cane, Mondo Cane 2, Atomic Cafe, (the latter 5 exquisite documentaries), YOUNG EINSTEIN, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (William Sadler's best role ever), Island of a Thousand Delights, Herzog's Nosferatu, Emmanuelle in Bangkok, Bram Stoker's Dracula, BOTH Blues Brothers films, and of course Forbidden Zone, the Groove Tube, and that great Sub-Genius compilation tape!
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Here are what I think are/should be cult films, in no particular order:
1.Orgazmo-Hilarious sex comedy from South Park's Trey Parker.
2.Paperhouse-Directed by Bernard Rose(Candyman), this horror tale is about an ailing girl whose drawing of a house causes recurrent dreams/nightmares.
3. Jack Frost(the 1997 A-pix release)-a guilty pleasure of mine's
4. Mute Witness-A Russian made thriller about a mute makeup artist who witnessed a murder on a movie set.
5.Gattaca-Highly underrated sci-fi/cautionary tale about genetic engineering.
6.Knight Moves-Hitchcockian-esque thriller w/Christopher Lambert as a chessmaster accused of murder.
7. (tie)Head Above Water and The Last Supper- Both are little-seen dark comedies starring Cameron Diaz.
8. Cabin Boy-unusual yet funny film w/Chris Elliot.
9. Rushmore-Jason Schwartzmann's performance is superb, if you ask me
10. Hard Rain--come on, someone has to have seen this?
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But I just kinda scanned through. I didn't see some greats.
Tremors: The best monster flick of the last 15 years; and it has Kevin Bacon.. I'm as amazed as you are.
Baseketball:Already a classic among the Garden City, KS ska scene...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: It's not as good as the series, sure. But it's got Pee-Wee as a vampire! How can you want more than that? Plus, as an added bonus, Stephen Root's drug speech.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie: The cult skewer-er becomes a cult classic. The circle is complete.
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut: How could you not see this as a future cult classic? "Shut your fucking face, Unclefucker!"
Beavis and Butthead Do America: It's been largely forgotten, but it's a classic.
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Quite simply the most beautiful film I've ever seen.
Ghostbusters: Yeah, it's been mentioned, but I love it so. It's my favorite movie and I will not stop until it gets the recognition it deserves!
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead: Jenny McCarthy and Cristopher Walken.
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Probably the first "cult" movie I had the privalidge to see was Evil Dead 1 & 2. I had a friend who had both and showed them to me back to back. He didn't tell me that 2 was a kinda remake of the first or anything at all, he just told me that they would be two of the most kickass movies I would ever see. I have to tell you that I enjoyed both very much with 2 being my favorite and it introduced me to two people in Hollywood I have followed faithfully ever since. Sam Raimi and Bruce Cambell.
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RHPS, Evil Dead 2, Dead Alive (aka BrainDead), Heathers, Drunken Master II, Dawn of the Dead, Heroic Trio, Cemetary Man, Ah Kam, Get Crazy (featuring Malcolm McDowell as a Jagger-esque rock star who gets dosed and thinks his penis is talking to him!),Leon, The Killer, and the worst movie I've ever seen : "Robot Ninja", guest starring Burt Ward & Linnea Quigley. Ye gods.
But let's not forget the great Orson Welles, who's films (excepting Kane, of course, and more recently 'Touch of Evil' & "Magnificent Ambersons") are still largely ignored : "F For Fake", "Lady From Shanghai", "The Trial", "The Stranger", "Macbeth" etc
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Here are a couple more to add to the list: South Park: bigger longer and uncut, Highlander, Basketball, and one of my older favorites Rollerball. One last thing Better off dead is one of the funniest movies ever, i also love evil dead trilogy, blade runner, any kevin smith film, and fight club was the best movie i saw in 1999.
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Another cool cult movie is CORVETTE SUMMER starring MARK HAMILL is fun to watch as darthpsychotic giving to LICKERISH doggystyle.
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This is a great, weird comedy about a freakshow, that was co-written and co-directed by star Alex Winter, who we all know and love from the Bill & Ted movies. I don't think the film was ever released theatrically, but it's definitely worth looking for in the video stores. Plus, it's got Mr. T as the bearded lady!
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Tops on the Cult-O-Rama Hit list is BRAZIL. After that in no particular order... "The Sword and The Sorceror" (which I still say is better than ANY of the Conan Movies), "T.A.G.:The Assassination Game" (First movie of Linda Hamilton and Bruce Abbott), "Adventures of Ford Fairlane", "Hudson Hawk" (yes I'm not kidding! Great Villains!) "My Chauffeur" (I've still got a hard-on for Deborah Foreman!), "Time Bandits" (which I went to see on opening night and when it was over I knew the definition of "Cult Film"... and I was only 12!), "Big Man On Campus" (Hunchback on the UCLA campus), "Streets of Fire", "The Cotton Club", "Oops Apocalypse", and ANYTHING with "the Freds" (Ward or Gwynne)! Oh, and the #2 spot behind BRAZIL has to be "KNIGHTRIDERS".
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That is indeed a great cult film, very funny. How about "Tremors" as a cult film? I hated it the first time i saw it. Happened to catch it again on t.v and loved it. Everytime its on i'm sure to watch it, gets better everytime I see it.
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I Think Harry should get his own TV show!
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I have only two things to say: Repo Man
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"Robot Monster:" Easily one of the worst - and funniest - movies ever made. And it's in 3D too! "Pink Floyd - The Wall:" I see something new every time. "Dawn of the Dead:" Romero's best zombie movie. "From Beyond:" H.P. LoveCraft horror so over the top, it's hilarious. "Pumpkinhead:" Cool Alien/revenge flick set in the woods. "Ghost Town:" pretty neat horror/western hybrid. "Creepshow:" Bedelia, you bitch, where's my birthday cake?! "The Thing," 1981 version: one of my all-time favorite movies. "Charley Varrick:" good suspense-thriller with Walter Matthau; awesome ending. "Night Moves:" another good thriller with Gene Hackman. "Duel:" One of Spielberg's best. More to follow...
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Good for you Harry. Song of the South is a movie no child should be deprived of. History classes will learn from you.
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Ok there are some cult movies that are left off some of the lists...Some of them are:
Over The Edge (the best teen angist movie I have ever seen). Repo Man (the first cult movie that started when it came to video). Just about any John Waters film that he has made. Dazed and Confused (another film that found a cult on video). Brazil. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension. And those are just some that I can think of.... -
Ok....I've got one that I'm pretty sure not many people have heard of...It's a B movie called "Jekyll and Hyde Together Again"...Lots of sex and drugs and hysterically funny. I only saw it once or twice, and have no idea where to buy it, so if anyone knows, tell me, please!
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First off, does anyone ever read these messages all the way this far on the list?
The originator and provocator:
Tod Browning's Freaks.
Gaba, gaba.
Gaba, gaba.
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Has anyone seen the best movie (anime) of the 80's, WARRIORS OF THE WIND?
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what about uncle sam!? that is the best movie ever. and also
EMBRYONIC POLKADOTTED ROCKABILLY FIGHTER PILOTS!
GEORGE OUT -
Ivan Q.O. from Puerto Rico.
1.Warriors of the Wind (anime)
2.A Christmas Story
3.Tesis (Spain)
4.At Close Range (Sean Penn)
5.Miller's Crossing (Cohen's best)
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Please tell me Im not the first one to list it.
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I guess the subject of cult movies seems to have brought out many first-time talk backers and I am no exception. I have enjoyed almost all of the films mentioned and would like to include a few more that I have yet to see listed.
This is Spinal Tap-I cannot believe no one has mentioned this.
Withnail & I
Someone mentioned Performance-Don't Look Now and Man Who Fell to Earth are equally trippy Roeg.
Phantasm-I'm pretty sure no one posted this.
Demon Seed-bizarre flick from Roeg's buddy Cammell. 2001 meets Rosemary's Baby.
Gimme Shelter-Woodstock '99 was really altamont '99
The Last American Virgin-classic 80s sexploitation.
Eyes Without a Face- If you've never seen this French atmospheric chiller, go out and rent it now.
Vampyr-any true horror fan should not miss this.
Breakin'-For really body popping, no one can touch boogaloo shrimp.
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The evil dead movies pretty much have a lock in this category, but i've always loved john waters... especially Pink Flamingoes. Nothing says lovin like Edith Massey in a crib...and what about the Garbage Pail Kids movie with that kid from Facts of Life...
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When I think of cult movies I think of movies that I will not turn off if I happen to see them on TV. Most of these will not be considered cult by most, And most of them are unknown to most of the public, but I love these smaller (well most of them) film beauties. Here are some off the top of my head: Men At Work, The Road Warrior, Career Opportunities, The Monster Squad, My Science Project, License To Drive, Cloak and Dagger, This is Spinal Tap(I love this movie), Near Dark, Big Trouble In Little China, The Punisher, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Just One of the Guys, Krull, Legend, Real Genius, Strange Brew, I come in Peace, The LAst Dragon, Moving Violations, They Call Me Bruce,....Icould go on and on, by just looking at my video collection, but I wont I just wanted to put a few more movies on this giant "cult" list. Notsure if any of agree but oh well...
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Harry,
I loved the show, you hit a number positives for cult classics. I loved the short Inframan discussion.Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Killer Klowns from outer Space was a killer movie. for Those that have not seen it I highly recommend. -
I have to reiterate the point that Meet the Feebles is the single greatest cult movie of all time. I can't express how it feels to watch that fucked up piece of celluloid for the first time. A frog shoots heroin and has a nam flashback, insects shoot porn, a whale gets blown by a cat and so much more. The films a total mindfuck. I also have to second, "Repo Man" (The life of the repo man is always intense) and "The Warriors" (come out and plaaay). As for recent movies, I add "Rushmore" to the list of films to be cult like in the years that follow.
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Jan 31, 2000 4:09:04 AM CST
Glen or Glenda Rocky Horror Picture Show The Road Warrior
by captain harlock
Yeah, yeah yeah, they're's all pretty obvious, but there's a reason they're all considered classics. Also, RYOUJIN Z, a righteous anime flick about a hospital bed with AI (possibly the greatest sentient hospital bed movie ever made) and VANISHING POINT: "YOU WANNA SEE A '70'S MOVIE??!!" asked the video store guy. We did and it kicked. Think AGUIRRE THE WRATH OF GOD only with a Dodge Challenger (or was it a Plymouth Roadrunner? sorry, it's 12 a.m...) and Cleavon Little's stream of consciousness narration. Just don't expect it to "make sense". That shit's for squares...
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Can porno films be listed as Cult? Because i would pick debbie does dallas
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Brodiebank, you pointed out a wonderful movie. Not only do you have Mister T as the Bearded LAdy, but William Sadler as the laughing man, and a little-known appearance by Keanu Reeves as Dogboy! Whoa... "Twelve milkman would be possible. Thirteen is ridiculous!" Other films that I would throw on include the entire Phantasm series (I think someone else recognized the brilliance earlier on), Carpenter's The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China and In the Mouth of Madness. Also, Six String Samurai, Hands on a Hardbody (someone must have mentioned this) every single fucking Coen Brs. movie, The Road Warrior, Shallow Grave (McGregor!), all MST3K episodes (well, most anyway), the Harryhausen/Schnee films from the sixties, Ninja Scroll, Raimi's dead trilogy, Romero's dead trilogy, and two of John Woo's Hong Kong films: Hard Boiled and The Killer. Much better than his American stuff, which is like Teletubbies by comparison. The villian from The Killer is God!
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The untimate cult film? " This Is Spinal Tap'.
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I feel compelled to add that the original "Muppet Movie" bears (no pun) watching again. Lots of weird cameos. A real way to give yourself a feel for what a different era thought was kiddie fare with "sly" jokes for the parents. Might be a nice contrast for all you "Iron Giant" fanatics.
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Why should anyone watch that racist garbage? I sure can't think of a reason. Even the songs are sub-par for Disney.
If you wanted to really show some kind of intelligence, you would've avoided all of that Hong Kong and aname garbage and gone for a real cult classic: "The Hollywood Knights".
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The show was very nice and I do like the selection of movies that were picked to be reviewed i.e. killer Klowns from Outer Space. I didn't know that you were an anime fan Harry ,but good for you. I do know that the Anime cult following is getting larger and more mainstream. The reason being there are Anime conventions popping up all over the place. I do belive that down in Texas there is one called A-Kon. I myself only get to go to Otakon it the closest one to me. I do hope to see you at one them.
Thats it for me ,
J-Train
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Holy fuck there are a lot of posts here. Oh well, I'm gonna list my fuckin cult movies anyway. Vampires Kiss is an awesome movie. I couldn't read through the million movies mentioned to find if anyone else's seen it. But it kicks ass. I could qoute it all day. "I was in mortal combat with a fucking bat, give me a break!" "Fucking grease-ho!"
"Where is that cunt?" "Yes, I was turned into a vampire, it's a long story." Nic Cage is crazy. Also, umm, Heathers, Bottle Rocket, blahblahblah. Most of 'em have been mentioned already. -
Of course there are the 3 StarWars movies. They are out of my mouth before I even say my name to new people I get to know... (almost)
Then, I have Hudson Hawk, The Princess Bride and one I enjoy very much: Clue.
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lots of films come and go, but the one for me which I've watched too many times to remember is The Man With Two Brains (obviously) the funniest Steve Martin film ever, closely followed by The Nerd
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I'm happy to see some of the movies that have already been listed. For me some cult movies that stand out are MST3K: The Movie, The Professional (Gary Oldman chewing scenery like nobody can), and all of the Monty Python flicks. But there are two things that I don't believe have been listed. The first is the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood Man With No Name Movies. A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly are some of the greatest westerns ever made. And they were all cult movies to begin with. They jumpstarted Eastwood's career (obviously) but they will always be cult movies too. But one cult movies that has not been mentioned most of you probably haven't seen. That would be The Monkees' movie HEAD. HEAD is one of the weirdest films I have ever seen in my life, but for some reason I find it absolutely fascinating. I know a lot of you will mock me for this, but just watch the movie and see if you can figure out what it's all about. It's A Hard Day's Night gone on acid.
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...is my pick fo the greatest cult film ever- at least it's the one that I love the most and was 'made for me' as the saying goes. My list of other cult faves (underrated and the like):
SHOCKWAVES (1977)
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1975)
THE WARRIORS (1979)
ROAD GAMES (1981)
KILLER FISH (1979)
DEAD AND BURIED (1981)
OUTLAND (1981)
THE FOG (1980)
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)
And Harry, my wife and I saw you in the show and really enjoyed your passion for these films- I hope Roger has you on as a regular! Take care-
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Jan 31, 2000 9:44:17 AM CST
STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL/lickerish's 1st posting(you cant tell
by darthpsychotic
I have the tiny real player version of the STARWARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL which is 18mb in size, it is truly a cult classic, if anybody is interested i can give you the address in which to get it.
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Glad to see a lot of mentions of Peter Jacsons early films, but what about Dead Alive? It's got to be the funniest, goriest movie I've ever seen!! And how about the underated "The Frighteners"? It's got effects to rival ILM and Digital Domain, great Rick Baker make-up, and any movie to push Michael J Fox back to television cant be all bad...
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An Italian fantasy film called UNDER THE CHINESE RESTAURANT? I saw it at a fantasy film fest 6 years ago and have never seen anything about it since. Anyone with info about, please let me know. And to add two more cult films: 1. SHREIK OF THE MUTILATED, if only for the scene where to show what a hip collegiate party in the 70's is like, we get loads of college kids smoking dope and listening to......POPCORN by Hot Butter? Uh, yeah. Also HAND IN HAND, an eloquent little British film about 2 kids - one Jewish and one Catholic - and their improable friendship. This film needs to be released on video!!
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Freaked, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Cabin Boy (YAY!!), and Let's Scare Jessica to Death...
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"Thou Shalt Not Kill Except", "Hard Rock Zombies", "The Warriors", and "The Wanderers" (Don't Fuck With The Wongs!)
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Better off Dead is totally camp 80's and a personal favorite!
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Yo check This out. I ain't gonna shout. I wanna say this once. So dont all act like cunts? Check? I be diggin' "The Orange Clockwork", and Kevin Smith's own indie "Clerks". "Da Last Supper" is pretty fly, and we all love Darren's Aronofsky's "Pi". Now I gots ta be rappin' elsewhere. Peace, y'all.
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Night of the Creeps. It is a totally cool sci-fi horror movie starring Rusty from European Vacation. It's about these alien slugs that enter your body and turn you into zombies.
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I'm disappionted in many of you as I didn't see any of these listed anywhere:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai, Split Second, and Strange Days.
(I give mad props to the dude who mentioned Hard Ware)
Among others that might have been mentioned, Being JM, A Clockwork Orange, 2001.
Better hunting next time, I guess.
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"...is the best all-around cover any agent ever had." I'm surprised no one has brought up "The Naked Lunch" yet. Or "Buckaroo Banzai" for that matter. It's full of big-time stars that hadn't made it yet and were probably working on the cheap, some of the best technobabble ever written (TNG's being the worst), and even promises a sequel that never was. It must be a cult flick, because a cult's grown up around it. I had the good fortune to come across John Lithgow in the Salt Lake City airport once; he seemed flattered when I thanked him for doing Emilio Lizardo so well. I'd walk 100 km for paragraph breaks. The "feature film" in "Amazon Women on the Moon" is everything pulp science fiction should be (everbody have their space-beams?), and the "Arsenio Hall's house explodes" sequence still brings a tear to my eye. Someone mentioned "American Pie" way up there, I think. I finally saw this last night. It's "Porky's", without the Klan. Mildly amusing, but no "The Party Animal".
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There are some great movies on this list! A couple I would add are Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pink Flamingos, and Scanners. But here is one you may not have heard of. One night about three years ago my roommates and I had no dates and nothing better to do than drink and watch shitty movies. We went to the video store and asked the clerk for the "worst" piece of shit in the store. He pointed us to this gem, "Cannibal Campout". It's a no-budget horror flick that uses every cliche in the book. But, it also has the single funniest line of dialogue I have ever heard in a movie, period. The story is that a group of campers go out in the woods to party for the weekend and run into a group of cannibals who eats them one by one. After one of the teens goes missing, the group decides to split up to look for her(of course). It's then that the leader says the following with a total sincerity: "Alright guys, let's split up to go look for her. If anyone gets lost, just meet back RIGHT HERE." If you can find it, go get totally shitfaced and rent CC. P.S. Spring Break is a huge guilty pleasure. I know the movie really sucks, but once or twice a year I catch it on cable about 2 in the morning and I just have to watch.
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One False Move with Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thorton, and Extreme Prejudice with Powers Booth and Nick Nolte.
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... watch FUDOH - THE NEW GENERATIONS. I just can recommend it again and again. It just doesn't get any wilder.
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Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen this one listed yet, and FLASH GORDON is one of my all-time favorite flicks. It's the ultimate cheesy, big-budget schlock fest, and best of all it knows it (though I read somewhere DeLaurentis thought he was making straight sci-fi at the time, hilarious if true). This movie has sexy chicks (Ornella Muta, ahhhhhh), kick-ass action scenes (Hawkmen vs. Ming's rocket, Flash and Barin fighting on that arena thingy), and an un-fucking-believably great score by Queen that can never be matched. Enough quotable lines to go up against GHOSTBUSTERS, too! Did I mention that Flash defeats Ming's guards by using FOOTBALL against them? I cannot stress that enough. FLASH GORDON, QUARTERBACK, NEW YORK JETS, WHUPS THE ALIENS BY USING FOOTBALL!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
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Cutter's Way! This 1982 film starring Jeff Bridges and John Heard (before he started playing Macauley Culkin's dad in every movie he was in during the last ten years) had all the makings of a classic but it was virtually ignored on release. As good as Heard is, Bridges is better. His character is kind of a precursor to the one he plays in The Big Lebowski (also destined to be a cult movie). This is one of the best movies of the 80's, a movie about getting involved and thinking about someone beside yourself as well as a Vietnam veteran movie. Cliche-free and brilliant directed by Ivan Passer (Ivan, where did you go?!), Cutter's Way is one to get the next time you go to the video store. Also, as usual, I need to point out the Savage Steve-John Cusack era.
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All the Evil Dead movies;The Crow;both musicals Rocky Horror Picture Show and Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert; Highlander; the original Star Wars; Cobra; The Abyss; the Terminators; Top Secret; Airplane; both Ghostbusters;all the Nightmare on Elm Streets; and anything with John Cusack in it.
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Woke up this morning with a bunch mnore cult flicks on my mind, especially the great T&A/art exploitation of early Abel Ferrera: China Girl, Driller Killer and (especially) Ms. 45. The mute girl in that flick actually wrote 'Bad Lieutenant' if I recall. I'll throw in David Webb Peoples'(Mr. Blade Runner to you and me) 'Blood of Heroes'. Got a killer cast: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo and best of all VINCENT D'ONOFRIO!!! Have to say kudos to the guy who recommended 'Vanishing Point'. That's one of those great 70's "Dude Vs. The Man" Muscle car movies. Go Kowalski! Gotta give a heads up for 'Billy Jack', the astonishingly cheesy 'The Wraith' (with a hopped up Dodge Viper being the focal point), the truly bizarre 'Electric Dreams' (A guy's computer falls in love with a female musician living downstairs), 'Paradise Alley' with George Pepard and--I can't believe no one has mentioned this one yet--Maxwell Smart's 'THE NUDE BOMB'. Made me laugh my ass off just silly for a week when I saw that one. How THAT did not become a hit I'll never know. Now there's also another one I can't quite remember the name of...Had Lee Majors and the guy "Who has no fucking neck" from Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was about a guy who was trying to make a run for the border in his car, and they were like old enemies. Cool film. Wish I could remember the name of it.
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VICE SQUAD (Wings Hauser rules!), SLAP SHOT, NORTH DALLAS FORTY, THAT THING YOU DO!, UNFORGIVEN (and really any Clint western), WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM, ONE CRAZY SUMMER, BAD LIEUTENANT, HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, to name a few I haven't seen on here yet...
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"Once Bitten" with Jim Carrey and "The Breakfast Club."
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......Is the unwatchable kind...the one you can shred apart with a group of friends. That makes the movie going experience even more broad and fun. Of course we all know John Waters is the king of Cult Movies.
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One of the best things about cult movies is the way a ridiculous piece of dialogue is the funniest thing about that movie.
"Showgirls"- Waaay over acted and full of over the top dialogue ("I'm hard,are you?")
"Freeway"-Better acting way over the top dialogue,the best!
("Holy shit look who got beat with the ugly stick!")
"Hairspray"-Awesome music and cheesy script.
("Segregation Never,Integration Now!")
"Dead Alive"-Over the top gore and cheesy dialogue.
("I kick ass for the lord!")
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DAZED AND CONFUSED, SWINGERS, GO, OCEAN'S 11, THE FOG, THE THING, HALLOWEEN, CREEPSHOW,ONE CRAZY SUMMER, THE TALL GUY, VOLCANO, A BRONX TALE...
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I'm surprised that no one would list "Strange Brew." Also, I don't know if anyone has seen the so-bad-it's-good "Pieces." Only "Pieces" could offer dialogue like "Could this have been done with a chainsaw, like the one over there?" as the cop points to a chainsaw sitting in a pool of blood. C'est magnifique!
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The Lee Majors movie you're thinking about is "The Last Chase" which also has the "What Ever Happened to?" actor Chris Makepeace. Good flick.
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Some of my fondest memories as a kid. When I was 8 years old I used to go to work with my grandfather on saturdays, and he would send me to the matinee at the vitaphone theater. I remember seeing Infra-man, Jack the Giant Killer, Jason and the Arganauts, the seventh voyage of sinbad. They are a very important memory, and they are all 'Cult' movies to me now.
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Family favorites are:
Desperately Seeking Susan, a chase-the NY City-gang flick called Warriers, and a piece of tripe called Shock Wave with
no kidding) underwater mutant nazi zombies...
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The guy who mentioned "Strange Brew" is right on, every summer a few of my friends and I get trashed and watch it. "Fear and Loathing..." is another one to get fucked up to. And I know it's not a movie, but to me cult media is defined by "sifl and ollie". Rock
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...One of the all-time great lines of science fiction, brought to you by Flesh Gordon. My cult faves all revolve around the 70s & 80s: Beast Master, Sword & Sorcery, Ice Pirates, Escape from NY... Anybody see TIME RIDERS? Legend makes me cringe, but can't look away... How about KRULL, starring Liam Neeson in one of his first roles. Contrary to DaveyScan's post a couple miles back, I think the other cult film of 99 will be Galaxy Quest.--In which Shalhoub reprises the "sniffing for oxygen" method of testing the atmosphere.
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This movie is so bad it's hypnotic. Every time this is on I can pull myself away from it's grasp. Every scene seems to top the last in it's absurdity. It's amazing.
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A great TalkBack. Mentions of lots of great films, some of which I've seen, some I intend to see, and some I may have to pass on.
Powerslave mentioned a 1968 release of Song of the South. Disney must have released it at least one more time, because I saw it in a theater when I was somewhere in between 5 and 8 yrs old, which would have been between 73 and 77. Of course, I was living in South Carolina and Mississippi, so maybe it was just a southern regional release. As to BSGDAN's comments on SotS, I suppose one could debate all day about the racial attitudes of the film vs. dialect story-telling tradition, but when you say the songs are sub-par: well, I admit I only remember one, but Zippity-do-da alone is worth the price of admission.
I'm glad to see The Warriors getting solid support amongst TalkBackers. I'm a big fan of many of the Walter Hill movies of that period, but The Long Riders is one of my particular favorites. I also think there are plenty of good things about Southern Comfort, Streets of Fire, Johnny Handsome, and even Trespass.
Someone up above mentioned a couple films by Chu Yin Ping which I haven't seen, but I have seen his Fantasy Mission Force, which I recommend. Certainly not a great movie, but I just had to keep watching to see what direction the thing was going to take next. And how can you not love the attack of the Nazi late-model sedans at the end.
Finally, I throw out a few titles which I haven't seen mentioned yet: The Man Who Would Be King; Royal Flash (in which G.M. Fraser's screenplay almost completely fails to capture the spirit of his own novels, but is amusing nonetheless);Seconds. I'm sure if I wasn't pretending to work while writing this I'd come up with a lot more. -
Featuring Ernest Borgnine's best performance since FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, this spaghetti slapstick is some mondo video. Other cult classics not listed are FIVE DEADLY VENOMS, MASTER KILLER, and SHAOLIN KUNG-FU MYSTIGOGUE.
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I'm glad ya'll mentioned The Heroic Trio...I really like that one...
But, I have to echo early sentiments... Where was The Beastmaster??...I know many people for which this movie is a guilty pleasure...Perhaps, it's because this one has become the cult cable favorite.
Okay and now my list:
Ninja Scroll
Resevoir Dogs
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Krull
Enter the Dragon
Spawn (the animated Todd McFarlane version)
Crash
I'm sure I've forgotten a few...but for now, that's all I can remember.
And yes, I'm one of those people renting out the anime section, proudly and still waiting for the Disney-tized people of the U.S. to discover them.
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How could I forget the blaxpoitation era???
COOLEY HIGH
UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT
SPARKLE
and
CLEOPATRA JONES
are a few of favorites...
and the film that should be a cult film but isn't...is SCHOOL DAZE...Spike Lee's much hated second film...on racism within the black community in college.
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You guys are making me think of all these really great movies. Want to say thanks to Rim...I thought the movie had the word 'last' in there somewhere. Just might have to check that one out again. And yet some more great cult flicks: FEAR (with Mark Wahlberh and Reese Witherspoon--Way too much fun than it has any right to be), Robert Rodriguez's remake of ROAD RACERS, the one Jean Claude Van Damme movie I can't believe ever got made and actually deserves to have a cult following even more than NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDUR...(drum roll please)...CYBORG!!!!! What the Hell is up with that Crucifixtion scene, huh? Lastly, 2 Jason Patric movies that deserve an audience: AFTER DARK MY SWEET, and THE BEAST--Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'd like to talk about THE BEAST a little. Anyone else seen this one? It's about a Russian tank holding Patric, George Dzundza and Stephen Baldwin who get lost in Afghanistan. Steven Bauer and a bunch of Afghan rebels spend the rest of the movie trying to blow them up with some hand gernades and RPG. Its kind of a 'David & Goliath' parable. Personally, this one hit me like a ton of bricks when I first saw it (on tape). There's a scene where the tank rolls over a rebel near the beginning that looks a little too real. Very intense and powerful stuff. The funny thing tho is that NO ONE in Hollywood seems to even acknowledge the movie's existence. Not the director, Kevin Reynolds (Director of another fantastic Ted Turner Cult Favorite RED DAWN, and WATERWORLD), not Patric, not Baldwin, no one. Whenever I see any of the peoples' resumes, they conviently seem to skip right over it. I can understand that there may have beem some political backlash at the time (I didn't really get into movies until a couple years later) but from the finished product it looks like everyone wanted to do it, and do it well they did. It's probably Reynolds' and definitely Baldwin's best work...I guess, what my problem is is that no one seems proud of it and it really is a helluva an achievement. I just don't understand how you can have such conviction when you make a movie and then disown it when its ACTUALLY good, if not better than a lot of the crap that is/was coming out of Hollywood.
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Did you know that there are companies out there selling pirated copies of both el topo and the holy mountain (perfectly leagel i might add since you havent released it here in the states) and they are making a tron of money off it. I dont give a shit what you think about jodoworsky just release the movie on video make your money.
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There's so many damn underrated, missed movies out there! I forgot FRIGHT NIGHT, which features Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandridge, one of the coolest vampires ever. And who could forget Evil Ed? Also, THE LAST BROADCAST is a damn fine film, as well. Watch it on DVD to see how to make a movie for $900.
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A Clockwork Orange, Pink Floyd's Wall, Army of Darkness, Python Flicks (The Holy Grail, Meaning of Life), Good Bad and Ugly, Big Trouble in Little China, Army of Darkness, So I married an Ax Murderer, Pulp Fiction, Princess Bride, Flash Gordon, Murder by Death, History of the World (Mel Brooks), Space Balls, Clash of the Titans, Bladerunner, Top Secret, Aliens (Extended play), Real Genius, Videodrome, Metropolis, THX 1138, Austin Powers 1, Kentuky Fried Movie, Dazed and Confused, Reefer Madness, Prince of Darkness, Star Wars movies, Dune, Happy Gilmore, An American Werewolf in London. I tried to list a good mix of all genres.... That's my 2 red cents worth, Red_2 out.
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I'm Gonna Get Ya Sucka!!
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I'm in a cult, and we rock. Hair chopping, glue sniffing, chanting mofos, all of us. We're just kicking around here until the
spaceship shows up. Don't worry, you think you're safe. We'll find you. We'll find the Iron Giant. We'll find you ALL. -
I would have to say the most satisfying repeat viewing experience for me has been John Waters' masterpiece "Female Trouble" with "Polyester" a close second. A really AWFUL Linda Blair movie that so bad you have to watch is "Born Innocent" I think it was made soon after "Exorcist" She's sent to a prison for bad juvinile girls(who all happen to lesbians) and gets it in the shower from an unfriendly plunger handle. Ofcourse I have to mention "Trilogy of Terror" because of the wonderful Karen Black......
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I can't believe that I'm the first guy to mention this one. Is it at all possible to watch this thing without the crew of MST3K at your side. Others: OUTLAW OF GOR (also on MST3K), CAPTAIN AMERICA (the shittiest comic book adaption ever), and the original 1972 version of TALES FROM THE CRYPT (with Ralph Richardson as the cryptkeeper).
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Imagine for the moment you are the host of a nationally recognized website. Imagine that site is the source for scoops on upcoming projects and unadulterated film comment - allowing input from the audience itself on a site that is read at every level of the industry. Imagine creating such a stir that film makers and studios alike try - and fail - to shut you down. Imagine you triumph. What would happen then? A possible scenario would involve the studios changing tactics - as studios often do, despite the popular opinion - because while they don't make movies more ways than one, they know how to skin a cat. The studios would invite you to premiers, include you in note sessions, put your face in the paper, rope you into development deals, by the rights to your life, erase your precious anonymity (which, despite its practical applications was a principal motivator in the creation of your site in the first place) and - like all corporations do with the competition in the end - they co-opt you.
Then, the tail starts to wag the dog. To curry favor and get the honest to goodness deep inside information, you have to chug outrageous amounts of studio head. You can't be too abrasive - or even honest - for fear of being cut off. You can only elude to films you didn't like - usually after they have come out and failed - and you even find ways to "forgive" the odd bomb. Soon, your aw-shucks facade becomes almost comical. Your tragic attempts at humilty and incredulous gratutude for the way things have turned out make you the cartoon icon that is the banner on your home page.
Pretty soon, people start to take notice - but their criticism are put down as quickly as they spring up, because like a good studio, you have learned the power of bad press and rush to quell it. In fact, in many ways you have become what you have beheld. You forget that what you started out to do was improve film by exposing its weaknesses and instead, you have become a media-whore. You have injected so much of your own personality into your work, that your work IS your personality. Your comment becomes a relfection on yourself and not the medium. In short - you have sold you soul. You forget that you made yourself and they were afraid of you. You overlook your own rapidly swelling irrelevance. None of your scoopers on the inside are telling you that no one is afraid anymore. No one is checking in with you for fear of what you know, but what you don't. Hollywood has long since breathed a sigh of relief, knowing they can check in on you and your utterly pathetic, blind and uninformed cronies and see that nothing about their film is there - it's all about you.
But hey, you have what you want. You are recognized the world over. You have found a large enough cadre of dolts to justify your self agrandizement. You even foolishly believe in the back of your mind that this is a transition - a stepping stone and not your honest and admirable calling. You think, one day, you'll get to tell your story, and then you'll show 'em. You'll change the system from within.
And like every idiot in every movie from Citizen Kane to Episode One, you will be the only one to overlook your undoing. The audience will sit back and shake their heads and when the lights ome up, they will forget you like Godzilla.
And late at night, when you lie awake inbed and stare at the ceiling, you know exactly who you are. You have fleeting glimpses of the truth and you swat them away like flies. Because movies in this day and age aren't about the truth. They are about fame.
and somewhere...
out there...
The studios will go about their business, and they won't even taste you when they belch.
Harry. It's about the movie's, old man. Nothing else.
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what about UHF!!! and also who can forget
EMBRYONIC ROCKABILLY POLKADOTTED FIGHTER PILOTS!!!!
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It's hilarious if you're in on the joke. Priceless: Tom Cruise's Irish accent and Nicole Kidman doing laundry (plunge & scrub).
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The greatest cult trilogy ever made (We can debate about Raimi's Evil Dead trifecta)...Erik 'Blood' Red scripted films. 1) NEAR DARK--One of the best modern day Vampire flicks ever. 'Nuff said. 2) THE HITCHER--Rutger Hauer's greatest role, fantastic cinematography, one of the few movies where the killer, who can talk rather eloquently, gives no reason whatsoever for why he singles out his victim and, best of all, it contains the most grotesque, unnecesary plot twist I've ever seen committed to film (Hint: It involves Jennifer Jason Leigh and how exactly the cops manage to catch Rutger Hauer). It turned a merely mean movie into one of the most disgusting movies ever. 3) BODY PARTS--This got bad press at the time because it came out just when the whole Jeffrey Dahmer thing came to light. It's actually pretty good. In any case, I dare you to name another movie where an actor looks (and acts) as genuinely confused and scared as Jeff Fahey does when he sees his hand and arm acting out against his will. This, by the way, is where the EVIL DEAD connection comes in. Yes, I think he did a better (and obviously more serious, not to mention longer sustained) take on the thing than Bruce Campnell did. Now I dare anyone to watch these 3 movies in a row and not call Erik Red's work masterful. Too bad we haven't heard much from him since. He's someone to put in the "where are they now?" file, I guess.
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I forgot Fists in his Pockets, an all-time cult classic ready to be rediscovered!! And here are a few other titles; Terrified(1962); Modesty Blaise; Bachelor Party(Tom Hanks comedy); White Buffalo (a "huh?" movie); Tarzan, the ape man with (bim)Bo Derek (the worst); and the incredibly wretched but fun to watch The Perils Of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (Luv the S & M chamber!!!!)
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...these all fit my own personal idea of a cult movie...something that could only be enjoyed by millions of brainwashed cattle such as..."The American Viewing Public!" Nah, seriously...I would pick concert films as most of my favorite cult movies (they NEVER do well at the box office, but those who are fans of the movie are BIG RABID FANS of the movie), such as Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads), Rattle & Hum (U2), and Devotional (Depeche Mode). If you appreciate directorial skill and excellent cinematography, do yourself a favor and check these out.
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...don't forget THE BURBS. Truly the Citizen Kane of Tom Hanks movies.
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What about the 1975 Japanese movie THE STREET FIGHTER? I love that movie. The dialogue (or the english dubbing of it) was priceless. And why bring up Mel Gibson in PAYBACK, when the true bad guy to root for is portrayed here by the great Sonny Chiba. Chiba kills a guy for not paying up and then forces the guy's sister into prostitution to settle the debt, and HE's the good guy! You have graphic eye-gougings, an X-ray shot of a head getting crushed, teeth getting punched out...good old fashioned entertainment. And who could forget the fate of the would-be rapist? My friends and I still wince in pain thinking about it. Just make sure you get the UNCUT version. BTW, I've always thought that Sonny Chiba is who Steven Seagal always tried to be. But now I'm getting into guilty pleasure territory, and that's another story.
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Kirk's Toupee: I think you hit the bullseye about MST3K, but you forgot the immortal MR. B NATURAL. Follow that with CITY LIMITS and now we're talking.
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MIRACLE MILE - I don't run into too many people who have seen this, but those who have tend to love it. It is a very tense suspense thriller starring Anthony Edwards as a guy who answers a pay phone, receiving a wrong number call from a man who claims he works at a military base which has just set off a nuclear war. The movie is about his moral struggles and attempts to get himself and his loved ones to safety without letting word spread enough to cause chaos. It is written and directed by Steve DeJarnett, who also did CHERRY 2000, wrote STRANGE BREW and was last seen doing the X-Files episode about invisible animals.
THE DARK BACKWARD - A lot of people hate this movie where Judd Nelson plays an absolutely atrocious comedian who gains minor popularity by growing a third arm out of his back. I think it is really funny and enjoyably sick and ugly. It also has Bill Paxton's funniest performance as Judd's obnoxious, according playing so-called friend. Writer/director Adam Rifkin more recently did DETROIT ROCK CITY and wrote MOUSEHUNT. If you liked the sick underlying sensibility of those two, DARK BACKWARD has that full force. I think he's got some more good ones in him too.
THEATER OF BLOOD - In my favorite Vincent Price movie, Price plays a scorned Shakespearean actor who murders his critics with flamboyant (and sometimes modernized) performances of death scenes from Shakespeare's plays.
SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM - Okay, several people mentioned BLACULA, but why is the sequel so unpopular? I think it matches the original, taking the afrocentric themes a little further. I love the scene where Blacula righteously scolds two pimps saying that they are behaving like slaves. I don't mean that in a tongue-in-cheek way either, this is a really cool movie. And Pam Grier is in it.
GAMERA SUPER MONSTER - This would've been my choice for the movie that needs to be released on video and DVD. This is an absolute masterpiece of the goofy giant monster movie genre, especially if you haven't seen all of the Gamera movies. It combines all of his greatest fight scenes into one story, so the result is one of the most berserk giant monster movies ever made. He fights monster after monster, and there is also a plot about "evil space women" who can shrink down to doll size and live inside a toy van. And there is weirdly inserted stock footage from animated movies, and an intro obviously inspired by Star Wars. It was made years after the other Gamera movies so the English dub people apparently forgot how the monster's name was pronounced - they call him "Guh-mare-uh". What a great movie. -
"The Beguiled," "The Gauntlet," and "Play Misty For Me," all with Clint Eastwood. "Piranha," the Joe Dante original, that is. A trio of TV movies: "Trilogy of Terror," "Salem's Lot," and "The Night Stalker." "Choke Canyon," and "Prison" as well. Kudos to the people who mentioned "Night of the Creeps" and "The Car." I remember seeing "The Car" at the drive-in (yes, I'm that old).
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Okay, so to clarify for those of you writing down all these titles, a great way to start is just go to IMDB.com and search these names:
Sam Raimi (pay special note to as of yet unmentioned CRIMEWAVE, written by the golden Coen Bros.) and speaking of which, of course, the Coens themselves. You may not know the name Frank Hennenlotter, but he's permeated this list with FRANKENHOOKER, his BASKET CASE movies, and Brain Damage. John Landis is mostly good, and Jonh Carpenter is always good. Always, damn it! Anthony Hickox is a fair bet in my book, mainly for WAXWORK
and SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT. William Lustig and Don Coscorelli seem to be pretty well covered. And if you've never been to this site, or somehow missed all but maybe five posts here, go to Kinko's and get them to relaminate your video card with the name PETER JACKSON permanently attatched to it. Try and make it a Ma & Pa store so they'll carry the uncuts, and they should have been around since round 88 or so. Toss in some Katheryn Bigelow, a pinch of Hal Hartley, and a smattering of Savage Steve Holland and you should see some great movies as well as a few not so great ones you'll love above all else. Oh, and lest I forget Lynch. -
Everybody: "When Women Had Tails"! Go rent it! A reaally bad Italian film that featured a crazy psychedelic soundtrack by none other than Ennio Morricone (I wonder why they left it off of his greatest hits CD). I also agree with Strange Brew, the Evil Deads, Nightmare on Elm St. series, Friday the 13th series, Halloween series, Legend, the Hammer films, Ed Wood films, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Reckless Kelly, The Dark Backward, and Cannibal Campout!!
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I looked over a good many of these talkbacks and I never came across"Riki-Oh! The Story of Ricky." This is one of the coolest Hong Kong action movies ever made. You'll probably recognize the movie if you watched the Daily Show (the exploding head for five questions) or if you watch the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (exploding huge fat ass). I recommend everybody go out and buy this movie. This movie may even be more bloody than the unrated Dead Alive(aka Braindead)! Decapitations! Disembowelings! Ten story drops! The dialogue is etremely corny, the characters sound like cronies out of 1930's gangster dramas. "Ain't that always the way."
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Gummo is my number one. I've told everyone I know to go rent it, and a few actually have. A definite cult classic. Underseen, mostly hated, but there is a group of people who really think its something else. It has Linda Manz and Chloe Sevigny and was directed by Harmony Korine. No plot or character development, and thats the way I like it. Compelled me to go read his book, Crackup at the Race Riots. Sad and weird little film, I highly reccomend it.
The Dark Backward has been talked about so little, and seen by so few people, that I feel that I have discovered it. Judd Nelson plays a standup comedian who grows a third arm out of his back. His best friend is played by Bill Paxton. Once you see him in this film, you will never look at him the same way again. Another very weird and strangley poignant film. Look for the cameos. Leonard Maltin said this has one of the best casts that he ever seen.
My third pic that has gone unmentioned is Children of the Corn. Its spawned five sequels so you know that someone is watching. I think that it is the best film adapted from Steven King's writings. The kids in this film are unbelivable ugly. If you see Gummo, you will know that I like ugly kids. Its sometimes funny, like when the Malachai character speaks in a Californian accent. Often it is horrific. The cruicifixes made out of corn husks, with the children howling for blood is a great moment. (Roman law by the way, crucified those who harvested anothers crops, as a sacrifice to the God of Agriculture. Works in the context of the film. I like this movie. It makes me feel like white trash.
Dead Alive has been mentioned. I think that film is better then Citizen Kane. I like Peter Jackson much more then Sam Raimi, and yes the two's films are comparable. I at least feel some sympathy for Jackson's characters.
My Demon Lover, Blood and Donuts,God told me to, and Dr. Giggles are all very admirable and underrated. Teenagers from Outer Space is my favorite MST3K episode, but I ought to see it on its own.
As for films that are popular, but will probably still be classified as cult films: Kubrick's 2001, Clockwork Orange,and Dr. Strangelove. Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space and Glen or Glenda. Malick's Days of Heaven (personally my all time favorite film), The Thin Red Line, and Badlands. Herzog's Aguire: The Wrath of God and Nosferatu. (sad to say I haven't seen any of his other films) River's Edge, Kids, Streetwise. The Star Wars films, Fantasia.
I admired Leprechaun, Killer Klowns from Outer Space,Andy Warhol's Bad, Night of the Creeps (actually one of my favorite films when I was a kid) and Jack Frost (1997) but not as much as every one else. I reccomend that you see a lot of those films when you are young. Well, maybe not Bad. -
Yeah, I have seen Freaked a couple of times on HBO, and I have trouble believing that it was a direct to video release, especially with some of the cast (Randy Quad, Bobcat Goldthwaite,etc). Of course, some great cult favorites of mine include Evil Dead and more recently Orgazmo, which is a hilarious film if any of you decide to buy it. I still want to see that old Troma flick about Chopper Chicks that Billy Bob Thorton starred in, and if anybody knows where you can buy it, do post it up here.
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I've made about six of seven posts already, but I just had to fit this one in somewhere. Giancarlo Giannini, the greatest Italian actor since Mastronni, plays a thug who is sent to the Holocaust camps during WWII for gangster-related crimes, and endures tons of disgusting torture, including seeing his best friend (Fernardo Rey) drowned in a vat of shit, and being forced to make love to a ridiculusly obese woman. It was a big hit in its day. Directed by Lina Wertmuller, who also made SWEPT AWAY and LOVE AND ANARCHY.
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okay, a few more nobody's mentioned. First off, SUPER FUZZ. A cop is irradiated by a nuclear blast and gets X-ray vision, super strength, telekenisis, the works. It only fails him when he sees the color red. So terrible, so awesome. Menioned above by me is SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT. Directed by Anthony Hickox, it stars David Carradine, Bruge Godlihood Campbell, Debra So-hot Foreman, M. Emmett Walsh, Maxwell, Grease 2 Cauffield, and a host of others. A town of vampires raises to revolution over whether they should develop a fake blood instead of killing. It's just cool. SATURDAY the 14TH is another so-cheesy-it-rocks movie. Jeffrey Tambor makes a great vampire, by the way! How did TRON not appear yet, by the way. If ever a Disney movie had a cult....One that's gonna be there, mock me if you will, in a few years, will be Spice World. Sure it's bad now, but it has all the cheesyness, bad jokes, and such, that some of our favorites have. Did the people really flock to JUST ONE OF THE GUYS, or put it on a top ten list? But do you ever turn it off when it's on? Honestly? also, one for the T&A set is PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Phoebe Cates, Matthew Modine, and a great soundtrack
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What a great episode; I love it when Ebert breaks away from reviewing a bunch of humdrum mainstream movies to do something interesting, and this was just ultra-fine. Very few of my friends are film freaks, so seeing this was great ... finally my opinions have been validated by people who get PAID to look at movies! Yes! That must mean something!
Harry's reference to the friend who calls you up in the middle of the night to recommend some film reminded me of myself and my mostly-unreceptive amigos. But now I finally know that at least one other person appreciates KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE! Yes!
It was also amazing to see clips from an ultracheap video flick like THE DIVIDING HOUR on such a big-time movie show. Thanks to the net, even the smallest of filmmakers can hit it big. Just another great thing about that episode!
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It's great that the show brought up EL TOPO. It's hard to see, and I feel all the more blessed myself for having seen it on the big screen. I remember it like it was last year ... (well, it WAS last year). It was a cold, snowy night and a crumbling old rep place called The Music Hall was shwing ERASERHEAD and EL TOPO in one night. One a head trip! The fact that the entire interior of the theatre was painted a deep bloody red (who designed this place???) added immesureably to the atmosphere. I sat up close for EL TOPO and that audio was LOUD!! It was the PERFECT cult movie experience, right up there with those midnight screenings of ROCKY HORROR, FASTER PUSSYCAT, MIGHTY PEKING MAN, and the hilariously over-the-top, atmospheric gore-a-thon classic, THE BEYOND.
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Gotta agree w/ Dr. V...I must of watched "Super Fuzz" on HBO in the early 80's about 10,000 times. Haven't thought of that one in years.
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"HOT STUFF"! Dom Deluise and Jerry Reed as Miami Cops poising as crooked pawn shop owners. Gotta love the crooks vs. mobsters rumble at the end!
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Forbidden Zone (thanks Hodgepodge), Tapeheads (Robbins & Cusack at their best), Bachelor Party (pre-Oscar Tom Hanks), Evil Dead series (nuff said), Basket Case (the scene where Belial tears up the hotel room makes me cry with laughter), Re-Animator (one of the sickest movies of all time), The Wall (Floyd rules), Repo Man (what else is there to say?). Jeez I could write all night.
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"The Toxic Avenger," "The Nest," "Return of the Living Dead," "Re-Animator," and "Night Breed."
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Anyone who grew up with HBO in the 70's will remember the classic "Car Wash". Yes, with the disco soundtrack. There was another that I have never been able to find anywhere that was also an HBO staple... I think it was called "Drive-In Movie" or something similar. (It was truly terrible, but ripe to become a cult favorite.) To Brundledon (aka: Mr. Carebear Movie): I support your right to choose. My personal favorite is "The Raggedy Ann Movie". Watch that one in an altered state and you will never be the same again. Andy is so butch. 3 more to mention: "Saturday the 14th" (whatever happened to Richard Benjamin?), "Pirahna" (Piranas?), and "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". Who's with me, now?
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"The Blob," 1988 version. "Monster In the Closet." "Brain Damage." "It's Alive!" "The Lair of the White Worm."
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Carnival of Souls, Gawaine and the Green Knight, with Sean Connery, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Alligator to mention just a very few.
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Undoubtedly one of the funniest movies ever made! Other movies I wish I had mentioned... REAL GENIUS, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, BREAKING GLASS, LADIES & GENTLEMEN THE FABULOUS STAINS (That's *3* Diane Lane films on my list...weird!), HYSTERICAL (starring the Hudson Brothers and Julie Newmar), and anything from the Savage Steve Holland/John Cusack era. Also a good bet- anything featuring Curtis Armstrong, Tracey Walter, or Clint Howard. Oh, and thank you, Talkbackers, for reminding me of MIRACLE MILE (Man, that was an intense film!), THE LAST CHASE, and *snicker* HOT STUFF. I HAVE to see those again now.
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Army of Darkness, Phantom of Paradise, and Killer Clowns From Outer Space
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how about tim burton's original Batman, don't know if these were mentioned or not but 12 monkeys, raiders of the lost ark, dead zone starring christopher walken in one of his freaky roles and young guns.
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...Of course it is DEMON WET NURSE, the little-known, little-seen Chinese classic! It has EVERYTHING (excluding and appearance by THE IRON GIANT; sorry, Todd).
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Harold And Fucking Maude!!! Smash Palace. No Bugles, No Drums. Static. Powwow Highway. Yellowbeard. All That Jazz. Too name a few unmentioned.
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Number one--And it really is a must see--CLEAN, SHAVEN. It stars Peter Green (Zed from PULP FICTION) and is probably the most harrowing thing I've seen to come out in the 90's. A few more: ROMEO IS BLEEDING, KISSED (About necrophelia), CLASS OF 84, TRANCERS (it had at least 4 sequels) and BANG (a true Gorilla film directed by a guy named Ash who is NOT Bruce Campbell). Just a quick question tho. How is that STAR WARS is popping up on these lists? Also, while I truly do love REAL GENIUS (A genuine, nerdy equal to ANIMAL HOUSE), I thought it was a mild hit. Everyone seems to know of it or has watched it. Is it really a cult film?
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Good Show Sunday night Harry. Had Roger a little heated about that "Song of the South" reference, didn't ya? What happened after the cameras went off? "Jeez, Harry, don't you know I've got an African-American wife?!!" Did he break into a sweat and browbeat you?
Well, onto my pick. I haven't seen this one mentioned in the multitude of "Evil Deads," "Perdita Durangos," "Feebles," and "Man Bites Dogs," listed endlessly on the forum. "Funny Games" came out about 2 years ago, by German director Michael Haneke, and is available on Fox Lorber vid. This little suspense flick gets under your skin because in this one, you actually find yourself CARING for the victims at hand. This is the anti-"Scream" flick. We've all enjoyed the yummy, warm feeling we get when seeing Sydney's moronic, one-dimensional friends get sliced and diced along with the countless other Friday the 13th-like victims portrayed in slasher films over the years, but in "Funny Games" the director is practically daring you to want the two psychopaths to kill the family. And by the end, you (hopefully) will really not want to see this family offed. Yes, it's a horror film with a conscience, but for those of you knuckledraggers who like their bloodied popcorn without a conscience, well you can shut down your brain and enjoy the mayhem without reading the subtitles as well. Something for everyone I guess. But this one really got to me. Much more effective than Oliver Stone's misguided attempt to comment on the subject in the cartoony "Natural Born Killers." And it contains one shot which lasts about 8 minutes, about two-thirds of the way through, that is one of the most powerful, haunting moments I've ever seen captured on film. I urge you to check it out.
But don't think the Reverend a spoil-sport. I also loved the family abduction thriller "Open Season," from 1974. This came out under the video name "Recon Game" in a HORRIBLE pan-and-scan version. Peter Collinson's framing has GOT to be seen in widescreen. It stars Peter Fonda, John Phillip Law, and that lovable scarface psycho Richard Lynch, as well as the stunning Cornelia Sharpe. And hey, William Holden makes a cameo! Where do I find a widescreen of this? Peter Fonda said he had a hoot making this flick in his autobiography, so Peter get this thing a new release!
Finally, "Law and Disorder" with Ernest Borgnine and Carroll O'Connor as two beat patrol cops in New York needs to see the light of day. It has a great ending.
Shutting down the steam valve, this is the Reverend signing off.
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MEET THE FEEBLES, KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, GARBAGE PAIL KIDS, XTRO, BAD TASTE, SQUIRM, NIGHT OF THE LEPUS, DEAD-ALIVE, NEON MANIACS, FLESH EATING MOTHERS, FRANKENHOOKER, MONSTER IN THE CLOSET, DEATH RACE 2000, PIRAHNA, OCTAMAN, NIGHTBREED, CANNIBAL WOMEN IN THE AVACADO JUNGLE OF DEATH, THE CRIPPLED MASTERS, RAWHEAD REX, ORCA, TENTACLES, PIGS, CHOPPER CHICKS IN ZOMBIE TOWN, DOCTOR MORDRID, DOLLMAN vs. DEMONIC TOYS...on and on and on...
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Why is this CLASSIC not on anyone elses list? I don't understand.
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Sure no one will see this, but with the Talk Back's dying words I praise the following: ROCKULA - My hero Dean Cameron at his best, MEGAFORCE - action-figure advertizing gone wrong, ROCK AND RULE - best original music in animated film, period, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN - funniest film of the last 10 years, 'cept maybe Rushmore. Good to see the rest of my top 200 already mentioned. Let's all give ourselves a pat on the (SNAP!) AAAAAAAAAH!
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Gametheory I salute you. Where would the world be without MEGAFORCE, the jewel in Hal Needham's crown (better even than BMX bandits). I remember the first time I saw it - on a double bill video night at the campus bar with TAXI DRIVER (!!??). The place was SRO for TAXI DRIVER, but by the time MEGAFORCE ended I was one of three people left. I have since, as per Harry's definition of a cult movie, introduced countless friends to this, this...wonder of nature. All should see it and be in awe.
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How about "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" No, not the TV series, the movie.
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Feb 01, 2000 8:17:54 PM CST
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by lostoptimist
"THE PARK IS MINE." I mean, any movie that's sole plot is about one man's attempt to keep the entirety of New York's Central park hostage on Veteran's Day has got something going for it. Saw it maybe a half dozen times on HBO way back when (early 80's). Has a sterling performance by Tommy Lee Jones in the lead role. Yaphet Kotto as the head police guy isn't half bad either.
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Haven't seen anyone mention Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, Comfort & Joy or Housekeeping.
Other great cult flicks: Stranger Than Paradise, Whisky Galore, Vampire's Kiss, I Know Where I'm Going, Stalker, Bagdad Cafe, Stroszek, Strangers in Good Company, The Man in the White Suit, Paperhouse, Sherman's March, Microcosmos, Hear My Song, Close to Eden, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Dead Man, Buffet Froid, Strange Brew, The Secret of Roan Inish, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, After Hours, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Kings of the Road, Weekend, Scarecrows, Princess Mononoke, The Gunfighter, and, needless to say, The Evil Dead trilogy. -
dead man on campus.....
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Rubin and Ed -- A sheltered loser with huge platform shoes he can throw accurately kidnaps a multi-level marketing sales person loser so that they can find the perfect place to bury his beloved cat, who is dead and being kept in the freezer.
Head -- The Monkeys made an anti-TV, anti-Vietnam War trip movie with no plot but, quite unexpectedly, great music.
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My submission for Cult Movie status is "The World, the Flesh and the Devil", a post-apocalyptic movie starring Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens and Mel Ferrer as the last people on earth--or at least in New York City, where the movie's set. It features an interesting racial storyline for the time it was made (1959) and some great ideas for fun things to do in NYC if you're the only person there (not that we'll ever have the opportunity). Another personal childhood favorite is "Attack of the Mushroom People". More recent nominees would be "Night of the Creeps" ("I have good news and bad news, girls. The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is, they're dead.") and 1999's "Ravenous", with fantastic go-for-broke performances by Robert Carlisle and Jeffrey Jones.
Some good sources for Cult Movie stuff are Danny Peary's books--he's written three Cult Movie books, one book on Cult Movie Stars and a bigger book listing must-see films for the Film Fantatic. I swear by the guy.
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