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Title: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Olivia Bauer on April 15, 2011, 08:38:39 AM
Critics hate it. We love it! Best cult classics!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Boondocks Saints
The Boondocks Saints II: All Saints Day
Highlander


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: venomx on April 15, 2011, 08:47:36 AM
The Goonies 1985. My all time favorite movie.

(http://i52.tinypic.com/2uz2pa0.jpg)

Please tell me I'm not the only huge fan of this movie.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Olivia Bauer on April 15, 2011, 08:59:18 AM
The Goonies 1985. My all time favorite movie.

([url]http://i52.tinypic.com/2uz2pa0.jpg[/url])

Please tell me I'm not the only huge fan of this movie.


That's a cult classic? I thought everybody loved Goonies! Maybe everyone I know is into Cult movies...


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: venomx on April 15, 2011, 09:03:57 AM
I've been told over and over "its just a cult classic. It was not that great."

It seems it only has a small fan base from the 80's. :bluesad:

It even has a new dvd out.
Goonies Documentary DVD | The Making of a Cult Classic.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: The Burgomaster on April 15, 2011, 09:14:37 AM
Here are a few:

* ERASERHEAD
* BASKET CASE
* NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
* THE HILLS HAVE EYES



Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: JayJayM12 on April 15, 2011, 09:17:03 AM
Troll 2
The Room
and, new to the list - Birdemic


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: bob on April 15, 2011, 09:19:44 AM
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Hobgoblins
The Room
Manos: The Hands of Fate


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: The Burgomaster on April 15, 2011, 09:22:33 AM
And let's not forget:

* PINK FLAMINGOS
* BLOOD FEAST



Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: venomx on April 15, 2011, 09:45:34 AM
... and lets forget Weasels Rip My Flesh. :bouncegiggle: :twirl: :bouncegiggle:

BTW I have a quick question...

Did Bigfoot, Night Of The Demon 1980 and Weasels Rip My Flesh have the SAME music score?


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 15, 2011, 11:28:00 AM
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
BARBARELLA
BASKET CASE
BEGOTTEN
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
BLACK SUNDAY
A BOY AND HIS DOG
CARNIVAL OF SOULS
CEMETERY MAN
CUBE
DEATH RACE 2000
THE DEVILS
DONNIE DARKO
EVIL DEAD II
ERASERHEAD
FASTER p***yCAT! KILL! KILL!
GLEN OR GLENDA
GUMMO
HAUSU
HENRY, PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER
JACOB'S LADDER
LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
MANIAC (1934)
MOMMIE DEAREST
OLDBOY
PINK FLOYD: THE WALL
REPO MAN
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
SHOWGIRLS
SPIDER BABY
SUSPIRIA
THE TOXIC AVENGER

A small but pretty good list of movies that have small but very rabid cult followings.   I like most of them a lot. 

Most recently... ENTER THE VOID.  I've already encountered people who are irrationally nuts over this thing.  I liked it but man, some of the fans are crazy.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Criswell on April 15, 2011, 10:53:32 PM
Shouldn't this be on the Bad Movies Board? well I guess some good movies can be underwatched.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: RCMerchant on April 16, 2011, 06:08:26 AM
Most listed already...except ROCKY HORROR. A gay musical. Not so much the gay part-it's the MUSICAL part. Broadway tunes? Wheres Liza,sweethearts?
.HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND-seems to be universal hatred for this film. Only a small following of the enlighted like it.
.MANOS-the HANDS OF FATE. Most can't watch this without those idiotic robots from MSTK3000 f**king it up. I LIKE it!
.MONSTER A GO GO. I like the rural feel to it.
.the DEVIL's REJECTS-I think it's a modern classic. I don't understand the hatered for this film. Folks will watch junk like HOSTEL,SAW,the LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT-hell-all sorts of unimagitive junk-but no love for this. I think because it mixes extreme sadism with hilarous dialouge ("He called me a chicken f**ker!") the cast is awesome! And the whole feel takes me back to 1973.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riTEnfjXOVI&playnext=1&list=PLFAFF10CDD55F75BB


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Psycho Circus on April 16, 2011, 09:05:51 AM
Everything Rev. Powell listed, except I don't care for Old Boy or Donnie Darko.  :smile:


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: lester1/2jr on April 16, 2011, 10:04:50 AM
Cabin Boy


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: venomx on April 16, 2011, 10:55:38 AM
Count Yorga, Vampire (1970). It's a good movie... if you like 'BAD movies' that is. :wink:

(http://i56.tinypic.com/wsnrr5.png)

Also, Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986).


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: El Misfit on April 16, 2011, 01:22:39 PM
Leonard, Part 6
Godzilla vs. Megalon
The Beast of Yuccla Flats
Hercules Against the moon men
Gremilns (and no, not the AMC :tongueout:)
Night of the Lepus?
Evil Dead II
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: venomx on April 16, 2011, 02:41:53 PM
Godzilla vs. Megalon

One of my favorites Godzilla movies.
---

Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) aka Attack of the Monsters.

(http://i56.tinypic.com/iq8p44.gif)


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: AndyC on April 16, 2011, 03:16:12 PM
Quite a few have already been listed. I'll add what I happen to be watching right now - Heavy Metal (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agva8AGx6rI
Felt like watching it again after American Idol this week. Been a few years, but it's still as good as I remember.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: crackers on April 17, 2011, 03:15:20 AM
Aswell as a lot of others mentioned:

A Bucket Of Blood
Female Troble
Sleepaway Camp
Evil Dead

I could go on...


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: ChocolateChipCharlie on April 17, 2011, 10:48:35 PM
Leonard, Part 6
Godzilla vs. Megalon
The Beast of Yuccla Flats
Hercules Against the moon men
Gremilns (and no, not the AMC :tongueout:)
Night of the Lupus?


That's Night of the Lepus - I don't know if it qualifies as a cult classic but I freaking LOVE that movie.  Aside from the fact that it features the Man Who's Always Standing and Walking himself, this picture pretty much boils down why this movie is so awesomely bad:

(http://img.listal.com/image/896977/600full-night-of-the-lepus-screenshot.jpg)

Speaking of Rory Calhoun, he's in another of my favorite cult classics, Motel Hell:

(http://0.tqn.com/d/horror/1/0/H/A/0/-/MotelHell02.jpg)


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Flick James on April 18, 2011, 02:33:53 PM
Hmmm. Cult classics, ay? I've always been confused over what qualifies as a cult classic. On some levels it would seem that a cult classic is a self-aware parody, such as Repo Man or Tremors. Yet, some are unwitting cult classics like Reefer Madness. Is it an either/or thing?


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: AndyC on April 18, 2011, 03:53:56 PM
Hmmm. Cult classics, ay? I've always been confused over what qualifies as a cult classic. On some levels it would seem that a cult classic is a self-aware parody, such as Repo Man or Tremors. Yet, some are unwitting cult classics like Reefer Madness. Is it an either/or thing?

I think being a cult classic has more to do with the movie's fanbase. It was never popular enough, or hasn't maintained a broad enough popularity over the years to be an unqualified classic, yet it maintains some modest reputation, and is appreciated by enough people to be considered more than just an old movie. I'd also probably add that the fans hold what some might consider a disproportionately high opinion of the movie's brilliance.

The question is how much of a fanbase does it need to qualify? There's not really a right answer to that, as far as I'm concerned. People are going to define it differently. I suppose in the strictest sense, a cult classic should have an extremely loyal following, who have ritualized their enjoyment of the movie. Rocky Horror, for example, has a cult following in that sense.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 18, 2011, 04:08:06 PM
Andy's definition is good.  I believe it was Danny Peary who first advanced the notion of "cult movies" with his book entitled (appropriately enough) "Cult Movies."  (This is an excellent read, and highly recommended to anyone on this board).

The Wikipedia article on the book uses this text to define a cult movie: 

"Cult movies are defined by Peary as 'special films which for one reason or another have been taken to heart by segments of the movie audience, cherished, protected, and most of all, enthusiastically championed.' He explains that 'the typical Hollywood product' never attains cult status since all viewers perceive these average films in more or less the same way, with no real disagreement as to the film’s quality. But cult films 'are born in controversy, in arguments over quality, theme, talent and other matters. Cultists believe they are among the blessed few who have discovered something in particular that the average moviegoer and critic have missed – the something that makes the pictures extraordinary.'"


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 18, 2011, 04:10:01 PM
Adding to the above: under that definition, all the "bad" movies we enjoy for their badness are cult movies.  But, not all cult movies are bad movies.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Flick James on April 18, 2011, 04:18:42 PM
@ Andy and Rev:

Thanks for that. Makes sense. I've always found the term "cult classic" a dubious one. It has always struck me as a term used to justify the appreciation of a bad movie. Thanks to sites like this I find it largely unnecessary. Bring on the bad.

 :wink:


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Raffine on April 18, 2011, 04:42:03 PM
A few favorites I guess qualify as 'cult' films:

THE ALIEN FACTOR (1976)
BASKET CASE (1981)
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
CHAINED FOR LIFE (1951)
CRIMINALLY INSANE aka CRAZY FAT ETHEL (1975)
DEMENTIA (1955)
DERANGED (1974)
DODESKADEN (1970)
FREAKS (1932)
THE GHASTLY ONES (1968)
THE HEART OF THE WORLD (2000)
THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (1970)
MOTHER NIGHT (1996)
THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO (1964)
SH! THE OCTOPUS (1937)
SISTERS (1973)
SPIDER BABY (1964)
TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (1989)
TARGETS (1968)
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4JmeXXRmZg


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: bob on April 19, 2011, 05:44:13 AM
Most listed already...except ROCKY HORROR. A gay musical. Not so much the gay part-it's the MUSICAL part. Broadway tunes? Wheres Liza,sweethearts?
.HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND-seems to be universal hatred for this film. Only a small following of the enlighted like it.
.MANOS-the HANDS OF FATE. Most can't watch this without those idiotic robots from MSTK3000 f**king it up. I LIKE it!
.MONSTER A GO GO. I like the rural feel to it.
.the DEVIL's REJECTS-I think it's a modern classic. I don't understand the hatered for this film. Folks will watch junk like HOSTEL,SAW,the LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT-hell-all sorts of unimagitive junk-but no love for this. I think because it mixes extreme sadism with hilarous dialouge ("He called me a chicken f**ker!") the cast is awesome! And the whole feel takes me back to 1973.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riTEnfjXOVI&playnext=1&list=PLFAFF10CDD55F75BB[/url]



Here you go, free to watch Monster A Go-Go and Manos robot free.

http://www.archive.org/search.php?sort=title&query=%28collection%3Afeature_films%20OR%20mediatype%3Afeature_films%29%20AND%20-mediatype%3Acollection AND firstTitle:M


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 19, 2011, 09:58:07 AM
A few favorites I guess qualify as 'cult' films:


THE HEART OF THE WORLD (2000)

TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (1989)



The Guy Maddin cult isn't nearly as large as it deserves to be.  Maddin is a true genius!


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Psycho Circus on April 19, 2011, 12:34:31 PM
Glad to see Spider Baby getting a few mentions  :thumbup:


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: ChocolateChipCharlie on April 19, 2011, 01:27:32 PM
A few favorites I guess qualify as 'cult' films:

THE ALIEN FACTOR (1976)
BASKET CASE (1981)
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
CHAINED FOR LIFE (1951)
CRIMINALLY INSANE aka CRAZY FAT ETHEL (1975)
DEMENTIA (1955)
DERANGED (1974)
DODESKADEN (1970)
FREAKS (1932)
THE GHASTLY ONES (1968)
THE HEART OF THE WORLD (2000)
THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (1970)
MOTHER NIGHT (1996)
THE SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO (1964)
SH! THE OCTOPUS (1937)
SISTERS (1973)
SPIDER BABY (1964)
TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (1989)
TARGETS (1968)
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4JmeXXRmZg[/url]


Gooble gobble, gooble gobble, we accept you, we accept you.....

(http://attachments.techguy.org/attachments/157975d1256118533/freaks1932-cast.jpg)


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: Raffine on April 20, 2011, 07:17:02 AM
Glad to see Spider Baby getting a few mentions  :thumbup:

I got caught in SPIDER BABY's web ( :lookingup:) waaay back in the 80s when I saw a brief clip (when Ralph crawls out of the car) on a Zacherly compilation VHS 'Horrible Horror'. There was no official release of it yet so I wound up ordering a washed out, dupey copy from Sinister Cinema for something like 40 bucks!



Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: major jay on April 20, 2011, 04:44:38 PM
PIECES
DEATH DIMENSION
FOR YUR HEIGHT ONLY
CHALLENGE OF THE TIGER
THE NINJA STRIKES BACK
Just about anything with Dick Randall's name attached to it.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: lester1/2jr on April 20, 2011, 05:30:54 PM
Quote
That's Night of the Lepus - I don't know if it qualifies as a cult classic but I freaking LOVE that movie.


I can't handle positive evaluations of that movie sorry.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: joejoe on April 21, 2011, 12:33:28 AM
It was nice to see "Pieces" on the list.



for me,  my alltime favorite cult classic is " Vanishing Point " 


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: hudders on April 21, 2011, 07:31:10 AM
I think being a cult classic has more to do with the movie's fanbase.

I.E. Only enjoyed by people in cults.  :bouncegiggle:

For my two cents, I'd say Primer.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: ChocolateChipCharlie on April 21, 2011, 10:18:15 AM
Quote
That's Night of the Lepus - I don't know if it qualifies as a cult classic but I freaking LOVE that movie.

I can't handle positive evaluations of that movie sorry.

The cinematography alone makes LEPUS a classic bad movie.

Board room exec meeting:

"Ok, we need giant rabbits.  Who do we see about that?"

"Um, well, we have seven dollars left in the budget after paying Bones, Janet Leigh, and Rory Calhoun...we can't even afford to buy terrible rabbit suits or hire extras off the street to wear them."

"Hmm.  Ok.  Here's what we do.  We buy two rabbits.  We let them do their thing.  By the time we get to production, we have like 500 rabbits."

"I like it.  I'll bring in my daughter's 'Wild West General Store' playset, and we'll put the rabbits in there."

"Ooh, and we can feed the rabbits Alka Seltzer to make them look like they're foaming at the mouth.  And if we just put the camera REALLY close to the rabbits, they'll seem like they're enormous!"

"We are so getting promoted for this."


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: crackers on April 23, 2011, 02:34:43 PM
Pink Flamingos
Rocky Horror Picture Show
A Clockwork Orange
Faster p***ycat Kill! Kill!


I could go on.


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: MrMari on April 24, 2011, 10:12:42 AM
My favorite DePalma Masterpiece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5qVJEg3qA


Title: Re: Best Cult Classics
Post by: AndyC on April 25, 2011, 12:04:46 PM
My favorite DePalma Masterpiece

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5qVJEg3qA[/url]


My favourite musical.