Cult Classics

Subject: Cult Classics Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:17 am

Cult classics, defined by All Movie as a movie "that has minimal popular appeal but has a great following with a select group within the public sphere." One of the most famous of these is The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a movie that has a very devout following and is frequently watched at special midnight showings were people dress up and there is much audience participation.

Not all cult films have that kind of following, of course. Some just are flops at the box office but gain a following on DVD.

So, that out of the way, what's your favorite cult film?

Mine's either Army of Darkness or Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:06 am

Rocky Horror Picture Show, Highway, Evil Dead... Basically any B-Grade movie ever made...

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:15 am

omg. I definitely went to my first Rocky Horror midnight showing a few weeks ago. It was bomb.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:34 pm

Donnie Darko. Dead Alive is cool too but I'm not sure if its a cult classic or a really low budget shitty film, hahaha. It has zombies and butchering that looks really lame so its laughably awesome.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:55 am

Labyrinth. Yay david bowie and Jennifer Connelly!

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:25 am

I'm definitely a follower of anything Burton. Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, all of it.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:25 pm

Does that really count as a cult classic? I'm honestly asking here, I'm not sure.

Add in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for me. Love that movie.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:46 pm

Well, I don't know if it strictly fits, but if there was a cult worshiping him, I'd be a member. And his movies are classic. So I think it counts.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:14 pm

-.- Reinterpreting the definition does not make them count.

But I think Nightmare could be considered a cult film, so I'll give you that.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:43 am

It's not a cult classic. It's just a regular classic now. Almost like a disney film, cept scarier.

Delinquent Posts : 592 Join date : 2009-08-31 Age : 38

Clockwork Orange.

'Nuff said.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:10 pm

Pulp Fiction
Resevoir Dogs
Sin City
Kill Bill

[note: These are all Quentin Tarantino films]

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:39 am

omg. I just saw Kill Bill.

insta-<3 for serious.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:43 am

Vanilla wrote:: Clockwork Orange.

'Nuff said.

^ This.

I also like Dog Soldiers.

Subject: Re: Cult Classics Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:04 am

This is Spinal Tap

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