what is your favorite cult classic movie?
Mine is Donnie Darko
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by lordpunkmonk on Wed May 06, 2009 9:52 pm
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Re: Cult Classics
by fueledbycoffee on Wed May 06, 2009 10:17 pm
Eraserhead, Donnie Darko, Night of the Living Dead.
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Re: Cult Classics
by PKMKII on Wed May 06, 2009 10:55 pm
Evil Dead trilogy, Six-String Samurai, RHPS, The Warriors.
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Re: Cult Classics
by fueledbycoffee on Wed May 06, 2009 11:04 pm
Rocky Horror? I wouldn't have called that cult, but hey. Add that to my list.
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Re: Cult Classics
by ET, the Extra Terrestrial on Thu May 07, 2009 12:02 am
Rocky Horror not cult???? Rocky Horror is the poster child for a cult movie. There's a theater in Harvard Square where it played every saturday night for years - may still be playing there - and the same people would show up every week, dressed as characters in the movie, shouting "Asshole" in unison at the guy with the cigarette holder, throwing rice, dancing the Time Warp --- if that ain't a cult, I don't know what is. Put me down for Rocky Horror too.
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Re: Cult Classics
by Detective TurtleHolmes on Thu May 07, 2009 12:03 am
I most certainly would.fueledbycoffee wrote:Rocky Horror? I wouldn't have called that cult, but hey. Add that to my list.
Favourite cult movie. Hmm. Probably Fight Club.
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Re: Cult Classics
by fueledbycoffee on Thu May 07, 2009 12:06 am
ET, the Extra Terrestrial wrote:Rocky Horror not cult???? Rocky Horror is the poster child for a cult movie. There's a theater in Harvard Square where it played every saturday night for years - may still be playing there - and the same people would show up every week, dressed as characters in the movie, shouting "Asshole" in unison at the guy with the cigarette holder, throwing rice, dancing the Time Warp --- if that ain't a cult, I don't know what is. Put me down for Rocky Horror too.
Yeah, but the definition of a cult movie is a movie popular among a small, rabid fanbase. Everybody knows Rocky Horror. Everybody. It's an iconic movie, and hasn't really been "cult" in years.
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Re: Cult Classics
by Detective TurtleHolmes on Thu May 07, 2009 1:54 am
You wouldn't call those people rabid fans?fueledbycoffee wrote:ET, the Extra Terrestrial wrote:Rocky Horror not cult???? Rocky Horror is the poster child for a cult movie. There's a theater in Harvard Square where it played every saturday night for years - may still be playing there - and the same people would show up every week, dressed as characters in the movie, shouting "Asshole" in unison at the guy with the cigarette holder, throwing rice, dancing the Time Warp --- if that ain't a cult, I don't know what is. Put me down for Rocky Horror too.
Yeah, but the definition of a cult movie is a movie popular among a small, rabid fanbase. Everybody knows Rocky Horror. Everybody. It's an iconic movie, and hasn't really been "cult" in years.
Yes, a lot of people know it. But it's still a cult film.
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Re: Cult Classics
by fueledbycoffee on Thu May 07, 2009 1:58 am
Detective TurtleHolmes wrote:You wouldn't call those people rabid fans?fueledbycoffee wrote:ET, the Extra Terrestrial wrote:Rocky Horror not cult???? Rocky Horror is the poster child for a cult movie. There's a theater in Harvard Square where it played every saturday night for years - may still be playing there - and the same people would show up every week, dressed as characters in the movie, shouting "Asshole" in unison at the guy with the cigarette holder, throwing rice, dancing the Time Warp --- if that ain't a cult, I don't know what is. Put me down for Rocky Horror too.
Yeah, but the definition of a cult movie is a movie popular among a small, rabid fanbase. Everybody knows Rocky Horror. Everybody. It's an iconic movie, and hasn't really been "cult" in years.
Yes, a lot of people know it. But it's still a cult film.
Key word is small group of rabid fans. But yes, I'll cede the point. I'm not enough of a nerd to argue the semantics of cult cinema all night.
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Re: Cult Classics
by Detective TurtleHolmes on Thu May 07, 2009 5:43 am
Awww. And I was willing to get worked up and everything. Oh well. Game point.
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Re: Cult Classics
by Capellini on Thu May 07, 2009 9:46 am
A lot of people know OF Rocky Horror, but I doubt they've all seen it. And I would say even a smaller group would call themselves fans. Seeing as it has developed a cult of fans, it is by definition a cult classic. Cult classics don't HAVE to be small and unknown, that just generally characterizes things that have developed an autonomous subculture amongst its fans.
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Re: Cult Classics
by Rainswept on Thu May 07, 2009 9:59 am
The Princess Bride.
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Re: Cult Classics
by PKMKII on Thu May 07, 2009 11:15 am
You could make the argument that Princess Bride has obtained cult status.
Funny story though, I was reading that Mandy "Inigo Montoya" Patinkin closes all of his solo shows (he's also an accomplished singer) by delivering the famous line, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
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Re: Cult Classics
by bacon on Thu May 07, 2009 11:46 am
Not sure if it is considered a cult classic, but The Big Lebowski is definitely at the top of my list.
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Re: Cult Classics
by Roy Hunter on Thu May 07, 2009 1:03 pm
I would have said Silent Running - a fantastic little film from 1972. Bruce Dern; three little robots called Huey, Dewey and Louie (loads of character, they must have been the inspiration for R2D2); directed by Doug Trumbull, the guy who did the SFX for 2001, Close Encounters and Blade Runner, it was almost perfect.
Right up until the closing titles, when... Joan Baez and her
-ing 12-string guitar turn up and completely ruin it for me.
Right up until the closing titles, when... Joan Baez and her
-ing 12-string guitar turn up and completely ruin it for me.Let's face it: if you could do that, you would.PKMKII wrote:Funny story though, I was reading that Mandy "Inigo Montoya" Patinkin closes all of his solo shows (he's also an accomplished singer) by delivering the famous line, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
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