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cult films

strider42 said:
My favorite cult movies are the Leprechaun movies. There are 6 of them now, including Leprechaun in Las Vegas, In Space, In the hood (starring Ice-T!) and Back to the hood. And warwick davis is great. Some of them are pretty tough to watch, but Back to the hood, Lep 1 and 2 are all gold, and Las Vegas has some great moments. In Space is probably the oddest one (they don't mention he's a leprechaun a single time), and in the hood is the worst one.

My friends and I used to have an annual leprechaun party. We'd watch all the movies back to back (starting when there was only three of them), and have lots of beer, lucky charms and green ice shaped like shamrocks, party games an prizes were also part of the festivities. If its going to be a cult movie, you gotta go all out.
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Edit: updated my list

For some reason your post reminded me of another cult classic of mine, Puppet Master.

Food of the Gods, The Stuff, Re-Animator, Scanners, The Warriors, Dreamscape, Is Tron to mainstream to be cult?
 
Hands down "The Forbidden Zone"!
Its got Herve Villechaize (Tattoo) playing the king of a heroine induced "sixth dimention". all his "servants" run around topless. a pre Oingo Boingo Danny Elfman plays the devil. He also arranged the score of course. Its sets are built like a kindergardener constructed them. filmed in black and white with most of the children played by middle aged jews. If you havent seen it you are certainly missing out. Coined "the Citizen Kane of cult movies". Extremely hard to find a copy up until a year ago when it celebrated its 25th anniversary. saw it first back in 1989 in college from a friend who owned a very crappy copy. my jaw sat on the floor for the entire viewing.

others include "Evil Dead 2", "Deathrace 2000" (mentioned before in an earlier post)
 

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The ultimate cult movie of all time has to be: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I think you could screen this movie in any theater in the U.S. (at midnight, of course), and people would show up dressed as their favorite characters, armed with Saltines and playing cards, prepared to chant the dialog back at the screen and dance the Time Warp in the aisles.

Devotion to a movie doesn't get any more cultish than that!
 
IJ Reilly said:
The ultimate cult movie of all time has to be: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I think you could screen this movie in any theater in the U.S. (at midnight, of course), and people would show up dressed as their favorite characters, armed with Saltines and playing cards, prepared to chant the dialog back at the screen and dance the Time Warp in the aisles.

Devotion to a movie doesn't get any more cultish than that!
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Unfortunately due to its move into mainstream "Rocky Horror" is hardly a "cult" movie.
 
IJ Reilly said:
The ultimate cult movie of all time has to be: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I think you could screen this movie in any theater in the U.S. (at midnight, of course), and people would show up dressed as their favorite characters, armed with Saltines and playing cards, prepared to chant the dialog back at the screen and dance the Time Warp in the aisles.

Devotion to a movie doesn't get any more cultish than that!
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There is a cinema here in London (The Prince Charles just off Leicester Square) that does this regularly. They also do the Singalonga Sound of Music. :rolleyes:
 
freeny said:
Unfortunately due to its move into mainstream "Rocky Horror" is hardly a "cult" movie.
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When did that happen? The last time I witnessed a screening of this movie (which, granted, was a long time ago), it was attended strictly by costumed cultists.
 
IJ Reilly said:
When did that happen? The last time I witnessed a screening of this movie (which, granted, was a long time ago), it was attended strictly by costumed cultists.
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there is a big difference between a "cultist" and a "fanatic".
 
Dogma
If... and O Lucky Man by Lindsey Anderson
La Belle et Le Bete (1946 black and white Jean Cocteau version of Beauty and the Beast, incredible)
 
freeny said:
Touché.:rolleyes:
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Well, I mean -- if you're going to say there's a "big difference" then it's up to you to explain why you think so. Don't you think?

Anyway, it's a dumb thing to be arguing about.

(BTW, haven't you ever heard of a "fanatical cult?" Of course you have!)
 
"The King of Comedy"

Cult movie or not? I'm going to say it is. It's not all-out bizarre or obscure, but very few people seem to appreciate this film. But for those who do, it's a personal favorite.

Rupert Pupkin, ladies and gentlemen, Rupert Pupkin....
 
Difference between "cultist" and "fanatic"

cult

"An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest."


fa·nat·ic

"A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause."

I did the honor of removing the religious definitions from cult and posted the definition that applies here. The key words in the cult definition is "exclusive group". As my original post suggests, Rockey Horror has moved to main stream due to its popularity and is no longer an "exclusive group". you will also see in the line for the movie people in regular clothing as well as costumes for it is not required to be part of the group. These are now just "fans".

Yes I have officially recieved my "geeking hard points" for today for making this arguement. And to your behalf, you are correct that there is NOT a BIG difference between the two.:) Perhaps I was being dramatic?
 
I think the 80's Brat Pack movies do it for me (16 Candles and The Breakfast Club). I am also a huge fan of The Big Lebowski, and Napoleon Dynomite.

Star Wars was great too. I guess I am a fan of a lot of cult films.
 
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