Know any good cult films?

wayfarer · 05-01-2005 10:02pm #1

Read that A Clockwork Orange is on tonight and was wondering if any knew any films along similar line. Or stuff like the Wickerman - films that they just dont/wont make anymore

Chad ghostal · 05-01-2005 10:32pm

Cult is kind of wide ranging...

clockwork orange is excellent imo..

Could also try withnail and i, very different type of movie though..
easy rider...
blade runner...
eh..

cannibal holocaust..
night of the living dead..(original)
zombie flesh eaters..
brain dead
bad taste..

..eh..WHat kind of cult films are you looking for....

CuLT · 05-01-2005 10:37pm

I just feel an... urge to post evertime something "cult" is mentioned...

crazy angel · 05-01-2005 10:39pm

Chad ghostal wrote:

Cult is kind of wide ranging...

clockwork orange is excellent imo..

Could also try withnail and i, very different type of movie though..
easy rider...
blade runner...
eh..

cannibal holocaust..
night of the living dead..(original)
zombie flesh eaters..
brain dead
bad taste..

..eh..WHat kind of cult films are you looking for....

these movies are v good. definately worth a watch!

smoke.me.a.kipper · 05-01-2005 10:41pm

would a film like dr. strangelove be considered cult?

wayfarer · 06-01-2005 12:51am

Chad ghostal wrote:

..eh..WHat kind of cult films are you looking for....

Sorry, I know thats a big general so Ill try to narrow it down a bit.
- Good Soundtrack & Looks great (like bladerunner but not scifi)
- And good quotable dialogue (pulp fiction-like ideally)
- Interesting characters

Maybe something a bit older for a bit of kitchness!

Basq · 06-01-2005 3:14am

How about 'Requiem For A Dream'?

EDIT: If you're looking for something that looks good visually, then you can't go wrong with 'The Fifth Element'... very cool!

Serbian · 06-01-2005 3:28am

wayfarer wrote:

- Good Soundtrack & Looks great (like bladerunner but not scifi)
- And good quotable dialogue (pulp fiction-like ideally)
- Interesting characters

True Romance has all these things as far as I am concerned. The scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is absolutely legendary.

American History X is another excellent movie, as is Leon.

Basq · 06-01-2005 3:31am

Serbian wrote:

True Romance has all these things as far as I am concerned. The scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is absolutely legendary.

American History X is another excellent movie, as is Leon.

Agree with Serbian's choices!

All brillant.. and the classic 'eggplant' scene from Walken and Hopper is one of my most memorable movie scenes!

Hugh Hefner · 06-01-2005 7:23am

I can't believe double D (aka Donnie Darko) hasn't been mentioned. I spose the old requirement boots it out but it is set in 1988 which makes it a period peice and kinda makes up for it's relative youth. Meh.

So I Married An Axe Murder is hilarious, not too well known, important for it's Mike Myres breakthroughiness and has a good score although it's not that old.

Miles · 06-01-2005 7:26am

I always liked "Clerks."

Pretty big cult following now.

BolBill · 06-01-2005 11:49am

Miles wrote:

I always liked "Clerks."

Pretty big cult following now.

Clerks is a classic !!!!!! Mallrats isn't bad either.

Lemming · 06-01-2005 11:51am

wayfarer wrote:

Sorry, I know thats a big general so Ill try to narrow it down a bit.
- Good Soundtrack & Looks great (like bladerunner but not scifi)
- And good quotable dialogue (pulp fiction-like ideally)
- Interesting characters

Maybe something a bit older for a bit of kitchness!

That post just screams "Rocky Horror Picture Show" to me ...

koneko · 06-01-2005 11:51am

I don't really count any of these as cult films, but I'd recommend Memento if you haven't seen it yet.

Zombienosh · 06-01-2005 11:53am

Chad ghostal wrote:

cannibal holocaust..
night of the living dead..(original)
zombie flesh eaters..
brain dead
bad taste..

problem with some of them is, it's hard to get uncut versions....(legally)......

heres a few more anyway

Biozombie
Ichi the killer
(great japaneses movie)

Chad ghostal · 06-01-2005 12:14pm

smoke.me.a.kipper wrote:

would a film like dr. strangelove be considered cult?

This is a FINE suggestion,
id say at this stage it could be considered cult..although it is a bit TOo good..
and famous..so maybe not.

also They Live! is a good cult movie,

BadLands is cult i guess,
far superior to true romance imo, and old-ish

Manchegan · 06-01-2005 12:34pm

Repo Man

p.pete · 06-01-2005 12:39pm

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, although tbh I thought the film was older then it is... wacky stuff.

Shrimp · 06-01-2005 12:42pm

i donno about good.. but there's Assault on Precint 13.. crap!

and fight club..

Shrimp · 06-01-2005 12:46pm

sorry.. Pulp Fiction!

monkeyfudge · 06-01-2005 1:42pm

Manchegan wrote:

Repo Man

Ah... Repo Man... this is one of my favourite films.

Others that spring to mind...

This is Spinal Tap
Rushmore
Bottle Rocket
Suspiria
The Devils Backbone
El Día de la bestia or The Day of the Beast, it's a spanish film about a priest who teams up with a heavy metaler to stop the birth of the antichrist.

oh.. and most recently.. I can see Napoleon Dynamite quickly becoming a cult classic.

galactus · 06-01-2005 2:04pm

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is on TV3 (or TG4?) on Fri. night. Must have seen it 50 or so times including on the big screen. A classic!

All of the Star Wars movies of course (mind you, I close my eyes and stick my fingers in my ears for the bits with Jar-Jar Binks in them). Not sure if SW counts as a cult any more....

A few other movies I obsess about, no particular order,

Do the Right Thing
The Big Sleep
All 13 Sherlock Holmes movies with Rathbone and Bruce.
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Ran
Blue Velvet
Withnail & I
A Night at the Opera
Dune
Hellraiser (the sequels are so-so but part I is outstanding)
Alien (same comment as above)
Blade Runner (hopefully there will never be any sequels)
Shane
Betty Blue

These ones have extra cheese:
Dracula (1958 Hammer version with Lee and Cushing)
Star Trek IV
Superman II
Wishmaster
Spacehunter, Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Retr0gamer · 06-01-2005 3:06pm

Was watching Big Trouble in Little China last night. Great bit of cheese. Kurt Russell really hams it up, 'Son of a bitch must pay'

You should also check out John Carpenters version of the Thing.

06-01-2005 3:08pm

Chad ghostal wrote:

clockwork orange is excellent imo..

Yes! Clockwork Rules! Some classic cult lines in it too

"no time for the old 'in and out' love, I've just come to read the meter"

Brilliant!

irlirishkev · 06-01-2005 3:13pm

wayfarer wrote:

- Good Soundtrack & Looks great (like bladerunner but not scifi)
- And good quotable dialogue (pulp fiction-like ideally)
- Interesting characters
Maybe something a bit older for a bit of kitchness!

You've just described the film 'Head' - Starring The Monkees from 1968..

Check it out, it's a film everyone should see at least once.

Kevin.

mewso · 06-01-2005 4:53pm

Some have been mentioned already but when people say cult I say John Carpenter:-

They Live
Prince of Darkness
The Thing

They Live has my favorite quote of all time:- "I've come to chew bubble-gum and kick ass and I'm all outta bubble-gum"

galactus · 06-01-2005 5:05pm

musician wrote:

The Thing

Prefer the original but its all good:)

gandalf · 06-01-2005 9:11pm

OK here are some films that I think are Cult ones that are my favourites

Akira
Animal House
Bad Taste
Battle Royale
Big Trouble in Little China
Boondock Saints
Catch 22
Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke & Stilll Smoking
Clerks
Dog Soldiers
Donnie Darko
Dr. Strangelove
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - absolute madness

Ghost in the Shell
Glengarry Glenross
Mallrats
Paths of Glory
Robocop
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Run Lola Run
Rushmore (I would also say the Royal Tenenbaums but its too mainstream maybe?)
Shaolin Soccer
Taxi (the French one!)
The Ruling Class
The Thing
They Live! - just for the fight sequence
UHF
Withnail and I

sixpack's little hat · 06-01-2005 10:10pm

Brazil!

Chad ghostal · 06-01-2005 10:14pm

i heartily agree with/endorse almost all of the above

dont like musicals, so rhps gets the Boot

po0k · 07-01-2005 3:35am

The Babycart series - of which I've only seen Shogun Assasin.
1-Ichi is the "prequel" to Ichi The Killer
Pretty Village Pretty Flame - Bosnian war flick
The Abyss

maherw2 · 07-01-2005 3:47am

I saw Goodbye Lenin recently,excellent film.Its more an independent rather than a cult film though.

Belle_Morte · 08-01-2005 2:12am

Howsabout...

The Hills Have Eyes
10,000 Maniacs
The Devils (one of my favourites)
Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
Freaks
Eraserhead

Or any of the old Hammer Horror movies... they just don't make them like that anymore.

If you're looking for horror in particular Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci and Mario Bava produced some good stuff.

Shrimp · 08-01-2005 2:15am

I forgot to mention a Remake of assault on precinct 13 is coming out soon, starring Ethan Hawke...

fade2black · 08-01-2005 2:21am

Office Space!!!

Miles · 09-01-2005 4:46am

maherw2 wrote:

I saw Goodbye Lenin recently,excellent film.Its more an independent rather than a cult film though.

I enjoyed this film quite a bit.

Niall - Dahlia · 09-01-2005 4:58am

Taxi Driver.

Miles · 09-01-2005 7:33am

Animal House.

The Monty Python films.

Know any good cult films?

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