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[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Ok hit me up with your favourite cult classic film.

I’m nominating So I Married An Axe Murderer.

So many quotable lines & cameos. Used to hire it out from the video store all the time back in the 90s.

The Scottish dad, La Paglia, Debi Mazar….all gold

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Some of my fave cult directors are:

John carpenter (escape from new York, the thing, they live are my faves)
Paul verhoven
Nicolas winding refn (Bronson, drive, the pusher series)
Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, Tristam Shandy, the trip - although the tv series is better than the truncated film version).

Specific films:
Evil dead trilogy
Mad max 1 and 2
American psycho
Repo man
Hard target (and john woos Hong kong films)
Lost boys

Hard to think of tarantino, ridley scott and david lynch as cult directors now but early in their careers I think their films were considered cult films.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Coincidentally was watching a flick on sbs world movies the other day and they played an old Des Mangan introduction from the 90s when he used to host cult classics on Saturday nights.
Got a flashback of teen me tuning into sbs to see some boobs and instead getting a movie education (plus some boobs on the odd occasion... hello erotic ghost stories).

Found a list of the flicks he curated on letterboxd (dont think its definitive but a good go at it):
https://boxd.it/2DMia

Edit: another list with some additional flicks
https://boxd.it/ghzxe

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Some of my fave cult directors are:

John carpenter (escape from new York, the thing, they live are my faves)
Paul verhoven
Nicolas winding refn (Bronson, drive, the pusher series)
Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, Tristam Shandy, the trip - although the tv series is better than the truncated film version).

Specific films:
Evil dead trilogy
Mad max 1 and 2
American psycho
Repo man
Hard target (and john woos Hong kong films)
Lost boys

Hard to think of tarantino, ridley scott and david lynch as cult directors now but early in their careers I think their films were considered cult films.

Some great suggestions in this list…thanks!!

Escape from New York, the Thing are ace. Love Winterbottoms films

Coincidentally was watching a flick on sbs world movies the other day and they played an old Des Mangan introduction from the 90s when he used to host cult classics on Saturday nights.
Got a flashback of teen me tuning into sbs to see some boobs and instead getting a movie education (plus some boobs on the odd occasion... hello erotic ghost stories).

Found a list of the flicks he curated on letterboxd (dont think its definitive but a good go at it):
https://boxd.it/2DMia

Edit: another list with some additional flicks
https://boxd.it/ghzxe

Oh wow!! Thanks for this list. A lot of them are still on SBS Catchup so I will check them out.
Thanks again joey_jo_jo

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Some great suggestions in this list…thanks!!

Escape from New York, the Thing are ace. Love Winterbottoms films


Oh wow!! Thanks for this list. A lot of them are still on SBS Catchup so I will check them out.
Thanks again joey_jo_jo

No worries! I could go on for days lol, I love watching these sorts of films too! Mainly horror, old westerns and sci fi/neo noir.
Sbs aired this doco series a few years back. Was a lot of fun:

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3 (TV Mini Series 2019–2020) - Episode list - IMDb

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3 (TV Mini Series 2019–2020) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...

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Its actually hard to think of what defines a cult film nowadays because of how easy they are to find with streaming /letterboxd etc. Like I started looking up lists of top cult films after reading your post and a lot listed rocky horror, pulp fiction and bladerunner but theyre all such a big part of popular culture now that I dont think of them as cult films.

 

[GreyCrow]

Animal House
Blues Brothers
Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

Russ Myer's Beyond the Valley of The Dolls and Faster Pussy Cat Kill Kill Kill.

Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man and Down By Law

Cabin Fever (Original)

All The Boys Love Many Lane

Blood Simple

Wild at Heart

 

[darklake]

I love Starship Troopers.
It's so much fun.

 

[Plugger35]

 

[Gough]

Bob Roberts.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Used to love it when The Running Man would come on the tv late at night in the ten years after it was released…bit of a forgotten 80s cult classic, never seems to get as much love as other classics like Robocop or other Schwarzenegger films.
Richard Dawson nails the role.

 

[dumb]

the room, pink flamingos, plan 9 from outer space. i definitely lean toward the trashy, shabbily made side of cult film.

ralph bakshi, lucifer valentine's vomit gore trilogy etc etc

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Millers Crossing is worth a watch. Early Coen brothers gold

 

[stax on the mull]

The Honeymoon Killers
Wanda
Night Of The Living Dead

 

[The Sultan]

vanishing point (1971) - car chase movie, with themes of freedom, rebellion against authority, and counter culture

Johnny got his Gun - Metallica based their song 'One' off of this. But good movie in its own right

John Doe Vigilante (2014) - Aussie Made.. An ordinary man fights violence the only way he knows how - by killing one criminal at a time. Hero or villain? Justice or vengeance?

 

[GreyCrow]

Duel - Dennis Weaver pissed someone off in a truck and now its a chase across the desert highways

 

[JHF1870]

Some of my fave cult directors are:

John carpenter (escape from new York, the thing, they live are my faves)
Paul verhoven
Nicolas winding refn (Bronson, drive, the pusher series)
Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, Tristam Shandy, the trip - although the tv series is better than the truncated film version).

Specific films:
Evil dead trilogy
Mad max 1 and 2
American psycho
Repo man
Hard target (and john woos Hong kong films)
Lost boys

Hard to think of tarantino, ridley scott and david lynch as cult directors now but early in their careers I think their films were considered cult films.

Came here to say Escape from New York

To Kill a Mockingbird
Rear Window
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Speed
Running Man
Minority Report
Bourne Identity
Robocop
T1 and 2
Wedlock
Falling Down
Dark City


While some of these are niche, they are still in my mind cult classics from people who appreciate particular genres, or actors.

I was thinking about my cult favorite actors

Tom Hiddleston
Steve Buscemi
Nick Cage
Winona Ryder
Keanu Reeves
Tilda Swinton
Jeff Golblum
Christopher Walken
Gary Oldman
Tim Robbins

EDIT: The actors/Actresses I'm identifying as having either a strong cult following, or a niche cult following.

 

[UltraEgo]

Came here to say Escape from New York

To Kill a Mockingbird
Rear Window
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Speed
Running Man
Minority Report
Bourne Identity
Robocop
T1 and 2
Wedlock
Falling Down
Dark City


While some of these are niche, they are still in my mind cult classics from people who appreciate particular genres, or actors.

I was thinking about my cult favorite actors

Tom Hiddleston
Steve Buscemi
Nick Cage
Winona Ryder
Keanu Reeves
Tilda Swinton
Jeff Golblum
Christopher Walken
Gary Oldman
Tim Robbins

not sure some of those qualify as cult classics? eg. The Matrix, T2 and Bourne Identity

 

[UltraEgo]

Can't think of many atm but i'll start with the below:

• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• Loaded Weapon
• The Room

 

[JHF1870]

not sure some of those qualify as cult classics? eg. The Matrix, T2 and Bourne Identity

ARe cults supposed to be niche?

I think The Room and Garbage Day qualify. Both have strong fan appreciation.

 

[JHF1870]

The Faculty

 

[GreyCrow]

ARe cults supposed to be niche?

A little

They are movies that survive despite the limitations at the box office - either made out of time ie a sleeper or a genre changing movie like Rocky Horror and Porkys say

Mainstream blockbuster movies hit immediately

 

[Norwegian Blue]

To Kill a Mockingbird is a "cult classic"?

 

[JackOutback]

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane for quotability.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Top Secret starring Matt Guelfi Val Kilmer
VHS cult classic that bombed at the box office. Weird Al says it is one of his all time faves