Guest Len B'stard Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 shock corridor (directed by samuel fuller)breezy (by clint eastwood)land and freedom (by ken loach)gun crazy (by joseph h. lewis)serie noire (by alain corneau)The first three are wonderful movies, especially shock corridor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) I am just wondering what qualifies as 'cult' here as Mr Vampire was an absolute smash at the HK box office, helping spawn a whole genre of Hong Kong vampire flicks! Also Hammer's Dracula! Dracula was a box office smash in, not just Britain, but also America where Universal provided some of the funding and picked up the distribution rights. Edited September 17, 2013 by DieselDaisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) I suppose being a smash hit in Hong Kong might count as being 'lesser known' to cross-sections of non-HK society. Y'know what I mean, here in the west etc. Edited September 17, 2013 by sugaraylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 To me a cult film has a cult following. even a successful movie could become cult if people obsess about. Staw Wars is a cult movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durruti column Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) shock corridor (directed by samuel fuller)breezy (by clint eastwood)land and freedom (by ken loach)gun crazy (by joseph h. lewis)serie noire (by alain corneau)The first three are wonderful movies, especially shock corridor gun crazy and serie noire are incredible toogun crazy is an anthem to mad love and crazy rebellion... that's how people should love and live.. and that's how films should be made!several films as bonnie and clyde (arthur penn), breathless (godard) or badlands (terence malick) tried to capture the essence of that little film noir, but i'm not sure that they succeeded... Edited September 17, 2013 by durruti column Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 shock corridor (directed by samuel fuller)breezy (by clint eastwood)land and freedom (by ken loach)gun crazy (by joseph h. lewis)serie noire (by alain corneau)The first three are wonderful movies, especially shock corridor gun crazy and serie noire are incredible toogun crazy is an anthem to mad love and crazy rebellion... that's how people should love and live.. and that's how films should be made!several films as bonnie and clyde (arthur penn), breathless (godard) or badlands (terence malick) tried to capture the essence of that little film noir, but i'm not sure that they succeeded...I've seen badlands, bonnie and clyde and breathless but i've not seen this...but i will have before this evenings out, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Y'know what, i just looked that movie up in imdb, i think i've seen it before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadBlack RainJadeCarnal KnowledgeBodies, Rest and Motion Edited September 17, 2013 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Repo Manperiod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Star Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Waldemar Daninsky werewolf movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 A repo man is always ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead74 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Order of Death was a Pil title? sounds good.It's variously called Corrupt, Copkiller and The Order of Death which yes was a PiL song One of my favourite pieces of music of all time. That film sounds great, I've never heard of it before and will definitely try and hunt it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 A Boy And His Dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Truck Turner, Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song, Dolemite, Foxy Brown, ShaftRain Makers, Two Lane Blacktop and The Vanishing,THX-1138, The Conversation. The box set of Easy Rider, Drive He Said, Last Picture Show, Head, and Five Easy Pieces. Slums of Beverly Hills, Happiness, and StorytellingThe Warriors, Streets of Fire, Eddie and the Cruisers.Bad Lieutenant, River's Edge, and Over The Edge. Blue Collar, Which Way Is Up, Car Wash El Topo, Holy Mountain. Fantastic Planet, Heavy Metal, Heavy Traffic, Fritz The Cat, Waking Life, Roger Rabbit, Cool World, Akira, The Wall. The Wiz, Xanadu, Thank God It's Friday, Saturday Night Fever, Hedwig, Lisztomania, Straight To Hell. Trees Lounge, Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Bottle Rocket, Empire Records, High Fidelity, Falling Down, Requiem for a Dream, Insomnia, Memento, The Fountain, The Grey, The Fall, Big Fish, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amores Perros, The Chase, Christmas Story, Existenz. Being There. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohlovelyrita Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Mondo New York is a great flick. loads of underground celebrities."Fffffffuck...... Mary Tyler Moore" (crushworthy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I watched Hang 'Em High last night. I know people say it is an 'inferior American attempt at Leone', and to a certain degree they are right, but I think it is an excellent western. Not really a cult film as it was a box office smash but you do not see people talk about it much these days. It is Eastwood, at his absolute prime and doing what he does best. Have to love it.To me a cult film has a cult following. even a successful movie could become cult if people obsess about. Staw Wars is a cult movie.It is a controversial issue, the definition of 'cult movie':A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated fanbase, an elaborate subculture that engage in repeated viewings, quoting dialogue, and audience participation. Inclusive definitions allow for major Hollywood productions, especially box office bombs, while exclusive definitions focus more on obscure, transgressive films, shunned by the mainstream. The difficulty in defining the term and subjectivity of what qualifies as a cult film mirror classificatory disputes about art. Overbroad usage has resulted in controversy, as purists state it has become a meaningless term.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Science of Sleep by Michel Gondry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 I felt like cult went mainstream in the 90s. Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Medium Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I felt like cult went mainstream in the 90s.Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.I was trying to think of some more recent ones like maybe The Crow, Donnie Darko, Dazed & Confused but they seem too popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Phantom of the Paradise.(mentioned yet?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 I felt like cult went mainstream in the 90s.Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.I was trying to think of some more recent ones like maybe The Crow, Donnie Darko, Dazed & Confused but they seem too popular.Depends on your definition of cult and popular. Star Wars has a huge cult following. I guess its movies like Pulp Fiction and Clerks are made in the style of movies that would be cult or lesser known. But they were big. Its not the same kind of cult as Performance and Race with the Devil. Its more like cult style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri_Rose Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 The Brotherhood Of The Wolf is a favorite. It's a french film. I recommend it if none of you have seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Emanuelle and Cheeky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Darkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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