Top Cult Movies

[violet lightning]

Transjen got me to thinking...A lotta cool/wierd movies came out in the mid-to late 1970's to early 80's...
Remember "Dreamscape" "Altered States" or "Scanners"?
Someone mentioned "Warriors" which came out around the same time, and RB's "Big Trouble in Little China"
"Attack of the Killer Tomatos" is probably considered a cult film(because its so bad!) as is "Food of the Gods" (have you seen it? its worth seeing if only for the herd of wiener dogs with fake ears strapped on that are supposed to be big killer rats!)

Cheech and Chongs "Up in Smoke" used to be a great cult movie, they always played it at midnight and everyone would smoke pot in the theater!!
Can't do that anymore...

[transjen]

Like oh my gawd i haven't seen ' ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOS in years Another great bad movie that was aired on cable around the same time was a movie about killer clowns from outer space but i can't recall the title Jennifer

[ARIES666]

I could not agree with you more, Rockabilly. Perfect definition of a "Cult" film! You took the words right out of my mouth.

Rockabilly... a short list, but...OMG...I love Linnea Quigley!! (Night of the Demons)...I have all of her movies! Big Trouble in Little China!!

VioletLightning...great picks also...however, I would put "Plan 9" and "Reefer" on the "B" (Bad Movie Thread...still to be made).

Transjen...I disagree with you on Escape form New York & Halloween. They both did pretty good Box Office when they came out.

Angry Postman...I need to do some research on your picks. Only familiar with "Planet Terror". I was managing a video store (83-89) and I put it on in the store. If I remember correctly, it was an "Alien" rip-off?

Some of my favorite Cult Films...next post!

[ARIES666]

First off, I cannot believe none of you guys put "Blade Runner" on your lists. People forget that when it came out it was a box office disaster!! I think it's popularity today is a result of movie buffs like us standing beside it!

I love movies! I probably watch 25-30 movies a week (maybe more at times). Lists are a challenge for me, because I have so many faves. I'll think of some tomorrow...and the next day, etc. Off the top of my head...here we go...feel free to comment (thumbs up or down)!

ADVENTURES OF BUCKARRO BANZAI
ASSAULT OF THE KILLER BIMBOS
BLADE RUNNER
CRIMES OF PASSION
DARK BACKWARD
DEAD-ALIVE
EVIL DEAD TRILOGY (btw, a fourth film in planning)
ERASERHEAD
FANTASTIC PLANET
FRANKENHOOKER
FROM BEYOND
HAROLD AND MAUDE
HUDSUCKER PROXY
HUDSON HAWK
ICE PIRATES
LIFEFORCE
NEAR DARK
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
RE-ANIMATOR, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIME-BALL BOWL-A-RAMA
STRANGE INVADERS
STREETS OF FIRE
SUDDENLY!

and...who can forget..."Bambi Meets Godzilla"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXCUBVS4kfQ

[ARIES666]

Damn! How could I have forgotten these??? ...."if it was a snake, it would have bit me"***

BASKET CASE
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER
4TH MAN
LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
Ms.45
TRANCERS (I thru V)
WITHNAIL AND I


***another quote from buckaroo banzai

[rockabilly]

Ariess my friend you have great taste my friend. Lair of the white worm and Near Dark ruled. ( Near Dark remake shelved ... its been shot and reshot/recast and reshot and sits in a vault) How bout these?
1. Chopping Mall
2. Deadly Friend
3. Night of the Comet
4. The Dead Next Door
5. Silent Night Deadly Night
6. Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
7. The Convent ( similiar to Night of the Demons very good )
8. Killer Party
9. Lady in White
10. Ghoulies
11. Bad Dreams
Remember any of these?

[ARIES666]

Now this is where "Hollywood" really, really gets me going!! Re-making classic, and I mean CLASSIC movies!!

Near Dark is a horror masterpiece! It is quite possibly the first and still best "modern vampire movie"!! No capes, no bats, no fly-eating go-fers!

And what a cast...re-uniting Lance Hendrickson, Bill Paxton and Jenette Goldstein from ALIENS, and also starring an under-rated actress, Jenny Wright (her last movie was Lawnmower Man-1992!!!???).

Ah yes..the Hollywood Re-Make!! Manchurian Candidate!! Fail-Safe!! There are alot more that did not need to be re-made!!

That said, there are a some that, for a multitude of reasons, were very, very good in their re-worked, re-imagined form.