Top Cult Movies

[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.

[worlock1422]

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! Great movie lol

Little Shop of Horror anyone?
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Critters movies, anyone remember the flying furballs of doom?
Slaughter High




Im with ya on Basket Case, havnt seen that movies in YEARS, have it on VCR somewhere around here..

[rockabilly]

The Near Dark remake had potential. Bill Paxton stepping into Lances role, Heather Langenkamp, and Milo Ventimiglia taking on Adrian Pasdars role. Ironic as Adrian and Milo play brothers on Heroes. Check the wiki for more details.

[violet lightning]

Damn, you guys are really bringing up some golden oldies!! Love it!
I think they remade "Manchurian Candidate" a few years back...
Can't think who was in it, but it wasn't near as good as the original. It lost all that Cold War espionage feel that gave the story its motivation.

Lair of the white worm was good, I remember liking the girl that was in it (the evil one?)
Anyone seen "Frankenwienie"?

[rockabilly]

Frankenweinie? Was that Tim Burtons short film? I think its on my Nightmare Before Christmas DVD. How about Gymkata!! or The Last Dragon " Am i the prettiest ? SHO NUFF!! " or on the animation front The Last Unicorn or Wizards?

[ARIES666]

Originally Posted by violet lightning

Damn, you guys are really bringing up some golden oldies!! Love it!
I think they remade "Manchurian Candidate" a few years back...
Can't think who was in it, but it wasn't near as good as the original. It lost all that Cold War espionage feel that gave the story its motivation.

Lair of the white worm was good, I remember liking the girl that was in it (the evil one?)
Anyone seen "Frankenwienie"?

They "re-made" Manchurian Candidate with Denzel Washington and ????. I borrowed movie from a friend....garbage. As you say, Violet, "Man-Can" was a "product of it's time!

BTW....Check out the "Outer Limits: 100 Days of The Dragon" (original series)

[violet lightning]

If we're talking animation cult films... :D
I gotta nominate "Heavy Metal". It still stands up. The follow-up was pure dreck in comparison though.
"Wizards" was ok, I remember it had some good animation, and a few good moments. "The Hobbit" was pretty bad as I recall, I still remember the songs "Where there's a whip, there's a way" and "Frodo of the nine fingers" because they were so comically bad!

Back to regular features,
I was thinking that "Idiocracy" is also a good cult movie. I think it was on the shelf for at least a couple years before they finally released it.
There was alot of gossip about what was in it and why they wouldn't release it. When it finally did come out, I don't think it did alot of box office business, but I know it has finally caught on, and now its becoming a regular on cable/satellite tv.

[ARIES666]

Originally Posted by rockabilly

The Near Dark remake had potential. Bill Paxton stepping into Lances role, Heather Langenkamp, and Milo Ventimiglia taking on Adrian Pasdars role. Ironic as Adrian and Milo play brothers on Heroes. Check the wiki for more details.

I still say you cannot improve on the original...so why bother! A sequel perhaps, but not a re-make!!

BTW, Rockabilly....Trancers I thru V are available in a box set!! My favorite music, movie, etc store is ordering me one from the states. And, there was a Trancers VI as well.