Posted on 06/13/2018 2:37:56 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Good (and bad) movies come and go, but some films garner such a fierce, loyal following that they reach cult status. People watch them over and over and over again. They host parties to watch them some more. Midnight showings at movie theaters draw incredible crowds, and oftentimes, fans "act out" the scenes in front of the screen.
Actors who happened to have been in cult movies enjoy lifetimes of stardom (to one extent or another) and can probably make a living signing autographs at events and Comic-Con ad nauseam.
Are you a huge fan of any cult classic? Here are some favorites below. Weigh in with the ones you can't get enough of!
Yep, that's the best of the "Evil Dead" franchise. I'd also include as an obvious cult-film, the 1978 update of George A. Romero's zombie genre, Dawn of the Dead. It was frequently run as a "midnight movie" back in the early '80s. It pulled that genre out of the black-and-white past and into vivid, gory color.
And who could forget the "Helicopter Zombie"? Any scene that could provide a then-unknown and uncredited actor with a lifetime of convention fame - that has gotta be a cult film.
Doesn't compare to the original...
Yes to Buckaroo Bonzai. Also love Fargo but hard to watch. I actually prefer the edited for TV version.
I forgot a few:
O Brother Where Art Thou?
A Christmas Story
Groundhog Day
Cat Ballou
Greaser’s Palace
Song of the South
Big Night
Cinema Paradiso
Princess Bride
The Departed
Great movie.
The Warriors
The Prophecy
Yep, possibly Costner's best work. It definitely belongs on the list.
Fandango was formative for me.
Yes to the first Little Shop of Horrors but are you sure Nickleson was the dentist? I’ll go look.
The Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Creeps
I saw the original when I was a little kid. Got so scared, I swallowed my candy money.
Big Night - Stanley Tucci. Classic.
Here’s another Stanley Tucci flick:
Margin Call.
GREAT movie.
I’ll second that. Frequently viewed around here. “It’s a liger.” “Vote for Pedro.”
Red Dawn (original)
Conan the Barbarian (original)
Repo Man
Little Shop of Horrors (original)
Valley of the Dolls
really liked the Sleepaway Camp movies.
Angela....
Would you like to swing on a Star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar. Also, 12 Monkeys
Shop Smart ... shop S-Mart.
“Hollywood Knights”
Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
Adventures of Ford Fairlane
American Werewolf in Lodon
Barton Fink
Big Lebowski
Black Bird
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Captain Ron
Clerks
Dick Tracy
Dr. Strangelove
Fargo
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Glengarry Glen Ross
Gods Must Be Crazy
Gumball Rally
Hudson Hawk
Ice Station Zebra
Mad Max
Man With Two Brains
Mars Attacks
Meatballs
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Murder By Death
Office Space
Producers
Red Dawn
Repo Man
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Ronin
Shining
Sideways
Slap Shot
Soylent Green
Spaceballs
Strange Brew
Three Amigos
Tremors
Up In Smoke
Vacation
Yellowbeard
Young Frankenstein
Zulu
Vertigo
Caddyshack
National Lampoon’s Vacation
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Halloween
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