The real Favorite cult films pole

[frankensooner]

Ignore the other one, this is the real pole. VOTE I tell you or who knows what evil may befall you.

[sooneron]

Please, at least leave out Shawshank. It's definitely not a cult film.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Is this like the Real Curtis Lofton thread?

[OKLA21FAN]

RFCFP?

as opposed to

FFCFP

[Jerk]

Throw in Dr Strangelove, too.

[frankensooner]

Dang. I forgot Strangelove but I did add a few and delete a few

[soonerinabilene]

Once again, your pole is incomplete without Maximum Overdrive.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Warriors, come out and play

[frankensooner]

sorry for leaving off Maximum Overdrive, the soundtrack alone merits inclusion. ;)

[soonerinabilene]

How do 11 different movies have 50% of the vote?

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Leave Frank alone! He's doing the best he can

[soonerinabilene]

Oh, and I would also consider Red Dawn a cult movie. WOLVERINES!

[crawfish]

Write-in: Flash Gordon, Strange Brew, Better Off Dead

Remove Blade Runner and Shawshank Redemption. They're not really cult movies.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

only 2 people have voted maybe

[sooneron]

Write in: Phantom Of The Paradise. That movie is crappy great.

[frankensooner]

I also forgot Logan's Run, The Cannonball Run, and many many more I am sure. Keep the write-ins coming.

[CatfishSooner]

Is Shawshank really a cult film?

[frankensooner]

Frank Darabont's subversive, allegorical, and life-affirming prison story about two life-sentenced prisoners, The Shawshank Redemption (1994), based upon a Stephen King story, failed at the box-office during its original release, but established a strong cult following its video release.

Catfish, sorry I left off The Bicycle Thief, but I was trying to avoid foreign language films. ;)

I think I could've had over a hundred!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film

[Fraggle145]

Super Troopers & Beerfest? Would those count?

I love the frankenpole!

[bri]

The Circle Cinema is going to be doing midnight screenings of Heathers on 2/29 and 3/1. Me = giddy.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

How 'bout two of Kurt Russell's... (or perhaps they were too mainstream)

Escape from New York

Big Trouble in Little China

[Boomer.....]

Dazed and Confused!

[Whet]

I had to do a multiple selection - couldn't help it, just too many good ones to select.

Thus, my choices are:
Dawn of the Dead - omg, how could this NOT be on my list? The b/w photography makes this so much better than the latter versions.

Scanners - the man's head exploding - need I say more?

Billy Jack - Oh, to have a black hat like BJ. What a dichotomy, the hero wears a BLACK hat! The acting and dialogue were .... well, they were memorable!

Unlisted: Porky's - The howling girl's gym teacher, Balbricker grabbing Tommy's hoohoo, PeeWee running down the road naked, and of course, Porky, himself!

[SoonerBOI]

Scarface, Pulp fiction, Taxi Driver and Donnie Darko.

[soonerinabilene]

Donnie Darko is one that I will never, no matter how many times i see it, understand how it is such a popular movie.

[Curly Bill]

This Is Spinal Tap :D

[bri]

Dawn of the Dead - omg, how could this NOT be on my list? The b/w photography makes this so much better than the latter versions.

You're thinking of Night of the Living Dead.

Dawn, Day, Land, and Diary are all in color.

[frankensooner]

That reminds me, CHUD should be on the list. I am a huge Zombie fan and loved all of the original Living Dead films, but Dawn was by far my fav.

[SoonerTerry]

Heavy metal

[bri]

That reminds me, CHUD should be on the list. I am a huge Zombie fan and loved all of the original Living Dead films, but Dawn was by far my fav.

Return Of The Living Dead (which isn't actually part of Romero's series in any way) should be on the list just for the "Send more cops" line. :D

[frankensooner]

Return of the Living Dead Part 2: "Take that D@m# screwdriver out of my head!"

[sooneron]

Porky's is NOT a cult movie.

[Harry Beanbag]

Office Space
Night of the Lepus
Psychos in Love

I kind of think A Christmas Story should be on there too.

[My Opinion Matters]

Anything starring a scientologist.

[frankensooner]

Anything starring a scientologist.
I seriously considered putting Travolta's The Experts on the list, but I was the only person who saw it.

[soonerbrat]

Next time could you please put the choices in alphabetical order? plzkthx

[soonerbrat]

is Swingers considered a cult film?

if it is..it needs to be added.

[Pricetag]

Airborne. At least it's a cult film for me. It was on HBO family in November, and is back on there now!

[Fraggle145]

Dark Crystal? Labyrinth?

[Viking Kitten]

Time Bandits
12 Monkeys
Scorsese's After Hours
Any Christopher Guest ensemble comedy: Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, etc.
Robert Altman's Shortcuts
Dr. Strangelove

Can't forget Swingers, Office Space, Super Troopers, Harold and Kumar.

[royalfan5]

Wet Hot American Summer deserves mention as well.

[Harry Beanbag]

Debbie does Dallas
Behind the Green Door
Edward Penishands

[SleestakSooner]

you also forgot Flash Gordon and Highlander!

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains!

w/ Diane Lane, Laura Dern, and the Sex Pistols

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxeYTZ6i-fk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYR_XlwEx0&feature=related

[Chuck Bao]

You need Best Little Whorehouse, I thike.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Wild in the streets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53UqNTDFi0w&feature=related

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Wild-in-the-Streets-Poster-C10126374.jpeg

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Three in the Attic

In the swinging sixties three girls discover they have the same boyfriend who has been playing around with them all while vowing fidelity to each. To teach him a lesson he won't forget, the trio contrive to lock him up and phuck him to death.

[Harry Beanbag]

Nobody has said Dolemite yet?

[KC//CRIMSON]

20 votes for a movie that's not even remotely a cult movie.

Hilarious.

[Harry Beanbag]

20 votes for a movie that's not even remotely a cult movie.

Hilarious.


Well, it's on the list and it's a better movie than anything else listed. Blame frank. :)

[KC//CRIMSON]

There's at least six or more movies on that list that are better than SR. Much better.

[Harry Beanbag]

If you say so.

[KC//CRIMSON]

I do.

[Harry Beanbag]

As long as Pee Wee's Big Adventure isn't one of them, I'm okay with you saying it. ;)

[Jimminy Crimson]

Swingers, Office Space, and Clue.

YWVM!

[soonerbrat]

Swingers, Office Space, and Clue.

YWVM!



You are so money and you don't even know it

[soonerbrat]

Empire Records, High Fidelity

[soonerbrat]

American Psycho

[frankensooner]

If you don't believe me that SR is considered a cult film, maybe google will convince you. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=shawshank+redemption+cult+film&spell=1

[RacerX]

hiding out
dadetown
down by law
mystery men

[KC//CRIMSON]

If you don't believe me that SR is considered a cult film, maybe google will convince you. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=shawshank+redemption+cult+film&spell=1

SR is as much as a cult movie as Forrest Gump. I believe there are other posts in this thread about SR not being a cult movie as well. Don't believe everything you read on Googly.

[tommieharris91]

This agression will not stand.

[birddog]

it might have been mentioned but, reservoir dogs.

[bri]

SR is as much as a cult movie as Forrest Gump. I believe there are other posts in this thread about SR not being a cult movie as well. Don't believe everything you read on Googly.

http://www.scarygoround.com/images/shop-google.png

[Harry Beanbag]

The Usual Suspects

[KC//CRIMSON]

Well, it's on the list and it's a better movie than anything else listed. Blame frank. :)

I don't blame Frank. It's Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 Cult Films.

Which would explain the SR debacle.;)

http://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew.html

[1stTimeCaller]

hahahahahahahaha

KC and Ron don't know what cult films are!!!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[tbl]

Usual Suspects doesn't count. It won two Oscars. Same thing for Shawshank. That movie won SEVEN Oscars. Most definitely NOT a cult classic... but a great movie. I knee jerk voted for it based on it being a good movie, but I forgot about how mainstream it is.

I think Spinal Tap should cover the Christopher Guest comedies, but Best in Show is some greatness. I just wouldn't consider it a "cult classic". Spinal Tap? Definitely.

Swingers, Office Space, High Fidelity, Donnie Darko... all solid write ins. There were some others, but I forget.

I'm incredibly disappointed that ED:2 DBD only received 2 other votes besides myself. Without a doubt THE best cult classic in the horror genre. You people are missing out on some CLASSIC scenes. Sam Raimi at his best. See? You don't even understand Bri's sig...

I also vote to add "The Last Dragon". Who's the mastah? SHO NUFF!

[tbl]

Toxic Avenger. I don't get it, but its definitely a cult classic.

[tbl]

They Live. That one I get, and LOVED it. Roddy Piper at his finest. ;)

[SleestakSooner]

Here's one that always seemed like a cult classic to me.


http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/13000157/Images/31/PHANTASM.jpg

or perhaps this one too

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004Y3WH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[KC//CRIMSON]

hahahahahahahaha

KC and Ron don't know what cult films are!!!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

"The term cult film is used to describe a film that has had little to no success commercially and critically upon its initial release but has later spawned a small, but devoted and usually obsessive fanbase. The term was first coined in the early 1980s in the book Cult Movies, by Danny Peary and is continued to be used to describe the films to this day. Usually, cult films have limited but very special, noted appeal. Cult films are often known to be eccentric, and do not follow traditional standards of mainstream cinema and usually explore topics not considered in any way mainstream—yet there are examples that are relatively normal. They are often considered controversial because they step outside standard narrative and technical conventions known."

Any movie that you can see on TBS or FX over a hundred times in a calendar year is not a cult film.

Thanks for playing, slappy.;)

[1stTimeCaller]

nope. frank says it's a cult film so that means you don't know what you're talking about, slappier.
;)

[KaiserSooner]

Shawshank Redemption is not a cult film.

Freaks is a cult film, and a great one.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a cult film.

Faster *****cat. Kill! Kill! is a cult film.

Shawshank Redemption is not a cult film.

[1stTimeCaller]

you guys are gonna anger frank.

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

You mess with frank, you get the beans.

;)

[whatsername]

Napoleon Dynamite
Shawn of the Dead

(I apparently have a few movies to watch.) :)

[Kels]

Roger Ebert's "not so masterpiece"

http://www.cinematical.com/images/2005/12/beyond_the_valley_of_the_dolls.jpg

JKM's all-time favorite movie . . .

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000092Q5C.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Fred Ward's other greatest movie?

http://www.impawards.com/1990/posters/tremors.jpg

[NormanPride]

IMPAWARPWNED!

Any John Waters film should automatically get a write-in. I guess Hairspray would be the most popular, though I think having Pink Flamingos on there is enough to satisfy the masses. ;)

[Harry Beanbag]

Any movie that you can see on TBS or FX over a hundred times in a calendar year is not a cult film.


Crap, that means R o a d h o u s e doesn't count either. :mad:

[tbl]

I know this is a weird choice, but according to the criteria laid out by KC (which I agree with), Overboard might get consideration. However his statement about it being viewed on TBS would negate it... The only reason I say is b/c it was a commercial AND critical flop when it came out, and only gained popularity years after it came out.

Also, TBL is played on various channels throughout the year, but it is most definitely a cult classic. Any film not Star Wars/Trek that has an annual event surrounding it where people dress up as the characters is in.

[OU4LIFE]

I still can't believe Army of Darkness didn't win this pole

[tbl]

I can't believe Army of Darkness got more votes than ED2. I loved them both, but you can't have AOD without ED2...

[bri]

Yeah, but AOD is more stand-alone, which makes it a better choice. Plus, everyone loves all the one-liners.

[shaun4411]

office space, dawn of the dead? (not the original).

28 days later.