Favourite Cult Movie(s) ... ?

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Badlander wrote:So, what do I like about Night of the living dead ?
What I like about horror flicks in general is that the whole genre is so underestimated, that no serious cinema journalist will take it seriously. Therefore, you have little to prove as a director, since hardly anyone will take it as a form of artistic expression anyway. It's all business, isn't it ?
And this lack of credibility sometimes makes for daring, surprising, even fascinating specimen.
What I don't like, on the other hand, is that modern tendency to make hyper gore, hyper realistic and hyper sadistic films. The good thing with 70s-80s horror flicks is that you can always distance yourself from the story : it just isn't realistic enough. I hated Saw, just to name one. I enjoyed it about as much as a car crash or a kick to the family jewels. And I'm no masochist.

So, back to Night. One word : zombies. The cool, rotting flesh, fresh out of the grave, kind. Not the boring voodoo kind.
The storyline is simple, yet incredibly effective.
The movie was shot on virtually no budget. They used pig blood, provided by the local butcher. :lol:
Little make up, virtually no sfx. Yet it's so scary !
No fcuking Hollywood happy end.
It's simple, daring, straight to the point, over the top, and unforgettable.
Oh, and it inspired one of the coolest video game series ever : Resident Evil ! ;D :notworthy:
Ta! - Although not generally a fan of Horrors, it is now on my list to view/collect ... I definitely like the sound of no nauseating Hollywood Happy Ending! - I'm glad we share a similar loathing of that familiar goody goody touch! Life ain't like that is it, eh?
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Can't even start... have too many :|

"Braindead" in the top 3 tho ;D

Amongst others: Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, Dawn of the Dead, Cannibal Holocaust, Galaxina (soo bad), Attack of the 50 ft woman, the Incredible Shrinking Man, Killer Tomatoes (thanks fer reminding me! :D), Mad Max, Fright Night, Blade Runner, TRON, Army Of Darkness (Evil Dead 3), Koyaanisquatsi (of COURSE!), Natural Born Killers, Saw series.

VERY cult: Vampyros Lesbos (Jess Franco), The Man Who Fell To Earth (with the Thin White Duke), Redneck Zombies (and a lot of other Troma Team movies, such as Toxic Avenger), Bloodsucking Freaks (the sickest movie ever made, also the worst one)...

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Happy Happy Daze! - TVM again, you are all adding to my rapidly increasing list (?!) of must see/collects! ...

Indeed Koyaanisqatsi! - What say you about Powaqqatsi? I wasn't too keen on first viewing, so the jury is still out on that one ...

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alice wrote:Can you please enlighten us BigSi ? The pics seem very cool : what movies are they from ?
Eek! :lol: :wink:
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James Blast wrote:I probably could go on at length having been a bit of "poncy film git" in the 80s, but I'll just list those very dear to me in the order I saw them
A Clockwork Orange
Blow Up
A Zed and Two Noughts
The Draughtman's Contract
Drowning by Numbers
The Belly of an Architect
Gattaca

@ reactiv8 "O Lucky Man" was the second part in Lindsay Anderson's Mick Travis trilogy, pts. 1 & 2 being "if..." and "Britannia Hospital" respectively, all worth viddying well, "O my little brother"! :D
Ta James! - Of the former, can we have some concise reviews pls?

Re: Lindsay Anderson - Indeed, what a great man, eh? :wink:
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I forgot about River's Edge good call, Dead Man's Shoes is toss tho' and can I add 1941?
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James Blast wrote:I forgot about River's Edge good call, Dead Man's Shoes is toss tho' and can I add 1941?
Aye! - And a completed 'list' in due course? :wink:
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Ooooooo, I forgot about River's Edge, too! :eek:

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SINsister wrote:Ooooooo, I forgot about River's Edge, too! :eek:

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reactiv8 wrote:Indeed Koyaanisqatsi! - What say you about Powaqqatsi? I wasn't too keen on first viewing, so the jury is still out on that one ...

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Powaq is too... bright to my liking. Not that bleak as Koyaa.

As far as I know Koyaa is about the Northern hemisphere and Powaq about the Southern, so it fits rather well. But as said, I like Koyaa ten times better. Music is better too...

As for the third one Naqoyquatsi, it is too modern concerning techniques and collage. Nothing beats the first one :|

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The Wall as a movie is erse, the album is great but the live performances from the Amerikan tour on "Is there Anybody Out there"? are fantastic
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
Caligula uncut version
Freaks(saw it from tv about 15 years ago)
Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Plan 9 From outer space
Friday the 13th(first which is best from all the series)
Blue Velvet
All 80's comedy pictures, Back from the future etc
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Camy wrote: Plan 9 From outer space
Could you please explain why ? I didn't find it "so bad it must be good". I just found it plain bad. :von:
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Badlander wrote: Could you please explain why ? I didn't find it "so bad it must be good". I just found it plain bad. :von:
You answered your own question :D :P
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Plan 9 isn't really any good or bad although, Caddyshack is a (goofball) classic I overlooked to my shame
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Plan 9 was alright, I remember.. the numerous goofs were fairly amusing, the repeated scenes of Lugosi (or was it "Lugosi"?)walking around that same patch of grass.. and hey, I like cheesy low-budget affairs :P
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Dark wrote:Plan 9 was alright, I remember.. the numerous goofs were fairly amusing, the repeated scenes of Lugosi (or was it "Lugosi"?)walking around that same patch of grass.. and hey, I like cheesy low-budget affairs :P
Then any other home made video will do. I know I'm a bit hard on this one, but I felt so cheated when I saw it ! Masterpiece my ass ! Try pile of snobbish wank instead. :urff: :roll:
Someone, someday, decided its was soooooooo original and sooooooooo daring it had to be a cult movie, and then no one dared contradict him/her. And so the legend begins. :lol:
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
reactiv8 wrote:Indeed Koyaanisqatsi! - What say you about Powaqqatsi? I wasn't too keen on first viewing, so the jury is still out on that one ...

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Powaq is too... bright to my liking. Not that bleak as Koyaa.

As far as I know Koyaa is about the Northern hemisphere and Powaq about the Southern, so it fits rather well. But as said, I like Koyaa ten times better. Music is better too...

As for the third one Naqoyquatsi, it is too modern concerning techniques and collage. Nothing beats the first one :|

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TVM - I wasn't aware of Naqoyquatsi - I will check it out! - Just shows what a sheltered life I lead here watching the horses, sheep & cows graze! (& rain & wind etc ... ) Otherwise, I would concur with you, but that often goes for 'sequels', eh?
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If we can include trashy 80's comedies then I'd definetely add Weird Science.
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The DVD is sitting on top of my telly as I type :lol:
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