Cult classic movies.

I just got done watching "Prince of Darkness" again, by John Carpenter. Most of John Carpenter's stuff falls under the 'cult' status.
 
orthogonal1 said:
A bad movie that has some merit is "Black Star", the John Carpenter one.
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Dark Star was John Carpenter's first film.....good pick.:thumbup:

"Don't give me any of that intelligent life crap, just give me something I can blow up."

And +1 for Repo Man, A Boy and His Dog, The Hitcher, Day of the Triffids, Carnival of Souls, and Plan 9 from Outer Space.


Now on to.....

This Is Spinal Tap
Barbarella
Things to do in Denver When You're Dead
Poison Ivy
Crybaby
Dark City
Fade to Black - with Dennis Cristopher, Tim Thomerson, and Mickey Rourke
Cherry 2000
Hellraiser I, II, & III


Film noir that received wide distribution and may become cult classics:
Donny Darko
Memento
The Machinist
American Psycho


j
 
"One flew over the Cuckoos Nest"....... "You didn't weight the chain now did you Doc?"
Best movie of all time, IMO
 
Here's some I didn't see mentioned:

Jim Jarmusch movies - Down by law, Night on earth, Dead man, Coffee and Cigarettes.

Drugstore Cowboys

I saw Trainspotting mentioned but not Human Traffic (don't really like either, but they're cult classics, I suppose)

The Shining?
 
- The Boy who cried Werewolf
- Wild at heart :thumbup:

BTW - I remember seeing Gargoyles as a kid, and it scared the hell outta me :D It appears it's long out of print, correct? I'd love to get my hands on a copy to check out..

Excalibur (1981)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Haunting (1963)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Billy Jack (1971)
36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Suspiria (1977)
Re-Animator (1985)
John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)
Gargoyles (1972)
Carrie (1976)
Wheels on Meals (1984)
The Exorcist (1973)
Curse of the Demon (1957)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Judo Saga (1949?)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
Dog Soldiers (2002?)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Help! (1965)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975?)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Escape From New York (1981)
Versus (2000)
Carnival of Souls (1960)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
Heroes Two (1974)
Kwaidan (1964)
The Five Venoms (a.k.a., Five Deadly Venoms, 1978)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Sonny Chiba's The Street Fighter (1974)
The Prodigal Son (1981)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (?)
Fist of Legend (1994)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
Top Secret (1983)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Aliens (1986)
 
I remember seeing Gargoyles available at a DVD store a few years ago, but put off buying it due to its price...to my regret. I think it's out of print now, and very hard to find. I'd like to find a copy, too.

An interesting John Carpenter film that doesn't get too much ink is "They Live!" Oddly, it stars a pro wrestler named Roddy Piper, but the story is unique.

Big Trouble in Little China is a cult classic, but I never did like that very much myself.

I liked the animated film "Wizards" back in the '70s when I was a kid, and it's still not bad, but IMO it hasn't held up as well over time as some movies. When I bought the DVD and saw it a few years ago, it just seemed really dated.
Jim
 
Here's one for you. It's a vampire flick simply called "Habit" that I ran into recently.

The film is an independent movie that won quite a following during the 97-2000 timeframe. At the time, the Chicago Tribune labeled it "The most believable Vampire flick I have ever seen".

If you are interested and want to read some reviews, Amazon has a collection of them on this film as well as some of the other sites that host movie reviews and ratings.
 
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