http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm CULT or CRAP? Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm I've started this topic to pull out some the crap that has been hiding under the porch called cult and stake them through their boring, poorly made, overated hearts.  What cult films do you consider classic and great cult and which ones are just vile w Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1152 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Re: your list, I've seen uh....Donnie Darko.  I have a copy of Rocky Horror, I just havent watched it yet, but I think i'm going to like it. Now then: Cult:  A lot of what I consider "cult" is poorly made.  I freely Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1154 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Well i encouraged this, but I don't think i've seen a bad movie deemed "cult classic" the crappy ones you've mentioned I've never see some of my fave movies are cult classics RHPS A clockwork orange Freddy got fingered (I Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1155 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Well i encouraged this, but I don't think i've seen a bad movie deemed "cult classic" the crappy ones you've mentioned I've never see some of my fave movies are cult classics RHPS A clockwork or Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1156 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Feardotcom was almost certainly the worst horror movie I've ever seen (I didn't walk out of it, but I sure as Hell should have).  It might possibly be the worst movie overall that I've seen ever (I can't seem to think of any that I can remember being w Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1168 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Feardotcom was almost certainly the worst horror movie I've ever seen (I didn't walk out of it, but I sure as Hell should have).  It might possibly be the worst movie overall that I've seen ever (I can't seem to think Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1180 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm You guys seem to have a very broad definition of "cult." A Clockwork Orange was very well known at the time it was released (it received 4 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture); Pulp Fiction even more so (with 7 nominations). My idea of a c Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1196 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm You guys seem to have a very broad definition of "cult." A Clockwork Orange was very well known at the time it was released (it received 4 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture); Pulp Fiction even more so ( Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1197 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm My current favorite cult (definitely NOT crap) film is "The Dead Next Door"... awesome film that even many horror fans have never heard of... but for those that know and like it they REALLY like Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1212 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm I think A Clockwork Orange and Pulp Fiction are exceptions to the rule. It's all the same subculture, even if they did well in the box offices. Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1239 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm since no one will defend that piece of worthless afterbirth called Eraserhead, I thereby stake it out in the sunlight with Caligula to shrivel into nothingness.   Next I have my sights set on "I Spit on Your Grave"--worthless piece of s Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1838 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Fine I will stick up for Eraserhead. I would rather watch that than any movie that comes out today. It's a surreal film and I think it operates on a different level than most films. It's not structured the same as most films. It reminded me of an old si Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1913 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Death Proof (that was complete shit) THANK YOU. (I may not think it was COMPLETE but I still definitely dont understand the people who think it was better than Planet Terror)  I still think, weirdly, t Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1915 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm     Death Proof (that was complete shit) THANK YOU. (I may not think it was COMPLETE but I still definitely dont understand the people who think it was better than Pla Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1916 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm   Crash (the David Cronenberg movie, I did'nt care for that),  I loved Cronenberg's Crash-- but I look at it as a turn-on type movie--like porn.  Just me again.  Clank my way Holly--Let me help you w Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1917 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm   Fine I will stick up for Eraserhead. I would rather watch that than any movie that comes out today. It's a surreal film and I think it operates on a different level than most films. It's not structured the same as mo Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1918 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm     Death Proof (that was complete shit) THANK YOU. (I may not think it was COMPLETE but I still definitely dont understand the people who think it was better than Pla Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1919 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm       Death Proof (that was complete shit) THANK YOU. (I may not think it was COMPLETE but I still definitely dont understand the pe Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1920 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Death Proof (that was complete shit) THANK YOU. (I may not think it was COMPLETE but I still defi Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1921 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Hey Bro-- we're allowed our own tastes--Not trying to oppress your artistic preferences--just defending Death Proof.    I'm a child of the drive-in (southern versions of grindhouses).  All the exploitation films (Blacula--which I love Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1922 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm    I want to see Crash badly as I've heard nothing but good things about how Cronenberg sexualized the car crashe Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1923 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm We have more in common than you think.  I mean, Troma has a soul to it for me, thats why I like it, but most direct-to-dvd piles of dung are just pure rubbish.  Similarly, I agree most remakes are unnecessary, and while I like The Ring remake, I'm not Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1924 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm I wasn't trying to call the films I like "trash" I was just saying that because that is what people often call the films I happen to like. Look, I do like some of the films that have come out recently, but they are just far and few between. I liked Hous Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1926 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Midnight Meat Train (I saw it at a sleazy dollar theater! LOL) You.  Rule. Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1927 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm     Midnight Meat Train (I saw it at a sleazy dollar theater! LOL) You.  Rule. If you think that rules you should have smelled the place! I swear only Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1928 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm    I do enjoy discussing this issue with actual horror fans that's for sure. Thanks for your thoughts and feedback.  As do I and thanks for yours--I have found, to be sure, that this site contains pro Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1929 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Enjoy in all it's most awful, awful goodness:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2IF4QaQ0Vg&feature=related Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1930 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Midnight Meat Train (I saw it at a sleazy dollar theater! LOL) You.  Rule. If you think that rules you should have Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1931 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm yeah the trailer for Midnight meat train looked pretty damn good--now just waiting for DVD Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#1932 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Andy Warhol's Dracula was campy and fun (IMHO).  I also enjoyed Roman Polanski's "Fearless Vampire Killers" with Sharon Tate (his wife who was murdered by the Manson clan). Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#2981 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Enjoy in all it's most awful, awful goodness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2IF4QaQ0Vg&feature=related Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#2982 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm I always thought " cult classic " meant this movie didn't do jack s#@t at the box office! Doesn't mean it's a bad movie, though most of them are. Sorta like how horror fans can get in to the Evil Dead Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3008 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm Once again, if you're going to admit a film that grossed 250 mil into the category of "cult films," then you might as well let The Godfather in, too. Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3012 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm eventhough it did well at the box office, I've always thought Apocalypse Now was a cult film.  If my memory is not failing me,  Deerhunter, too.  Weird. Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3254 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm   eventhough it did well at the box office, I've always thought Apocalypse Now was a cult film.  If my memory is not failing me,  Deerhunter, too.  Weird.   Well there's a thread in the main Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3262 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm yeah I know they're not cult-- they just have that feel. Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3264 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm   yeah I know they're not cult-- they just have that feel.   Nah I know what you mean I didnt mean to shit on your opinion. People my age give back blank stares when I mention Deerhunter. They Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3286 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm     People my age give back blank stares when I mention Deerhunter.  I don't think I'd ever seen Walken before that movie-- he was great in that movie. Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3290 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm   eventhough it did well at the box office, I've always thought Apocalypse Now was a cult film.  If my memory is not failing me,  Deerhunter, too.  Weird.   I don't know how old you guys are Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3292 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm     eventhough it did well at the box office, I've always thought Apocalypse Now was a cult film.  If my memory is not failing me,  Deerhunter, too.  Weird.   Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3305 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm I just have to say that I'm with pumpboy on Eraserhead, I'm just not into it. There are plenty of avant-garde, more abstract films that I enjoy immensely, this just isn't one of them. Crypticpsych, Sleepaway Camp is one of my favo Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#3501 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm I recently watched Dead Next Door and was amazed... and shocked at how so few people I know have heard of it... ...And I just watched Re-Animator, same deal (albeit a lot more people have heard of it). One of my all tim Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#4775 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm       One of my all time favourite movies is Ghost Dog, a gangster-samurai thing about a hitman (Forest Whittaker) who follows the way of the samurai... Sounds rubbish, but everyone I've shown it to l Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#4785 http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm It is a truly awesome film... I remember when I first watched it and my dad (who'd gotten it with an HMV voucher) was like "Its alright, I think you'll quite like it but don't expect much"... Since then I've made just about everyone I can watch it. I'm Thu, 8 Jan 2009 3:13:09 GMT http://ossuary.best-horror-movies.com/orca/topic/CULT-or-CRAP-.htm#4792