Cult Classics

**bobz** · 05-23-2020, 09:59 PM

And how on earth has Idiocracy not been mentioned yet?

**dookeyXXX** · 05-24-2020, 08:21 AM

**schindlerpiste** · 05-24-2020, 10:27 AM

The Eyes Of Laura Mars
Startrek
Zoolander
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Valley Girls
Dirty Harry
Deadwood
The Twilight Zone
Clueless
She's All That
Mean Girls
Sydney White
She's The Man

**fomofo** · 08-06-2023, 12:02 PM

Cult Barbie film ‘Superstar’ deserves to be rediscovered

**Core Shot** · 08-06-2023, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by fomofo

Cult Barbie film ‘Superstar’ deserves to be rediscovered

No. That is creepy. Not the Karen carpenter. But the fact that someone made that film.

Faster pussycat kill kill. Pink flamingoes. Female Trouble. There’s a lot of bad films. But they’re watchable
. That one is wicked bad scary insight into the soul of the director.

PS. Thx for the carpenter ear worm. What a sweet voice. And actually good music.

**teletech** · 08-06-2023, 07:00 PM

Got my little girls waterskiing today. Tonight they watch the Great Outdoors

**Meadow Skipper** · 08-06-2023, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by fomofo

Cult Barbie film ‘Superstar’ deserves to be rediscovered

Thanks for that. I was listening to someone talk about Barbie the other day and I couldn’t remember the name of Haynes’ film when I was trying to tell them about it. I have a crappy dvd copy of it somewhere but that YouTube is a lot better. Todd Haynes is pretty fukn awesome, IMO.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001331/

**fomofo** · 08-07-2023, 12:10 AM

And I thought I'd breached The Pale, here on TGR! Courtesy of CS, no less! Ha ha.

I actually really like The Carpenters. And Superstar!

I contain multitudes, I guess, like pretty much everyone.

**TBS** · 08-08-2023, 08:10 PM

Mo Betta Blues
Shaft
Deep Throat
Easy Rider
Twelve Monkeys
City of Angels

**buckethead** · 08-18-2023, 05:49 PM

rosemary's baby
farenheit 451
billion dollar brain
on her majesty's secret service
lolita
the party
fail safe
dr strangelove
shame
airport
the red tent
andromeda strain
aguirre, wrath of god
deliverance
barry lyndon
the serpent's egg
papillon
the last wave
heaven's gate
drugstore cowboy
southern comfort
runaway train
barfly
they live
warriors
wonderland
pope of greenwich village
24 hour party people
stealing beauty
jeepers creepers
thinner
the darkness
the assassination of richard nixon
army of darkness
the tao of steve
go!
hi fidelity
american Psycho
swingers
smilla's sense of snow
buffalo 66
choke
heaven
soul kitchen
the anniversary party
love and sex
eight men out
the bad lieutenant
ravenous
the prime gig
the maiden and the warrior
amores perros
before the devil knows you're dead
a history of violence
sideways
nightmare alley

**Meadow Skipper** · 08-18-2023, 05:51 PM

^ solid list.

**dookeyXXX** · 08-18-2023, 07:39 PM

Watched this yesterday:

HEAD (aka The Monkees Movie)
This trippy musical was meta before meta was cool and hip and the go-to for movies aimed at millennials. Kinda ironic, since The Monkees were a prefab ideology aimed at youth.
Co-written by Jack Nicholson, the film is a semi-surreal romp wherein The Monkees themselves peel back the curtain on their plastic personas. Recurring themes of being trapped in a box along with gonzo dance numbers, anti-war sentiments, and Old Hollywood schtick, not to mention a great score, make this a wonderful watch.

**buckethead** · 09-01-2023, 04:25 PM

^^ thanks meadow skipper. had been keeping a list for years.
you have good taste too

...some i'd missed above :

Q
night of the living dead
the honeymoon killers
house of 1000 corpses
the devil's rejects
terror firmer
the edge
glengarry glen ross

**bobz** · 09-02-2023, 12:31 PM

Some of my favorites to add to the already mentioned:

Dark Star (comical prototype for Alien)
The Forbidden Zone (I prefer the colorized version)
The Fly (Jeff Goldblum remake)
Shakes the Clown ("the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies")
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (music by The Dickies)
Postal (Uwe Boll)
UHF (Weird Al)
Escape From Tomorrow (guerrilla film making at Disney World)
Cannibal the Musical (film school project by the South Park guys)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (worthy film version of cult classic book)
Class of Nukem High (my favorite of the Troma flicks)
Tapeheads (already mentioned, but awesome enough to deserve another mention)
The Brady Bunch Movie (surprisingly great TV show adaptation)
Big Time (Tom Waits)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (Shaft parody, mostly)
Ishtar (aimed for mainstream, but beaten up enough to qualify as cult)
Popeye (one of Robin Williams' more off the wall performances)
many to most movies by Jarmusch (Stranger than Paradise), Waters (Pink Flamingoes), Verhoeven (Showgirls)

**Meadow Skipper** · 09-02-2023, 04:01 PM

The Jimmy Buffet thread reminded me of this one - Rancho Deluxe.

**dookeyXXX** · 09-03-2023, 12:45 AM

An often overlooked/forgotten coming-of-age road trip gem.

I always wish I had seen this flick before I went to college…

**dookeyXXX** · 09-03-2023, 12:51 AM

Easily one of the greatest endings ever…

**dookeyXXX** · 09-03-2023, 12:55 AM

“Fifty-five is fast enough to kill you, but slow enough to make you think you're safe.”

**dookeyXXX** · 09-03-2023, 01:10 AM

John Stamos as a super spy?
Check.
Gene Simmons as a flamboyant super villain?
Check.
Car stunt later ripped off by the Fast and the Furious franchise?
Check.

**mcski** · 09-03-2023, 12:08 PM

It’s not totally forgotten, but it’s weird to me that it doesn’t see the same retro love as something like stripes. It really should be a cult movie but I don’t think it really is yet. Maybe the 40’yr anniversary will jump start it again

https://youtu.be/oMI23JJUpGE

**dookeyXXX** · 09-03-2023, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by mcski

It’s not totally forgotten, but it’s weird to me that it doesn’t see the same retro love as something like stripes. It really should be a cult movie but I don’t think it really is yet. Maybe the 40’yr anniversary will jump start it again

https://youtu.be/oMI23JJUpGE

Double-feature with Beerfest and I’m in!