What Is The Best Cult Movie?

[theone1982]

Recently had a conversation about cult movies in another thread and thought I'd start a thread specifically about them. I'd define a cult film as a movie that wasn't nescessarily popular when it came out, but has steadily become more so over the years, it can be watched multiple times without getting tired of it, deep meanings can be interpreted out of them that probably weren't intended at all by the creators, and there's usually some sort of x-factor that makes them stand out. My pick is the original Dawn of the Dead. It's more popular today than when it came out, just look at the big bucks it's remake made, and how popular zombie movies and T.V. shows today are in general. I can watch it all the time and not get tired of it. A lot of people see it as a critique of mindless capitalism, with the mall setting being the temple of pointless consumerism and the shoppers as the zombies who are drawn there despite themselves, even though the director, George Romero, has stated he didn't really have any deep meaning in making the film. And, finally, the x-factor would be the over the top violence, and the tongue-in-cheek humor of the mall setting. So, what do you think is the best cult film?

[Dino Velvet]

Nice choice with Dawn Of The Dead. I have it in the Halloween rotation too.

I nominate the first cult film, El Topo.

[Jericho]

Botched (Possibly the only film where Sean Pertwee doesn't die horribly)
Or maybe Neon City - That's got that so bad it's great vibe going for it.

[theone1982]

Nice choice with Dawn Of The Dead. I have it in the Halloween rotation too.

I nominate the first cult film, El Topo.

Haven't seen El Topo, but I've heard about it. There are so many choices. Like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead, Cronenberg's The Fly, Videodrome, Planet of the Apes, Dune, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Beetlejuice, This is Spinal Tap, Falling Down, Sgt. Kabuki Man N.Y.P.D., Pee Wee's Big Adventure, They Live, A Clockwork Orange....

[Dino Velvet]

I saw Cannibal Holocaust at the Nuart Theater on my birthday at a midnight show with my girlfriend back in 2001. It was memorable watching her trying to keep from barfing on the empty seat next to her. Ruggero Deodato was there speaking and introduced the film.

[iluvgia]

Bad Taste or Street Trash

[Willie Escalade]

Does Vice Academy count?

[robertlouis]

Withnail and I.

End of.

[Prospero]

There is a challenge.
Blue Velvet
The Saragossa Manuscript
Celine and julie Go Boating

more to follow

Withnail and i IS a cult film - inexplicable really

[turtle74]

Rocky Horror would be my pick. There was nothing more fun than going to the theater as Dr. Frank-N-Furter.