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  1. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    I don't really know what a cult classic is.
     
    Hut*Hut, Apr 25, 2014
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    Basically a movie that didn't get mainstream "acceptance" when it came out and has gained a lot of passionate fans since. Key word I think is "cult". Like a small group of die hard fans of something.

    Like anything else the terms and why they originated changed. A lack of general mainstream acceptance upon release however is the best way I can think of to describe such a film.
     
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    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    Kurt Russel's 80s films seem to be a bit like that.
     
    Hut*Hut, Apr 26, 2014
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  4. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

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    In what way?
     
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    Big Trouble in little China definitely fits the description: made for a budget of $25 million, had a lifetime gross of $11.1 million, was trashed by critics and today has a loyal fan base that loves that film. I personally couldn't stomach that film: after 30 minutes I push the stop/eject button of my vcr and returned it to the video club the same day.
     
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    How has no one mentioned Donnie Darko? The definition of a cult classic.
     
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    Bingo! That is a good call.
     
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    The Crow is considered a cult film even though the film was a critical & box office success. It appeals to action buffs, Goth & Emo kids, tragic romantic girls, and horror fans plus the soundtrack sold like hot cakes. You still see people dressing as the Crow in Halloween and at Comic-Con.


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    cdogg187 GLADYS

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    Yeah it's an infuriatingly awful movie
     
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    The Room is brilliantly bad, best cinematic experience ever. I've seen it twice and watched it on the Thursday just gone
     
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    Not sure, I just know two movie nerds who are crazy about them/him.
     
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    Big Lebowski has to rank pretty high. There are two pubs round these ways named in reference to it. 'Lebowskis' and 'Little urban achievers club' :limp: Worst name ever. My pal works in that one. 7 quid a hot dog. Piss off.
     
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  13. Joe King

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    If you don't like that film then it is you who is in a cult.
     
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  14. Rich ´Money´ Mustard

    Rich ´Money´ Mustard DIE!

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    What's with all the adulation it gets?
    All these Rocky Horror theme-nights and stage-shows? :dunno:
     
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    cdogg187 GLADYS

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    I don't know... I think it's the same people who buy Meat Loaf's awful records
     
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    Nobleart Narwhal King

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    Coen Brothers probably have a bunch of movies that could qualify. "Blood Simple", "Raising Arizona", and the astoundingly remarkable "Miller's Crossing", which didn't get a single Academy Award nomination and grossed about 1/3 of what it cost to make.

    You can also pick just about anything made by Sam Fuller, from "The Big Red One" on down.
     
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    The Evil Dead
     
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    "Manhunter"

    People have finally come to the conclusion through the years, that this stripped down version of "Red Dragon" stands right up there with "Silence Of The Lambs" from this franchise.

    While all the other attempts have been ambitious, they have also been pretty empty.
     
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    "Eraserhead". Horrible movie, but can't deny the cult. Mostly every David Lynch film has been pretty trash to me (outside of a few, "Elephant Man", "Straight Story", "Blue Velvet"), but he definitely has a following.
     
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    cdogg187 GLADYS

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    Yup

    i hate him too though I did like the elephant man a lot
     
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    TFK WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Cult Classic?

    Monthy Python and the Holy Grail.


    Next topic?



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    Is a Gay movie and gays embraced it.
     
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    cdogg187 GLADYS

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    No, it's mostly white suburbanites who were 15 in 1975 that liked that stupid film... it doesn't have any particular hold on gay people.

    You know what IS really big with a lot of gay people? The shit you like... Cher, especially
     
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    The Ten Commandments? The Jesus movie?
     
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    cdogg187 GLADYS

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    you don't read well
     
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    'The ten commandments' :lol:
     
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    Great movie
     
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    whiskey Czarcasm

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    Is that the one with Steven Seagal?
     
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    I agree it was a good movie, why did you expect to hate it?
     
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