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Fyrefox

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Some movies are not widely known or popular, but enjoy a small but enthusiastic cult-type following of passionate viewers. One such movie was 1979’s The Warriors, centering on a street gang falsely accused of murdering a popular gang leader who were then pursued and attacked by other gangs as they made their way home from New York’s the Bronx to Coney Island. Each gang had a unique, stylized-look that included distinctive garb such as baseball uniforms and face paint, giving the movie a dark and surreal flavor. Below, a Warrior is confronted by a Baseball Fury…

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What cult movies come to your mind that generated a small but enthusiastic following?
 

Fyrefox said:
Some movies are not widely known or popular, but enjoy a small but enthusiastic cult-type following of passionate viewers. One such movie was 1979’s The Warriors, centering on a street gang falsely accused of murdering a popular gang leader who were then pursued and attacked by other gangs as they made their way home from New York’s the Bronx to Coney Island. Each gang had a unique, stylized-look that included distinctive garb such as baseball uniforms and face paint, giving the movie a dark and surreal flavor. Below, a Warrior is confronted by a Baseball Fury…

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I watched and loved that movie when it first came out. I don't think I have watched it since. My first thought was Rocky Horror Picture Show but I think that movie passed "cult" status many years ago. One movie that comes to mind is Kentucky Fried Movie. The movie was made up of comedy sketches and was not well known when it came out. I still remember certain scenes from the movie that make me chuckle inside. I would also add Reservoir Dogs. I like most Tarantino movies but once I watch them I usually don't rewatch them. Reservoir Dogs is the exception.
 
"Rustlers Rhapsody" is one of my all time favorites. Made in the 80's, it's a western modeled after the serials of the fifty's, but oh so different. Stars Tom Beringer, along with an all star cast including Andy Griffith, Marilou Henner, Fernando Rey, and Sela Ward.
 

"Harold and Maud" comes to mind. There was a small movie theater in our town in the Detroit area that had been playing that movie nightly for 54 weeks.....except for Friday and Saturday nights when they played Rocky Horror Picture Show, which had been playing there for almost two years.

Apparently, they made enough money from the "faithful" to stay open all that time. We went a few times to both.

Definitely "cult".
 
I remember the first time I saw "Rocky Horror". My sister took me and said, "here's an umbrella". Umbrella? Why would we need an umbrella" Just wait and see, said she.

At the multi-plex, the movie was being shown in two theaters, one "participant" and one "non-participant". We went into "participant".

Oh, the costumes! People danced up and down the aisles, singing the songs, shouting out the lines and comments, throwing rice and water on people (thus the umbrellas). It was mayhem....but fun mayhem.

I had to go back the next week and have the "non-participant" experience so that I could actually watch the movie and not the "participants". I've seen the movie many times since.
 
Fyrefox said:
Some movies are not widely known or popular, but enjoy a small but enthusiastic cult-type following of passionate viewers. One such movie was 1979’s The Warriors, centering on a street gang falsely accused of murdering a popular gang leader who were then pursued and attacked by other gangs as they made their way home from New York’s the Bronx to Coney Island. Each gang had a unique, stylized-look that included distinctive garb such as baseball uniforms and face paint, giving the movie a dark and surreal flavor. Below, a Warrior is confronted by a Baseball Fury…

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The Warriors is one of Huzz's favorite movies; it bores the sh*t outta me. There are some oddball, not well-known movies I like/love but since I've never ever met a single person that likes them too, then I guess they wouldn't be considered cult favorites.
 
Here are a few of my favorite "Cult Classics". 🙃🙂

Desperado (1995) - Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang. Director/Writer Robert Rodriquez, Stars Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino.


True Romance (1993) - In Detroit, a lonely pop culture gook marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it. Director: Tony Scott. Written by Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini.


Manhunter (1986) - Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "The Tooth Fairy" by the media. Director: Michael Mann. Starring: William Peterson, Kim Griest, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina.


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A Boy and His Dog (1975) - A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Director: L.Q. Jones. Starring: Don Johnson, Susan Benton, Tim, McIntire.

Watch it for free.

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) - A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong. Director: Joel Coen. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Baldalucco, James Gandolfini.

Click for clip > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htxvLcSnOU0

Eating Raoul (1982) - A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant. Director: Paul Bartel. Starring: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltrane, Susan Saiger.

Click for clip > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYsCmemLO1Y
 
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A fun subject...The Temptations[coulda been better but still fun]..The Ten Commandments[big budget fun from the old master-Cecil B.]- The Wolfman[Lon Chaney should've gotten a special Oscar for this cult fav]- The Devil At Four O'Clock[ Ol Blue Eyes and Spence played it up in this little remembered gem, with the cute Barbara Luna]- The Pit And The Pendulum[only Vincent Price could've pulled it off, and he did]- Breakfast At Tiffany's[is Audrey Hepburn cute or what??]- Hercules[Steve Reeves hamming it up]- The Thief Of Bagdad[Steve Reeves at it again, this time in Technicolor, and not a bad little flick].
 
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