Your Top Cult Films

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Arrow thread has been generating quite a bit of chat today about cult films and whether Arrow are still active in that market.

The following post by Nosferatu@Cult Labs made me decide to start this thread.

If someone asked me for a list of five cult films, Withnail and I would definitely be one of them.

Nos then followed it up with this post.

I'm not talking about best, or favourite films, but the ones that almost define 'cult'.

So go on then Cult Labbers. - List your five cult films.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film with a cult following, obscure or unpopular with mainstream audiences, and often revolutionary or ironically enjoyed. Sometimes, the definition is expanded to exclude films that have been released by major studios or have big budgets, try specifically to become cult films,or become accepted by mainstream audiences and critics. Cult films are defined as much by audience reaction as they are content. Some studios, such as Troma Entertainment, specialize in making cult films.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

LOVE cult films....
BASKET CASE
THE WICKER MAN
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
THE DEVILS
COMMANDO
MAD MAX
TURKEY SHOOT
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
MS.45
THE EVIL DEAD
GET CARTER
PERFORMANCE
FRIGHT NIGHT
HALLOWEEN III
THE GOONIES
THE HILLS HAVE EYES
HARDWARE
IT'S ALIVE!
THE HITCHER
I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES
LIFEFORCE
MAD MAX 2
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
PEEPING TOM
PHANTASM
PIECES
ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS
INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN
SCARFACE
DON'T LOOK NOW
SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOYKYO
THE KEEP
STRAW DOGS
THE VANISHING
THE WARRIORS
THE WANDERERS
WITHNAIL AND I
XTRO
RAZORBACK

[Nordicdusk]

Miami Connection
Street Trash

[platostotal]

These are five in no particular order.

Mondo Cane

Pink Flamingos

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Salo 120 days of Sodom

Last Tango in Paris

there are of course almost unlimited criteria for cult status, but a list with John Waters and Pasolini made me smile.

[nosferatu42]

Valerie and her week of wonders
Let's scare Jessica to death
Beyond the valley of the dolls
Mad monster party
Rocky horror picture show
Some of my favourites.

[Boo Radley]

So many.... but i'll go in no particular order,
El Topo
Rocky Horror
Henry, portrait of a serial killer
The Evil Dead
Mad Max.

[Antropophagus]

In no order:

Beyond the Darkness
Antropophagus
Patrick Lives Again
Giallo A Venezia
Suspiria
Inferno
Tenebre
Phenomena
Zombi 2
The Beyond
City of the Living Dead
Re-Animator
From Beyond
Phantasm
Demons
Demons 2
Halloween 3
Kill, Baby, Kill
Blood and Black Lace
Lisa and the Devil
A Bay of Blood
Cat in the Brain
Hell of the Living Dead
Burial Ground
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Ferox
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
They Live
Romero's Living Dead Trilogy
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
The Brood
Rabid
Pieces
Taxi Driver
The Thing
The House With Laughing Windows
The Lost Highway
Return of the Living Dead
The Blues Brothers
Godzilla
The Boxer's Omen
Seeding of A Ghost
Videodrome
Milano Calibro 9
Il boss
Dellamorte, Dellamore
StageFright
Les Demons

Will continue the list tomorrow.

[TheOncomingStorm]

My Top 10:

Dawn of the Dead
The Thing
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Battle Royale
Tenebrae
The Evil Dead
Shivers
From Beyond
Mad Max 2

[Frankenhooker]

1.The Devils
2.The Wicker Man
3.Eraserhead
4.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5.Savage Streets
6.Possession
7.Body Double
8.Ghost World
9.Buffalo 66
10.The Driver