Ultimate cult movie

[EstimatedProphet]

You know, a movie that attracts an incredibly loyal fan base, often far larger than it would usually deserve. The kind of movie that gets quoted 30 years after it's been forgotten.

I'm leaving a lot of blanks so that people can fill in some others.

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. Rocky Horror!

:7

[amerikat]

2. I second that. It started them all.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. That's what I was about to say.

It's the ultimate cult movie.

[SeattleGirl]

4. Exactly!

The ultimate in cult movies!

[nytemare]

5. Yep!

Recently, I would add Donnie Darko to the list.

[derby378]

9. Why the HELL isn't Rocky Horror in the poll?!?

Damn. It's got Meatloaf and everything. They even filmed a little bit of it in Denton, TX, for cryin' out loud.

[arwalden]

12. That's My Choice Too

Yes, Brad - it's something we ourselves have been working on. But it seems our friend here has found a way of perfecting it - a device that is capable of breaking down solid matter and then projecting it through space and who knows, perhaps even time itself.

[EstimatedProphet]

17. Yeah, that's the obvious one

boy did I miss that one!

[deadparrot]

37. Woohoo!

:D

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Airplane!

And don't call me Shirley.

[jane_pippin]

7. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

But, I don't know how loyal and/or vast its fan base is.

I do know that...

This is my happening--and it's Freaking Me OUT!

[AmandaRuth]

8. Spinal Tap

We go to 11!

[sendero]

10. Repo Man....

... it has everything, space aliens, radiation-addled scientists, repo men, and more memorable dialog quotes than any other movie!!!

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[derby378]

13. And it's got a kick-ass soundtrack, too

Circle Jerks, FEAR, Black Flag - and Suicidal Tendencies!!

With Iggy Pop performing the theme song.

:woohoo:

[EstimatedProphet]

19. One of my faves

[derby378]

11. Robocop (the first movie)

Peter Weller was great. But Kurtwood Smith as crime lord Clarence Boddicker kicked serious ass.

"Ooooooh!! Guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! The Stockers are playing - to-niiight!! And I never miss a game."

[sendero]

14. And he's still kicking.

.... his son's ass in That 70's Show :) Or at least threatening to.

[sendero]

15. Mutual simultaneous..

... responsegasm. Scary :)

[derby378]

18. Revel in it, man...

We've got our own "happening" goin' on!

:toast:

[bridgit]

16. Other (mention), harold & maude, the ruling class, greaser's palace...

:-)

[EstimatedProphet]

20. The Ruling Class!

Too cool!

[Arkham House]

21. The Day the Earth Stood Still

[6000eliot]

22. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

For the title alone. I almost used another "T" word, though, but thought better of it.

[begin_within]

25. I second that one - great movie!

[XemaSab]

23. Monty Python and Rocky Horror in first place

but an honorable mention goes to "Office Space."

[XemaSab]

24. Monty Python and Rocky Horror in first place

but an honorable mention goes to "Office Space."

[EstimatedProphet]

26. I agree on Office Space

I don't think it's developed the audience yet though.

[swag]

27. Mondo Cane

Eraserhead
Pink Flamingoes
The Honeymoon Killers
Carnival of Souls

[GirlinContempt]

28. ooooo

Pink Flamingos

[swag]

29. You understand that I prefer both "Desperate Living" and

"Female Trouble" but that my preference wasn't the question.

And my answer wasn't the answer.

But that, as always, is beside the point.

[GirlinContempt]

30. I believe my statement still stands

Mostly the 'oooo'

[swag]

32. It stands like Stonewall Jackson,

like the fucking soot-caked Rock of Gibraltar.

[GirlinContempt]

33. It's the extra umph of

the o's without that snotty 'oh'

[mykpart]

40. Oooh! I forgot Mondo Cane.

And "Faces of Death."

[Spider Jerusalem]

31. Withnail & I

'My thumbs have gone weird!'

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Does the question

ask for the best film that has a cult following or the film that has the most cultish following? :shrug:

[EstimatedProphet]

35. Whatever floats your boat

However you want to justify it...

[Broken_Hero]

36. A Clock Work Orange

but, American Psycho, gave it a good run for its money.

[njdemocrat106]

38. Rocky Horror's the first that popped into my mind

Though Monty Python and the Holy Grail would be a close runner-up (and my personal favorite off your list).

[argyl]

39. Rocky Horror.I saw it once,that was plenty for me but it's the first one I

thought of.All others are vying for second place.

[momophile]

41. It was great when it all began. I was a regular Frankie fan.

Nearly every Saturday night for two years. Usually I just did props, but I was in it once or twice. That was a long time ago. Almost embarrassing. Not that it was so long ago. Just that I did Rocky Horror.

[bridgit]

42. almost forgot...el topo...

http://www.hotweird.com/jodorowsky/topo.html

[noonwitch]

43. Rocky Horror, but The Wall is good, too

Rocky Horror is just so fun, because of the whole phenomenon around it.

Pink Floyd The Wall is just a trip. I also am very partial to "Fantasia".

[RedSpartan]

44. UHF

[NewWaveChick1981]

45. I had several in mind...

Rocky Horror, Spinal Tap, Repo Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and The Wall, among others. I have a hard time deciding which of these is better than the other, so they're all at a tie for first place. :)

[DS1]

46. Wouldn't the ultimate cult movie NOT show up in this thread?

just askin..

:D

[swag]

47. Oh, the beauty of the paradox.

[Ramsey]

48. I voted for RHPS

But I would have included Evil Dead!

[Blue_Tires]

49. no votes for Scarface?

that became camp a long time ago

[NYCGirl]

50. El Topo, the original "midnight movie"

It's a spaghetti western on acid.

http://www.deadrabbit.org/movievault/eltopo.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Topo

[Neoma]

51. It's clear.

That Rocky Horror is going to win, ya think?

[elehhhhna]

52. Plan 9 From Outer Space. The ultimate!