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Old 06-26-14 | 09:23 AM
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Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

What are some flicks that you believe should be cult classics?

To name one now: Bingo (1991)

No one ever talks about this. Fun, somewhat odd family movie from the early 90's.

I've seen much more forgettable movies that are more famous.
Old 06-26-14 | 09:29 AM
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Midnight Madness (1980) a movie that was always on cable in the mid 80's that's a fun college student scavenger hunt movie. I own the DVD but the movie just isn't as well known as I think it should be.
Old 06-26-14 | 09:33 AM
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I've seen Bingo, and I couldn't tell to what that movie was about except that the title character is a dog. It doesn't surprise me that it's not a cult classic at all.

I can't think of any movies that should be cult classics. All the movies that I liked that weren't big hits have inevitably become cult classics. Say Anything, Hackers, Tron, just to name a few, are all cult classics.

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Never heard of Bingo. THINK I've heard of Midnight Madness.
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

Always thought Texas Chainsaw Massacre would be a cult classic.
Old 06-26-14 | 09:37 AM
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Always thought Texas Chainsaw Massacre would be a cult classic.
I laughed for a good 20 seconds over this post. You're my favorite comic poster.
Old 06-26-14 | 09:41 AM
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Walter Hill's JOHNNY HANDSOME (1989) and TRESPASS (1992) should be cult classics, but I've never heard much in the way of cult "chatter" about them. Unless it's gone under my admittedly limited radar.
Old 06-26-14 | 09:44 AM
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Johnny Handsome is great. I will admit, I've never seen Trespass.
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I never saw Johnny Handsome, but I remember really liking Trespass when I saw it on video.

If I had to think of one, Judgment Night was a solid movie that I thought would have a cult following.
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I'm shocked the Kung Pow bandwagon never fully took off. Maybe 20 years from now the French will worship the movie and it will have a revival in the states.
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I'm shocked the Kung Pow bandwagon never fully took off. Maybe 20 years from now the French will worship the movie and it will have a revival in the states.
I liked the movie. The DVD was great in the extras department.

Still waiting on the sequel
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Being a little kid who grew up in Denver, the only thing i remember about Bingo is that the dad was a player for the Denver Broncos at one point in the movie.


If it were up to me the Charlie Sheen/Emilio Estevez movie Men at Work would have midnight revivals where the audience would play along to the movie and do the "golf clap" and scream "I hate rent-a-cops too" at the screen!
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
Being a little kid who grew up in Denver, the only thing i remember about Bingo is that the dad was a player for the Denver Broncos at one point in the movie.


If it were up to me the Charlie Sheen/Emilio Estevez movie Men at Work would have midnight revivals where the audience would play along to the movie and do the "golf clap" and scream "I hate rent-a-cops too" at the screen!
That movie is hilarious.
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

I think Men at Work has a minor cult following.
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

I thought Ticket To Heaven would have more of a cult following.
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Things to Do In Denver When You're Dead. I thought it was well made, had interesting characters and a lot of memorable dialogue.
Old 06-26-14 | 11:33 AM
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
If it were up to me the Charlie Sheen/Emilio Estevez movie Men at Work would have midnight revivals where the audience would play along to the movie and do the "golf clap" and scream "I hate rent-a-cops too" at the screen!
I was just coming here to post this, such a funny movie, and I think Keith David makes this movie a classic for me.
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Perhaps it has something of a cult following, but I'm surprised Brian De Palma's Body Double isn't talked about more. Such a relentlessly odd film, dated in all the best ways, and it's sometimes thrilling and laughable in the same sequence.
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I always had a soft spot for Brain Donors but no one else seems to know about it. Maybe it's not as funny as I'm remembering.

I always thought Top Secret! deserved more attention.
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

The Hard Way ('91) doesn't seem to get much attn.
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

Originally Posted by Groucho
I think Men at Work has a minor cult following.
Then where are the midnight revivals?! Where?!
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Beerfest?
Old 06-26-14 | 01:21 PM
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

Is River's Edge a cult classic?
Old 06-26-14 | 01:36 PM
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Re: Movies you're surprised are not cult classics?

Jonathan Demme's MARRIED TO THE MOB. I think that film is great - most people have never seen it.
Old 06-26-14 | 01:43 PM
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Jonathan Demme's MARRIED TO THE MOB. I think that film is great - most people have never seen it.
Although I remember it got a LOT of attention from critics when it was released back in '88. It's a great movie.

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