The Cult Movie Bracket – Round One, Bracket Two

Cult Movie Bracket Logo SMBy Hampus Eckerman: For each pair, vote for the top cult movie. Vote for what is memorable, what is fun, what is interesting, what is cult.

1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Bad Taste (1987)
Reefer Madness (1936)

2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
They Live (1998)

3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
The Ice Pirates (1984)
Heathers (1988)

4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
Legend (1985)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972)
Fritz The Cat (1972)

6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Memento (2000)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

7. A BIRDS VIEW
Ladyhawke (1985)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
Serenity (2005)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
The Brother from another Planet (1984)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)

10. BOWLING BALL VS VEGETARIANS
Mystery Men (1999)
Troll 2 (1990)

11. WHAT AN UNEXPECTED BUT DELIGHTFUL SHOCK
Forbidden Zone (1980)
The Stunt Man (1980)

12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Harold and Maude (1971)
Excalibur (1981)

13. FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-ARMED FOURSOME
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Rebel Without a Cause (1956)
Die Hard (1988)

15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Blue Velvet (1986)
Wizards (1977)

16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
The Terminator (1984)
Being John Malkovich (1999)

17. MARTIAL MASTERS
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Six-String Samurai (1998)

18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Braindead (1992)
Flash Gordon (1980)

19. COME GET SOME!
Drunken Master (1978)
Army of Darkness (1992)

20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Meet the Feebles (1989)

21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)

22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Tank Girl (1995)

23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998)
The Room (2003)

24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010)

25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Shock Treatment (1981)

26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Soylent Green (1973)
Clerks (1995)

27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Rutles (1978)
The Fifth Element (1997)

28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979)
Time Bandits (1981)

29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Office Space (1999)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974)
Withnail and I (1987)

31.BALLS VS CUBE
Cube (1997)
Rock & Rule (1983)

32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Brazil (1985)

The Cult Movie Brackets – Round One, Bracket One

Cult Movie Bracket Logo SMBy Hampus Eckerman: Time for the first bracket. For each pair, vote for the top cult movie. Vote for what is memorable, what is fun, what is interesting, what is cult.

1. JUICY FRUITS
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Labyrinth (1986)

2. THE FINGERS ARE THE BEST PART
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Eating Raoul (1982)

3. DON’T MESS WITH THE KING, BABY
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Knightriders (1981)

4. THE BEST OF FANTASY
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
Return to Oz (1985)

5. REAL BLOOD OR TOMATOES
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)

6. HIJINKS ENSUE
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
The President’s Analyst (1967)

7. WEIRD RELATIONSHIPS
Crash (1996)
Amelie (2002)

8. CAMPY MOVIES
But I’m A Cheerleader! (1999)
Blazing Saddles (1974)

9. OF MICE AND MEN
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)

10. MUSIC BATTLE ROYAL
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Heavy Metal (1981)

11. CHARMING FRIENDS
In Bruges (2008)
Repo Man (1984)

12. AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGHHH!
Them! (1954)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

13. WELCOME TO THE SIXTIES
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Hairspray (1988)

14. IT’S GONNA BE COLD, IT’S GONNA BE GREY
Groundhog Day (1993)
Eraserhead (1977)

15. FEEDING TIME
Hausu (1977)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

16. POSSIBLE FUTURES
Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Zardoz (1974)

17. THIS IS JUST A ROUGH PATCH
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Sid & Nancy (1986)

18. WHAT DID YOU PEOPLE DO TO HIS HEAD?
Scanners (1981)
Akira (1988)

19. NOT FINISHED WITH DOING WEIRD STUFF
Naked Lunch (1991)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)

20. UTTER CHAOS
Paprika (2007)
Godzilla (1954)

21.BEWARE, BEWARE!
Glen or Glenda (1953)
Tremors (1990)

22. NEW FLESH OR NEW STEEL
Videodrome (1983)
Metropolis (1927)

23. ALLERGIC TO STEEL
Death Race 2000 (1975)
The City of Lost Children (1995)

24. IF SOMETHING GETS IN YOUR WAY, TURN!
Better Off Dead (1985)
Donnie Darko (2001)

25. HAPPY END
Escape from New York
Allegro Non Troppo (1976)

26. LIZARDS VS RODENTS
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

27. MEN AND THEIR SPORTS
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)

28. BUT THERE WAS NO FLUORIDATION?
The Wicker Man (1973)
Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

29. VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)

30. MEETINGS AT A STRANGE TIME
Fight Club (1999)
Forbidden Planet (1956)

31. IT’S A DIFFERENT CULTURE, JIM!
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Pink Flamingos (1972)

32. WEIRD LOST CREATURES
The Dark Crystal (1982)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)

Cult Movie Bracket: The Finalizeling

Friday Night Runout at Blobfest.

Friday Night Runout at Blobfest.

By Hampus Eckerman: The list of contestants for the Cult Movie Bracket has been compiled. Without further ado…

THE CULT MOVIE BRACKET LIST

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Akira (1988)
Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
Amelie (2002)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
Bad Taste (1987)
Barbarella (1968)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Braindead (1992)
Brazil (1985)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
But I’m A Cheerleader! (1999)
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Clerks (1995)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Crash (1996)
Cube (1997)
Dark City (1998)
Dark Star (1974)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Die Hard (1988)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Drunken Master (1978)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Eraserhead (1977)
Escape from New York
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
Excalibur (1981)
Fight Club (1999)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Zone (1980)
Fritz The Cat (1972)
Glen or Glenda (1953)
Godzilla (1954)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hairspray (1988)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Hausu (1977)
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
Heathers (1988)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
In Bruges (2008)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
Knightriders (1981)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Labyrinth (1986)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Legend (1985)
Meet the Feebles (1989)
Memento (2000)
Metropolis (1927)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Mystery Men (1999)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Office Space (1999)
Paprika (2007)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Rebel Without a Cause (1956)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Repo Man (1984)
Return to Oz (1985)
Rock & Rule (1983)
Scanners (1981)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010)
Serenity (2005)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shock Treatment (1981)
Sid & Nancy (1986)
Silent Running (1972)
Six-String Samurai (1998)
Soylent Green (1973)
Tank Girl (1995)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Brother from another Planet (1984)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
The President’s Analyst (1967)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Room (2003)
The Rutles (1978)
The Stunt Man (1980)
The Terminator (1984)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979)
Them! (1954)
They Live (1998)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Time Bandits (1981)
Tremors (1990)
Troll 2 (1990)
Videodrome (1983)
Withnail and I (1987)
Wizards (1977)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Zardoz (1974)

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THOSE THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT…

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Announcing The Cult Movie Bracket

Friday Night Runout at Blobfest.

Friday Night Runout at Blobfest.

By Hampus Eckerman: It is time for another bracket, this time for Cult Movies, to find the most interesting and worth watching Cult Movies.

A Cult Movie is kind of hard to define, but I have added a few criteria below. These aren’t fixed rules, only indications of what a cult movie is or can be.

  1. A Cult Movie is defined more by audience reaction than by the movie itself. Typically, there is a buzz about the movie that never quite reaches the mainstream. There is often a community aspect around the movies
  2. A Cult Movie isn’t about being good or bad. It is about being unique and memorable.
  3. There is often something that sets the movie apart from mainstream movies and makes them unique. Unusual acting, direction or script. There is a non-conformism in the movie and it is not of a type that is sent out by the barrel (i.e Troma). Sometimes, the uniqueness is not in the movie, but in the audience participation.
  4. Cult Movies are of the type where you are happily surprised that someone else has seen them (or been part of audience participation of) and you both feel you have to talk about them. They are of the type shown at special screenings.
  5. Types of Cult Movies might include:
  • Turkey Movies: Movies that are so bad they are good
  • Campy Movies: Movies that don’t take themselves seriously
  • Exploitation and Art Movies
  • Low Budget Movies
  • Mockumentaries, Failed documentaries and Mondo documentaries
  • Highly quotable movies
  • Movies shown around or after midnight on TV

RULES FOR NOMINATION

  1. Bracket is not restricted to Science Fiction or Fantasy.
  2. Animated movies are accepted.
  3. TV-movies are accepted.
  4. Minimum length of a movie to be accepted is one hour.
  5. Movies should have first been shown to a wider audience at least 2010.
  6. Do not let the fact that a list has already been created hinder you from naming a movie that is already on it.
  7. You are not restricted in the number of movies you may nominate.
  8. Think not only of what is good or fun. Think of what is interesting or unforgettable.

Nominations will go on for approximately 2 – 4 days, then I will create a new consolidated list consisting of a mix of your recommendations and mine. You will then have a few additional days to nominate what you might have missed. Then I will finalize the list that we will use for voting. I expect the bracket to become something like mainstream Cult Movies – whatever that is.

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EXAMPLES OF CULT MOVIES

  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
  • Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
  • Evil Dead 2 (1987)
  • Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
  • Bad Boy Bubby (1994)
  • Bad Taste (1987)
  • Barbarella (1968)
  • Battlefield Earth (2000)
  • Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
  • Beetlejuice (1988)
  • Being John Malkovich (1999)
  • Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
  • Blacula (1972)
  • The Blob (1958)
  • The Blues Brothers (1980)
  • A Boy and His Dog (1975)
  • Braindead (1992)
  • Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
  • Caligula (1979)
  • Cannibal! The Musical (1993)
  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • Condorman (1981)
  • Crash (1996)
  • Crumb (1994)
  • Death Race 2000 (1975)
  • The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
  • Deep Throat (1972)
  • Django (1966)
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
  • Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  • Drunken Master (1978)
  • Eat the Rich (1987)
  • Eraserhead (1977)
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  • The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
  • Flash Gordon (1980)
  • Flesh Gordon (1974)
  • Food of the Gods (1976)
  • Frankenhooker (1990)
  • Fritz The Cat (1972)
  • Gamera (1965)
  • Glen or Glenda (1953)
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
  • Godzilla (1954)
  • La Grande Bouffe (1973)
  • The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (1979)
  • Hairspray (1988)
  • Häxan (1922)
  • Heathers (1988)
  • Heavy Metal (1981)
  • Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
  • Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
  • Highway to Hell (1992)
  • How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
  • Howard the Duck (1986)
  • Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1974)
  • The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1963)
  • Ishtar (1987)
  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
  • The Killer Condom (1996)
  • Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
  • The Lair Of The White Worm (1988)
  • Liquid Sky (1982)
  • The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
  • Logan’s Run (1976)
  • The Lost Boys (1987)
  • El Mariachi (1993)
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)
  • Matilda (1996)
  • Meet the Feebles (1989)
  • Memento (2000)
  • Metropolis (1927)
  • Mommie Dearest (1981)
  • Mondo Cane (1962)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
  • Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
  • Mr. Vampire (1985)
  • Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
  • Office Space (1999)
  • The Party (1968)
  • The People Under the Stairs (1991)
  • Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
  • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
  • Polyester (1981)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Rare Exports (2010)
  • Re-Animator (1985)
  • Rebel Without a Cause (1956)
  • Reefer Madness (1936)
  • Repo Man (1984)
  • Reptilicus (1961)
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • Rope (1948)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
  • Satyricon (1969)
  • Scanners (1981)
  • Sexmission (1984)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Shivers (1975)
  • Shogun Assassin (1980)
  • Sid & Nancy (1986)
  • Six-String Samurai (1998)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • Soylent Green (1973)
  • Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
  • Streets of Fire (1984)
  • The Stuff (1985)
  • Swamp Thing (1982)
  • Tank Girl (1995)
  • Thelma & Louise (1991)
  • Them! (1954)
  • They Live (1998)
  • This is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • Toys (1992)
  • Troll 2 (1990)
  • Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
  • Videodrome (1983)
  • Village of the Damned (1960)
  • The Warriors (1979)
  • The Wicker Man (1973)
  • Withnail and I (1987)
  • Wizards (1977)