By 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)
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Going forward, I believe I am going to use this as my definition of a cult film for voting purposes:
Cult film: a movie which did not have great box office success or subsequent mainstream popularity, but which nonetheless develops an unusually large and devoted following of admirers.
I will note that by this definition it is possible for a cult film to stop being a cult film if at some point it achieves mainstream popularity.
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Abstain
2. BEING ALIVE
They Live (1998)
It isn’t the better film but it is more culty.
3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
Heathers (1988)
4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
Abstain
5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972)
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Memento (2000)
7. A BIRDS VIEW
Ladyhawke (1985)
8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
Serenity (2005)
9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
10. BOWLING BALL VS VEGETARIANS
Mystery Men (1999)
11. WHAT AN UNEXPECTED BUT DELIGHTFUL SHOCK
Abstain
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Excalibur (1981)
13. FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-ARMED FOURSOME
Abstain
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Die Hard (1988)
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Abstain
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
Being John Malkovich (1999)
See bracket 2
17. MARTIAL MASTERS
Abstain
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Flash Gordon (1980)
19. COME GET SOME!
Army of Darkness (1992)
Take it on the chin.
20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998)
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968)
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Abstain
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Clerks (1995)
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Fifth Element (1997)
Biig bada boom. So many times I’ve been tempted to wave my train pass at the conductor saying “multipass”
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
Time Bandits (1981)
29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Office Space (1999)
Ooh, genuinely good film, vs so very bad it’s good? I’ll go with good.
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974)
EXPLETIVE DELETED
31.BALLS VS CUBE
Cube (1997)
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
Tie
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Reefer Madness (1936)
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
Heathers (1988)
4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972)
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
7. A BIRDS VIEW
Ladyhawke (1985)
8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
Serenity (2005)
9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
10. BOWLING BALL VS VEGETARIANS
Abstain
11. WHAT AN UNEXPECTED BUT DELIGHTFUL SHOCK
Forbidden Zone (1980)
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Harold and Maude (1971)
13. FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-ARMED FOURSOME
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Die Hard (1988)
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Blue Velvet (1986)
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
Being John Malkovich (1999)
17. MARTIAL MASTERS
Six-String Samurai (1998)
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Flash Gordon (1980) (write i for Flesh Gordon)
19. COME GET SOME!
Abstain
20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Abstain
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Tank Girl (1995)
23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998)
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968)
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Soylent Green (1973)
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Fifth Element (1997)
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
Abstain
29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Office Space (1999)
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974)
31.BALLS VS CUBE
Abstain
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
Brazil (1985)
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Bad Taste (1987)
2. BEING ALIVE
They Live (1998)
3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
The Ice Pirates (1984)
4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972)
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Abstain
7. A BIRDS VIEW
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
The Brother from another Planet (1984)
10. BOWLING BALL VS VEGETARIANS
Abstain
11. WHAT AN UNEXPECTED BUT DELIGHTFUL SHOCK
Abstain
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Excalibur (1981)
13. FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-ARMED FOURSOME
Abstain.
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Rebel Without a Cause (1956)
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Abstain
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
Abstain
17. MARTIAL MASTERS
Abstain
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Abstain
19. COME GET SOME!
Abstain
20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Abstain
21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998)
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968)
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Shock Treatment (1981)
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Soylent Green (1973)
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Rutles (1978)
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
Time Bandits (1981)
29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Withnail and I (1987)
31.BALLS VS CUBE
Abstain
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Charge!!!
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Bad Taste (1987)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Abstain Haven’t seen BT, don’t like RM.
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
They Live (1998)
Abstain Don’t like YF, haven’t seen TL.
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)
Although, seriously, the movie is better if you fast forward through the absolutely interminable Joan Baez number. It probably works best for people who remember the Cold War and MAD.
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Memento (2000)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
Um, Cally? I’m thinking I need a cloth or two.
7. A BIRDS VIEW
Ladyhawke (1985)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Abstain
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)
Abstain
10. BOWLING BALL VS VEGETARIANS
Mystery Men (1999)
Troll 2 (1990)
Abstain on account of having seen neither.
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)
A two-fer! I adore HaM, and hate hate hate Excalibur.
13. FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-ARMED FOURSOME
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Abstain, again on account of having seen neither.
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Rebel Without a Cause (1956)
Die Hard (1988)
I’d almost vote for Die Hard on account of Alan Rickman, but I can’t.
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Blue Velvet (1986)
Wizards (1977)
Abstain
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
The Terminator (1984)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
17. MARTIAL MASTERS
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Six-String Samurai (1998)
More I haven’t seen. Abstain
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Braindead (1992)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Well, I hate FG, but haven’t seen the other. Abstain
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)
More no-see-ums. Abstain
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Tank Girl (1995)
More no-see-ums. Abstain
23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998)
The Room (2003)
More no-see-ums. Abstain
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010)
Hated Barbarella. Abstain
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Shock Treatment (1981)
Huh. The Wall quite literally gave me a psychotic episode. Haven’t seen Shock Treatment. I don’t even know if I should vote for or against The Wall.
Conflicted
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Soylent Green (1973)
Clerks (1995)
Abstain
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)
Dear lords. Cally! Cally!!!
Um, um, um, um. Vote for BOTH!
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)
No sed-ums. Abstain
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Brazil (1985)
I agree with Jim. Brazil is one of the greatest films, ever.
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
They Live (1998)for Marty Feldman’s eyes…
3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
The Ice Pirates (1984)Heathers (1988)
The Dark Side of Silliness.
5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972)
Fritz The Cat (1972)A message of hope.
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Memento (2000)Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
My (not unique) favorite.
7. A BIRDS VIEW
Ladyhawke (1985)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)Ladyhawke stronger than 50 foot woman.
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Harold and Maude (1971)Excalibur (1981)
Fun “E” beats cold HaM.
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Rebel Without a Cause (1956)Die Hard (1988)Not cult, not my flavor.
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Blue Velvet (1986)
Wizards (1977)Blue Velvet not cult, but Wizards no good.
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
The Terminator (1984)
Being John Malkovich (1999)19. COME GET SOME!
Drunken Master (1978)
Army of Darkness (1992)Fun?
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)Shock Treatment (1981)
Shock Treatment is pretty bad but more interesting than The Wall.
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Soylent Green (1973)
Clerks (1995)
Soylent Green wavering, but have not seen the other.
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979)Time Bandits (1981)
Concept.
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974)
Withnail and I (1987)I just like DS
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Brazil (1985)10000 curses. Brazil is better, but less “cult”. The horror of voting for rocky?
Couple categories with both/neither. Here’s the ones where I’ve an actual vote to vote:
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972)
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Memento (2000)
8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
Serenity (2005)
9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
The Brother from another Planet (1984)
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Harold and Maude (1971)
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Blue Velvet (1986)
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
The Terminator (1984)
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Flash Gordon (1980)
19. COME GET SOME!
Army of Darkness (1992)
20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998)
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Clerks (1995)
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Fifth Element (1997)
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
Time Bandits (1981)
29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Office Space (1999)
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974)
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
Brazil (1985)
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Reefer Madness (1936)
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
The Ice Pirates (1984)
4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
Legend (1985)
5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972)
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
7. A BIRDS VIEW
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
10. BOWLING BALL VS VEGETARIANS
Mystery Men (1999)
11. WHAT AN UNEXPECTED BUT DELIGHTFUL SHOCK
Forbidden Zone (1980)
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Harold and Maude (1971)
13. FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-ARMED FOURSOME
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Rebel Without a Cause (1956)
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Blue Velvet (1986)
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
The Terminator (1984)
17. MARTIAL MASTERS
Six-String Samurai (1998)
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Flash Gordon (1980)
19. COME GET SOME!
Army of Darkness (1992)
20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998)
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968)
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Soylent Green (1973)
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Fifth Element (1997)
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
Time Bandits (1981)
29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974)
31.BALLS VS CUBE
Cube (1997)
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
Brazil (1985)
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Bad Taste (1987)
Reefer Madness (1936)2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
They Live (1998)I don’t like having to make this choice, but Brooks directing Wilder gets my vote.
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)
I really have to question whether either of these are actually cult movies.
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)
Sam J. Jones is one of the greatest actors to play Flash Gordon in a movie made in 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)I hate having to vote out Clerks this early in the brackets.
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)
I hate the fates that pitted these two against one another this soon.
2. Young Frankenstein. Maybe a little (a lot) too popular to be “cult”, but no way I’m voting against it.
3. Heathers.
4. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
6. Memento. More of a cultish following, and great in its own way. Gets my vote, even tho’ I enjoyed Kiki’s more.
7. Ladyhawke
8. Serenity.
10. Mystery Men. I’ve been skipping choices where I’ve seen neither or only one, but I’ll make an exception here. I’ve only seen Mystery Men, but from everything I’ve read or heard about Troll 2, it’s not cult, it’s just a bad movie.
14. Rebel Without A Cause. No contest. I don’t think Die Hard can be considered “cult” when it earned a zillion dollars and spawned a franchise of (too many) sequels of declining quality.
15. Blue Velvet.
16. Being John Malkovich. Terminator, really? See above comment re Die Hard.
19. Drunken Master. This was a hard choice.
22. Big Trouble in Little China
24. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
26. Abstain. Didn’t like either.
28. Time Bandits. Another hard choice. Time Bandits is great, but Wizard of Speed and Time has so much -heart- I hate voting against it.
32. Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wins on “re-watchability”.
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Reefer Madness (1936)
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
Legend (1985)
5. BURNING WEEDS
Fritz The Cat (1972). No contest.
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Excalibur (1981). Not least because it manages to get so much of the Arthurian mythos in.
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Rebel Without a Cause (1956). Not to be confused with the Theodore Beale biopic, Rebel Without a Clue.
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Wizards (1977)
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
Being John Malkovich (1999)
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Abstain, but love the title!
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968)
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Clerks (1995)
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Rutles (1978)
Curse your dice, or runestones, or whatever! Voting for this because it’ll probably lose and I want to show it some love.
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
Time Bandits (1981)
29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974)
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
Brazil (1985)
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974)
3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
Heathers (1988)
4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Memento (2000)
8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
Serenity (2005)
9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Die Hard (1988)
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
Being John Malkovich (1999)
19. COME GET SOME!
Army of Darkness (1992)
20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Tank Girl (1995)
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010)
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Fifth Element (1997)
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
VOTING IS CLOSED!
1. I ATE, BUT I DIDN’T INHALE
Bad Taste (1987) – 4 votes
Reefer Madness (1936) – 22 votes
Dereks don’t loose? Well, sometimes they do.
WINNER: Reefer Madness
2. BEING ALIVE
Young Frankenstein (1974) – 33 votes
They Live (1998) – 7 votes
In a choice between putting on the sunglasses or eating that trash can, They Live chooses the trash can.
WINNER: Young Frankenstein
3. ICE QUEENS VS ICE PIRATES
The Ice Pirates (1984) – 14 votes
Heathers (1988) – 9 votes
Fucking oneself gently with a chainsaw is about as hard as it sounds.
WINNER: The Ice Pirates
4. HIGHER HIGHER, BURNING FIRE, MAKING MUSIC LIKE A CHOIR
Legend (1985) – 13 votes
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) – 23 votes
The Lord of Darkness: “You think you have won! What is light without dark? What are you without me? I am a part of you all. You can never defeat me. We are brothers eternal!”
Good try, but no cigar
WINNER: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
5. BURNING WEEDS
Silent Running (1972) – 26 votes
Fritz The Cat (1972) – 4 votes
When all weeds have been destroyed, why should you live? Fritz overdoses before knowing the fate of the world.
WINNER: Silent Running
6. DELIVERY OR DELIVERANCE
Memento (2000) – 15 votes
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) – 21 votes
And it is two steps backwards and no step forward for Memento. And Kiki has a cat. A black cat that is very cute.
WINNER: Kiki’s Delivery Service
7. A BIRDS VIEW
Ladyhawke (1985) – 29 votes
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) – 5 votes
Etienne Navarre: I must kill a woman.
Phillipe: Tell me – does this walking corpse have a name?
Etienne Navarre: No, but she is 50 foot tall.
WINNER: Ladyhawke
8. JUST BELIEVE IN IT
Serenity (2005) – 29 votes
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) – 10 votes
When you die, you will be buried and forgotten, and that is all. And for all the good or evil, creation or destruction, your living might have accomplished, you might just as well never have lived at all.
WINNER: Serenity
9. TROUBLE SPEAKING
The Brother from another Planet (1984) – 13 votes
Conan the Barbarian (1982) – 17 votes
Oh Brother, where art thou? When you are gone, you will have never been.
WINNER: Conan the Barbarian
10. BOWLING BALL VS VEGETARIANS
Mystery Men (1999) – 19 votes
Troll 2 (1990) – 4 votes
Troll 2 drinks its own poison and turns into a flaming carrot. The Flaming Carrot has always wanted to be a superhero and joins the Mystery Men.
WINNER: Mystery Men
11. WHAT AN UNEXPECTED BUT DELIGHTFUL SHOCK
Forbidden Zone (1980) – 8 votes
The Stunt Man (1980) – 7 votes
In another twist ending, Cameron WAS in danger the whole time. While the car sinks deeper in to the water, Forbidden Zone readies themselves to take over the galaxy.
WINNER: Forbidden Zone
12. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS LEADING TO TROUBLE
Harold and Maude (1971) – 19 votes
Excalibur (1981) – 22 votes
Maude don’t regret the kingdoms – what sense in borders and nations and patriotism? – but she misses the kings. Well, here is a live one.
WINNER: Excalibur
13. FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-ARMED FOURSOME
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) – 18 votes
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) – 3 votes
Harold & Kumar decide they have had enough of this and try to use a hang glider to fly to Amsterdam instead. They do not succeed.
WINNER: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
14. GUNS AND FROWNING
Rebel Without a Cause (1956) – 9 votes
Die Hard (1988) – 23 votes
How can you expect to win against John McClane when you have no bullets in your gun?
WINNER: Die Hard
15. IT’S A STRANGE WORLD
Blue Velvet (1986) – 14 votes
Wizards (1977) – 18 votes
And for the longest time, there was this darkness. And all of a sudden, thousands of robins were set free and they flew down and brought this blinding light of love. And it seemed that love would make any difference, and it did. So, I guess it means that there is trouble until the robins come.
But no robins came.
WINNER: Wizards
16. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
The Terminator (1984) – 16 votes
Being John Malkovich (1999) – 26 votes
Terminator has been terminated. And will not come back.
WINNER: Being John Malkovich
17. MARTIAL MASTERS
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – 9 votes
Six-String Samurai (1998) – 9 votes
One has the moves, but one has the soundtrack. Comparing apples and Buddy Holly is too hard for the filers and both will have to move to Vegas before a king can be crowned.
WINNER: TIE!
18. BOTH ARE BRAINDEAD
Braindead (1992) – 3 votes
Flash Gordon (1980) – 24 votes
Lionel, you really should have looked at the labels. Animal Stimulant instead of poison? Not even Brian Blessed can save you now.
WINNER: Flash Gordon
19. COME GET SOME!
Drunken Master (1978) – 10 votes
Army of Darkness (1992) – 17 votes
The King vs The Drunken Master. The fight is close, but the day after, only one is out cold in a hangover.
WINNER: Army of Darkness
20. STAGGERING MUPPETS
Shaun of the Dead (2004) – 24 votes
Meet the Feebles (1989) – 3 votes
Eaten by zombies or killed in a shooting spree? Meet the Feebles chooses the latter.
WINNER: Shaun of the Dead
21. WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – 19 votes
Evil Dead 2 (1987) – 11 votes
Saviours of the world, standing against each other. Who will win? But Ash only saves himself in this movie, then is sucked into a dimension hole. Evil Dead 2 is out, but the bracket adventures continue in Army of Darkness.
WINNER: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
22. EXCITEMENT IS THE GAME
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) – 28 votes
Tank Girl (1995) – 8 votes
A while ago this humongous comet came crashing into the earth. Bam, total devastation. End of the world as we know it. No celebrities, no cable TV, no water.
And no Tank Girl.
WINNER: Big Trouble in Little China
23. CHARACTER ARCS ENDING IN THE MIDDLE
Dark City (1998) – 18 votes
The Room (2003) – 0 votes
When John Murdoch unleashes his powers, The Room is teared apart.
WINNER: Dark City
24. GENIUS IS MYSTERIOUS
Barbarella (1968) – 20 votes
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) – 9 votes
Scott Pilgrim is now officially one of the evil exes.
WINNER: Barbarella
25. MUSICAL MAYHEM
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) – 23 votes
Shock Treatment (1981) – 7 votes
If ya don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can ya have any pudding if ya don’t eat ya meat?
WINNER: Pink Floyd: The Wall
26. SHENNANIGANS WITH DEAD PEOPLE
Soylent Green (1973) – 17 votes
Clerks (1995) – 16 votes
Clerks is stuck in a pit, working for less than slave wages. The steelshutters are closed. Meanwhile, Soylent Green is People.
WINNER: Soylent Green
27. WE’RE DOING THIS FOR PEACE
The Rutles (1978) – 15 votes
The Fifth Element (1997) – 25 votes
Well, when you are essentially a imperical malengistes of a rhythmically radical yet verbally passé and temporally transcended lyrically content welded with historically innovative melodical material transposed and transmogrified by the angst of the Rutland ethic experience which elevated them from essentially alpha exponents of in essence merely beta potential harmonic material into the prime cultural exponents of Aeolian cadencic comic stanza form, then it is easy to get lost somewhere on the way.
WINNER: The Fifth Element
28. MOVING AROUND, PICKING UP PEOPLE
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979) – 7 votes
Time Bandits (1981) – 29 votes
Lights, camera, and anguish. The Wizard is out of both speed and time and Time Bandits goes on to the next round.
WINNER: Time Bandits
29. MISERABLE SOULS FACING A TERRIFYING ORDEAL
Office Space (1999) – 12 votes
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) – 20 votes
They moved the desk one time too many. Without squirrels to view and it’s stapler in danger, Office Space sets fire to the building and quits.
WINNER: Plan 9 from Outer Space
30. I’M GONNA BE A STARRR!
Dark Star (1974) – 24 votes
Withnail and I (1987) – 3 votes
“I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth”, declaims Whitnail in an epic loosers speech. He then finishes his bottle of wine and goes in search for another.
WINNER: Dark Star
31.BALLS VS CUBE
Cube (1997) – 9 votes
Rock & Rule (1983) – 5 votes
Sorry, Rock & Rule, but Triumph and The Glory goes to Cube. You are left with Pain and Suffering.
WINNER: Cube
32. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DOUBLE FEATURE
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – 28 votes
Brazil (1985) – 17 votes
How could this be? Never have I had so many reactions to a pairing in any of the brackets before. The conclusion must be that it was the “Love Conquers All”-version that was nominated.
WINNER: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
> “The Room (2003) – 0 votes”
(Was that meant to be 10 votes? Because looking back, The Room got more than zero.)
Should have been 9 votes.
Brazil lost? That does it. I’m going to Libertycon next year.
<blink> That’s twice in two pairings when, in every single one of my abstain-because-I’ve-seen-just-one categories, the movie I’ve seen won over the one I haven’t. That’s got to be over 40 movies where that happened. I’m honestly flabbergasted.
But it means I’ll be able to vote in a lot more categories in the next round. The only movies left that I haven’t seen were in the few double-not-viewed pairings.
@Hampus Eckerman
Great commentary. I laughed even though I’m missing the in-jokes.
@Jim Henley
LOL
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I’ll be voting in less pair offs in the future as a few of the movies I’ve seen were knocked out.
So Knightriders and Hausu have the smallest cults. Got it.
I know Maude wouldn’t have given a damn, but…. sniff.
OMG, I forgot to nominate Galaxina!