Spring Break
Favorite cult movies throughout the ages
Natalie Abreu
Issue date: 11/3/09 Section: Focus
They're the kind of movies that we are used to watching while lounging about with friends. The kind of movies that sprout irresistibly quotable one-liners and provide endless sources of parody. Most of all though, they're the kind of movies that are loved by many but not quite mainstream enough the first time around.
The cult movie is something that every movie lover comes to cherish.
For those not in the know, cult movies are films that are underrated and perhaps financially and critically unsuccessful when first released, but gain immense popularity with specific groups of viewers over time and through word of mouth.
With the release of "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints' Day," the sequel to the 1999 cult classic "The Boondock Saints," last Friday, it seems a more appropriate time than ever to reminisce about some of the most loved cult films of all time.
"The Big Lebowski"
It's a caper film, but its unlike any you've ever seen. Nihilists, big time bowlers and millionaires are just a few of the people who inhabit the world of "The Dude," whose weirdness is accompanied by his friends Walter and Donny.
It has even spawned an unauthorized book "I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You," a religion called "Dudeism" and has given a voice to a generation of so-called "slackers."
"The Rocky Horror
Picture Show"
This 1975 work is perhaps the first film to be given a cult status. When it was first released in theaters, it bombed. But later midnight screenings, complete with sing-alongs and dressed-up audiences, solidified its cult status.
"Donnie Darko"
Perhaps films about teen angst and theoretical time travel featuring '80s music and creepy six-foot-tall bunnies weren't the best bait for filmgoers in theaters, but it was more than good bait for DVD sales.
"Blade Runner"
Harrison Ford has portrayed iconic characters like Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan in successful film franchises but none so cult as his Rick Deckard in this 1982 futuristic film noir classic.
The cult movie is something that every movie lover comes to cherish.
For those not in the know, cult movies are films that are underrated and perhaps financially and critically unsuccessful when first released, but gain immense popularity with specific groups of viewers over time and through word of mouth.
With the release of "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints' Day," the sequel to the 1999 cult classic "The Boondock Saints," last Friday, it seems a more appropriate time than ever to reminisce about some of the most loved cult films of all time.
"The Big Lebowski"
It's a caper film, but its unlike any you've ever seen. Nihilists, big time bowlers and millionaires are just a few of the people who inhabit the world of "The Dude," whose weirdness is accompanied by his friends Walter and Donny.
It has even spawned an unauthorized book "I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You," a religion called "Dudeism" and has given a voice to a generation of so-called "slackers."
"The Rocky Horror
Picture Show"
This 1975 work is perhaps the first film to be given a cult status. When it was first released in theaters, it bombed. But later midnight screenings, complete with sing-alongs and dressed-up audiences, solidified its cult status.
"Donnie Darko"
Perhaps films about teen angst and theoretical time travel featuring '80s music and creepy six-foot-tall bunnies weren't the best bait for filmgoers in theaters, but it was more than good bait for DVD sales.
"Blade Runner"
Harrison Ford has portrayed iconic characters like Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan in successful film franchises but none so cult as his Rick Deckard in this 1982 futuristic film noir classic.
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