How many Cult Films do you own on Blu-ray?

[Leslie Dame]

I own 70 so far. The last five purchased:

Ghost World (2001)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
RoboCop (1987)
Spring Breakers (2013)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984)

[Todd Tomorrow]

I'd say that a third of my collection of nearly 600 Blu-rays could be described as cult films. Anything from Doris Wishman and Hershell Gordon Lewis zero budget exploitation films, to 60s, 70s and 80s Euro horror and genre films like Daughters of Darkness, Possession, The 10th Victim, lots of Fulci, Argento and Bava, counter culture classics like Harold and Maude, studio flops like Showgirls which later became cult films, obviously some John Waters and more recent films like Donnie Darko and Upstream Color. Too many to list.

[Scarface32]

It's hard to know what a cult film is, if you're using the general definition of "a film the general public think sucks, but has a following of fans" because whose to say what the general public likes or doesn't like?

For example, it's my opinion that all the Bay Transformers movies suck, but the general public seems to enjoy them.

[jthefrank]

Hundreds

Hell, if we're calling Robocop cult then you could probably label 90% of my collection that way.

[MifuneFan]

Only one: Eyes Wide Shut

[The Great Owl]

Race with the Devil
The Howling
The Wicker Man (1974)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Deadly Blessing

I'm also looking forward to adding The Believers to my collection when it is released by Twilight Time in October.

[Batmon77]

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Wasnt this well received by the general public and considered a classic?

[Leslie Dame]

Originally Posted by jthefrank

Hundreds

Hell, if we're calling Robocop cult then you could probably label 90% of my collection that way.

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

[OI8T12]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Wasnt this well received by the general public and considered a classic?

It is in my book.

[jthefrank]

Originally Posted by Leslie Dame

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

Well, that's wikipedia... I mean someone put Wizard of Oz in there. They might as well call The Godfather and Gone With the Wind cult while they're at it


Really the word cult has become so all-encompassing at this point, that's it's like calling music "indie"

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by OI8T12

It is in my book.

Classic yes, Cult....not in my book.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Yes, cult films are not that easy to define, but films which were a huge mainstream success are generally not considered cult films. They are generally films which weren't a huge success at first and which found a devoted following over time. Until the advent of home video they were easy to determines because they were films which did the rounds at midnight screenings.

The 70s was the beginning of the trend of the cult film. The Rock Horror Picture Show, Pink Flamingoes, El Topo, Eraserhead and Harold and Maude are some of the key cult films from that era, but earlier films like The Night of the Hunter also became cult films in then. Sometimes films were huge financial hits, but were initially dismissed and than later rediscovered, like the films by Douglas Sirk. Some classics like Casablanca were also considered cult films because of quotable lines and because they got rediscovered.

I still have a collection of a series of reference books from the late 70s and 80s called Cult Movies by Danny Peary which consisted of critical essays on films which were considered as such.

[OI8T12]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Classic yes, Cult....not in my book.

That's why I put classic in bold letters.

[OI8T12]

The Warriors
Con-Air
Red Dawn (1984)
The Rock
Twister
Slap Shot
The Thing

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by OI8T12

The Warriors
Con-Air
Red Dawn (1984)
The Rock
Twister
Slap Shot
The Thing

When it comes to Twister you may be in a cult by yourself.

[OI8T12]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

When it comes to Twister you may be in a cult by yourself.

Lol, you're probably right. It was the first DVD I bought back in 1997. It was also my demo disc back then.

[thrillmygorilla]

The Warriors
Mad Max
The Road Warrior
The 10th Victim
Battle Royale
The Big Lebowski
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Ms. 45
Re-Animator
From Beyond
I Spit On Your Grave
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Maniac

[Al_The_Strange]

Um, I don't know...a thousand?

[bgart13]

Probably at least 3/4 of my collection?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Um, I don't know...a thousand?

Exactly. How are we supposed to be a put a number on it?