# Let's start a new cult following **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276 "2016-08-09T20:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/21 "2016-08-11T03:40:02Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Hmm - didn’t know about this! Have to check it out - thanks! ETA: if I can find it; it doesn’t appear to be on Netflix or A-Prime. I was going to put this in the original thread. It’s on Youtube, in 720p. It seems to be a legit upload. The aspect ratio is weird near the beginning. It seems to be intentional, as it's been that way for all versions I've seen. I’ll back Tucker & Dale vs Evil as well. I kind of think it’s too GOOD to be a cult movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/22 "2016-08-11T03:57:25Z")
Odd Thomas, starring the now late Anton Yelchin, was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/23 "2016-08-11T04:59:37Z")
_La Femme Nikita_. A classic Luc Besson movie that many people seem never to have heard of, let alone seen. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/24 "2016-08-11T05:07:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Odd Thomas, starring the now late Anton Yelchin, was awesome. I’ll second that. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/25 "2016-08-11T06:09:24Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Tucker and Dale versus Evil is an honest to goodness great movie in my opinion. I don’t know if that disqualifies it from being a ‘cult’ film but it might. Yep, another movie I found far better than I expected by it’s name. I watched it when I was told it was a must see cult classic. Now, that may just be one persons view but if it isn’t then it’s a decent choice for one. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/26 "2016-08-11T08:02:21Z")
Here are some with cult potential: [Fido](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457572/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1) - A movie about a suburban kid and his pet zombie [The City of Lost Children](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/?ref_=nv_sr_1) - A mad scientist kidnaps children so he can steal their dreams. It features a brain in a jar that suffers from headaches, a set of clones who argue about which is the original, a religious cult of blind men, and an evil master of a flea circus. [The Triplets of Belleville](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/?ref_=nv_sr_1) - A grandmother who has raised her son to be a bicycle racer must rescue him when he is kidnapped and forced to perform in a bizarre gambling operation. Her mission takes her to a strange land where she teams up with a trio of elderly stage performers. The movie features Bruno, a dog who exists only to eat and bark at trains. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/27 "2016-08-11T08:15:10Z")
[Curdled](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgNXkUUZ6vU), the trailer is a complete fail, The lead actress in this movie was wonderful to watch. She was the cab driver who picked up Butch after his fight in Pulp Fiction and was basically in character from Curdled. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/28 "2016-08-11T09:59:20Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I was going to put this in the original thread. It’s on Youtube, in 720p. It seems to be a legit upload. > > The aspect ratio is weird near the beginning. It seems to be intentional, as it's been that way for all versions I've seen. > > I’ll back Tucker & Dale vs Evil as well. I kind of think it’s too GOOD to be a cult movie. Thanks - hadn’t checked YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/29 "2016-08-11T12:11:42Z")
_[Quick Change](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Change)_, a fine Bill Murray comedy that no one ever seems to remember. The forgettable title probably has a lot to do with that. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/30 "2016-08-11T14:03:52Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I just finished typing the words “Rat Race” as a movie I’ve seen hundreds of times. Both my kids, confirmation class hooligans, and their pastor loved _Rat Race_ > > Hey, I could’ve listed Citizen Kane-quality “filmzzzz”. But where else are you going to get John Cleese instigating a cross-country scavenger hunt, with Oscar-worthy actors hamming it up? > > You get Rowan Atkinson as a narcoleptic race car driver with a theeeck accent, Cuba Gooding Jr. as a disgraced football referee, and Kathy Bates as a crazy Squirrel Lady. > > Add in Whoopi Goldberg, Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Dave Thomas and Wayne Knight as a ‘Newman’-esque character, and the director of _Airplane!_, and you’ve got some serious comedy! _Rat Race_ cracks me up, all the way through, every time. Let’s cult it. Obscure trivia: you saw the hooker “Cindy” in the buff, in a brief cameo in a prior drama/comedy movie. She was blonde. Can you ID the movie without IMDb? (I did, and I was insufferably pleased with myself for the visual memory.) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/31 "2016-08-11T14:05:37Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Here are some with cult potential: > > [The City of Lost Children](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/?ref_=nv_sr_1) - A mad scientist kidnaps children so he can steal their dreams. It features a brain in a jar that suffers from headaches, a set of clones who argue about which is the original, a religious cult of blind men, and an evil master of a flea circus. > > [The Triplets of Belleville](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/?ref_=nv_sr_1) - A grandmother who has raised her son to be a bicycle racer must rescue him when he is kidnapped and forced to perform in a bizarre gambling operation. Her mission takes her to a strange land where she teams up with a trio of elderly stage performers. The movie features Bruno, a dog who exists only to eat and bark at trains. Both excellent choices. I recently found out how they did the very odd color scheme in City of Lost Children - they put all the actors in whiteface, then color corrected them to normal tones, taking all the other colors way off on a skew. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/32 "2016-08-11T14:41:45Z")
I love, love, love Rat Race. Definitely deserving of a higher profile. “That’s Hitler’s harmonica! You can’t play Hitler’s harmonica!” It takes comedy genius to know that nothing fits better than “harmonica” into that sentence to make it sound funny. ETA: I should have bought a squirrel. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/33 "2016-08-11T14:47:40Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Reminds me how much I liked that movie all those years ago. Now I have to try and see it again. > > Also in the food genre, is [Big Night](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115678/) also a cult favorite? Sure. Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub in a food-obsessed melancholy-but-great story? Watching them make the omelet and talk about the night before is a great scene; one of many. Sure - Tampopo, Big Night, Eat Drink Man Woman, Babette’s Feast - lotta good food movies! And if you haven’t seen **Jiro Dreams of Sushi** , it’s a documentary but fits right in. It’s a bit culty - one of those movies where I mention it and the folks who’ve seen it just immediately go “ooooo - that’s a great documentary!” ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/34 "2016-08-11T14:53:05Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > \*[Volunteers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090274/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt)\*with Tom Hanks as Lawrence Bourne III - rich American, John Candy as Tom Tuttle from Tacoma Washington and Rita Wilson as Tom Hanks future wife. I will sign up to join the Volunteers cult. This movie is just a lot of fun. Another great set of quotes: Chung Mee: Opium is my business. The bridge mean more traffic. More traffic mean more money. More money mean more power. Lawrence Bourne III: Yeah, well, before I commit any of that to memory, would there be anything in this for me? Chung Mee: Speed is important in business. Time is money. Lawrence Bourne III: You said opium was money. Chung Mee: Money is Money. Lawrence Bourne III: Well then, what is time again? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/35 "2016-08-11T15:17:46Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Any Bubba Ho-Tep fans? “I’m thinkin’ with sand, here!” Solid movie, I think it may have been considered cult the moment Bruce Campbell took the job. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/36 "2016-08-11T15:19:09Z")
How about **Joe VS The Volcano**? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/37 "2016-08-11T15:26:01Z")
I fourth **Rat Race**! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/38 "2016-08-11T15:27:51Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _[Quick Change](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Change)_, a fine Bill Murray comedy that no one ever seems to remember. The forgettable title probably has a lot to do with that. Great movie, I’d be an acolyte. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha834](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Alpha834](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha834)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/39 "2016-08-11T17:51:44Z")
[Bunraku](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181795/) Considering the cast I was surprised to have never heard of it before seeing it on Netflix. I have only had one other person be familiar with this movie when I mentioned it and in spite of the bad reviews and rating, those that watched it all had positive things to say about it. While it is hard to argue against the negative reviews which point out the emphasis of style over substance and virtually no character development, I still found that watching this movies was an enjoyable experience The following excerpt from one review might phrase it best 😃 “Bunraku is not quite a good film, but it is surely a bad one worth watching for those who know what they are getting into.” ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276/40 "2016-08-11T18:05:31Z")
I nominate the movie [Rubber.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_(2010_film)) "In the late 1990s, somewhere in a California desert, a tire named Robert suddenly comes to life. At first, it learns how to stand upright and then how to roll. It comes across a plastic water bottle and, after hesitating, crushes it. It then comes across a scorpion and crushes it. It then comes across a glass beer bottle but is unable to crush it by rolling over it. It then starts to vibrate intensely and psychokinetically causes the bottle to fracture. It then induces a tin can and a rabbit to explode. The tire then sees a woman (Roxane Mesquida) drive by and attempts to use its powers on her. However, it only succeeds in making her car stall. As the tire begins to roll towards her stalled car, a truck comes by and runs the tire over. This breaks the connection, allowing the woman’s car to start again and she continues on her way. The tire explodes a pied crow, then finds the man that had been driving the truck which ran him over and blows up his head." The rest of the movie is just plain strange but in a good way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-a-new-cult-following/762276.md?page=3)