I saw this when it first came out. I was the only one present in the entire theater. I went to see it because Carlo Rambaldi (who did the arms of King Kong in the 197 movie, and made the mechanical parts for the head of the original Alien, among other things) built the “alien” effects. Sam Neill co-stars with Adjani, but this was long before I ever saw him in anything else. A damned near incoherent film, I agree.
Lost Highway. Made zero sense and the chemistry between Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette was physically painful to watch. For some reason, though, this movie really sticks out in my mind, even to this day. Maybe that was David Lynch’s intention.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. I only sat through the whole movie for the chance of getting to see a little bit of Sheryl Lee skin. God, she was gorgeous.
Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sat down to watch it at the urging of a friend. About halfway through, I stood up and left, numbed by the sheer stupidity. Why does this movie have such a following?!
I actually own this movie. I’m a Lynch fan and I loved Twin Peaks when it aired (the first season anyway ;)) but the movie was disappointing.
If you mean the movie you are forgiven. If you mean the BBC serial with Brian Donlevy you are hereby banished from human society.
Because it’s brilliant.
But to be fair to you, it needs to be watched in a theater and the viewer must possess a sense of humor.
It’s a mediocre movie, but it’s a great book (the movie for good audience reasons misses the entire point of the book, which is way too heavy for a mass audience).
I think the point here is there are cult movies famous for their obscure deliciousness which actually still suck once you adjust for the higher intelligence of the smaller audience.
Then again, most of the movies on this thread should be ruled out of topic – they’re only obscure if your point of reference is Michael Bay. Coen movies are not obscure, people.
The manga was absolutely incredible. But I agree the movie was pretty bad. I’m not looking forward to the live action version unless they make it a six hour long trilogy.
Great example of a movie where you can ignore those who completely hate it *and *those who completely love it. (Like Dark Knight).
Luckily, mostly dead = slightly alive. 
The Princess Bride bored me as well. I didn’t get what was so great about that causes people to trot out lame quotes every chance they get.
The Big Lebowski, also boring. And The Blues Brothers.
I don’t think anyone *actually *thinks Rocky Horror is a good movie. It’s just campy and bizarre (but the music is great!) and the fun comes from seeing it with a live audience. Watching it at home by yourself though, don’t know why anyone would do that.
If only you were among friends (but you’re not)
We’re on a mission from God.
They’re…movies…not brain food…
I know it is popular on here and I didn’t hate it but Primer was much more interesting in ambition than execution.
I also couldn’t finish Akira but I am just not a fan of Anime so…
“Q” had a couple of great things going for it. First, David Carradine, who brings the cult with him (except for Death Race which was just blecch), and Michael Moriarty playing Jazz piano. That one scene was worth the ticket … the pathos of the dingy bar that has a piano, but they’d rather hear Billy Joel or something on the juke-box than have live Jazz. That moment was gold.
How can you hate Blues Brothers???
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PI and Donnie Darko.
I remember seeing it in the theater when it first came out.
I would have PAID to be in the ballroom audience to see even 5 minutes of Cab Calloway performing Minnie the Moocher live. [My dad saw him live back in the 40s … I am seriously jealous. sigh]
None of those four movies are obscure.
Rocky Horror - the first few songs are great, the rest drags. I’ve never seen the midnight style showings, although it was hilarious when our local civic theatre put it on, and to see the reactions of the old ladies who came as part of their church’s monthly outing.
Princess Bride - it took me about five tries over the years to force myself to watch the whole thing. It was still boring.
Office Space is almost too spot-on about office drudgery, and I think it’s holding up as it ages. Even the TGIF “flair” makes me laugh.
My least favorite cult file is Young Frankenstein - it just bores me to tears, especially compared to Blazing Saddles. Or are those too mainstream to discuss here?
No Pun intended, right right? 