Tag Archives: cult favorite

Deranged

IMDB Rating: 6.50
739 votes

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A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based closely on the true story of Ed Gein.
Actors
Ezra CobbRoberts Blossom
Ma CobbCosette Lee
Tom SimsLeslie Carlson
Also posted in 1974, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Fly II

IMDB Rating: 4.30
4649 votes

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Seth Brundle was a research scientist whose genes were fused with a housefly in a matter transmission experiment and he transformed into the terrifying mutant creature "Brundlefly" and the journalist who he fell in love with, Vernoica Quaife killed him by blowing out his brains with a shotgun. Veronica has died giving birth to Seth's son Martin. Martin is raised by Seth's evil employer Anton Bartok who requires Martin's help to solve the problems of the Telepods, believing the Telepods are the key for worldwide domination. Growing at a accelerated rate and inheriting his father's mutated genes, Martin finds himself suffering his father's fate as he himself transforming into a even more fierce and terrifying "Brundlefly". Befriend by beautiful computer specialist Beth Logan, Martin sets out a way to cure himself, as the answer lies within the Telepod which is his only chance of saving himself from a terrible death.
Actors
Martin BrundleEric Stoltz
Beth LoganDaphne Zuniga
Anton BartokLee Richardson
Also posted in 1989, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

IMDB Rating: 8.00
47640 votes

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Based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd and the hit Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Shop were she sells "the worst pies in London." With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd tries to rid of all the people who have ever done him wrong and hopes to be reunited with his daughter, Joanna, who is now Judge Turpin's ward.
Actors
Sweeney ToddJohnny Depp
Mrs. LovettHelena Bonham Carter
Judge TurpinAlan Rickman
Also posted in 2007, Crime, High IMDB rating, Musical, Thriller | Comments (1)

Ghost in the Shell

IMDB Rating: 7.80
17459 votes

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The year is 2029. The world has become intensively information oriented and humans are well-connected to the network. Crime has developed into a sophisticated stage by hacking into the interactive network. To prevent this, Section 9 is formed. These are cyborgs with incredible strengths and abilities that can access any network on Earth.
Actors
Major Motoko KusanagiAtsuko Tanaka
BatôAkio Ôtsuka
Section 9 Department Chief AramakiTamio Ôki
Also posted in 1995, Action, Animation, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

An American Werewolf in London

IMDB Rating: 7.40
14578 votes

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Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it's human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it's existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he find a way to die to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural death.
Actors
David KesslerDavid Naughton
Nurse Alex PriceJenny Agutter
Jack GoodmanGriffin Dunne
Also posted in 1981, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Christine

IMDB Rating: 6.20
10493 votes

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Arnie Cunningham is a typical high school nerd who is picked on, overruled by his parents, and has very few friends. Until he meets Christine, a run-down 1958 Plymouth Fury and buys her. Arnie learns that Christine has a thing for him and devotes his time to restoring her to Mint Condition. But overtime, Arnie begins to change and becomes disconnected with reality and his friends. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis find out that Christine's previous owner cared about nothing else when he bought her and find out that Arnie is becoming just like him. The only way they can bring Arnie back to reality is to destroy Christine, But Arnie and Christine are ready to destroy them first and any one else who gets in their way.
Actors
Arnie CunninghamKeith Gordon
Dennis GuilderJohn Stockwell
Leigh CabotAlexandra Paul
Also posted in 1983, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Lolita

IMDB Rating: 7.70
16753 votes

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Humbert Humbert, a divorced British professor of French literature, travels to small-town America for a teaching position. He allows himself to be swept into a relationship with Charlotte Haze, his widowed and sexually famished landlady, whom he marries in order that he might pursue the woman's 14-year-old flirtatious daughter, Lolita, with whom he has fallen hopelessly in love, but whose affections shall be thwarted by a devious trickster named Clare Quilty.
Actors
Prof. Humbert Humbert/NarratorJames Mason
Charlotte Haze/HumbertShelley Winters
Dolores 'Lolita' Haze/Mrs. Richard SchillerSue Lyon
Also posted in 1962, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Heathers

IMDB Rating: 7.30
17437 votes

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Dear Diary: Veronica Sawyer is sick of being part of the Heathers, the most powerful clic of Westerberg High; making fun of Martha Dunnstock ("Dumptruck"), the fat girl, or doing some stupid polls is something she'll never get used to. Meanwhile she meets JD, a cool rebel guy who wouldn't mind shooting a gun at school just to make his point. Remington University's party is where Veronica has to go as a Heather, and there's where she gets her ultimatum as a Heather from Heather Chandler, the head of the Heathers. So Veronica and her lover JD "accidentally" kill Heather Chandler and manage to cover it up by making a suicide note. Will this be just the beginning of the assasination-turned-suicide serie of Westerberg High which nor the FBI, the CIA or the PTA would be able to stop? Or will Veronica be able to pull herself together and stop her psychotic lover from killing absolutely EVERYONE at school?
Actors
Veronica SawyerWinona Ryder
Jason 'J.D.' DeanChristian Slater
HeatherShannen Doherty
Also posted in 1989, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Romance | Comments (0)

Over the Top

IMDB Rating: 4.20
6946 votes

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Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who's trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his ex-wife, he tries to make amends with his son who he left behind years earlier. Upon their first meeting, his son doesn't think too highly of him until he enters the nation-wide arm wrestling competition in Las Vegas.
Actors
Lincoln HawkSylvester Stallone
Jason CutlerRobert Loggia
Christina Cutler-HawkSusan Blakely
Also posted in 1987, Action, Drama | Comments (0)

A Life Less Ordinary

IMDB Rating: 6.30
12924 votes

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Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss's daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels" who are in charge of human relationships on earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together. The "angels" are so successful that the daughter soon turns on her father in order to save her captor.
Actors
Robert LewisEwan McGregor
Celine NavilleCameron Diaz
O'ReillyHolly Hunter
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)