Category Archives: Cult Classics
Problem Girls (1953)
“One step before the state asylum.” Problem Girls (1953) from director Ewald Andre Dupont is a B film. Make no mistake about that. Why bother watching it you ask? Easy: its HCF (High Camp Factor) joined with its theme of Delinquent Dames. … Continue reading
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Poor White Trash (2000)
“You’re hotter than doughnut grease.” The premise of the very funny comedy film Poor White Trash is that poor people have to resort to crime in order to maintain that American dream of sending their children to college. It’s a “Robin … Continue reading
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The Tingler (1959)
“I know a wonderful psychiatrist with a perfectly divine strait jacket just your size.” After reading that The Tingler is on director John Waters’ top film list, this made it a must-see for me, and I wasn’t disappointed. Campy and … Continue reading
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She-Man (1967)
“I’ll dig ditches. I’ll empty the garbage, but I’m not letting her turn me into any drag queen.” Leave it to the eclectic minds at Something Weird to reprint She-Man and unleash it on the unsuspecting public. She-Man is a … Continue reading
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The Woman Chaser (1999)
“Thanks for the party, kid. Any night, you feel like you want it, come on over.” Bizarre, perverse and subtly subversive, The Woman Chaser from director Robinson Devor is difficult to define and will, unfortunately appeal only to certain tastes. … Continue reading
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Track 29 (1988)
“Do you ever wish you were someplace else?” Track 29 is perhaps the strangest film ever made by Nicholas Roeg. A very incompatible married couple, Doctor Henry Henry (Christopher Lloyd) and Linda (Theresa Russell) share a boring routine. He plays … Continue reading
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Die Mommie Die (2003)
”They found me being spun around nude on the lazy susan.” Former glamorous songstress Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is unhappily married to Hollywood director, Sol Sussman (Phillip Baker Hall). Spoiled brat, daughter Edith (Natasha Lyonne) has a slightly incestuous … Continue reading
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The Loved One (1965)
“Death has become a middle class business. There’s no future in it.” The Loved One is based on the wonderful, satirical novel written by Evelyn Waugh, and while so many film versions of novels disappoint, this is one film that … Continue reading
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Neighbors (1981)
“You’re not the ideal neighbour. You sank my truck, insulted my sauce, and you violated Ramona.” Based on the novel by Thomas Berger, Neighbors, one of the great cult classic comedies from the 80s, was John Belushi’s last film. This … Continue reading
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She Creature (2001)
“You’d love to show her as a freak attraction.” Angus (Rufus Sewell) and girlfriend, Lily (Carla Gugino) form part of a carnival sideshow act that features a fake mermaid. After an evening’s performance, a man from the audience invites Angus … Continue reading
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