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Jan. 30th, 2010 03:50 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
The film title that immediately sprang to mind unbidden when I saw this question was The Wicker Man (1973).
Also Serenity, Men in Black, Psycho, It's A Wonderful Life, the first three Star Wars films (not the prequels), Goldfinger and, would you believe, The Incredibles.
What are the essential ingredients of a cult film? A combination of things, really. Good quotes, a good musical score, shocks, humour in the right places ... memorable things that all seem to come together to make something a cult phenomenon.
Memorability is the key. If you find yourself saying "No capes!" or "I find your lack of faith disturbing" or "Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent" in conversation, or humming a score from a film, long after you've seen it, you are experiencing the thing that makes a film a cult phenomenon.
The film title that immediately sprang to mind unbidden when I saw this question was The Wicker Man (1973).
Also Serenity, Men in Black, Psycho, It's A Wonderful Life, the first three Star Wars films (not the prequels), Goldfinger and, would you believe, The Incredibles.
What are the essential ingredients of a cult film? A combination of things, really. Good quotes, a good musical score, shocks, humour in the right places ... memorable things that all seem to come together to make something a cult phenomenon.
Memorability is the key. If you find yourself saying "No capes!" or "I find your lack of faith disturbing" or "Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent" in conversation, or humming a score from a film, long after you've seen it, you are experiencing the thing that makes a film a cult phenomenon.
