Last night, Fox debuted the first five minutes of their remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Twitter. This new version of the 1975 classic (which has the unique distinction of being the most mainstream cult film ever made…
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Movie Trailer of the Day: Office Space
With Labor Day Weekend upon us, it seems more than fitting to have today’s trailer be for the workplace comedy Office Space. So, um, yeahhhhh. I’m going to need to you to go ahead and check it out. And did…
Read more →Snakes on a Plane Celebrates Ten Years Of Slithery Mayhem
As impossible as it may seem, it has been a decade since Snakes on a Plane hit theaters. An Internet phenomenon months before it even hit theaters, the goofy actioner stars Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent who must…
Read more →Movie Music Video: Big Trouble In Little China
Although 1986’s Big Trouble in Little China underperformed at the box office during its theatrical run, the film has deservedly gone on to become a huge cult success. The film’s enduring appeal can be credited to John Carpenter’s taut direction,…
Read more →Cult Movie Theatre: John Carpenter Channels Howard Hawks in “Assault on Precinct 13”
Rick 29 discusses the cult classic Assault on Precinct 13: When Los Angeles police officers execute six gang members for stealing guns, the local gangs join together and swear a blood oath to retaliate against the city. That afternoon, a…
Read more →Rocky Horror at 40: Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?
MovieFanFare marks four decades of tossing confetti, yelling out lines and dancing the Time Warp at midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as one writer recalls his late ’70s Rocky heyday and compares it to a recent theater viewing.
Read more →Cinematic Dregs: The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
“They transplanted a white bigot’s head onto a soul brother’s body!,” read ads for The Thing with Two Heads. Guest writer Barry P. tries to wrap his one head around the 1972 sci-fi cult fave, which starred Ray Milland and Rosey Grier.
Read more →Gregory Walcott: The Man Who Saved Earth from “Plan 9”
He appeared in Mister Roberts, Norma Rae and many other films, but Gregory Walcott was best known as the hero in Ed Wood’s cult classic Plan 9 from Outer Space. MovieFanFare remembers the rugged actor, who passed away last week at 87.
Read more →Hot Rods to Hell: When Teen Angst Hits the Road
Suburban marrieds Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain and their two kids are terrorized along the desert highway by joy-riding teens in Hot Rods to Hell. Guest writer Jessica Perkins puts the pedal to the metal and reviews the cult 1967 action/drama.
Read more →Cult Classic Movies: A to Z
For today’s guest post, the always interesting Rick 29 presents an overview of some of the most fascinating cult films ever to hit the big screen: What’s a cult movie? Let’s skip the formal definitions and focus on five common…
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