Great party movies
Dec 23 '01
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I have been fascinated with film for as long as I can remember. While I have a large number of movies on DVD, it seems that most of the BEST movies that Hollywood has to offer rarely get played. Instead, there are a handful of “fun” movies that are absolute standards for my friends and I. I think that one of the requirements of a cult movie is that it must be the kind of movie you watch in groups of friends as opposed to flicks you turn on and watch with the wife or kids. Most of them are not really all that good. Many of them are so bad that we merely watch them to make fun of them. But for all our criticism we watch them until we know all the words. Here is a list of the “not so great” flicks that for one reason or another I have seen 20 times or more.
Rocky Horror Picture Show- I know, how cliché’…. how unoriginal. But any movie that attracts crowds at midnight twenty years after it’s release has to have something going for it. Any movie that makes people want to get up in front of a crowd, throw toast and do “the Time Warp” while wearing G-string underwear and a bustier can only be described as a “cult film”. The movie is so bad I can’t imagine wanting to watch it alone.
Army of Darkness-- This is the ultimate “guy” cult flick. What could be better than a chainsaw wielding accountant who travels back in time to fight medieval bad guys in hopes of saving the world from Demons? Who knew that accountants were so good at hand-to-hand combat!
Faces of Death.. the entire series. The ultimate Halloween horror fest. Why see fake blood and guts when you can watch the real thing. The success of this film series proves that man is not evolved as far as we would like to believe….but we all want to watch it.
Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail-- Almost on the same level as Rocky Horror except it can be watched with a small group of (drunk) friends in the privacy of your own home. Who can resist the Knights who say “Ni!” or forget such memorable lines as “your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries”.
Dogma--- A recent addition to my “cult” film collection. I think one of the main criteria for a cult film is that is that it must be offensive while still being fun. This movie certainly delivers. What could be more offensive than taking a fire extinguisher to the flaming wings of the Archangel Metatron while he is trying to tell you that you are the descendant of Jesus Christ? A great gift idea for the Unitarian in your life….and I think it might be the pinnacle of the Silent Bob and Jay movies.
Terminator---- have you gone back and actually watched Terminator lately? It sucks! Arnold has few lines (thank God!) and it seems like it had a $15 budget compared to today’s movies. But I still watch it several times a year…and the whole gang gets into it.
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure--- 69 dude! Join the young Bill S. Preston esquire and Ted (Theodore) Logan as they travel through time to collect important figures from
the past in an effort to pass history class and grow up to become the sonic saviors of the world.
The Adventures of Baron van Munchausen--- I watch this movie mostly to understand why the movie studios ever gave it the OK… lots of cameos and a costume budget that must have dwarfed Cleopatra’s… but it is comedic eye-candy and I never fail to get several of my friends asking to see it when they come over.
A Night at the Roxbury--- I think this might be one of the best Saturday Night Live inspired films of all time. Like SNL, it is best watched with a group of semi-inebriated friends…late at night.. I guarantee you will have that stupid “what is love” song in your head for a week afterward.
Rollerball… wow… what a great idea. Take roller derby, add motorcycles and body armor and let the two teams kill each other on live TV… literally. You can skip the deep message the movie is trying to convey and fast forward to the gladiatorial combat. The Running Man can easily be substituted if needed.
Logan’s Run.. I should make a list of the best political satire films of all time….because there are so many others that would easily be the equal of Logan’s run… but I have seen this one the most. Watch the sandmen kill 30-somethings as they try to escape to “sanctuary”. See Farah Faucett try to act.
Honorable mentions… I spit on your grave…. Plan 9 from outer space….any Planet of the Apes movie (the later the better)…Mad max…
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