Before the internet and YouTube, the ways that you became informed about cult cinema was from reading books, fanzines, and watching some beat up VHS copies of the movies. There were many great books that came out during this time, including a trilogy from author Danny Peary and a guidebook from Videohound dealing with cult […]
Author: Raul J. Vantassle
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The 20 Best Ninja Movies of All Time
The ninja or shinobi are a group that are universally known and yet still shrouded in mystery, due to the myth building that has surrounded them much like that of Robin Hood and his band of thieves [1]. Ninja first started to appear in Japan around the 15th century out of necessity because people needed […]
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25 Cult Crime Movies That Are Worth Your Time
The crime film is probably the most popular type of film genre, yet may not actually be considered a genre at all. It is an element that is contained in many other film genre and subgenres; such as gangster films, film noir, prison films, caper films, westerns, lawyer films, police films, comedy, slapstick, and so […]
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25 Great Cult Sci-fi Movies You May Have Missed
Science fiction stories usually involve fantastical elements that focus on space travel, alien life forms, or time travel and are set in the future or some type of dystopian or apocalyptic society. They also tend to have social and political commentary that is relative to the time that the film was made and also try […]
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25 Great Cult Films That Are Rip-offs of Popular Movies
Anytime that a movie gets released and is popular or a huge success, some smaller studio is going to try and take advantage of that success and release its own movie that is somewhat similar. It has happened throughout cinematic history but wasn’t more prevalent than during the drive-in, exploitation, and VHS rental craze. Low-budget […]
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25 Great 80s Cult Movies You Might Not Have Seen
Oh how great were the 1980’s? Everything was big; big hair, big colors, big tits, and big spending. We lived in a material world where greed was good. Cable television and VHS rental stores had never been bigger, movies were now more available than ever. Distribution rights for a film were bought around the world before […]