Ghost of a flea: 20 cult films you should have seen, Part Deux

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November 29, 2005

20 cult films you should have seen, Part Deux

Moving on from a first instance of stealing from and ripping off Protein Wisdom, the Flea proudly presents another twenty cult films you should should have seen.

The Great Dictator... for Tomanian flying lessons.
The Lair of the White Worm... for the red-tipped pen.
Wicked City... for the love theme.
The Thing from Another World!... for the walking carrot.
The Thing... for the biohorror.
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse... for the master of disguise.
Forbidden Planet... for Prospero.
Scarlet Diva... for the femme fatale.
Secret Agent... for the skiing.
Gummo... for the electrical tape.
The Wicker Man... for Willow's Song.
Liquid Sky... for aliens, heroin and orgasms.
Mondo New York... for Deen and the Weenies.
Quatermass and the Pit... for Hob's End.
Without You I'm Nothing... for the pasties.
Electric Dragon 80000V... for the voltage.
The Addiction... for the dissertation party.
The Warriors... for the boppers.
Runaway... for the cyberpunk completists.
Battle Royale... my high school life.

Silver-screen update: The Pirate King thoughtfully offers twenty more films for your consideration.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 29, 2005 10:23 AM

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great list, i love all those.
can i reccommend Suicide Club?
for the j-pop.

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at November 29, 2005 12:32 PM

Suicide Club is almost certainly a must for a future list. The copy I rented gave my dvd-player indigestion so I only got to see the first ten minutes or so. Vexed again!

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at November 29, 2005 01:59 PM

I've always been a fan of "The hills have eyes" myself...

Posted by: Chad at November 29, 2005 06:48 PM

Zoolander.
for the break-dance-fighting.
;-)

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at November 30, 2005 11:25 AM

Kansas City Bomber, for the catfights

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at November 30, 2005 04:42 PM

I would like to recommend "Videodrome". '80's era flick starring James Woods and the singer from "Blondie". Like "Brainstorm" it explores the nature of recording experiences and playing them back as new realities for the "viewer", but takes it another step further. If nothing else you get to see James Woods whip a TV set covered in human skin.

Posted by: Enas Yorl at November 30, 2005 11:43 PM

can't believe my alltime favorite Donnie Darko isn't on your lists--(but maybe it is on one of Jeff's.)
...for the smurf philosophy, tanget universes, pedophilic motivational speakers, and frank the satanic rabbit.
And...
Le Pacte de Loupe...for the ninja wolf women
The Bride with White Hair...for the, umm, hair
Versus...for the ninja zombies
Shaun of the Dead...for the chav zombies
Visitor Q...for the rock

i should say i have seen every single one of Flea's 40 picks and loved them all.
;)

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at December 1, 2005 01:18 PM

Visitor Q is seriously obscure J-horror but a must for any Takashi Miike home film-fest... I confess I found it baffling and unsettling.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at December 1, 2005 01:34 PM

But not comedie noir?
I thought it was horribly funnie as a spoof of reality tv productions (which i detest).
hmm, i really am twisted.

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at December 1, 2005 01:47 PM

Now Suicide Club is baffling and unsettling for me...i will never figure out the babychicks in the skintape room.

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at December 1, 2005 01:51 PM

Lol; I rather liked Runaway in fact. And yep it a completists cyberpunk film.

What no Buckaroo Banzai?

Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge at December 2, 2005 07:01 AM

umm, i think videodrome and buckaroo are on the protein wisdom master lists. ;)

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at December 2, 2005 06:41 PM