“A regular movie is one that a thousand people watch once. A cult movie is one that a single person watches a thousand times.“
— Bruce Campbell, “If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor”
“That movie is such a famous flop. In a land of a lot of flops, it’s kind of awesome to be in a really famous flop. I mean, it’s kind of a poster child for flops. A lot of iconoclasts really love that movie. They love to love something that everyone hates. And those are my kind of folks. I’m happy to be part of that club of people who don’t want to be told what’s horrible and just want to enjoy it anyway. Howard the Duck has a lot of fans, and usually when they come up to me, I just think they’re the coolest. Because it takes a lot of strength, a lot of perseverance to love Howard the Duck.”
The current love of midnight movies is often thought to have flowered in the 1970s, when Rocky Horror failed in regular theatrical runs, but blossomed at midnight.
But there’s so much more to the history of cult movies, and there are so many cult films of every era! Let’s talk about your favorites, what you’ve seen, what you’d like to see….and come discover a treasure trove of new (to you/to us!) media to explore!