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Cult film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of fans, usually failing to achieve considerable success outside that group. Although films of all types of genres and plot conventions become cult films, the horror and science fiction genres produce a large number of cult films, perhaps due to the devoted nature of these genres' fan bases. Many significant cult films are independently made and were not expected by their creators to have much mainstream success. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cult_film   (1086 words)

Cult A cult is also a religious group held together by a dominant, often charismatic individual, or by the worship of a divinity, an idol, or some other object. Cult items are may or may not be mainstream. A cult classic is a work of fiction, it can be a film or television show or book, that is extremely popular with a select audience. www.jahsonic.com /Cult.html   (680 words)

Cult Movies, Cult Films Cult films are usually strange, quirky, offbeat, eccentric, oddball, or surreal, with outrageous and cartoony characters or plots, garish sets and they are often considered controversial. cult movie audiences are less an internally coherent “taste culture” than a series of frequently opposed and contradictory reading strategies that are defined through a sense of their difference to an equally incoherently imagined “normality”, a loose conglomeration of corporate power, lower middle class conformity and prudishness, academic elitism and political conspiracy (Jancovich, 2002: 315). Cult movies are often referred to as though they were a very specific and particular genre, but this is not the case, since such films fall into an enormous variety of different formal and stylistic categories. www.jahsonic.com /CultMovies.html   (2024 words)

Cult television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cult television, like cult figures, cult film and cult radio, attracts a band of aficionados devoted to a specific television program or unreal universe. This is what is usually meant when a program is said to have "reached cult status." Even if a group of people agree on this definition of "cult status", arguments on a show's status of this type are common as the "moderate" band has two highly subjective borders. Many shows that some people found strongly compelling were not hits in their original runs, and quite a few well-loved shows had only a season (or less) worth of material. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cult_television   (634 words)

Definitions FAQ on Religious Cults, Sects, Alternative Religious Movements, Anti-cult and Countercult groups. Cult apologists, in particular, tend to accuse their opponents of using the term "cult" to convey negative images. Cult apologists are people who defend the teachings and/or actions of one or more movements which many Christian and non-Christian apologists, anti-cult and counter-cult professionals consider to be cults (theologically and/or sociologically). Cults and cult apologists alike try to bill their cause as a fight for "religious freedom," while failing to acknowledge the spiritual, mental, financial and/or physical slavery cult members are subjected to. www.apologeticsindex.org /c09.html   (2631 words)

Cult Films Cult films are usually strange, quirky, offbeat, eccentric, oddball, or surreal, with outrageous, weird, unique and cartoony characters or plots, and garish sets. One viewer's cult film may not be judged the same by another viewer. Another highly-regarded cult film is Monte Hellman's low-budget Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) - a late 60s to early 70s entry in the road film genre - that was both an existential character study and a car-chase/race film. www.filmsite.org /cultfilms.html   (1151 words)

ICC Meet Two Criteria for Cult Status Generally speaking, a religious group is considered a cult when it fulfills at least one of two criteria: its teachings are deviant from historical orthodox teachings and foundational doctrinal beliefs, and the group practices subtle (or sometimes blatant) psychological manipulation of its members and potential members. It is also well established that Moonies are often deemed a cult because of the excessive control they exercise over their members. Although it is possible their practices have changed, the BCC has also been rightfully classified as a cult in the past by fulfilling the second criteria of a cult: psychological manipulation of its members. www-tech.mit.edu /V113/N41/johnson.41o.html   (668 words)

Cult-ivating Terror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) No prospective cult would attract many devotees if among the benefits of membership it included: subtle mind control, physical beatings, incarceration, daily insult sessions, etc. In short, 'cults' as they are popularly defined, are definitely not 'what you see is what you get' type organisations. Without doubt real cults practicing some form of mind programming have existed and continue to exist, yet due to the aforementioned human nature and nature of governments and those that govern, it is almost inevitable that many have been and will be wrongly accused, and deliberately so. Another example of a much publicised 'cult' confrontation, where the destruction of the group and the deaths of its members in a horrific fire was the ultimate outcome, occurred at Waco Texas in 1993. www.cassiopaea.org /cass/cult-ivating_terror.htm   (8591 words)

Cult film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) A cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of obsessive fans or one that has remained popular over successive years amongst a small group of followers. Sometimes the audience response to a cult film is somewhat different to what was intended by the filmmakers, although usually a film that becomes "cult" started out with unusual elements or subject matter. A hint of cult status is a sequence of midnight showings over a period of many weeks. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cult-film.htm   (389 words)

Journal Article on Cult Films   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) This would be cult films' as defined by genre, or the definitive movie of the genre such as Enter The Dragon in the Martial Arts film genre or Apocalypse Now in war films. Cult films are usually strange, quirky, offbeat, eccentric, oddball, or surreal, with outrageous and cartoony characters or plots, garish sets and they are often considered controversial." Certainly each person will debate the merits of why some films are cult. I began with the question "what is a cult film?" after telling what is not a cult film, and defining different categories and scenes of so called cult films, the question still remains unanswered. www.discovery.mala.bc.ca /web/tam/medijournal.htm   (1044 words)

Language Log: Cargo Cult poetry? The penalty for talking about poets in universal terms before, or instead of, talking about their particular achievements is to devalue what they do while fetishizing what they are. I've always interpreted the cargo cult metaphor as describing a case where unsophisticated people "go through the motions" in imitation of a respected and powerful group with more advanced capabilities, without any understanding of the real functions of the imitated activities or the causal processes behind them. But for James in this passage, it seems that "cargo cult status" means something like "value assigned blindly, without any understanding of the real basis of such value". itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/002008.html   (686 words)

Richard A. Bartle: Game with cult status Over the last two years they have developed Mud into a real cult, the next generation game beginning to push back the frontiers of artificial intelligence. Status in Mud moves from Novice, Warrior, Hero, Champion, Superhero, Enchanter, Sorcerer, Necromancer, Legend and finally to Wizard. Players tend to sign on with their status level so when you bump into somebody, you know whether they are superior Mud beings. www.mud.co.uk /richard/tlljan85.htm   (1158 words)

What is a Cult Film, Marvin Ta, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) There is often a cult film admiration of a certain director's films or series of director's films such as John Woo's Hong Kong action pieces, or in the case of Pulp Fiction, director Quentin Tarantino's dialogue-driven pieces. Cult films are usually strange, quirky, offbeat, eccentric, oddball, or surreal, with outrageous and cartoony characters or plots, garish sets and they are often considered controversial." Certainly each person will debate the merits of why some films are cult, often including something that made a connection to the movie viewer's emotions watching the film. I began with the question "what is a cult film?" After suggesting what is not a cult film, and defining different categories and scenes of so-called cult films, the question still remains unanswered. www.mala.bc.ca /~soules/media112/zine2001/ta/cultfilm.htm   (909 words)

PR Fuel: Branding a Cult These entities are among the handful of national and international brands that have reached cult status. Cult branding doesn't have to be a national or international phenomenon, according to Ragas. Star Trek's status as a cult brand was no thanks to Paramount, the company which owned the title's rights. www.ereleases.com /pr/2003-10-16l.html   (1154 words)

ICC Meet Two Criteria for Cult Status   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) I was amazed that Amy Courtney and James Ryan would suggest that the BCC should not be considered a cult merely because there are many exemplary in the group (Courtney's main point), or because the group has participated in so many charitable activities. The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) and Jehovah Witnesses are usually referred to as "cults" because they fulfill the first criteria in that they deny some tenets of the more commonly accepted Christian faith. The Moonies are also referred to as a "cult" because of their teachings on the person of Jesus (among other things). www.rickross.com /reference/icc/ICC202.html   (636 words)

Cult Brands: Lessons Learned At Apple, ESPN, and PepsiCo : Marketing : HBS Working Knowledge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) A cult brand distinguishes itself from other brands by forging a human connection with the customer in a way that toothpaste or cereal can't. Even though every product doesn't have cult potential, there are many examples of mainstream products that have reinvented their image and achieved cult status, according to PepsiCo's Britchford. Smart companies regard their cult brands as an asset and never rest on their laurels, realizing that even a brand people love in its present form has got to grow and change to survive, panelists said. hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu /pubitem.jhtml?id=3228&sid=0&pid=0&t=marketing   (1205 words)

Cult Films Director Mel Stuart's musical cult film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) has always been regarded as one of the most favored children's films of all-time, with Gene Wilder as the eccentric head of the factory of sweet confections. Writer/director Todd Solondz, a favorite cult director, had his first major success with the fl comedy Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), a brutally-honest look at the persecution of a young junior high student by her classmates. It was about a predatory, suburban pedophile father/family man Bill Maplewood (Dylan Baker), a psychiatrist by profession, who in a startling scene shot with slow-motion closeups, gazes with affection at an 11 year-old boy (!), one of his son's classmates, during a little-league baseball game. www.filmsite.org /cultfilms2.html   (2387 words)

Cult Classics in Third Party Lenses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Here is a brief look at some of my favorite cult status third party and older OEM lenses and their Manufacturer's history. Still, the name is generally associated with top optical quality, despite Angenieux's status as a third party lens maker from a country (France) not generally associated with manufacturing 35mm SLR optics. Most of these cult status very wide 35mm SLR mirror-up lenses were based on the Zeiss Biogon design. medfmt.8k.com /third/cult.html   (15653 words)

Osama Bin Laden wins African cult status Religion News Report (RNR) is a newsletter that alerts Christian apologists and counter-cult professionals to news regarding religious cults, sects, various religions, personalities, and related issues. pages of research resources on religious cults, sects, new religious movements, alternative religions, apologetics-, anticult-, and countercult organizations, doctrines, religious practices and world views. Apologetics Index also includes ex-cult support resources, up-to-date religion news (ReligionNewsBlog.com), cult news, articles on Christian life and ministry, and a variety of other features. www.apologeticsindex.org /news1/an011013-21.html   (520 words)

Cult News Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) French authorities worried about a dangerous cult that has had a role in the deaths of three people around the world. Aum, the poison gas attack cult, is trying to give itself a makeover in the hope of attracting new members. Cult 1960s television show 'The Prisoner' is set to return to the small screen as a new, reworked series. www.cultnews.net   (2062 words)

Cult Status   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Most people who study cults conclude that groups like Vistar's, classified as LGATs (Large Group Awareness Trainings), are pathological, but they disagree about the extent of the damage. Margaret Singer stating that their approach does not warrant cult status. One reason people stay in cults even when the experience is deeply painful is that it can be far more psychologically painful to admit to being unreasonable and wrong. www.rickross.com /reference/vistar/vistar1.html   (5028 words)

UW's Potter gains cult status   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) "It's a little weird being recognized," he admitted yesterday of the strange Cult of Zane that has enveloped him since he joined the team last season. He said he loves studying history from the perspective of the outsider, the have-nots. How -- or if -- it informs his own status as the last man on the Huskies' bench would make an interesting study someday if Potter, academically a junior, chooses to use his remaining two years of basketball eligibility. seattlepi.nwsource.com /printer2/index.asp?ploc=t&refer=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/levesque/209388_leve26.html   (908 words)

To buy Cult Status   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) An accomplished storyteller on the mic, as well as a street wise, punchline genius with an extremely sharp wit, it is no wonder that Reef has become the most up and coming MC in Philly. Reef has appeared on Chief Kamachi’s album Cult Status on the DJ Mighty Mi produced #13, as well as on Grand Agent’s “Fish Out Of Water” remix album (Soulspazm/Grooveattack), and performed with Little Brother, Mobb Deep, Jean Grae, Jedi Mind Tricks, 7L and Esoteric, Bahamadia, Sadat X, Outerspace and more. In 2004 Charon appeared on Kamachi’s Cult Status on the mixtape favorite “Peddlin’ Music” in which he drops what is easily one of the years hottest verses. www.goodhandsrecords.com /good_hands_artists.htm   (1012 words)

All Turkmenbashi, All the Time Even in the middle of the vast Kyzylkym Desert, travelers on the Trans-Caspian Railway catch a glimpse of statues of Turkmenbashi resplendent in bronze sartorial tackiness. Turkmenbashi renamed a Caspian Sea port city after himself, as well as a large meteorite that smashed into the northern part of the country. The excesses of his "pink pleasure palace" on the outskirts of Ashgabat pale only in comparison with the latest outrage: A 120-foot-high gold-plated statue of... www.motherjones.com /commentary/columns/2000/09/rall2.html   (861 words)

Chief Kamachi :: Cult Status :: Good Hands/Eastern Conference Records So woefully low on Valiums and flat out of hugs, he embarks out in “Cult Status” to prove he’s not a MC to mess with. Maybe it’s the possibility that the Chief will tomahawk me with a microphone if I don’t comply, but “Cult Status” is ferocious- in a good way. Musically, if “Cult Status” was left all to its lonesome, it would flatline before the production paramedics could call Dr. Dre to palpitate it back to life. www.rapreviews.com /archive/2004_08_cult.html   (772 words)

AlterNet: Michael Moore's Rockstar Moment A couple of months later, according to Moore, he called his publisher to get an update on the book's status. He heard that the "political climate had changed," and his book -- a rollicking indictment of everything from the way Bush won the election to racism in America -- was no longer appropriate. His specialty, besides dead-on satirical humor, is whipping up that all-American brand of support for David against Goliath, for people who stand up for their beliefs, be they authors or librarians. www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=12577   (1879 words)

Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Two "cult" classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) i've seen both and i never knew they were considered cult movies but they are both pretty good. Sorry I can't agree on the "cult status" part. That is one I might throw up into the 'cult' status. www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=28273   (344 words)

Cult classics Whether it's a celebrity favourite or simply an outstanding performer, certain beauty products are so coveted that people will go to great lengths to get hold of them, from sitting on a waiting list to selling their personal belongings. Andrew Gerrie, CEO of pioneering cult brand Lush comments: 'Achieving cult status is intriguing. Many customers strive to be different, and like to know that what they are buying is out of the ordinary and ahead of its time. www.ivillage.co.uk /beauty/makeup/celeb/articles/0,,548147_642490,00.html   (372 words)

The Guide -- Hilarious, Sexy 'Road Trip' Toward Cult Status with Green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Although there would be no display of Green's now-infamous Slutmobile, obscene statues of his parents or severed cows' heads, I would see the effects of Viagra on a dirty old man, a killer python, a talking dog, ancient philosophy related to pro wrestling and a whole lot of nudity. As I said above, the story begins with Barry (Green) leading a tour of the University of Ithaca campus, and although it is his eighth year, he seems to know nothing about the school. I feel that Road Trip is destined to become a cult classic, in the tradition of Animal House, Dazed and Confused and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. www.thehoya.com /guide/042800/guide7.htm   (492 words)

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