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unclefred.monsterkidclass...	Collecting Cult films, why?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 76 (05/30/09 15:45:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I was just thinking to myself, why do I have this obsession about cult films? Mostly horror and gialli. Looking at my dvd's and vhs, it becomes clear that I have triple the number of all my other movies of various genres. Yet, it is certainly true that the quality of the majority of these are nowhere near as good as the mainstream films. Why do I keep popping them in the player instead of the 'great movies' I have also collected? I'm thinking it all comes down to the search. The fact that these cult films were hidden away, cut to shreds and in other ways deemed not worthy of being seen. When dvd came out, I really got with it as Anchor Bay and Image began releasing the Fulcis and Argentos that were so illusive before. Now, the pool of missing films is shrinking and the distributors as well. This seems to fuel more determination. Maybe I'm just obsessed? I guess I'm wondering if I should take a breath and slow down. Guilt, maybe. What do you think?
Koukol 5		#1	[-]
Posts: 3197 (05/30/09 16:20:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I know exactly what you're saying, Uncle. I'm on a quest to find the most obscure and bizarre horror films I can find. I've watched so many cheesy 70's films that my nightmares, when they come, are looking like cheesy 70's schlock (I kid you not) My nightmares actually have that washed out 70's film look. I have Fellini's CASANOVA dvd to open and watch but tonight I think i'll watch MIGHTY PEKING MAN.
frankie marino		#2	[-]
Posts: 1811 (05/30/09 18:52:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	i think it's interesting that our geeky community has to justify itself. i watch movies that i like. i tend to like more obscure/gross/sleazy/whatever junk more than mainstream/hollywood stuff. so, obviously i collect and watch the former more than the latter on my shelves you will see Grapes Of Wrath next to Wizard of Gore. i like films with passion and films that try to do something new...or at least stick to a good formula. i find "underground" films of today just as uninteresting as the mainstream, and i'm sometimes impressed with mainstream movies as you can see my dvd shelves have no rhyme or reason... yet i can always find exactly what i'm looking for
HombreLobo44		#3	[-]
Posts: 3727 (05/30/09 19:18:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Watching a very nice and sweetly erotic version of Lady Chatterly right now on the Sundance Channel. Full of environmental ambience and lots of soft moaning. A French production by the way. I bounce between horror, silly American comedies like Deuce Bigelow to high brow art house stuff like The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover. You'd find it all in my collection. However, 97 percent of this collection is Naschy, Universal Horror, Italian horror, Spanish horror and of course those wonderful Asian prodyucts. Not too impressed myself with much of the latest low budget genre stuff. Definitely impressed with a lot of the newer French genre releases though. I feel no reason to validate my film passions. I collect what strikes my fancy. Even Will Ferrell.
frankie marino		#4	[-]
Posts: 1812 (05/30/09 21:04:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	HombreLobo44 wrote: Even Will Ferrell. now that's just sick
jjonathanbarnett		#5	[-]
Posts: 403 (05/31/09 01:14:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	"Collecting Cult films, why? " it keeps sanity in check. because sometimes we don't have a choice.
bdc		#6	[-]
Posts: 256 (05/31/09 01:28:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Like the lyrics of that old Cramps song go "I don't know about art,but I know what I like". Last Edited By: bdc 05/31/09 01:34:32. Edited 2 times.
evilskippy		#7	[-]
Posts: 956 (05/31/09 06:47:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It keeps most "normal" people from looking at my shelves and asking to borrow a film they have no intention of returning. "Some days its not worth the effort of chewing through the restraints".
el rey de terror		#8	[-]
Posts: 568 (05/31/09 08:14:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I sold off about a third of my DVD collection to pay for the movie [back to shooting in one week!] and damn, did it nearly kill me. I realized that, with Netflix, i can watch just about whatever i want anyway. Having hundreds of obscure horror and kungfu movies on the wall was simply vanity.....just me showing off what a refined odd-ball i am to anyone who might come by for a visit...... not that there's anything wrong with that.
unclefred.monsterkidclass...		#9	[-]
Posts: 82 (05/31/09 08:57:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I recently got rid of a couple dozen dvd's that I just didn't really like that much, and instantly regretted it. I even gave away 'Versus'. Why would I do that?
HombreLobo44		#10	[-]
Posts: 3734 (05/31/09 10:13:31) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	man I once pawned my entire collection of DVDs to make a truck payment. Probably about 400 of them. It hurt worse than a kidney stone! That was about 7 years ago and I have since replenished myself.
Howling Beast		#11	[-]
Posts: 3399 (06/01/09 03:39:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I don't like collecting anymore. I want a TV service that allows me to just watch whatever I want, without having to own the physical media. Brant
lobo67		#12	[-]
Posts: 985 (06/01/09 07:00:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I like collecting DVDs. But recently I feel like I've about exhausted it, and have so many movies now, many many I have not even watched, that I've lost alot of my passion for collecting them, especially now that I have about all the great ones there are. Now I am collecting international dry snuff tobacco items, and that's a massive thing too.
luisj40		#13	[-]
Posts: 3622 (06/01/09 11:28:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	evilskippy wrote: It keeps most "normal" people from looking at my shelves and asking to borrow a film they have no intention of returning. I hide my cult titles so my guests won't freak out. Luis
HombreLobo44		#14	[-]
Posts: 3775 (06/01/09 11:32:31) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yeah i feel a bit exhausted too with the collecting. The titles that I really really really want are still not out there. Especially all the titles missing from my Paul Naschy collection! Perhaps this is why politics has become a much more popular fixation here on the board than horror films? Hombre:(Lobo44
luisj40		#15	[-]
Posts: 3623 (06/01/09 11:52:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	HombreLobo44 wrote: Yeah i feel a bit exhausted too with the collecting. The titles that I really really really want are still not out there. Especially all the titles missing from my Paul Naschy collection! Perhaps this is why politics has become a much more popular fixation here on the board than horror films? Hombre:(Lobo44 I actually doubt most of those who start political folders even like Paul Naschy films especially if they get all bent out of shape about nudity. Luis
unclefred.monsterkidclass...		#16	[-]
Posts: 87 (06/01/09 11:59:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I love all things Naschy. Except Crimson, which I thought was a complete waste.
HombreLobo44		#17	[-]
Posts: 3781 (06/01/09 12:17:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	good to know, Uncle Fred. I can take or leave Crimson too, but I do have it in my collection.
MonsterKid71		#18	[-]
Posts: 188 (06/01/09 12:33:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It's still the hunt that interests me but I have turned from dvd back to vhs. Mostly titles on Wizard Video, Thriller, Unicorn and Gorgon. I love the big boxes and the lurid artwork. Im not too worried if the film is cut I just love the artwork.
HombreLobo44		#19	[-]
Posts: 3783 (06/01/09 13:08:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'll agree that the art work is beautiful on the vhs stuff, but I just can't handle the blurry picture anymore. Either I am spoiled or going blind.
Koukol 5		#20	[-]
Posts: 3205 (06/01/09 13:59:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm with you there, Hombre. It's great to see the old vhs covers but I'll never watch my FISTFULL OF DOLLARS pan and scan vhs again.

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