Cult Movie Cult

CMC returns with a fun new series, 80s INDIES! We begin with a bang with Abel Ferrara’s 1981 gritty and stylish indie exploitation film, Ms. .45!   Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestio...

We’re capping off our 50s monster series with another biggie…And much like its titular alien entity, the cult status of this classic has only grown since first landing in cinemas. IT CREEPS…IT LEAPS…From 1958, it’s THE BLOB! Special guest for this episode, Marc’s brother Dan!   Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they w...

Another great sci-fi film from 1958…One so out there and surprisingly extreme, you just need to check it out. Get ready for FIEND WITHOUT A FACE! Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion?...

The 50s sci-fi keeps on coming! Next up is the wild and fun (and extremely campy) ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN from 1958!  Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion? Just want to say hey? R...

It's going to be hard not to use the poster image for each of these! They're all pretty great. Also pretty great, THEM! from 1954. Big ants, big guns, and big fun in Part 2 of our series AFTER THE BOMB: Sci-Fi Films of the 1950s. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and t...

We begin an atomic new series, AFTER THE BOMB: SCI-FI FILMS OF THE 1950s. We have monsters, we have radiation, we have death and destruction. And first up we have the mother of them all: From 1954, it’s the original GODZILLA!   Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the...

Our series on cult one hit wonders concludes with 2000’s very dark and very funny AMERICAN PSYCHO. Special guest: Jeff Malone from “That’s AUNTertainment!” Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series s...

Happy 2020! CMC is celebrating the new year by going back to the 90s. We continue our one hit wonders series with Vincent Gallo’s 1998 indie sensation, BUFFALO ’66! Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or...

It’s Cult Movie Cult’s very first holiday special! Make sure you’re not on the naughty list because on this one-off episode we’ll be talking about 1974’s BLACK CHRISTMAS. Just in time for the (new) remake! Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from...

In this next installment of our series FLASH IN THE CAN, we RETURN TO OZ! And things sure have changed. Get ready for a talking chicken, Wheelers, and plenty of disturbing imagery on this trip back. There’s a “not in Kansas anymore” joke to be made here…  Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the ho...

Our series FLASH IN THE CAN continues with a horror film that is one of its kind, and a one hit wonder that continues to resonate and inspire the genre today. From 1973, it's THE WICKER MAN. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side...

The cult is back! Join us as we dig into a brand new series and discuss the weird and wild oddity from 1962, CARNIVAL OF SOULS. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion? Feel free to cont...

We conclude our series on filmmaker Ralph Bakshi with an animated/live action hybrid that has a complicated and frustrating history. COOL WORLD is a film that essentially brought the giant of animation’s career to a close. We discuss why, and what he’s been up to since then. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watc...

Next we talk about a one-of-a-kind experience from Ralph Bakshi that combines nostalgia, popular music and rotoscoping to create a rich tapestry of sounds and vivid animation for his most human film yet. From 1981, it’s AMERICAN POP! Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, a...

Next in our series on Ralph Bakshi, we focus on one of his most original and wildly inventive films, the sci-fi/fantasy epic WIZARDS, from 1977! (Yes, the same year as STAR WARS) Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema....

Our journey into the animated mind of Ralph Bakshi continues with the first of his more personal films, HEAVY TRAFFIC. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion? Feel free to contact us at...

We begin our wild journey into the mind of one of the most independent and creative film auteurs, by looking at Ralph Bakshi’s controversial first animated movie, 1972’s FRITZ THE CAT. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of ci...

We conclude our series CINEMA SLACKERS by discussing 2000’s DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR? That’s right. And it’s a pretty good conversation. Check it out, along with our conclusions about the path these films have gone on and the current state of the slacker genre.  Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the...

Where’s the money, Lebowski? Continuing our series CINEMA SLACKERS, we discuss perhaps the most notorious slacker of all, THE DUDE, with the Cohen Brothers' classic 1998 film THE BIG LEBOWSKI. A cult film with an actual real-life cult of its own. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies. Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, t...

CINEMA SLACKERS continues with Kevin Smith's breakthrough indie, CLERKS! Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies.  Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion?  Feel free to contact us at cultmoviecult@gmail.com Where to Listen: iT...

We continue our series CINEMA SLACKERS by moving into the Sundance generation with Richard Linklater’s…SLACKER! Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies.  Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion?  Feel free to contact us at cult...

We begin a brand new series CINEMA SLACKERS! Today we talk about Cheech and Chong’s first movie, UP IN SMOKE. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies.  Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion?  Feel free to contact us at cultmo...

We conclude our series LO-FI SCI-FI with our lowest budget film, PRIMER from 2004. Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies.  Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema. Have a film or series suggestion?  Feel free to contact us at cultmoviecult@gmail.com   You can...

Our LO-FI SCI-FI series continues with a little known 1973 film called IDAHO TRANSFER, from a very well known Peter Fonda — in the directing chair this time.   Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies.  Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema.   Have a film or s...

We continue our series LO-FI SCI-FI by visiting another first feature film from a famous director.  From 1974, it’s John Carpenter’s DARK STAR.   Cult Movie Cult is a podcast hosted by two independent filmmakers who love cult/b/underground movies.  Join them as they watch and discuss the horrific, the obscure, and the flat-out strange from the other side of cinema.   Have a film or series suggesti...