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The Cutthroats 9

The band's name is a reworking of the title for the obscure 1972 cult Spanish western-horror film directed by Joaquin Romero Marchent, Cut-Throats Nine.


Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head

Also, as with the previous two albums, many of the songs feature snippets of dialogue from horror and cult films including The Omega Man, Shaft, The Haunting, The Curse of Frankenstein and To the Devil a Daughter.

Benjamin Eicher

Benjamin Eicher (born 1974-03-31 in Tübingen, Germany) is a film director famous for his cult film sequel Dei Mudder Sei Gesicht II and further feature-length gangster comedies.

Blindman

The film achieved over the years a cult status, mainly for the participation of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr in a role of weight.

Breathing Room

Kathy Justice of Indy Week called it "low on camp and high on suspense", with a plot that resembles the 2006 French cult film 13 Tzameti.

Connie Young

Cult horror movie fans know her as "Holly Waits" in Troll 2, which is regarded as one of the worst movies ever made (in which she is credited as "Connie McFarland").

DeAnna Robbins

DeAnna Robbins is an American actress best known for her role as "Lisa" in the 1981 cult slasher film Final Exam, and for her role as "Kathleen" on the soap opera Santa Barbara, for which she appeared in 17 episodes.

Detective School Dropouts

The film was not successful at the box office, but it has gained cult film status in recent years, with out-of-print, used VHS tape copies selling on Ebay and Amazon.com for as much as $50.00 USD.

Greaser's Palace

Greaser's Palace is a 1972 American acid western cult film directed by underground filmmaker Robert Downey, Sr. A parable based on the life of Christ, it is full of references about the destruction of the world.

Kei Fujiwara

Her first role was in the American film, The Neptune Factor, but she is perhaps best known for starring in the Japanese cult film, Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

Lądek-Zdrój

Lądek-Zdrój became famous in Poland because of Stanisław Bareja's cult film Incredibly Peaceful Man (Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek).

Laurel Near

In this cult film she is seen performing the song "In Heaven", although in actuality she was lip-syncing a vocal performance by Boston-based musician Peter Ivers, the song's composer.

Lebowski Fest

Lebowski Fest is an annual festival that began in 2002 in Louisville, Kentucky, celebrating the 1998 cult film "The Big Lebowski" by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

Lola Montès

The film was featured in Danny Peary's 1981 book, Cult Movies as one of the 100 most representative examples of the cult film phenomenon.

Mirka Vasiljević

She rose to domestic fame with 2005 film We Are Not Angels 2, the sequel to 1992 cult film We Are Not Angels.

Myrtle Vail

After the show ended, Vail became a low-keyed supporting actress in films, best known for roles in the low-budget cult films A Bucket of Blood (1959) and The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), written by her grandson Charles B. Griffith, and directed by Roger Corman, for whom Griffith has written and/or directed several films.

Rainbeaux Smith

This led to supporting roles in other films, including the cult classic B-movies Caged Heat, Phantom of the Paradise, The Swinging Cheerleaders, Revenge of the Cheerleaders, The Pom Pom Girls, Laserblast and a cameo role in Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke.

Shottas

Despite its low budget, the distribution of an unfinished bootleg made it a cult favourite long before its official limited release in the United States by Triumph Films and Destination Films in 2006.

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things is a 1971 cult film written, produced, and directed by Thomas Casey.

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

The film has since gained a small cult status, but has been criticized over the years due to similarities to Star Wars.

The Human Tornado

The Human Tornado also known as Dolemite II, a 1976 cult blaxploitation film, was the sequel to Dolemite.

Tommy Wiseau

He is the founder of the film production company Wiseau Films, and is best known for his film The Room (2003), which has been described as "one of the worst movies ever made" and has gained cult film status.


see also

All That I Got Is You

It contains a sample of "Maybe Tomorrow" by The Jackson 5 as well as audio clips from the cult film The Education of Sonny Carson.

Arcueil

Michel Bulteau, writer and cult film maker, is a native of Arcueil.

Bad taste

Bad Taste, the 1987 New Zealand cult film by Peter Jackson

Fiona Hogan

While teaching, Fiona also guest starred on numerous television series and appeared in many studio films including, Connie and Carla, A Guy Thing, See Spot Run, an infamous scene in the cult film Freddie Got Fingered, and had a supporting lead in I, Robot alongside Will Smith.

Geisel Library

Geisel Library made an appearance as the exterior of a research lab in Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, the third movie in the cult film series Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Jess Conrad

Between the late 1950s and mid-1960s Conrad appeared in a number of cult films, namely Serious Charge (uncredited), The Boys, Rag Doll, (filmed in 1960, and released in 1961); Kill 1 and Konga.

Jill Banner

Spider Baby became known largely through the efforts of Los Angeles cult film resurrectionist Johnny Legend.

Joe Keithley

Keithley appeared in the punk/cult film Terminal City Ricochet, as well as contributing music (through D.O.A.) to the soundtrack.

Johnny Shannon

Shannon's most memorable roles include the gangland boss Harry Flowers in the cult film Performance (1970), Jack in That'll Be the Day (1973), the Agent in Slade In Flame (1975) and Peter Rachman in Scandal (1989).

Juan Luis Panero

In 1976, Jaime Chávarri began the shooting of what was supposed to be an illustrated report about the father Leopoldo Panero; the material turned into the film El desencanto (The Disenchantment) which ended up being a symbol of the family and of the age and may be considered a cult film for a whole generation.

Julia Pomeroy

She first came into the public eye after appearing alongside Matt Dillon in the 1979 cult film Over The Edge.

Kitty White

She voiced the song "Rather Have the Blues" for actress Mady Comfort in Robert Aldrich's 1955 cult film noir Kiss Me Deadly, accompanied by pianist Earl Grant, who's best known for the 1958 pop hit "The End."

LGBT themes in horror fiction

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, cult film director David DeCoteau began making "horror for women."

Liquid Dreams

Liquid Dreams has some cult film buzz, mainly due to the movie's slight comparisons to the 1983 film Videodrome.

Michiko Maeda

After 42 years of exile from the Japanese film world pink film pioneer Satoru Kobayashi and cult film director Teruo Ishii persuaded her to appear in Ishii's 1999 remake of Nobuo Nakagawa's Jigoku (1960).

Peter Maris

Among his early work was the cult film Delirium in 1979 that starred Turk Cekovsky and Barron Winchester.

Supercock

Supercock (also known as Bet to Kill and A Fistful of Feathers) is a 1975 comedy film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Ross Hagen, both of whom were involved in the 1969 cult film The Sidehackers.

The Concerts in China

One of the album's original tracks – "Arpegiator" – was used in the soundtrack of the cult film 9½ Weeks.

The Invisible Life

The film marks Vítor Gonçalves return to feature filmmaking after a hiatus of more than twenty years following his acclaimed debut with the cult-film A Girl In Summer.

The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle

Both sides of their first single – "Never Thought You'd Leave Me" b/w "What a Way to Die" – have some prominence; the former is included on Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 6, while the latter was featured in the cult film Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls (1988).

Tony Darrow

After ten years of singing in nightclubs, Tony received an offer to appear in what turned out to be a cult film, Street Trash.