Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies
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From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).
#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab
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The Addiction
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
30 +115
Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
34 +156
Funny Games
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
55 +246
Martin
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
96 -72
Angel Heart
1987, in 4 top lists Check -
123 +256
Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
132 +352
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969, in 1 top list Check -
138 +85
Gwoemul
2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check -
140 +231
Race with the Devil
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
141 +316
Tremors
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
175 +301
Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
179 -160
Altered States
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
182 -93
Chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji
1989 — a.k.a. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, in 2 top lists Check -
184 -79
The Craft
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
186 -53
Demon Seed
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
192 -10
The Fly
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
194 +7
Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
198 +43
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
204 +295
X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
214 +143
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
218 +180
Screamers
1995, in 1 top list Check -
222 +221
They Live
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
223 +223
The Thing with Two Heads
1972, in 1 top list Check -
240 -223
Alone in the Dark
1982, in 1 top list Check -
264 +7
Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
281 -261
An American Werewolf in London
1981, in 12 top lists Check -
282 -116
The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
283 -71
The Haunting
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
284 +42
Night of the Demon
1957 — a.k.a. Curse of the Demon, in 7 top lists Check -
285 +43
Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
286 +97
Ringu
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
287 +120
The Shining
1980, in 28 top lists Check -
288 +157
The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
289 +196
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
290 +199
The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
291 -289
28 Days Later...
2002, in 9 top lists Check -
292 -277
Alligator
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
293 -267
Army of Darkness
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
294 -263
The Baby
1973, in 1 top list Check -
295 -262
Bad Taste
1987, in 6 top lists Check -
296 -256
Basket Case
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
298 -247
Black Sheep
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
299 -244
The Blair Witch Project
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
300 -244
The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
301 -244
Blood Feast
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
302 -229
The Brood
1979, in 5 top lists Check -
303 -228
A Bucket of Blood
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
304 -228
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
305 -227
Cannibal ferox
1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check -
306 -223
Carnival of Souls
1962, in 5 top lists Check
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