Sentences with phrase «cult audience»

A "cult audience" refers to a dedicated and passionate group of fans who are deeply involved, enthusiastic, and loyal to a particular movie, TV show, book, or artist, even if their popularity is limited to a smaller, niche following. Full definition
Although not a huge hit at the time of release, it would develop an ever - increasing cult audience, and today, it's generally regarded as a classic 80s teen flick.
Which means that now that The Hunger Games has brought dystopia to our shores, it's possible that the American cult audience for Battle Royale has only begun forming.
Acclaimed director Vincenzo Natali may have found cult audiences with thought - provovking thrill - ride CUBE and twisted evolutionary sci - fier SPLICE, but he's really yet to break...
Director Jake Kasdan hasn't had much luck commercially with three fine comedies (Zero Effect, The TV Set, Walk Hard) that didn't find cult audiences until they flopped in theaters, so perhaps it isn't surprising that Bad Teacher's tone is broad, crowd - pleasing, and unapologetically commercial.
The previous game in the Mother series, EarthBound, tanked during the Super NES generation in North America compared to other Nintendo - released titles of the day, and so the franchise was effectively declared dead in the west despite the rabid cult audience that sprang up in the years that followed.
«Louis Theroux has a large following in those countries but he's developed a sizable cult audience in the U.S. as well with his documentaries, and we're optimistic that his fans will share our interest.»
Scrubs, 30 Rock, and My Name is Earl received some critical recognition, but only garnered mild or cult audience followings.
Granted, with Wheatley's version of his vision it's unlikely he'll break into the mainstream, but the in - built cult audience will go a long way.
Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma are all extremely funny, highly verbose films with high cult audiences.
But of all the Wyatt Earp movies, 1993's Tombstone is the one that has developed a large and loyal cult audience, with even many Western history experts conceding that it comes closer to the facts than most screen treatments.
After its absorption into the American mainstream, Hong Kong cinema may have fallen somewhat out of fashion, but websites like Mobius Asian Film Discussion Board show that much of its rabid Western cult audience remains.
There's a self awareness here of the rippling effect that the filmmakers clearly intend «Watchmen» to have on its modern cult audience.
Daniel Johnston has spent the last 20 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever - growing, international cult audience.
As a postscript to this story, the Cube may not have been a smash, but it did find a cult audience.
But a cult audience with a penchant for SF morality tales may warm to this chilly girl - who - fell - to - earth story.
Strange Brew found a cult audience with fans of the Second City comedy troupe, of which Moranis and Thomas were members.
However, given that it's sometimes creepy, and perhaps even unsettling, it sets itself up as an item for a cult audience — it's closer to 2001: A Space Odyssey than to Star Wars — than it does an audience favorite.
Critic Consensus: Schizophrenic in subject and lackluster in execution, Outlander might have trouble finding the cult audience for which it was built.
The good news is that a cult audience eventually propelled «The Room» into the black thanks to its showings on the midnight circuits.
The mystical subtext and psychedelic stargate sequence ensured that the film initially attracted a cult audience, with John Lennon suggesting it should be screened perpetually in a specially - built temple.
Critics Consensus: Schizophrenic in subject and lackluster in execution, Outlander might have trouble finding the cult audience for which it was built.
If there was ever a film developed solely for a cult audience, it's this one.
That didn't mean Tarantino didn't create good movies; it just seemed to indicate that he couldn't make anything that went beyond his cult audience.
Although it may not be worth the time and expense of rounding up the family for a jaunt to the theater, I suspect Balls of Fury will find its cult audience on the small screen, especially on DVD, where those who see it multiple times can just skip to their favorite parts.
Telluride correspondent Chris Willman said that lead Scarlett Johansson is «perfectly cast,» and that while the «somber pacing and downer themes» may turn some off, «a cult audience with a penchant for SF morality tales may warm to this.»
Because if you do «Killer Joe,» which only did five million domestic in theaters, it actually connected to a cult audience, and the download and DVD market just continues to pay dividends.
After rising to fame with violent revenge features El Mariarchi and Desperado, cultivating a cult audience with horror comedy From Dusk till Dawn, and helming a segment of anthology effort Four Rooms alongside Quentin Tarantino, his ability to create entertainment for younger viewers had not crossed many minds.
Bad Santa is directed by Terry Zwigoff, who has scored two acclaimed cult comedies in a row, Crumb and Ghost World, and there's probably a cult audience for this film as well, although I suspect it's a much different audience for much different reasons.
Bruce Campbell's reluctant hero Ashley J. Williams, also known as Ash, has become popular amongst the cult audience for his quippy one liners, and Campbell's famous...
Bruce Campbell's reluctant hero Ashley J. Williams, also known as Ash, has become popular amongst the cult audience for his quippy one liners, and Campbell's famous over acting.
Playlist correspondent Chris Willman saw and liked the film, an adaptation of the novel by Michel Faber which stars Scarlett Johansson as an alien creature seducing and killing men in Scotland, in Telluride, saying that «a cult audience with a penchant for SF morality tales may warm to this chilly girl - who - fell - to - earth story.»
A TV show that was swiftly cancelled, or a movie that did less than blockbuster numbers might disappear in the short term, but if it appears to have enough of a niche, cult audience that shout loud enough, it's entirely possible that it'll come back.
Baena has crafted an offbeat film that will have more mainstream audiences scratching their heads at what's supposed to be so funny about seeing a young man try to continue a relationship (including sex) with his dead and decaying girlfriend, but I do feel that the quirky film will likely find a cult audience eventually.
Fans of 2013's The Purge, which has spawned a cult audience and two sequels, knew that writer - director James DeMonaco was on to something about violence in 2022 America with the movie's central conceit: What if, once a year, the government legalized robbery, rape and murder?
The Evolution's cult audience is thrilled to have this 10th gen car available for another year.
Xenogears» arranged album Creid differed from Mitsuda's previous arranged productions in that it was catered to be accessible to most fans, not just a cult audience; the Celtic - influenced album fully realised the musical potential of the Xenogears project and expressed Mitsuda's individuality, said to be composed from the heart.
For those who might not have heard, Azure Striker Gunvolt is a critically acclaimed action game that reached a cult audience, releasing just shortly after Shovel Knight's original eShop debut.
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