Cult film

A cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of fans, usually failing to achieve considerable success outside that group.

So-bad-they?re-good cult films

Many films enjoy cult status because they are seen as ridiculously awful. The critic Michael Medved characterized examples of the "so bad it's good" class of low-budget cult film through books such as the Golden Turkey Awards.

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Michael Medved - Golden Turkey Awards

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These films include such financially fruitless and critically scorned films as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mommie Dearest, Cool as Ice, Boxing Helena, Showgirls and Freddy Got Fingered, which have become inadvertent comedies to film buffs.

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Mommie Dearest - Cool as Ice - Boxing Helena - Showgirls - Freddy Got Fingered

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In other cases, little known or forgotten films from the past are revived as cult films, largely because they are considered goofy and senseless by modern standards. These include Eegah, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, The Creeping Terror, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies and many films of Ed Wood, Jr.. The television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the DVD documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made have highlighted these films.

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Eegah - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians - The Creeping Terror - The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies - Ed Wood, Jr. - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - DVD - Documentary - The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

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These films should not be confused with comedic cult movies like The Toxic Avenger, Bad Taste, Army of Darkness and the films of John Waters, all of which purposely utilize elements from films ?so bad they?re good? for comedic effect. For further explanation on both types of film, see camp (style).

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The Toxic Avenger - Bad Taste - Army of Darkness - John Waters - Camp (style)

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