Cinema of Cruelty (Movies for Masochists)
By The Cultists
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From the elusive transcendental logic of Mulholland Drive, to Showgirls’ sly satirical embrace of exploitation and excess, to the assumption in Southland Tales that its audience has already read the six-volume source material, some films are simply more “cruel” on their audiences than others. So, please, lie back and let The Cultists be your guides through the paralyzing and perplexing void of arthouse, experimental, avant-garde, "cult,” and otherwise just generally weird WTF cinema.
Because some films just beg to be annotated.
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THE NINTH GATE (1999) — There is no Hell, There is only Toledo.
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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TWILIGHT(2008) - Some Like It Cold.
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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BLUE VELVET (1986) — Get Behind Me, Oedipus!
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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ROMEO+JULIET (1996) — I defy you, Dopamine!!
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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MIDSOMMAR (2019)—Ingmar Bergman told me there’d be days like these.
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)—Thus Spoke Stanley Kubrick (Part II)
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) — I ain’t afraid of no IRB review
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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5x5 Films: Movies with a Color in the Title
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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THE DREAMERS (2003) - Our Godard and Savior
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May 02, 2022 |
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VANILLA SKY (2001) — Ice, Ice, maybe.
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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MANIAC (1980) — What rigid collodion you have!
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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URBAN LEGEND (1998)— The Ostension is Coming from Inside the House.
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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DUNE (1984) — if you wanna be my sand messiah, you gotta get with my Fremens.
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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FRANKENSTEIN (1931) - My Gallbladder Belongs to Daddy
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE (1990) - Scripts before Crypts
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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KNIGHT OF CUPS (2015) - The Pilgrim’s Prozac
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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MANDY (2018) - He ain't heavy, he's just METAL.
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017) -- ain't no rest for the mustached.
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) —No one expects the Quaker Exposition
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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CRUEL INTENTIONS (1999)— My So-Called Aristocracy
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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5x5 Films: Dark Night(s) of the Soul
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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KING KONG (1976)—It’s Always Darkest Before the Dwan
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Five-by-Five: Our Croolest Episodes
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) Part 1 —Thus Spoke Stanley Kubrick
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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PERSONAL SHOPPER (2016)—If the spirits move you.
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May 29, 2021 |
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TRON (1982) — Fortran Favors The Bold
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May 22, 2021 |
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THE LURE (2015)—Hook, Line, and Sink Her
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May 15, 2021 |
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SPREE (2020)—The Medium is the Massacre
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May 08, 2021 |
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RUBBER (2010)—Albert Camus, this one's for You.
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May 01, 2021 |
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THE ASTROLOGER (1976)—I did it all for the numbers.
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (2016)—I left my heart in Prada, Marfa.
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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SOUTHLAND TALES (2006)—Between a Rock and a Superposition State.
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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EXCESS BAGGAGE (1997)—Are you there Dave? It’s me, Romance.
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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SWISS ARMY MAN (2016)—Love means never having to say you need an autopsy.
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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HERCULES IN NEW YORK (1970)—Bc sometimes you just need to punch a bear in the face.
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)— Witches, am I right?
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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SPRING BREAKERS (2012)—Happiness is a Warm, Neon, Whisky-Coated Handgun
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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THE BLOB (1958)—If it jiggles you can freeze it.
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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RETURN TO OZ (1985)—There’s no place like a Victorian Sanatorium
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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HEATHERS (1989)—Three Cheers for Cheerful Fatalism
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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SWORDFISH (2001)—Neither sword nor fish, discuss.
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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DON’T LOOK NOW (1973)— La Nain Rouge Goes to Venice
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999) —Chekhov Shot First
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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THE NEON DEMON (2016)—But also, Vampires.
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001)— Roger Corman, eat your heart out.
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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JOHNNY MNEMONIC (1995)— That Third Act Dolphin Tho
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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STREETS OF FIRE (1984)—The Road to Walter Hill is Paved with Good Intentions. Probably.
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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CRITTERS (1986)—For Whom The Puppets Toll
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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A DANGEROUS METHOD (2011)—Sometimes a Cigar is just a Penis
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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THE PILLOW BOOK (1996)—Skins of the Flesh
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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CRY-BABY (1990)—Rebel Without a Tear Duct
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (2009)—Do Iguanas Dream of Electric Fish?
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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THE LOST BOYS (1987)— Straight Until Morning
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2010)— Do It in the Dark
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED (1998)—The Lost, Last Film of Ed Wood
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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HOCUS POCUS (1993)— Everyone Loves a Virgin
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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THE EXORCIST (1973)— Like a Pazuzu Scorned
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)—Heaven is for Quitters
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)—Chekhov's Palmistry (and Other Ghastly Tales)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019)— Think Pink and…die.
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)— Deep Dives and Deeper Throats
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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8 MM (1999)—Snuff & Stuff
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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MAZES AND MONSTERS (1982)—The Devil's in the D20
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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DONNIE DARKO (2001): ‘A Bunny, a Pedophile, and a Rainbow Slinky Walk into a Time Warp...’
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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KILLER JOE (2011)—Kentucky Fried Fellatio
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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SHOWGIRLS (1995)—Verhoeven does Vegas
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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BATTLEFIELD EARTH (2000) The Father, The Son, and the Holy Galactic Overlord
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000)—Honey, You Had Me at "Heroin"
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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THE SNOWMAN (2017)—Alcoholism Saves the Day
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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DON’S PLUM (2001)—The "Pussy Posse" goes to Denny’s
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019)—Lie Back, Keep Calm, and Think of Nova Scotia
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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TROLL 2 (1990)—Grandpa's Ghost, What An A**hole
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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CLUE (1985)—Nobody Puts Communism In a Corner
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Jun 24, 2020 |