The 2025 Cult Movie Challenge
52 movies
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This is my list for the 2025 Cult Movie Challenge. I'm getting back on the horse after taking on a few too many list challenges last year, my current plan is to do this one along with the Criterion Challenge, and the Sept/Oct Hooptober challenge plus one last "spring training" Hooptober run in Mar/Apr if I have time.
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Official list of themes with all rules and regulations here: https://boxd.it/Atrq4/detail
As always, click on the "read notes" button in the top left corner to see each weekly theme and any applicable source lists.
Movie
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
I Walked with a Zombie WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title:
与僵尸同行
/
與殭屍同行
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A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.
Movie
Van Helsing (2004)
Van Helsing WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place Min reol Skybridge +4
Stephen Sommers
actor:
Hugh Jackman
/
Kate Beckinsale
…
other title:
반 헬싱
/
ヴァン・ヘルシング
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Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
Movie
Climax (2018)
Climax WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place Skybridge +3
Gaspar Noé
/
加斯帕尔·诺埃
actor:
索菲亚·波多拉
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Sofia Boutella
…
other title:
클라이맥스
/
CLIMAX クライマックス
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When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who's responsible—before it's too late.
Movie
Delicatessen (1991)
Delicatessen WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge +2
马克·卡罗
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet
actor:
帕斯卡尔·贝内泽
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Dominique Pinon
…
other title:
델리카트슨 사람들
/
デリカテッセン
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In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
Movie
Cade: The Tortured Crossing (2023)
Cade: The Tortured Crossing WikiData IMDb TMDB
Neil Breen
actor:
Neil Breen
/
Judy Lay
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other title:
케이드 : 더 토쳐드 크로싱
An identical twin restores an old mental asylum, where he takes it upon himself to mystically train the patients as warriors for humanity and justice.
Movie
The Wild One (1954)
The Wild One WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Laslo Benedek
actor:
马龙·白兰度
/
Mary Murphy
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other title:
飞车党
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The Cyclists Raid
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The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
