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The 2022 Cult Movie Challenge

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My work-in-progress list for the 2022 Cult Movie Challenge. This will be my fourth year participating, and although I'm not going to go as hard as I did last year (when I did 52 consecutive pandemic double features), we've got some great themes going this year and I'm looking forward to digging in.

All titles are tentative, card is subject to change depending on availability, or if a more appealing option should present itself. As always, click on the eyeglasses button ("Read notes") to see the dates, themes, and associated lists for each week!

As before, I will be going through the list in numeric order for the weeks listed, and will attempt to have a short review posted for each film within a day or two of watching. I fell behind on my reviews last year, and have resolved to be a bit more proactive on that front this year.

The main challenge list created by Letterboxd user <a href="https://letterboxd.com/kevinsomnia/">Kevin Seiler</a> (taking over from Cult Movie Challenge creator <a href="https://letterboxd.com/bigdaddywarbuxx/">Justin Hullinger</a>) can be found here: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/kevinsomnia/list/the-2022-cult-movie-challenge/detail/">2022 Cult Movie Challenge - MAIN LIST</a>

Links to my past Cult Movie Challenge lists: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/the-2021-and-6th-cult-movie-challenge-friday/detail/">2021 Cult Movie Challenge - MY LIST</a> <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/the-2020-cult-movie-challenge/detail/" rel="nofollow">2020 Cult Movie Challenge - MY LIST</a><br><a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/2019-cult-movie-challenge/detail/" rel="nofollow">2019 Cult Movie Challenge - MY LIST</a>

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Eating Raoul (1982)
Eating Raoul WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.5 11 ratings
保罗·巴特尔 actor: 保罗·巴特尔 / 玛丽·沃伦诺夫 …
other title: 食用雷欧 / 이팅 라울 …
A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and simultaneously realize their dream of opening a restaurant.
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Maniac Cop 2 (1991)
Maniac Cop 2
★ 5.6 5 ratings
威廉·拉斯蒂格 actor: 布鲁斯·坎贝尔
other title: 鬼面公仆2 / 地狱恶警2 …
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 22: May 28-June 3<br><b>Robert Z'Dar Week</b></p><p>The chin to end all chins. June 3rd is Robert Z'Dar's birthday as well as my own, so celebrate for both of us with one of his many appearances on what would have been the week of his 72nd birthday.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/actor/robert-zdar/" rel="nofollow">Robert Z'Dar filmography</a>
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Rodan (1956)
空の大怪獣ラドン
本多猪四郎 / 圆谷英二 actor: 佐原健二 / 平田昭彦 …
other title: 空中大怪兽拉顿 / 空の大怪獣ラドン …
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
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The Corpse Grinders (2004)
The Corpse Grinders WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Ted V. Mikels actor: Sean Kenney / Monika Kelly …
other title: 尸体研磨机 / Die Leichenmühle
When the Lotus Cat Food Company finds itself in financial trouble, the owners decide to find a new, cheap source of meat -- the local graveyard. Only one problem -- soon cats develop a taste for human flesh, and tabbies are tearing out throats all over town.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 24: June 11-June 17<br><b>Ted V. Mikels Week</b></p><p>Ted V. Mikels had a career that spanned over half a century and was successful enough to get a Danzig-era Misfits song named after one of his movies. If that's not an indication of quality, I don't know what is.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/director/ted-v-mikels/" rel="nofollow">Ted V. Mikels filmography</a>
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Bluebeard (1944)
Bluebeard WikiData IMDb TMDB
埃德加·乔治·乌尔默 actor: John Carradine / Jean Parker …
other title: L'affaire Barbe-Bleue / Barba Azul …
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 25: June 18-June 24<br><b>John Carradine Week</b></p><p>During the week we celebrate Father's Day in the US, celebrate the prolific career of patriarch of the Carradine family whose credits range from Universal monster movies to westerns to sci-fi to horror. </p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/actor/john-carradine/" rel="nofollow">John Carradine filmography</a>
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1955)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
★ 7.1 18 ratings
理查德·弗莱彻 / Richard Fleischer actor: Kirk Douglas / James Mason …
other title: 海底两万里 / 해저 2만리 …
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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Psychomania (1971)
Psychomania WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
唐·夏普 actor: 乔治·桑德斯 / 贝里尔·瑞德 …
other title: 精神狂躁症 / 死亡机车 …
A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. After an agreement with the devil, if they kill themselves firmly believing in it, they will survive and gain eternal life. Following their leader, they commit suicide one after the other, but things don't necessarily turn out as expected...
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 27: July 2-July 8<br><b>Biker Movie Week</b></p><p>Fourth of July week should be spent celebrating freedom, and what screams 'freedom' more than c̶o̶n̶s̶e̶r̶v̶a̶t̶i̶v̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶ ̶r̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ endless stretches of highway and the open road?</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/thedude1973/list/the-ultimate-bikersploitation-movies-list/" rel="nofollow">The Ultimate Bikersploitation Movies List</a> by TheDude1973</p>
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Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Mark of the Vampire WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
托德·布朗宁 actor: 贝拉·卢戈西 / 莱昂纳尔·巴里摩尔 …
other title: 吸血鬼的印记 / 吸血鬼的标志 …
Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire believed to haunt the local village. Now his daughter Irena is the count's next target. Enter Professor Zelen, an expert on vampires who's sent in to prevent her death. At the same time, secrets are revealed surrounding the circumstances of Sir Karell's death.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 28: July 9-July 15<br><b>Tod Browning Week</b></p><p>Most well known for directing Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, but Browning was also an incredibly influential director during the silent era, although I believe a handful of his films are thought to be lost.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/director/tod-browning/" rel="nofollow">Tod Browning filmography</a>
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Guardian Angel (1994)
Guardian Angel WikiData IMDb TMDB
Richard W. Munchkin actor: 罗芙洛 / 马歇尔·蒂格 …
other title: Beyond Justice - Eiskalte Rache / 超級女保鏢 …
Detective-turned-bodyguard Cynthia McKay is hired by a psychotic, icy seductress, Nina Lindell, the same woman who killed McKay's lover months earlier. With vendetta in her heart, McKay accompanies a flamboyantly playful womanizer through the glamorous world of the super-rich, as his protector. In a unique role reversal, it is the woman protecting the man from another woman, erupting into a deadly triangle of passion, suspense and action.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 29: July 16-July 22<br><b>PM Entertainment Week</b></p><p>Throughout the 90s, the PM Entertainment Group cranked out nonstop direct-to-video action and sci-fi flicks with low-to-medium sized budgets. They also put out the occasional family-friendly movie too.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/studio/pm-entertainment-group-1/" rel="nofollow">PM Entertainment Group</a>
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Black Cobra (1976)
Eva nera WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
乔·达马托 actor: 杰克·帕兰斯 / 劳拉·贾姆瑟
other title: 伊娃娜/黑眼镜蛇 / Eva nera …
Judas, a wealthy playboy living in Hong Kong, is obsessed with snakes. His apartment is full of them, and he treats them as if they were his children. One night Judas' brother persuades him to accompany him to see a dance act at a nightclub. Judas is astounded to see that the act consists of a beautiful Asian woman who dances nude while holding a python. He is immediately smitten, and winds up hiring her to take care of his snakes while he's away on business. However, things start to take a sinister turn.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 30: July 23-July 29<br><b>Laura Gemser Week</b></p><p>Probably one of the most well-known names in sexploitation films, Laura Gemser is perhaps most well-known for her role in numerous Emanuelle films. Although she has plenty of other credits to her name.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/actor/laura-gemser/" rel="nofollow">Laura Gemser filmography</a>
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Let Me Die a Woman (1977)
let me die a woman WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Doris Wishman actor: Deborah Harten / Lisa Carmelle …
other title: 我要死于女儿身 / let me die a woman …
A documentary on the work of sex-change specialist Leo Wollman, including interviews with Wollman and a few of his patients, with an illustrated lecture on the various aspects of trans-identity plus actual footage of a gender reassignment operation.
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Vice Squad (1982)
Vice Squad WikiData IMDb TMDB
加里·谢尔曼 actor: 赛季·赫布利 / Gary Swanson …
other title: 바이스 스쿼드 / Nachtratten …
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
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Batwoman (1968)
La mujer murciélago WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
René Cardona actor: Maura Monti / Roberto Cañedo …
other title: 雌蝙蝠侠 / La mujer murciélago …
To wrestle she uses a Bat-suit. Only to save the world she wears the smallest bikini... A mad scientist (who else?) tries to breed a mutant being between fish and wrestlers!!! To see how it works drops a Ken doll in a fish tank where a goldfish swims happily and nothing happens. Of course nothing will happen, he need to use real people in his experiments, not dolls! As more and more experiments fail, mutant dead bodies are found on the beach and this is the time for the bat-signal! Bat-woman with her statuesque body, brief bikini and lethal karate moves will take care of that crazy Doctor Frankenfish... Mr. René Cardona only wanted to take advantage of the Bat-craze during the Batman high peak, with his version of the hero in the shape of a beautiful woman, Maura Monti... and he got it.
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Vice Academy (1989)
Vice Academy WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rick Sloane actor: Linnea Quigley / 金格·林恩·爱伦 …
other title: Vice Académie / Academia Antivicio …
A band of female police cadets train to join the Hollywood vice squad. The toothsome rookies are assigned to infiltrate a kiddy porn operation, then must go undercover and join a prostitution ring run by Queen Bee.
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Virus (1980)
復活の日 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
深作欣二 actor: 草刈正雄 / 绪形拳 …
other title: 부활의 날 / 復活の日 …
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 35: Aug. 27-Sep. 2<br><b>Kinji Fukasaku Week</b></p><p>Iconic and influential Japanese filmmaker who made a shitload of yakuza and samurai movies, as well as the occasional drama and even a few sci-fi movies.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/director/kinji-fukasaku/" rel="nofollow">Kinji Fukasaku filmography</a>
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Satan's Black Wedding (1980)
Satan's Black Wedding IMDb TMDB Douban
Nick Millard actor: Greg Braddock / Ray Miles
other title: 撒旦的婚礼
A man travels to another city for his sister's funeral to try to find out why she killed herself. He discovers that she is actually a vampire and returns from the dead to take revenge on her family.
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His Name Was King (1971)
Lo chiamavano King WikiData IMDb TMDB
Giancarlo Romitelli actor: 理查德·哈里森 / 克劳斯·金斯基 …
other title: On m'appelle King / Lo llamaban King …
The Benson brothers, who are smuggling guns across the Mexican border, kill King's brother and rape his wife. King must stop their illegal activities, find who is behind them and gain revenge for his family.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 37: Sep. 10-Sep. 16<br><b>Richard Harrison Week</b></p><p>From the 1950s through the end of the century, Richard Harrison's career timeline is an interesting one to examine. Beginning in late 50s, he had a few small roles in some Hollywood movies before venturing overseas where he would star (or at least have sizeable roles) in spaghetti westerns, peplum movies, Filipino exploitation films, and eventually he would be come a regular in Godfrey Ho movies, often playing a ninja.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/actor/richard-harrison-1/" rel="nofollow">Richard Harrison filmography</a>
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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein
★ 6.2 8 ratings
泰伦斯·费希 actor: 彼得·库欣 / 哈泽尔·考特 …
other title: 弗兰肯斯坦的诅咒 / 神秘怪尸 …
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
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Silent Madness (1984)
Silent Madness WikiData IMDb TMDB
Simon Nuchtern actor: 维维卡·林德福斯 / Belinda Montgomery …
other title: Silent Madness - Der Schlächter / Locura sangrienta …
A psychiatrist poses as an ex-sorority sister to stop a slasher freed by a computer error.
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The Hunger (1983)
The Hunger
★ 6.6 45 ratings
Tony Scott actor: 凯瑟琳·丹妮芙 / David Bowie …
other title: 악마의 키스 / ハンガー …
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
AtomicPwrdRobot Week 40: Oct. 1-Oct. 7<br><b>Vampire Week</b></p><p>They avoid sunlight, wear dope looking capes, and refuse to come over unless very clearly and specifically invited to do so. They sound a lot like me.<br>I'm also being told they drink blood.</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/andrewpope/list/vampires/" rel="nofollow">Vampires</a> by Andrew Pope</p>
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