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A cult film podcast where each episode we review a different film that has developed a cult following - the more ravenous the better - and decide by the end whether or not we’re joining that cult.

The Cult Standard


    • Apr 17, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Episode 22 - Enemy Mine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 58:02


    A film cult that managed to survive a poor box office performance, a lack of campy charm and almost 40 years of release time has to have something going for it, right?

    Episode 21 - Near Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 49:51


    Kathryn Bigelow's Vampire Western has a deep cult following that's sustained itself despite the utter lack of availability of this title. Does it transcend its lackluster narrative?

    Episode 20 - Ghostwatch

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 56:24


    We delve into a cult film pushed so far underground it's almost impossible to see, and it scared enough people that almost no one wants to remember it anyway.

    Episode 19 - Thirst

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 47:51


    Park Chan-wook, best known for Oldboy, also made a sexy vampire movie. The cult soon followed.

    Episode 18 - Mommie Dearest

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 49:34


    Faye Dunaway swings for the fences, and, for a while, people thought she struck out with Mommie Dearest. But not anymore.

    Episode 17 - Flash Gordon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 42:21


    A cult that most people know about, but few people have actually experienced. It's the scientology of cult films.

    Episode 16 - Noroi: The Curse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 62:12


    What some have called the best found footage horror film of all time languished in obscurity for more than a decade. Now it's cult following has a wider audience.

    Episode 15 - The Wicker Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 53:13


    The Wicker Man from the 70s is often called "the Citizen Kane of horror." Does it live up to the hype?

    Episode 14 - Bats

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 49:40


    Mike and James review the 1999 animal attack movie Bats, submitted by special guest Chase Hutchinson of the Tacoma News Tribune and of the Scratch Cinema Podcast.

    Epsidoe 13 - The Prowler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 53:07


    In a Cult Standard first, James wants to start a splinter cult of The Prowler's following. Find out why the existing cult just doesn't cut it.

    Episode 12 - Pumping Iron

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 46:47


    Personal trainer Tevin Allen joins us to review the 1977 bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron.

    Episode 11 - Fantastic Planet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 47:07


    Pickford Film projectionist Jules joins the Cult Standard as a special guest to discuss Fantastic Planet, the film she put forth as part of the Pickford's Third Eye cult cinema series.

    Episode 10 - Black Dynamite

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 58:26


    More of a bomb, Black Dynamite flamed out at the box office, but that would be much different if it came out years later. We find out why!

    Episode 9 - The Cable Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 56:00


    Ben Stiller's box office bomb was weird enough to linger in the minds of loyal fans. But is it good enough to join their cult? The Cult Standard investigates!

    Episode 8 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 52:28


    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is as weird as its title is long, and it practically begs to be a part of a cinematic universe, but it's cult following hopes it never is. The Cult Standard investigates!

    Bonus Episode: Interivew With Pickford Cult Film Series Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 47:48


    On this bonus episode, we are joined by a special guest from the Pickford Film Center. Mikayla, the director of the Third Eye Cinema cult film series, talks to about bringing great cult gems to the big screen.

    Episode 7 - Death Becomes Her

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 56:34


    The Cult Standard is happy to welcome Lindsey Gerhard, marketing manager of Bellingham's only independent cinema Pickford Film Center. She's put forth Death Becomes Her, which she also did for the Pickford's cult film series "Third Eye Cinema."

    Episode 6 - Stepmonster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 60:14


    Stepmonster has all the makings of a cult classic - Roger Corman, a group of people far too talented for the material, and a really cool monster. Does it all come together as well as that beautiful Tropopkin costume? The Cult Standard investigates.

    Episode 5 - Troll 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 61:35


    Troll 2, the so-called "best worst movie," has a formidable cult following, and our special guest Steve is a card-carrying member. Find out how something so wrong can feel so right.

    Episode 4 - Contagion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 39:59


    The year of our lord Coronavirus has helped Contagion-Fever grow and pushed the loudest voices of this cult to the forefront of Wikipedia and The New York Times. Is it just part of the panic, or is this Cult worth joining?

    Episode 3 - Alita: Battle Angel

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 51:20


    Barely one year old, and Alita: Battle Angel already has a cult following to be reckoned with. Is the film deserving of its cult, or has it just been co-opted by alt-right reactionaries? The Cult Standard investigates!

    Episode 2 - Return of the Living Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 53:44


    Decades ago, the creative heads behind Night of the Living Dead split asunder into two franchises, one of them wildly popular, and the other ... Return of the Living Dead. Why do some people like this movie better than anything George A. Romero cooked up? The Cult Standard investigates!

    Episode 1 - Dead Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 49:54


    Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man has quite the cult around it. We found out if they're as crazy as they seem.

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