00s Cult
A new century saw Cult filmmakers looking forward to the future and wanting to shake up norms with new approaches. There was also a burgeoning distrust in the technology which was becoming a bigger and more important part in all of our lives. Boundaries were being pushed and challenged, and new stars and auteurs were beginning to emerge that would go on to define the Cult film scene for years to come.
There was also an element of looking back too. Acknowledging the past and giving praise to the films that the current generation had grown up on, but also giving them a fresh spin. Not only with sequels and remakes that wanted to make what came before relevant for the audience of now, but also documentaries that delved deep into what had made the films of the previous century classics.
Take a ride through the films of the naughty noughties in 00s Cult.
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The Great Yokai War
2005 • Japan • Directed by Takashi Miike
Decades later, none other than Takashi Miike (Audition) helmed The Great Yokai War, a loose remake of Spook Warfare that used cutting-edge digital effects to renew the franchise for a new generation. In it, a young boy is given a grave responsibility: to ...
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The Psychedelic Priest
Father John (John Darrell) begins to question his faith after he accidentally ingests some LSD given to him in a cola. Amid images of religious motifs and becomes the Psychedelic Priest. Setting off across America on a journey of self-discovery, he wanders the country and comes across a pretty bl...
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Tideland
To escape her unhappy life in a remote part of Texas, nine-year-old Jeliza-Rose dreams up an elaborate fantasy world. But the reality of having junkie parents - played by Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski) and Jennifer Tilly (Bound) - and the influence of her eccentric neighbours begins to encroach,...
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Vital
2005 • Japan • Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryoko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join the medical school with ...
