Seeing that Alex Cox film the other day reminded me of other recent films which, from my point of view, OUGHT to be recognized as great cult films but which unaccountably aren’t. Here’s a short list (undoubtably, I am leaving things out, but here are some that come to mind immediately, in addition to Cox’s Revengers Tragedy). These are all astonishing films which almost nobody has seen, and which have yet to get anything like the recognition they deserve; not even the underground following of, say, Richard Kelly’s brilliant Donnie Darko.
- Abel Ferrara, New Rose Hotel
- Nancy Savoca, The 24 Hour Woman
- Alex de la Iglesia, Perdita Durango, aka Dance With the Devil
- Alison Maclean, Crush