Can You Identify These Cult Films in This Hidden Picture Game?

By: Andrew Katz
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Can You Identify These Cult Films in This Hidden Picture Game?
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These cult films may not have been box-office smashes, but their cult following is undeniable. How many of these films can you identify in this hidden picture reveal?
The Big Lebowski
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Big Lebowski
Kingpin
Bowling for Dollars
The Full Monty
Reservoir Dogs
Time Bandits
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The Coen Brothers' "The Big Lebowski" (1998) is the feature film debut of an adult Tara Reid, along with singer-songwriter and 'Til Tuesday frontperson, Aimee Mann.

Office Space
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Extract
Office Space
Band of Brothers
Evil Dead
The Game
Army of Darkness
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"Office Space" (1999) was the live-action feature filmmaking debut of Mike Judge, creator of TV's "King of the Hill" and "Beavis and Butthead." Judge got his start making the short animated cult film series featuring Beavis and Butthead. One of these shows viewers what happens when amphibians meet wooden bats. It's called "Frog Baseball."

Fight Club
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Game
Kalifornia
Fight Club
The Birds
The Bride
Band of Brothers
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If you look closely, you can see Tyler Durden pop up for a few frames at a time before his character is introduced in "Fight Club" (David Fincher, 1999).

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Bride of Frankenstein
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Bride
Bride of Frankenstein
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Time Bandits
Space Pirates
Evil Dead
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Like 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back," 1974's "The Godfather: Part II," and 1982's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," James Whale's "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) is arguably a better film than its predecessor.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Time Bandits
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Excalibur
The Birds
Night of the Living Dead
The Big Lebowski
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A lot of the humor in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (Terrys Gilliam and Jones, 1975) comes from the limited amount of money the group had to spend on the movie. For instance, the reason the knights "ride around" by skipping while clapping coconut shells together is because they couldn't afford actual horses.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Gangster Squad
White Dog
Reservoir Dogs
Army of Darkness
The Bride
Psycho
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In "Reservoir Dogs" (Quentin Tarantino, 1992), the word "f&!k" (without the punctuation) is used 272 times. Also, there was a paramedic on the set to make sure that Mr. Orange's blood loss matched that of real-life gunshot victims.

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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Movies
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Greatest Show on Earth
Blow
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Psycho
Reservoir Dogs
Gremlins
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"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (1985) marks the feature debut and first collaboration of filmmaker Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman. Burton met Elfman and offered him the job after seeing Elfman's band, Oingo Boingo, perform at a Los Angeles club.

Down by Law
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Mystery Train
Wings of Desire
Down by Law
Night of the Living Dead
The Bride
The Birds
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"Down by Law" (Jim Jarmusch, 1986) is the English-language debut of Oscar winner Roberto Benigni.

The Evil Dead
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Night of the Living Dead
The Evil Dead
Psycho
Army of Darkness
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" (1981) spawned two feature film sequels, a remake, and a television series.

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The Man Who Fell to Earth
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Starman
Clockwork Orange
Soylent Green
Earth Girls Are Easy
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David Bowie's 2015 musical, "Lazarus," is a sequel to his narrative feature acting debut, "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Nicholas Roeg, 1974).

Night of the Living Dead 1968
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Day of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead
Psycho
Evil Dead
The Birds
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One of the things "Night of the Living Dead" (George Romero, 1969) is known for is being one of the first films to feature an African-American lead hero in a mixed race cast.

Re-Animator
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Phantasm
From Beyond
Re-Animator
The Blob
The Thing
Young Frankenstein
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There's a movie poster for the concert movie "Stop Making Sense" in Dan Cain's bedroom in "Re-Animator" (Stuart Gordon, 1985). The band in the movie featured in the poster: Talking Heads. The villain in the movie in which the poster is featured: Dr. Carl Hill, who, when anti-hero Herbert West "re-animates" Hill's severed noggin, becomes a literal "talking head."

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Repo Man
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Repo Man
Straight to Hell
Drive
Office Space
Four Brothers
Slacker
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"Repo Man" (1984) was based on writer-director Alex Cox's experience working as an assistant to a real-life repo man. The movie lines, "Only an a**hole gets killed for a car," and "Ordinary f***in' people, I hate 'em," were two things Cox heard on his ride alongs.

Sisters
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Four Brothers
Blood Simple
Sisters
Mannequin
Office Space
Repo-man
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The leads of 1973's "Sisters," Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt, were roommates in the early '70s. At one of their Christmas parties, director Brian De Palma put a special gift under their tree: a script of the movie. This was their offer to star in the film.

Slacker
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Dudley Do-Right
Slacker
Clerks
Reservoir Dogs
Kingpins
Shaft
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"Slacker" (1991) is Richard Linklater's first feature film. It consists of a series of moderately connected vignettes as the camera roams from scene to scene.

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The Thing
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The X-Files
The Wall
The Thing
Psycho
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kill Bill
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Despite what you might think, 1982's "The Thing" was neither the first nor the second time actor Kurt Russell and director John Carpenter worked together. The "Escape from New York" series had begun the year before, but cult favorite "Big Trouble in Little China" was still four years away. The actual first time they worked together was in 1979, on a TV movie called "Elvis," with Russell in the title role.

The Toxic Avenger
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Class of Nuke 'Em High
Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD
The Toxic Avenger
Mystery Men
The Thing
Army of Darkness
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Wrong Answer

"The Toxic Avenger" (1984) spawned three feature sequels and an animated TV series. Though the feature versions were strictly for adults, the cartoon was aimed at kids.

The Warriors
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Warriors
Twin Peaks
Dexter
Reservoir Dogs
The Birds
Kingpin
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Cult classic "The Warriors" (Walter Hill, 1979) was remade as a video game in 2005. Original cast members Michael Beck (Swan), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), David Harris (Cochise), Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Mercy), and James Remar (Ajax) reprised their roles from the movie for the game.

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Welcome to the Dollhouse
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
A Doll's House
The Good Wife
Welcome to the Dollhouse
The Thing
Chucky
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
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Wrong Answer

"Welcome to the Dollhouse" (1995) was Todd Solondz's first feature film. It starred Heather Matarazzo in her first feature film.

Withnail and I
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Withnail & I
The King & I
Hitch
Kingpin
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
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1987's "Withnail & I" was the feature film debut of writer-director Bruce Robinson and lead actors Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann. Robinson and Grant worked together again two years later, in "How to Get Ahead in Advertising," in which ad agency man Grant grows a second head.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th Dimension
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Repo-man
Say Anything
The Breakfast Club
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Wrong Answer

Kevin Smith developed a sequel TV series to 1984's "The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th Dimension" (directed by W.D. Richter) in the mid-2010s, but it ended up going nowhere. So much for Buckaroo Bonzai taking on the World Crime League.

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Breathless
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
A Band Apart
Breathless
Masculin FĂ©minin
Reservoir Dogs
Hitch
Night of the Living Dead
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"Breathless" (1960) was French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's first film. Despite over one hundred directing credits since then, it was his only hit.

Brazil
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
The Fisher King
1984
Brazil
Clockwork Orange
Kill Bill
Evil Dead
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There was a battle over which version of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" (1985) to release. The studio, MCA-Universal, recut the Gilliam's version to make the film more accessible. Gilliam's version won out when the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded the film best picture, director, and screenplay. Somehow, the critics had access to Gilliam's cut and not the studio's.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
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Which film corresponds with this movie scene?
Psycho
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Ed Gein
The Bride of Frankenstein
Night of the Living Dead
Chucky
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Director Tobe Hooper based the character of Leatherface in "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" on 1950s murderer/necrophiliac/grave-robber/human taxidermist/mama's boy Ed Gein. The movie spawned seven sequels/spin-offs/remakes.

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