I had some stuff I wanted to get done and decided to put this on because this type of doc is totally my jam, but also I could still do the things I wanted to do. I was really interested in the history and the entire topic of cult films. My major issue with the film is the actually composition of the documentary. There are many documentaries. It gives off the look that it was made by a bunch of film fans who go together with their friends to make a documentary about this. Lloyd Kaufman and Joe Bob Briggs are necessary for any film on this topic, but everyone else feels like they couldn’t get the people they wanted to interview who love cult films and could have elevated the piece. People they could have interviewed that come to mind are Eli Roth, James Gunn, Patton Oswalt, Tom Savini, Paul Scheer, Sean Baker, Bruce Campbell, and Sam Raimi instead of Ted Raimi (not that there’s anything wrong with him, he’s great it just feels like they couldn’t get his brother so they settled on him). I also had issues with the score. The mix is odd as it drops in and out and the same short pieces are repeated over and over again creating a sort of looped carousel music that starts to feel annoying after it goes on for a while. Some of the interviews go on for two long and some feel like they recorded someone quickly at a convention and thus have the sound of a crowd around them. Additionally the structure of these interviews get to a point where everyone is saying the same thing so you keep hearing the same information over and over again. It also becomes a little indulgent with the interstitials in between the interviews where it becomes a supercut of cult films. These moments go on for too long and aren’t that motivated so it just feels like the directors took movies they liked and cut them there as an afterthought to fill runtime. There is a lot of good intention and heart within the film, but it feels rushed and I wish it was made a little tighter so I could enjoy it more.
