I just want to start out by saying how much I enjoyed the class and how much I have learned. I wish things would have gone different and we could have finished out the year at school but everyone did a great job with presentations with everything we have had to change up. This week I think our final screening fit perfectly with the last week. Even though Once Upon a Time in Hollywood came out last year and I can see it slowly getting a cult status as the film grows with age. There is so much that makes up this film behind the great acting, directing and story line that help bring it together. I believe this film was overall very intriguing because of the acting. There was so many stars in the film that made this film great to watch and gives a twist at the end with the Manson members changing their mind about Sharon Tate and going after Rick Dalton in his home instead only to be killed themselves. I personally have always been intrigued about the Manson Family and their motives behind their murders so to see a change in the film was something I really enjoyed while also seeing some of the truth of the family too. This film is almost bittersweet due to what happens when we know what really happened in real life. Tarantino did a great job directing this film and showing what life can sometimes be like in Hollywood while also giving a change of events. He did a great job making it almost feel like you were there with them and giving of vision of what Hollywood during the end of the Golden Age could have been.

This class has definitely been one that I have looked forward more to than others after transitioning to online learning. While it has certainly been different everything has still been just as great. This class for sure heightened my appreciation for film and the cult cinema world. I definitely would not have learned as much as I did with Dr. Schlegel who pretty much knows anything and everything on cult cinema it seems like. I really loved how he showed his appreciation for each film each week and how he thought it could contribute to us understanding cult cinema more. We watched so many great films and so many of them were very new to me but some I had already seen. So, picking out my favorite and least favorite films I wanted to go with ones that I had yet to see before this class.

We watched so many great films this semester, but my favorite that I would have to go with was Pink Flamingos just because of how different it was compared to any other film I have ever seen. Pink Flamingos brought out everything and was not afraid to do so. I think part of me loved this film so much too just because of how much it left me speechless, but for different reasons other than how I am usually left speechless from a film. I immediately understood why the film was a cult film because of how different it was and it was what people could never see in a film and finally were able to with this film. Although the film was all over the place I really enjoyed getting a laugh out of it and I am sure everyone else in the class did as well. It really is a film anybody could enjoy and get a laugh out of but I wouldn’t let someone under 18 watch it.

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As far as my least favorite film of the semester, I would probably have to go with Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. This was probably my least favorite film of the semester because it was very hard for me to get into. While the film was beautifully made I had a very hard time following along with it. I probably would not watch the film again personally, but I can see how it could be a cult film and get it’s cult status from being a horror fantasy film and the people who enjoy those types of films would definitely love it. I personally am a big fan of horror films myself as some know but this one was just not one for me.

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Finally I want to end by adding a link to my final project. I did a powerpoint on how fandoms in horror films have helped them maintain their cult status. As many of us know cult films do not become cult films without their fans and many horror films are cult films and some of these fans go to extreme lengths with how much of a fan they are. I added audio on the first slide to go along with the rest of it, and I really hope everyone enjoys it. I also hope you read the article on the last slide as it was something I found very funny.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C1VDCrC7yeujYVum0HWbNqxLRKlYqHu-Oi2YX-kx9Ho/edit?usp=sharing