As a cult film actor, Campbell is best known for his role as Ashley J.

However, not every film with a devoted fanbase is necessarily a cult film.

A cult film is a movie that attracts a devoted group of followers or obsessive fans, often despite having failed commercially on its initial release.

Sometimes the audience response to a cult film is somewhat different than what was intended by the film makers.

A film can be both a major studio release and a cult film, particularly if despite its affiliation with a major studio, it failed to achieve broad success on either the theatrical or home video markets but was championed by a small number of dedicated film fanatics who seek out lesser-known offerings.

It is also true that the content of certain films ( such as dark subjects, alienation, transgressive content, or other controversial subject matter ) can also decide whether or not a film is a " cult film ", regardless of the film's budget or studio affiliations.

The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ) was a flop on its initial release, yet became a cult classic and has been called " the first cult film of the Internet era.

Occasionally, a film can become the object of a cult following within a particular region or culture if it has some unusual significance to that region or culture.

The 1938 anti-marijuana propaganda film Reefer Madness has become a cult film within the stoner subculture due to its humorously sensationalized, outdated, and inaccurate descriptions of the effects of marijuana.

The World War II-era Department of Agriculture film Hemp for Victory, encouraging the growing of hemp for war uses, has achieved a similar cult status.

Entry-level IT workers and white-collar American workers alike have given Mike Judge's 1999 comedy film Office Space a cult following because of its heroic portrayal of ordinary office employees who become fed up with their jobs.

The critic Michael Medved characterized examples of the " so bad it's good " class of low-budget cult film through books such as The Golden Turkey Awards.

Greek writers under Roman rule also recorded cult practices and beliefs pertaining to Mars under the name of Ares.

Ælfheah furthered the cult of Dunstan and also encouraged learning.

He also built and enlarged the city's churches, and promoted the cult of Swithun and Swithun's predecessor, Æthelwold of Winchester.

The text of Genesis-Numbers leaves no doubt as to the central concern of the priests: the cult of Yahweh was to be under the control of " Aaron and his sons " forever, and to the exclusion of all other priestly lines ( such as Korah, Dathan and Abiram, who meet terrible fates in Numbers 16-17 for challenging Aaron, but also the lines of David's priests Abiathar and Zadok, as well as the low-level Levites ).

Cult films usually offer something different or innovative in comparison to mainstream films, but cult films can also be popular across a wide audience.

Slaves of New York, Can't Stop the Music, and A Night in Heaven have also found a cult audience in the gay community.

Judge's gory send-up When Animated Animals Attack is also a cult hit among animation festival fans in North America, as are the works of Don Hertzfeldt ( Billy's Balloon, Rejected, The Meaning of Life ) and Robert Smigel.

The book served as Confucianism's seminal textbook for Chinese women for two millennia, but cementing the " cult of chastity " as an exemplar of Chinese superiority also condemned many widows to lives of " poverty and loneliness.

There have also been periodic tensions with both mainstream and fundamentalist Christians, who think the religion is aligned with Gnosticism or is a cult, and fault it for departing from traditional Christian doctrine.

He also acknowledged the film's cult following saying, " Many people tell me they have it in their video collection, it's a family film but also a cult film in a way, being passed down to other generations ".

It also states that a religious sect can be considered a cult if its beliefs involve a denial of any of the essential Christian teachings such as salvation, the Trinity, Jesus himself as a person, his works and his miracles, his crucifixion, his death, his resurrection, his return, and the Rapture.

This regality is also linked to the cult of trees, particularly oaks.

Domitian also revived the practice of the imperial cult, which had fallen somewhat out of use under Vespasian.

A dandy ( also known as a beau or gallant ) is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self.

In 1956 at the Twentieth Party Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, Khrushchev condemned the cult of personality that had been built up around Joseph Stalin and also accused him of many grave mistakes.

" while also calling for discussions on the cult of personality and the Twentieth Party Congress.

Of his cult at Eridu, which goes back to the oldest period of Mesopotamian history, nothing definite is known except that his temple was also associated with Ninhursag's temple which was called Esaggila, " the lofty head house " ( E, house, sag, head, ila, high ; or Akkadian goddess = Ila ), a name shared with Marduk's temple in Babylon, pointing to a staged tower or ziggurat ( as with the temple of Enlil at Nippur, which was known as E-kur ( kur, hill )), and that incantations, involving ceremonial rites in which water as a sacred element played a prominent part, formed a feature of his worship.

In addition to these human aspects, they are commonly described as semi-divine beings associated with fertility and the cult of the ancestors and ancestor worship.

Silenus commonly figures in Roman bas-reliefs of the train of Dionysus, a subject for sarcophagi, embodying the transcendent promises of Dionysian cult.

The cult statue was brought to Rome by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who before his accession was the hereditary high priest at Emesa and is commonly called Elagabalus after the deity.

Though it varied considerably from region to region within Samiland, it commonly emphasized gods and ancestor worship and animal spirits, such as the bear cult.

It was commonly rumored in Roman times that Praxiteles's cult image of Aphrodite of Knidos, in Aphrodite's temple, was so beautiful that at least one admirer arranged to be shut in with it overnight.

An additional commonly used subcategory of cult movements are the doomsday cults, characterized by the central role played by eschatology in these groups ' belief systems.

The Incal is then sought by many factions: the Bergs ; the corrupt and decadent government of the great pit-city ; the rebel group Amok ; and the Church of Industrial Saints ( commonly referred to as the Techno-Technos or the Technopriests ), a sinister technocratic cult which worships the Dark Incal.

It is commonly thought that the earliest incarnation of Greek sculpture was in the form of wooden cult statues, first described by Pausanias as xoana.

* children commonly initiated into the cult ;

Enlil is associated with the ancient city of Nippur, sometimes referred to as the cult city of Enlil.

He may also have been involved in the Lupercal cult, as he was referred to as a priest of this order later in life.

" The prophetai are referred to in literary sources, but their function is unclear ; it has been suggested that they interpreted the Pythia's prophecies, or even reformatted her utterances into verse, but it has also been argued that the term prophētēs is a generic reference to any cult officials of the sanctuary, including the Pythia.

The Fourteenth Congress also saw the first developments of the Stalin personality cult with Stalin being referred to as " leader " for the first time and becoming the subject of effusive praise from delegates.

The term cargo cult, as an idiom, originally referred to aboriginal religions which grew up in the South Pacific after World War II.

The gritstone edges of the Peak District are an important climbing area and the rock is much relished by English climbers, among whom it has almost cult status and is often referred to as " God's own rock ".

Economist Bryan Caplan has referred to Communism as " the largest cargo cult the world has ever seen ", describing the economic strategy of the 20th-century Communist leaders as " mimicking a few random characteristics of advanced economies ", such as the production of steel.

Because heliacal rising occurs in the east, and the sun's heat begins there daily, Sopdu was referred to as Lord of the East, and had his greatest cult centre at the easternmost nome of Lower Egypt, which was named Per-Sopdu, meaning place of Sopdu.

In later years, Love referred to the album as " unlistenable ", despite its critical accolades and eventual cult following.

His successor, Hua Guofeng also practised the cult of personality and was referred as " the brilliant leader Chairman Hua " ( 英明领袖华主席 ).

The " Phrygian rites " Strabo mentioned referred to the cult of Cybele that was also welcomed to Athens in the 5th century.

Van Zandt has been referred to as a cult musician and " a songwriter's songwriter.

His entrance music was the theme from the cult martial arts film The Last Dragon, and he even brought in the film's star Taimak ( referred to in his appearances as ' Bruce Leroy ', the name of his character ) to help him in a feud with Embassy member Jimmy Rave.

The show, often referred to as simply He-Man, was one of the most popular animated children's shows of the 1980s, and has retained a heavy cult following to this day.

Over the years, the film has accumulated a cult following and has been referred to as a cult classic.

The Greeks referred to the similarly local pre-Hellenic deities in the local epithets that they assigned, associated with the cult of their Olympian pantheon at certain places ( Zeus Molossos only at Dodona, for example ).

The Nazi literature of the period leaves little doubt that this new forum was regarded as a sacred cult centre, which was even referred to as " Acropolis Germainiae ".

Palmer accepts Cicero's etymology as a possibility while adding mons mount, hill, verb e-mineo and noun monile referred to the Capitol, place of her cult.

Note that in this context Confucianism can be referred to as the state cult, and Taoism as the popular religion.

Needing to distract the Slayers so that he can be assured of the privacy required to complete an important ritual, the Mayor ensures they learn of a cult of vampires loyal to a demon named Balthazar, knowing they will be fully engaged in defeating him, giving the Mayor time to enact a ritual required as part of his preparation to become a demon ( referred to as his Ascension ).

Much requested from the fans ( and referred to in the forums as the " random map cult "), the game now offers a " Create Random Scenario " option.