More than just a box office flop that resurrected itself in the midnight movie circuit Blade Runner 1982 achieved extraordinary cult status through video laserdisc and a fivedisc DVD collectors set. Blade Runner has become a network of variant texts and fan speculationsa franchise created around just one film. Some have dubbed the movie classroom cult for its participation in academic debates while others have termed it metacult in line with the work of Umberto Eco. The film has also been ca