>>Sometimes I feel as if my tastes are caught between
>>King_Friday and Orbit_Established--the snob who proclaims a
>>love for Iranian films while getting beat up by the guy
>>rehearsing lines from Evil Dead 2.
>
>I don't feel like I'm a snob.

I wouldn't think of it as a dirty word.

>>Is there a movie that the "elitists" and the
>"bottom-dwellers"
>>can enjoy equally?
>>
>
>Yeah.
>
>Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, and Day Of The
>Dead.

Which one do I start with?

>Art film buffs like them because of the social political
>themes and the low budget independent feel, non-film buff
>moviegoers like them because of the well-executed genre
>content (blood, action, zombies).

That's why I suggested someone like Peckinpah--there's enough violence to attract one crowd and enough subtext to win over the other.