Complex sentence: Although the movie was a financial failure when first released, it had a number of cult admirers and in the mid eighties it was amongst the most fashionable late night art movies for more esoteric clubs such as the "Edinburgh Academy Cinema Society".
Split into simpler sentences: Although the movie was a failure when first released, it had a number of cult admirers. In the mid- 1980's it was often screened as a fashionable late night art movie for esoteric clubs such as the "Edinburgh Academy Cinema Society".