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Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences.
Yet these films, from the shocking
Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic
Donnie Darko, from the destructive
Tetsuo to the awfully bad
The Room, from the hilarious
This Is Sp?nal Tap to the campy
Showgirls, from the asylum of
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of
Freaks, from the gangs of
The Warriors to the gangsters of
In Bruges and from the flamboyant
Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of
The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings.
Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or
Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times.
100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (
Nekromantik,
Caf* Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (
Dirty Dancing,
The Lord of the Rings, and even
The Sound of Music).
100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with some of the world's most iconic cult creators and performers, including Dario Argento, Pupi Avati, Alex Cox, Ruggero Deodato, Jes*s Franco, Lloyd Kaufman, Harry Kumel, H. G. Lewis, Christina Lindberg, Takashi Miike, Franco Nero, George A. Romero and Brian Yuzna, and featuring a foreword by cult director Joe Dante,
100 Cult Films is your ultimate ticket to the midnight movie show.
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