The cult movie reader

“A extremely spectacular and complete assortment of the important thing writings within the subject. The editors have carried out a terrific job in drawing collectively the varied traditions and offering a transparent sense of this wealthy and rewarding scholarly terrain. This assortment is as wild and various because the movies that it covers. Fascinating.”
Mark Jancovich, Professor of Movie and Tv Research, College of East Anglia, UK

“It is about time the lunatic followers and dependable theorists of cult motion pictures have been handled to a e-book they will name their very own. The hassle and data contained in The Cult Movie Reader will fulfill even essentially the most ravenous zombie’s want for element and perception. This e-book will gnaw, scratch and infect you similar to the cult movies themselves.”
Brett Sullivan, Director of Ginger Snaps Unleashed and The Chair

“The Cult Movie Reader is a good movie textual content e-book and a enjoyable learn.”
John Landis, Director of The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London and Michael Jackson’s Thriller

“Glorious overview of the topic, and a complete assortment of great scholarship within the subject of cult movie. Very spectacular and lengthy overdue.”
Steven Rawle, York St John College, UK

Whether or not outlined by horror, kung-fu, sci-fi, sexploitation, kitsch musical or ‘bizarre world cinema’, cult motion pictures and their international followings are rising as a definite topic of movie and media principle, devoted to dissecting the world’s unruliest photos.

This e-book is the world’s first reader on cult movie. It brings collectively key works within the subject on the construction, kind, standing, and reception of cult cinema traditions. Together with work from key established students within the subject reminiscent of Umberto Eco, Janet Staiger, Jeffrey Sconce, Henry Jenkins, and Barry Keith Grant, in addition to new views on the steadily growing canon of cult cinema, the e-book not solely presents an summary of how wherein cult cinema could be approached, it additionally re-assesses the strategies used to check the cult textual content and its audiences.

With editors’ introductions to the quantity and to every part, the e-book is split into 4 clear thematic areas of research – The Conceptions of Cult; Cult Case Research; Nationwide and Worldwide Cults; and Cult Consumption – to offer an accessible overview of the subject. It additionally accommodates an intensive bibliography for additional associated readings.

Written in a energetic and accessible model, The Cult Movie Reader dissects a few of greatest traits, icons, auteurs and durations of world cult movie manufacturing. Movies mentioned embody Casablanca, The Rocky Horror Image Present, Eraserhead, The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath, Showgirls and Ginger Snaps.

Essays by: Jinsoo An; Jane Arthurs; Bruce Austin; Martin Barker; Walter Benjamin; Harry Benshoff; Pierre Bourdieu; Noel Carroll; Steve Chibnall; Umberto Eco; Nezih Erdogan; Welch Everman; John Fiske; Barry Keith Grant ; Joan Hawkins; Gary Hentzi; Matt Hills; Ramaswami Harindranath; J.Hoberman; Leon Hunt; I.Q. Hunter; Mark Jancovich; Henry Jenkins; Anne Jerslev; Siegfried Kracauer; Gina Marchetti; Tom Mes; Gary Needham; Sheila J. Nayar; Annalee Newitz; Lawrence O’Toole; Harry Allan Potamkin; Jonathan Rosenbaum; Andrew Ross; David Sanjek; Eric Schaefer; Steven Jay Schneider; Jeffrey Sconce; Janet Staiger; J.P. Telotte; Parker Tyler; Jean Vigo; Concord Wu