| Description |
x, 299 p. : ill. |
| Note |
Two columns to the page. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
Includes filmography. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Receptions and debates. Cult reception contexts -- The cult cinema marketplace -- Prestige, awards, and festivals -- Censorship and criticism -- Random and subculture -- The cult auteur -- Cult stardom -- Camp and paracinema -- Transgression and freakery -- Gender and sexuality -- Transnationalism and Orientalism -- Religion and utopia -- Themes and genres. Exploitation and B movies -- Underground and avant-garde cinema -- Cult cinema and drugs -- Cult cinema and music -- Classical Hollywood cults -- Cult horror cinema -- Cult science fiction cinema -- Cult blockbusters -- Intertextuality and irony -- Meta-cult. |
| Subject |
Cult films -- History and criticism.
|
|
Sensationalism in motion pictures.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Sexton, Jamie.
|
|
ProQuest (Firm)
|
| ISBN |
9781444396423 (electronic bk.) |
|
9781405173735 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
|
9781405173742 (hardback : alk. paper) |
|
