100 greatest cult films / Christopher J. Olson.
The term "cult film" is difficult to define, but one thing is certain: A cult film is any movie that has developed a rabid following for one reason or another. From highly influential works of pop art like Eraserhead and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! to trash masterpieces such as Miami Connection an...
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Lanham, MD :
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[2018]
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| Physical Description: | xix, 329 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
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One hundred greatest cult films |
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Contents:
- The adventures of buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension (1984)
- American psycho (2000)
- The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford (2007)
- Being John Malkovich (1999)
- Better off dead ... (1985)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- Blade runner (1982)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Brick (2005)
- Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
- Buffy the vampire slayer (1992)
- The cable guy (1996)
- Cannibal! The musical (1993)
- Carnival of souls (1962)
- Clerks (1994)
- A clockwork orange (1971)
- Clue (1985)
- Commando (1985)
- Crank (2006)
- Death race 2000 (1975)
- The decline of western civilization II: the metal years (1988)
- Dog soldiers (2002)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Drive (2011)
- Earth girls are easy (1988)
- Eraserhead (1977)
- Evil dead II (1987)
- Faster, pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
- Fateful findings (2013)
- Fight club (1999)
- Foxy Brown (1974)
- Freaks (1932)
- Friday (1995)
- Galaxy quest (1999)
- Ganja & Hess (1973)
- Ghost world (2001)
- Gremlins 2: the new batch (1990)
- Grey gardens (1976)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- Heathers (1988)
- Hedwig and the angry inch (2001)
- Hot rod (2007)
- I'm gonna git you sucka (1988)
- Invasion of the body snatchers (1956)
- The iron giant (1999)
- Josie and the pussycats (2001)
- Killer klowns from outer space (1988)
- The little shop of horrors (1960)
- The lost skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
- Love streams (1984)
- Manos: the hands of fate (1966)
- Mean girls (2004)
- Memento (2000)
- Miami connection (1987)
- Ms. .45 (1981)
- Night of the living dead (1968)
- The nightmare before Christmas (1993)
- Office space (1999)
- Pee-wee's big adventure (1985)
- Phantasm (1979)
- Phantom of the paradise (1974)
- Pi (1998)
- Pink flamingos (1972)
- Plan 9 from outer space (1959)
- Point break (1991)
- Pootie tang (2001)
- Pulp fiction (1994)
- Punisher: war zone (2008)
- Putney Swope (1969)
- Re-animator (1985)
- Reefer madness (1936)
- Repo man (1984)
- Road house (1989)
- The rocketeer (1991)
- Rock 'n Roll high school (1979)
- The Rocky horror picture show (1975)
- Romy and Michele's high school reunion (1997)
- The room (2003)
- Rushmore (1998)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the world (2010)
- The Shawshank redemption (1994)
- Shock corridor (1963)
- Slacker (1991)
- Sorcerer (1977)
- Speed racer (2008)
- Starship troopers (1997)
- Strange brew (1983)
- Stranger than paradise (1984)
- Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song (1971)
- The Texas chain saw massacre (1974)
- The thing (1982)
- This is spinal tap (1984)
- The toxic avenger (1984)
- Trick 'r treat (2007)
- UHF (1989)
- V for vendetta (2005)
- Waiting for Guffman (1996)
- Walk hard: the Dewey Cox story (2007)
- The warriors (1979)
- Wet hot American summer (2001)
- Appendixes : A. Cult around the world: ten great international cult films
- B. Sex, violence, and everything in between: ten great exploitation films
- C. Things that go bump in the night: ten great midnight movies
- D. So bad they're good: ten great camp classics
- E. So bad they're bad: the ten worst cult films.