100 Cult Films: The Sequel

Xavier Mendik; Ernest  Mathijs

100 Cult Films: The Sequel

Xavier Mendik^*, Ernest Mathijs ^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of British Columbia

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Abstract

This volume provides a companion guide to Mendik and Mathijs' 2011 study of international cult film traditions. 100 Cult Films: The Sequel considers how cult film trends have altered in response to contemporary political and social movements.

The volume addresses the work of a wide range of filmmakers including Stanley Kubrick, Paul Verhoeven, Ana Lily Amirpour, Stephanie Rothman, Rob Reiner and Dario Argento, with movies hailing from Iran to Brazil, South Korea to Sweden, Japan to the USA, and from the high North to the Australian outback. 100 Cult Films: The Sequel presents an alchemy of genres including science-fiction, romance, horror, musical, vampire, comedy and action, and through the debates and controversies that surround them raises issues about identity, home, belonging, exoticism, censorship, and what it means to be truly 'weird'.

By presenting 100 films that confirm and interrogate the notion of what makes a film a ‘cult film’, 100 Cult Films: The Sequel reignites the conversation about cult cinema while affirming its foundations in today’s volatile and vibrant cultural climate.

Original language	English
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Number of pages	256
Publication status	Accepted/In press (AAM) - 13 Nov 2025

Publication series

Name	BFI Screen Guides
Publisher	Bloomsbury

Keywords

Cult Film, Cinema and Society, Gender and Cinema, National Cinema.

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