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The Cult Film Reader (2008)

by Ernest Mathijs

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Section One: The Concepts of Cult 1.Harry Allan Potamkin (1932), ‘Film Cults.’ 2. Walter Benjamin (1936). ‘The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.’ 3. Susan Sontag (1964). ‘Notes on Camp.’ 4. Andrew Ross (1989). ‘The Uses of Camp.’ 5. Umberto Eco (1986). ‘Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage.’ 6. Barry Keith Grant (1991). ‘Science Fiction Double Feature; Ideology in the Cult Film.’ 7. Anne Jerslev (1992). ‘Semiotics by Instinct: ‘Cult Film’ as a Signifying Practice between Film and Audience. 8. Jeffrey Sconce (1995). ‘Trashing the Academy: Taste, Excess and an Emerging Politics of Cinematic Style.’ 9. Joan Hawkins (2000). ‘Sleaze Mania, Euro-Trash and High Art: the Place of European Art Films in American Low Culture.’ 10. Matt Hills (2002). ‘Media Fandom, Neo-Religiosity and Cult(ural) Studies.’ 11. Mark Jancovich (2002). ‘Cult Fictions: Cult Movies, Subcultural Capital and the Production of Cultural Distinctions.’Section Two: Cult Case Studies 12. Jean Vigo (1932). ‘Un chien andalou.’ 13. Joan Hawkins (2000), ‘The Anxiety of Influence: Georges Franju and the Medical Horror Shows of Jess Franco.’ 14. Eric Schaefer (1997). ‘The Obscene Seen: Spectacle and Transgression in Postwar Burlesque Film. 15. Parker Tyler (1963). ‘Orson Welles and the Big Experimental Film Cult.’ 16. Gary Hentzi (1993). ‘Little Cinema of Horrors.’ 17. Welch Everman (1993). ‘What is a Cult Horror Film?’ 18. Harry Benshoff (2000). ‘Blaxploitation Horror Films: Generic Reappropriation or Reinscription.’ 19. Chibnall, Steve (2003). ‘Get Carter in Context.’ 20. Noel Carroll (1998). ‘The Future of Allusion: Hollywood in the Seventies (and beyond).’ 21. Janet Staiger (2000). ‘Hitchcock in Texas: Intertextuality in the Face of Blood and Gore.’ 22. Steven Jay Schneider (2004). ‘The Essential Evil in/of Eraserhead.’ 23. Lawrence O’Toole (1979). ‘The Cult of Horror.’ 24. J.P. Telotte (2001). ‘The Blair Witch Project Project: Film and the Internet.’Section Three: National and International Cults 25. Gary Needham (2003), ‘Playing with Genre: Defining the Italian giallo’ 26. J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1983) ‘El Topo: Through the Wasteland of Counterculture.’ 27. Leon Hunt (2000). ‘Han’s Island Revisited: Enter the Dragon as a Transnational Cult Film.’ 28. Annalee Newitz (1995). ‘Magical Girls and Atomic Bomb Sperm; Japanese Animation in America.’ 29. Jinsoo An (2001). ‘The Killer: Cult Film and Transcultural (Mis)Reading.’ 30. Harmony Wu (2003). ‘Trading in Horror, Cult, and Matricide: Peter Jackson’s Phenomenal Bad Taste and New Zealand Fantasies of Inter/National Cinematic Success.’ 31. Sheila J. Nayar (2004). ‘Invisible Representation; the Oral Contours of a National Popular Cinema.’ 32. Nezih Erdogan (2002), ‘Mute Bodies, Disembodied Voices: Notes on Sound in Turkish Popular Cinema.’ 33. Tom Mes (2003). ‘Ichi the Killer.’Section Four: Cult Consumption 34. Siegfried Kracauer (1926), ‘The Cult of Distraction.’ 35. Pierre Bourdieu (1979), ‘Introduction’ + ‘Diagram: the space of social positions.’ 36. Bruce Austin (1981). ‘Portrait of a Cult Film Audience: the Rocky Horror Picture Show. 37. Gina Marchetti (1986). “Subcultural Studies and the Film Audience: Rethinking the Film Viewing Context.” 38. David Sanjek (1990), “Fans'' notes: the Horror Film Fanzine.” 39. Henry Jenkins (1992). ‘Get a Life: Fans, Poachers, Nomads.’ 40. John Fiske (1992). ‘The Cultural economy of Fandom.’ 41. Martin Barker, Jane Arthurs and Ramaswami Harindranath (2001), ‘The Crash Controversy: Reviewing the Press.’ 42. I.Q. Hunter (2000) ‘Beaver Las Vegas; a Fan Boy’s Defence of Showgirls.’ 43. Martin Barker, Ernest Mathijs & Xavier Mendik (2006), ‘Menstrual Monsters: the Reception of the Ginger Snaps Cult Horror Franchise.’Bibliography of Cult Film ResourcesIndex… (more)
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Section One: The Concepts of Cult 1.Harry Allan Potamkin (1932), ‘Film Cults.’ 2. Walter Benjamin (1936). ‘The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.’ 3. Susan Sontag (1964). ‘Notes on Camp.’ 4. Andrew Ross (1989). ‘The Uses of Camp.’ 5. Umberto Eco (1986). ‘Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage.’ 6. Barry Keith Grant (1991). ‘Science Fiction Double Feature; Ideology in the Cult Film.’ 7. Anne Jerslev (1992). ‘Semiotics by Instinct: ‘Cult Film’ as a Signifying Practice between Film and Audience. 8. Jeffrey Sconce (1995). ‘Trashing the Academy: Taste, Excess and an Emerging Politics of Cinematic Style.’ 9. Joan Hawkins (2000). ‘Sleaze Mania, Euro-Trash and High Art: the Place of European Art Films in American Low Culture.’ 10. Matt Hills (2002). ‘Media Fandom, Neo-Religiosity and Cult(ural) Studies.’ 11. Mark Jancovich (2002). ‘Cult Fictions: Cult Movies, Subcultural Capital and the Production of Cultural Distinctions.’Section Two: Cult Case Studies 12. Jean Vigo (1932). ‘Un chien andalou.’ 13. Joan Hawkins (2000), ‘The Anxiety of Influence: Georges Franju and the Medical Horror Shows of Jess Franco.’ 14. Eric Schaefer (1997). ‘The Obscene Seen: Spectacle and Transgression in Postwar Burlesque Film. 15. Parker Tyler (1963). ‘Orson Welles and the Big Experimental Film Cult.’ 16. Gary Hentzi (1993). ‘Little Cinema of Horrors.’ 17. Welch Everman (1993). ‘What is a Cult Horror Film?’ 18. Harry Benshoff (2000). ‘Blaxploitation Horror Films: Generic Reappropriation or Reinscription.’ 19. Chibnall, Steve (2003). ‘Get Carter in Context.’ 20. Noel Carroll (1998). ‘The Future of Allusion: Hollywood in the Seventies (and beyond).’ 21. Janet Staiger (2000). ‘Hitchcock in Texas: Intertextuality in the Face of Blood and Gore.’ 22. Steven Jay Schneider (2004). ‘The Essential Evil in/of Eraserhead.’ 23. Lawrence O’Toole (1979). ‘The Cult of Horror.’ 24. J.P. Telotte (2001). ‘The Blair Witch Project Project: Film and the Internet.’Section Three: National and International Cults 25. Gary Needham (2003), ‘Playing with Genre: Defining the Italian giallo’ 26. J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1983) ‘El Topo: Through the Wasteland of Counterculture.’ 27. Leon Hunt (2000). ‘Han’s Island Revisited: Enter the Dragon as a Transnational Cult Film.’ 28. Annalee Newitz (1995). ‘Magical Girls and Atomic Bomb Sperm; Japanese Animation in America.’ 29. Jinsoo An (2001). ‘The Killer: Cult Film and Transcultural (Mis)Reading.’ 30. Harmony Wu (2003). ‘Trading in Horror, Cult, and Matricide: Peter Jackson’s Phenomenal Bad Taste and New Zealand Fantasies of Inter/National Cinematic Success.’ 31. Sheila J. Nayar (2004). ‘Invisible Representation; the Oral Contours of a National Popular Cinema.’ 32. Nezih Erdogan (2002), ‘Mute Bodies, Disembodied Voices: Notes on Sound in Turkish Popular Cinema.’ 33. Tom Mes (2003). ‘Ichi the Killer.’Section Four: Cult Consumption 34. Siegfried Kracauer (1926), ‘The Cult of Distraction.’ 35. Pierre Bourdieu (1979), ‘Introduction’ + ‘Diagram: the space of social positions.’ 36. Bruce Austin (1981). ‘Portrait of a Cult Film Audience: the Rocky Horror Picture Show. 37. Gina Marchetti (1986). “Subcultural Studies and the Film Audience: Rethinking the Film Viewing Context.” 38. David Sanjek (1990), “Fans'' notes: the Horror Film Fanzine.” 39. Henry Jenkins (1992). ‘Get a Life: Fans, Poachers, Nomads.’ 40. John Fiske (1992). ‘The Cultural economy of Fandom.’ 41. Martin Barker, Jane Arthurs and Ramaswami Harindranath (2001), ‘The Crash Controversy: Reviewing the Press.’ 42. I.Q. Hunter (2000) ‘Beaver Las Vegas; a Fan Boy’s Defence of Showgirls.’ 43. Martin Barker, Ernest Mathijs & Xavier Mendik (2006), ‘Menstrual Monsters: the Reception of the Ginger Snaps Cult Horror Franchise.’Bibliography of Cult Film ResourcesIndex

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