Concentrates on the analysis of cult movies, how they are defined, who
defines them and the cultural politics of these definitions. Raises
issues about the perception of it as an oppositional form of cinema, and
of its strained relationships to mainstream cinema and the processes of
institutionalisation and classification. Claims that the history of
academic film studies and that of cult movie fandom are inextricably
intertwined and raises fundamental questions about both cult movies
themselves, and film studies as a discipline. Updates work on cult
movies at a time when cult films and TV have become a central part of
contemporary culture. Ranges over the full and entertaining gamut of
cult films from Dario Argento, Spanish horror and Peter Jackson's New
Zealand gorefests to sexploitation, kung fu and sci fi flicks, as well
investigations of Sharon Stone, 'underground' and trivia.