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100 Cult Films

The Sequel
Brief Description
In this follow-up to their original volume, 100 Cult Films, Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik provide a guide to one hundred more incredible films, from the 1911 Italian silent Dante's Inferno to Ti West's horror trilogy X, Pearl (2022), and MaXXXine (2024). This richly illustrated guide... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A guide to one hundred cult films from across world cinema from the silent period to the present day

A guide to one hundred cult films from across world cinema from the silent period to the present day

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In this follow-up to their original volume, 100 Cult Films, Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik provide a guide to one hundred more incredible films, from the 1911 Italian silent Dante's Inferno to Ti West's horror trilogy X, Pearl (2022), and MaXXXine (2024).

This richly illustrated guide addresses the work of filmmakers including Stanley Kubrick, Paul Verhoeven, Ana Lily Amirpour, Stephanie Rothman, Rob Reiner, and Dario Argento. The films feature from countries as diverse as Iran to Brazil, South Korea to Sweden, Japan to the USA, and settings 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. Through the debates and controversies that surround them, it 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 β€˜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.

Series: BFI Screen Guides

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839023026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: BFI Publishing

Illustration: 100 bw and colour illus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 194.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 620g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Ernest Mathijs is Professor of Film Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. His books include The Cinema of David Cronenberg (2008), The Cinema of the Low Countries (2004), The Lord of the Rings (2006, 2007), John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps (2013), and The Screen Censorship Companion (with Daniel Biltereyst, 2024). With Jamie Sexton he co-wrote and co-edited Cult Cinema (2011) and The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema (2019).

Xavier Mendik is Professor of Cult Cinema Studies at Birmingham City University, UK from where he runs the Cine-Excess International Film Festival. He is the author, editor and co-editor of ten volumes including Shocking Cinema of the 70s (co-edited with Julian Petley, 2021), Bodies of Desire and Bodies in Distress (2015) and The Cult Film Reader (co-edited with Ernest Mathijs, 2008). His documentaries include Scum of the Earth: Creating America’s Rural Communities of Horror (2025).

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