40 Cult Movies: From Alice, Sweet Alice to Zombies of Mora Tau

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From devil child shocker Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) to Z-grade monochrome masterpiece Zombies of Mora Tau (1957), join acclaimed film critic and author Jon Towlson on a tour of 40 great cult movies. Experience afresh cult classics like Freaks (1932) and Night of the Living Dead (1968) and discover Euro art house rarities like Edge of Sanity (1989).

From punk classic Suburbia (1984) to Gasper Noe’s phantasmagoric Enter the Void (2009) to slasher oddity The Redeemer: Son of Satan (1978), this book is sure to bring you some of the strangest movies you will ever see. And it will make you rediscover films you thought you already knew!

Drawing on a lifetime of cult movie watching and over ten years of writing about cult movies for leading film magazines like Starburst, Scream and The Dark Side, Jon Towlson has put together the definitive A-Z guide to some of the best cult cinema around. With artwork by the legendary Graham Humphreys!

Acclaim for books by Jon Towlson

Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present (2014):
“Brain candy for the critical horror fan” – RUE MORGUE
“Fascinating and thought-provoking” – STARBURST
“Opens your eyes to films you thought you knew” – POPMATTERS
“If you’re a serious horror fan, you need to read this book” – MOVIES MADE ME
“Spectacular… informative and engaging” – HORRORTALK

The Turn to Gruesomeness in American Horror Films, 1931-1936 (2016):
“The book on ‘classic horror’ to beat” – VIDEO WATCHDOG
“One of the best books on the golden age of horror ever written” – KILLER REVIEWS.

Candyman (2018):
“A brilliant analysis of the many layers that make Candyman a brilliant film” – JOSEPH MADDREY (AUTHOR OF NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE)
“One of the most impressive books the [Devil’s Advocates] series has produced” – VIEWFINDER MAGAZINE

Global Horror Cinema Today: 28 Representative Films from 17 Countries (2021):
“Towlson does a great job… an impressive piece of work” – HORRIFIED MAGAZINE.
“An excellent guide to some of the best in horror films from across the world” – WHAT SLEEPS BENEATH

Dawn of the Dead (2022):
“The definitive volume on Romero’s Dawn of the Dead” – KENDALL R. PHILLIPS (AUTHOR OF DARK DIRECTIONS: ROMERO, CARPENTER, CRAVEN AND THE MODERN HORROR FILM).

About the author

Jon Towlson writes regularly for Starburst, Scream and The Dark Side. He is the author of numerous books on cult movies, and has contributed extras to Blu-ray releases by Arrow, Second Sight, Eureka Video and 101 Films. His writing on horror movies has been nominated for five Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.

Jon’s obsession with cult movies started with the movie mags he collected as a kid, with titles like House of Hammer and World of Horror. It was here he first heard about Alice, Sweet Alice and The Redeemer: Son of Satan. His obsession grew with the dawn of VHS when he would gather his friends to marvel at bad movies like Night of the Demon (1980). His cult movie education continued in grindhouses like London’s notorious Scala cinema, where he would revel in the weird and wonderful – Thundercrack! Café Flesh, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Santa Sangre, Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! Singapore Sling. Then, in 2003, Jon walked into Kim’s Video and Music in New York and bought his first-ever DVD: Jeff Lieberman’s cult classic, Blue Sunshine. The rest, as they say, is history.

From the Publisher

‘Brilliant and thought-provoking…a good addition for any cult film fan’s bookshelf.’ – WARPED PERSPECTIVE

COLLECTOR’S EDITION cover art by the legendary Graham Humphreys!

‘Towlson seriously knows his stuff, and his enthusiasm for the subject matter really shines through. A fun, light read, but with some deep takes, too.’ – HORRORPUNKREADS

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CM15Y79S
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 27625 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 306 pages