Cult Movies 2 Explained

Cult Movies 2
Author:	Danny Peary
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Subject:	Cult films
Publisher:	Delta Books
Release Date:	1983
Media Type:	Print
Preceded By:	Cult Movies
Followed By:	Cult Movies 3

Cult Movies 2 is a 1983 book by Danny Peary, a follow-up to his 1980 book Cult Movies. Just like its predecessor it consists of a series of essays regarding what Peary described as the most representative examples of the cult film phenomenon. This book covered fifty films not among the hundred in the first volume.

Content

The films are presented in alphabetical order, with each chapter featuring a story synopsis for the covered title, Peary’s response to the film, production and release details, and a brief selection of contemporary critical reviews.^{[1] [2]} The book features one guest contributor, Henry Blinder, who wrote the essay on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. A sequel to this book came out in 1988: Cult Movies 3.

Publication history

Certain chapters from Cult Movies 2 were republished in 2014 as a thematically connected e-book, bringing together essays about cult movies from certain genres.^[3]

Films

• Altered States (1980)
• Der Amerikanische Freund (The American Friend, 1977)
• Barbarella (1968)
• Basket Case (1982)
• Beat the Devil (1953)
• Bedazzled (1968)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• Blood Feast (1963)
• Blood Money (1933)
• A Boy and His Dog (1975)
• Breathless (À Bout de Souffle) (1960)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Cutter's Way (1981)
• Dark Star (1974)
• Daughters of Darkness (1971)
• The First Nudie Musical (1976)
• Godzilla (1954)
• The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
• High School Confidential (1958)
• His Girl Friday (1940)
• Last Tango in Paris (1972)
• The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
• Marnie (1964)
• Massacre at Central High (1976)
• Mommie Dearest (1981)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
• Ms. 45 (1981)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• Night of the Demon (1957)
• Nightmare Alley (1947)
• The Parallax View (1974)
• Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
• Pretty Baby (1978)
• Quadrophenia (1979)
• Salt of the Earth (1954)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Sullivan's Travels (1942)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• To Be or Not to Be (1942)
• Vanishing Point (1971)
• White Heat (1949)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
• Wuthering Heights (1939)
• Zardoz (1974)

External links

• Interview with Danny Peary about the Cult Movies books.
• Podcast discussion about Danny Peary's Cult Movies, with an interview with Peary himself.

Notes and References

1. Book: Peary, Danny . Cult Movies 2 . 1981 . Simon & Schuster Inc. . New York . 0-671-64810-1.
2. Web site: Pure Cinema Podcast: Peary's Cult Movies 2 . 2022-06-08 . thepinksmoke.com.
3. Web site: Cinephiles rejoice: Danny Peary's Cult Movies books now repurposed as budget-friendly e-books . 2022-06-08 . The Dissolve.