British trash cinema / I.Q. Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, I. Q., 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cult films--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Cult films.

Sensationalism in motion pictures.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 219 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of British Film Institute, 2013.

Summary:

British Trash Cinema is the first overview of the wilder shores of British exploitation and cult paracinema from the 1950s onwards. From obscure horror, science fiction and sexploitation, to art-house camp, Hammer's prehistoric fantasies and the worst British films ever made, author I.Q. Hunter draws on rare archival material and new primary research to take us through the weird and wonderful world of British trash cinema. Beginning by outlining the definitions of trash films and their place in British film history, Hunter explores topics including: Hammer's overlooked fantasy films, the emergence of the sexploitation film in the 1950s and 60s, the sex industry in the 1970s, Ken Russell's high camp Gothic and erotic adaptations since the 1980s, gross-out comedies, revenge films, and contemporary straight-to-DVD horror and erotica. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 British Trash Cinema 1

2 British Trash Cinephilia 15

3 Taste the Blood of England 32

4 Moon Zero Two and Other Unearthly Strangers 49

5 Zombies, Sleaze and Psychomania 64

6 Dinosaurs and Fur Bikinis 82

7 Naughty! 101

8 Eros Exploding 123

9 The Art of Trash 140

10 What Fresh Hell Is This? 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781844574162

1844574164

9781844574155

1844574156

OCLC:

857280679