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CIN322: Cult Cinema

Bibliographies and Filmographies - B-Movies and Cult Cinema

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO): These links will take you to annotated bibliographies that highlight key resources (books, book chapters, essays, articles, reviews) on the topic. Look up the resources using the UofT Libraries system or contact Cinema Studies Librarian, Kate Johnson if you need help in accessing the materials.

Streaming and Screening Resources

Online Streaming Resources for Cult Films:

UofT Libraries Streaming Collections

Feature Films

Audio Cine Films
"Academic film streaming to enhance your learning experience". Film streaming service containing many new Hollywood releases.
Criterion-on-Demand: Troubleshooting Tips
If you are experiencing issues streaming, take a look at these suggested fixes.
List of UTL Streaming Video Collections
UofT Media Commons has links to numerous video collection. This page includes resources that require UTORID login and at the bottom, you will find free open access video collections.
Electronic Arts Intermix
EAI assists artists by distributing, preserving, exhibiting, and representing their media artworks, and collaborates closely with educators, curators, programmers, and collectors to facilitate exhibitions, acquisitions, as well as educational uses of media artworks.

Recommended Books

A Companion to the Horror Film by Harry M. Benshoff (Editor)
Call Number: eBook, PN1995.9 .H6 C65 2014 (UTM)
Publication Date: 2014
Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag
Call Number: PN771 .S62 1966, Innis & other UofT Libraries
Publication Date: 1966
Midnight Movies by J. Hoberman; Jonathan Rosenbaum
Call Number: PN1995 .H58 1983, Innis & other UofT Libraries
Publication Date: 1983
Repertory Movie Theaters of New York City by Ben Davis
Call Number: eBook, PN1993.5 .U77 D38 2017X, Robarts
Publication Date: 2017
Video Nasties by Martin Barker
Call Number: PN1992.95 .V5 1984, Robarts
Publication Date: 1984
The Cult Film Reader by Ernest Mathijs (Editor); Xavier Mendik (Editor); Roger Corman (Foreword by)
Call Number: PN1995.9 .C84 C85 2008, Innis & other UofT Libraries
Publication Date: 2008
Media Cultures by Michael Skovmand (Editor); Kim Christian Schrøder (Editor)
Call Number: eBook, print available (search title in catalogue)
Publication Date: 2016
Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! by Eric Schaefer
Call Number: eBook, PN1995.9 .S284 S33 1999X, Robarts
Publication Date: 1999
The Style of Sleaze by Calum Waddell
Call Number: eBook, PN1995.9 .S284 W33 2018, various UofT Libraries
Publication Date: 2018
The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema by Ernest Mathijs (Editor); Jamie Sexton (Editor)
Call Number: eBook, PN1995.9.C84 R68 2020, Innis
Publication Date: 2019
The Blaxploitation horror film: adaptation, appropriation and the gothic by Jamil Mustafa
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2023
Lewd Looks by Elena Gorfinkel
Call Number: eBook, PN1995.9 .S45 G67 2017, Innis & other UofT Libraries
Publication Date: 2017
ReFocus: the Films of Doris Wishman by Alicia Kozma (Editor); Finley Freibert (Editor)
Call Number: eBook, PN1998.3.W5696 F56 2021, Innis
Publication Date: 2021
Cutting Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-Garde by Joan Hawkins
Call Number: ebook, print also available (search title in catalogue)
Publication Date: 2000
Cult Cinema by Ernest Mathijs; Jamie Sexton
Call Number: eBook, PN1995.9 .C84 M38 2011, Innis & other UofT Libraries
Publication Date: 2011
Erotism by Georges. Bataille; Mary Dalwood (Translator)
Call Number: HQ61 .B3813 1986 Innis & other UofT Libraries
Publication Date: 2001
Swinging Single by Hilary Radner; Moya Luckett (Contribution by)
Call Number: HQ18 .U5 S95 1999X, Robarts
Publication Date: 1999