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40 More Cult Movies
The long-awaited sequel to the NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER 40 Cult From Alice, Sweet Alice to Zombies of Mora Tau.
Join critic and author Jon Towlson on a tour of 40 MORE cult movies! From Abbott and Costello to horror classics Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) to cult curios like Devil Girl from Mars (1954) and Castle Freak (1995), Jon brings you 40 more of the best cult movies around!
Praise for 40 Cult From Alice, Sweet Alice to Zombies of Mora Tau.
'This is the best book on cult films since Danny Peary's 1980s series of books.' - PLAN 9 CRUNCH
'Brilliant and thought-provoking...a good addition for any cult film fan's bookshelf.' - WARPED PERSPECTIVE
'If you are looking for another book to add to your ever-growing collection of non-fiction horror, then you cannot go wrong with 40 Cult Movies.' - THE INDEPENDENT HORROR SOCIETY
'Towlson seriously knows his stuff, and his enthusiasm for the subject matter really shines through.' - HORRORPUNKREADS
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 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, 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 Jeff Lieberman’s cult classic, Blue Sunshine. The rest, as they say, is history.
Join critic and author Jon Towlson on a tour of 40 MORE cult movies! From Abbott and Costello to horror classics Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) to cult curios like Devil Girl from Mars (1954) and Castle Freak (1995), Jon brings you 40 more of the best cult movies around!
Praise for 40 Cult From Alice, Sweet Alice to Zombies of Mora Tau.
'This is the best book on cult films since Danny Peary's 1980s series of books.' - PLAN 9 CRUNCH
'Brilliant and thought-provoking...a good addition for any cult film fan's bookshelf.' - WARPED PERSPECTIVE
'If you are looking for another book to add to your ever-growing collection of non-fiction horror, then you cannot go wrong with 40 Cult Movies.' - THE INDEPENDENT HORROR SOCIETY
'Towlson seriously knows his stuff, and his enthusiasm for the subject matter really shines through.' - HORRORPUNKREADS
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 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, 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 Jeff Lieberman’s cult classic, Blue Sunshine. The rest, as they say, is history.
330 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 25, 2025
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Jon Towlson
33 books39 followersJon Towlson is a film critic and the author of 40 CULT MOVIES: FROM ALICE, SWEET ALICE TO ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU (2023), MIDNIGHT COWBOY (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023), DAWN OF THE DEAD (DEVIL'S ADVOCATES) (Auteur/ Liverpool University Press, 2022), GLOBAL HORROR CINEMA TODAY (McFarland, 2021), CANDYMAN (DEVIL'S ADVOCATES) (Auteur/Columbia University Press, 2018), THE TURN TO GRUESOMENESS IN AMERICAN HORROR FILMS, 1931-1936 (McFarland, 2016), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (CONSTELLATIONS) (Auteur/Columbia University Press, 2016) and SUBVERSIVE HORROR CINEMA: COUNTERCULTURAL MESSAGES OF FILMS FROM FRANKENSTEIN TO THE PRESENT (McFarland, 2014). He is a regular contributor to STARBURST MAGAZINE, and has also written for the BFI, Scream, The Dark Side, Diabolique, Paracinema, Exquisite Terror, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Shadowland Magazine, Bright Lights Film Journal, Offscreen, Cine Excess and Digital Film-Maker Magazine. Jon has contributed extras to Blu ray releases by Arrow, Second Sight, Eureka and 101 Films. Jon has been nominated several times for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award 'honoring the best in classic horror research'.
Jon hosts the official STARBURST horror podcast
FRIDAY NIGHT FRIGHTS.
Jon hosts the official STARBURST horror podcast
FRIDAY NIGHT FRIGHTS.
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January 11, 2026
Liked the 1st one better. And the virtual voice keeps freaking me out.
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