Underground U.S.A. (eBook)

Xavier Mendik is the director of the Cult Film Archive at University College Northampton, and he is the general editor of the AlterImage series. Steven Jay Schneider is author of The Cinema of Wes Craven.

Introduction - Explorations Underground: American Film (Ad)ventures Beneath the Hollywood Rader, by Xavier Mendik and Steven Jay Schneider1. 'No Sicker Than You Were Before': Theory Economy and Power in Abel Ferrara's The Addiction, by Joan Hawkins2. Radley Metzger's Elegant Arousal: Cultural Value, Eroticism, and Sexploitation, by Elena Gorfinkel3. Curtis Harrington and the Underground Roots of the Modern Horror Film, by Stephen R. Bissette4. 'Special Effects' in the Cutting Room, by Tony Williams5. Real(ist) Horror: From Execution Videos to Snuff Films, by Joel Black6. A Report on Bruce Conner's Report, by Martin F. Norden7. Voyeurism Sadism and Transgression: Screen notes and Observations on Warhol's Blow Job and I, A Man, by Jack Sargeant8. Doris Wishman Meets the Avant-Garde, by Michael J. Bowen9. 'You Bled My Mother, You Bled My Father, But You Won't Bleed Me': The Underground Trio of Melvin Van Peebles, by Garrett Chaffin-Quiray10. Full Throttle on the Highway to Hell: Mavericks, Machismo, and Mayhem in the American Biker Movie, by Bill Osgerby11. The Ideal Cinema of Harry Smith, by Jonathan L. Crane12. What Is the Neo-Underground and What Isn't: A First Consideration of Harmony Korine, by Benjamin Halligan13. Underground America 1999, by Annalee Newitz14. Phantom Menace: Killer Fans, Consumer Activism, and Digital Filmmakers, by Sara Gwenllian Jones15. Film Co-ops: Old Soldiers From the Sixties Still Standing in Battle Against Hollywood Commercialism, by Jack Stevenson16. Gouts of Blood: The Colourful Underground Universe of Herschell Gordon Lewis, by Xavier Mendik17. Theory of Xenomorphosis, by Nick Zedd18. Visions of New York: Films from the 1960's Underground", by David Schwartz19. A Tasteless Art: Waters, Kaufman, and the Pursuit of 'Pure' Gross-Out, by Xavier Mendik & Steven Jay Schneider