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Our most recent curated works. Including essays and articles, event coverage and conversations.

Jirahs and the Face of the Kaiju Boom
Essays and Articles

Jirahs and the Face of the Kaiju Boom

By Christopher Stewardson Ultraman (1966-67) turned 60 this past July. Naturally, Tsuburaya Productions has capitalised on the anniversary with an array of merchandising, special events, its newest Ultraman series (Ultraman Teo), and a far-reaching documentary (The Origin of Ultraman) which traces the global resonance, cultural position, and personal meaning of the Ultraman character. When Ultraman…

Feminism and Fluorescent Murder: What Can Giallo Offer the New Generation? Bristol’s Forbidden Worlds Film Festival: The Big Scream Invites You to Find Out
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Feminism and Fluorescent Murder: What Can Giallo Offer the New Generation? Bristol’s Forbidden Worlds Film Festival: The Big Scream Invites You to Find Out

By Isabelle Cocozza Advertorial for Forbidden Worlds Film Festival: The Big Scream ‘Giallo’ was an Italian horror film subgenre or movement beginning in the 1960’s and fizzling out around the late 1980’s. It is characterised by eccentric murder-mystery plots featuring leather-gloved, razor wielding killers and their beautiful victims, drenched in neon lighting and accompanied by…

Button Masher: Cinema Gimmicks and Interactive Film Nights in Liverpool’s DIY Cult Film Scene
Essays and Articles

Button Masher: Cinema Gimmicks and Interactive Film Nights in Liverpool’s DIY Cult Film Scene

By Josh Coates Images courtesy of Bruno Castro About a year ago, the three Button Mashers sat around and discussed what makes a cinema fun. Being big fans of going it alone to the cinema, we wondered about how best to turn the act of seeing a movie on the big screen into a really…


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We are bringing cult films to all readers through the creation of a diverse and accessible platform, curated to exhibit the best of established and up and coming writers, programmers and filmmakers alike.

With emphasis on preservation, restoration and exhibition of cult filmmaking for future generations, we want to shed light on the cinephiles, event organisers, academics, creatives and distributors that are keeping cult alive.

Essays and Articles

Ang Lee’s Hulk (2003) and the Universal Monster
Essays and Articles

Ang Lee’s Hulk (2003) and the Universal Monster

Author Nathan Lunn on  New Book ‘They Come from Planet Earth! The Themes of Kaiju Cinema’ and Kaiju’s Enduring Cultural Legacy
Essays and Articles

Author Nathan Lunn on New Book ‘They Come from Planet Earth! The Themes of Kaiju Cinema’ and Kaiju’s Enduring Cultural Legacy

The Filthiest Person Alive! John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) and the Camp of Abjection
Essays and Articles

The Filthiest Person Alive! John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) and the Camp of Abjection

Monstrously Queer: The Ultimate Cult Classics to Watch as a Queer Horror Fan
Essays and Articles

Monstrously Queer: The Ultimate Cult Classics to Watch as a Queer Horror Fan

The Evil that Men Do Exists in Each of Us: The Horror of Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
Essays and Articles

The Evil that Men Do Exists in Each of Us: The Horror of Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

A Subgenre’s Unwavering Subgenre: Exploring the Summer Camp Slasher
Essays and Articles

A Subgenre’s Unwavering Subgenre: Exploring the Summer Camp Slasher

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UK Event Coverage

The Films of B-Movie Director Albert Pyun at The Final Film Festival, London
Event Coverage

The Films of B-Movie Director Albert Pyun at The Final Film Festival, London

Choose an Anniversary Screening: Trainspotting (1996) at 30
Event Coverage

Choose an Anniversary Screening: Trainspotting (1996) at 30

Cinema Rediscovered 2026: Cult Film Highlights Reviewed From the 10th Year of Restored and Rediscovered Repertory Film in Bristol
Event Coverage

Cinema Rediscovered 2026: Cult Film Highlights Reviewed From the 10th Year of Restored and Rediscovered Repertory Film in Bristol

‘Tropical Gothic’ at The London Colombian Film Festival: La Mansión de Araucaima (1986)
Event Coverage

‘Tropical Gothic’ at The London Colombian Film Festival: La Mansión de Araucaima (1986)

Cinema Mentiré Presents A Bewitching Season Of Queer, Cult International Biblical Reinterpretations in ‘Salome, Salome, Salome’
Event Coverage

Cinema Mentiré Presents A Bewitching Season Of Queer, Cult International Biblical Reinterpretations in ‘Salome, Salome, Salome’

Witch of Popcorn Presents  RYAN’S BABE (2000) at Little Nan’s Bar, London
Event Coverage

Witch of Popcorn Presents RYAN’S BABE (2000) at Little Nan’s Bar, London

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Interviews and Conversations

TURA! (2024)  starring John Waters and Dita Von Teese Review – Director Cody Jarrett talks securing legacy of Tura Satana, feminist cult film trailblazer of FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (1965)
Interviews and Conversations

TURA! (2024) starring John Waters and Dita Von Teese Review – Director Cody Jarrett talks securing legacy of Tura Satana, feminist cult film trailblazer of FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (1965)

BFI LFF 2025: An Interview with Merced Elizondo on his new short film THE MOURNING OF (2024)
Interviews and Conversations

BFI LFF 2025: An Interview with Merced Elizondo on his new short film THE MOURNING OF (2024)

BFI LFF 2025: An Interview with Mo Abudu on African stories and her new short film starring Seal, DUST TO DREAMS (2025), Dir. Idris Elba
Interviews and Conversations

BFI LFF 2025: An Interview with Mo Abudu on African stories and her new short film starring Seal, DUST TO DREAMS (2025), Dir. Idris Elba

Suffering and Sexual Politics  – A Conversation with Zoë Rose Smith exploring New French Extremity filmmaking and Umbrella Entertainment’s New Extremity Boxset Vol.1
Interviews and Conversations

Suffering and Sexual Politics – A Conversation with Zoë Rose Smith exploring New French Extremity filmmaking and Umbrella Entertainment’s New Extremity Boxset Vol.1

Erotic Cinema: An Intimate Conversation from the Preaching to the Perverted Podcast hosts
Interviews and Conversations

Erotic Cinema: An Intimate Conversation from the Preaching to the Perverted Podcast hosts

The unseen Sean Baker interview on stigmatised communities and social realism in his sex work films
Interviews and Conversations

The unseen Sean Baker interview on stigmatised communities and social realism in his sex work films

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Culture Presents! Our screenings coming to UK cities…

LONDON! On Sale Now: CULTURE PRESENTS X VINEGAR SYNDROME: The Black Room (1982), at The Nickel Cinema 15/9
Culture Presents

LONDON! On Sale Now: CULTURE PRESENTS X VINEGAR SYNDROME: The Black Room (1982), at The Nickel Cinema 15/9

Our first screening has arrived. In collaboration with the incredible distributor and physical media purveyor Vinegar Syndrome, Culture Film Publication is presenting erotic horror/exploitation hidden gem…

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Ultraman turned 60 this year, so contributor Christopher Stewardson returns to examine the history of the Kaiju monster boom in Japan and its short lived Kaiju monster, Jirahs. Forbidden Worlds Film Festival (@fwfilmfestival) highlights Europe’s most significant horror export within this year’s ‘European Slaycation’ at The Big Scream! The programme (which @issycharliedennis excitedly guest programmed) spanning from October 22nd to 24th at Bristol Megascreen features Giallo classics: Dario Argento’s Deep Red (1975), Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace (1964), Sergio Martino’s The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) and Micheal Soavi’s Stagefright (1987). But how can this ever complicated subgenre appeal to Gen Z? Button Masher’s Liverpool events are bringing back the cinema gimmick. Including choose your own adventure DVDs lost to time and William Castle-style accompaniments to films, the Button Masher team are bringing a new experience to the city - or rather, an experience lost to time brought back again for a new audience ready to have more experience packed into their weekend cinema trip. You can read about cinema gimmicks, hosting these popular DIY events and Button Masher’s upcoming events now through their article in the link in our bio. Ang Lee’s perhaps neglected Hulk (2003) film remains a cult throwback for superhero film fans and comic readers alike. Joseph Ratchford returns to Culture to explore how Ang Lee’s interpretation of The Hulk on screen is made so special through its humanisation of the monster and its influences of James Whale’s Universal Frankenstein (1931). Thank you to everyone who came to our SOLD OUT first ever Culture Presents screening (of erotic exploitation film The Black Room!), in collaboration with @vinegarsyndrome at @thenickelcinema! It’s crazy to think of the things that have happened in the span of only one year of Culture, so to celebrate by starting a new adventure (at the now legendary cinema where our inaugural published work was with!) was great. Here’s to keeping cult film alive for new generations! “There is a new way of watching the kaiju film, and it is taught in this book.” Author Nathan Lunn provides insight into the history of Kaiju films, their cultural commentary and their interpretations, as well as explaining why the way we watch Kaiju films should change. You can read all about the subgenre and Nathan’s new book ‘They Come from Planet Earth! The Themes of Kaiju Cinema’ in his piece through the link in our bio.
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