List of illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction: Star-Making, Cult-Making and Forms of Authenticity; K.Egan & S.Thomas PART I: CONNECTING 'CULT' AND 'STARDOM' Cult Movies With and Without Cult Stars: Differentiating Discourses of Stardom; M.Hills Marginal Moments of Spectacle: Character Actors, Cult Stardom and Hollywood Cinema; S.Thomas PART II: CULT STARDOM AND THE MAINSTREAM: MANAGEMENT, MEDIATION AND NEGOTIATION 'You're Bill Groundhog-Day-Ghostbusting-Ass Murray': 'Mainstream' Success, Star Agency and Cult Reinvention; J.Whalley Prisoner of Cool: Chloë Sevigny, Alternative Stardom and Image Management; J.Sexton From Behind the Masks to Inside: Acting, Authenticity and the Star Wars Co-Stars; J.Scott PART III: DIRECTORS, REPUTATIONS AND CULT ACTING Vincent Price and Cult Performance: The Case of Witchfinder General ; J.Smith Hal Hartley's 'Look-out-Martin-Donovan's-in the-house!' shot: The Transformative Cult Indie star-director Relationship and Performance 'idiolect'; S.Rawle Cronenberg Connected: Cameo Acting, Cult Stardom and Supertexts; E.Mathijs Low-flying Stars: Cult Stardom in Mumblecore; J.Lyons PART IV: CULT IDENTITIES: GENDER, BODIES AND OTHERNESS Damaged Beauty: Montgomery Clift, Tragedy and the Redefinition of a Star Image; K.McNally Forever Emmanuelle: Sylvia Kristel and Soft-core Cult Stardom; L.Wimmer A Real Horror Star: Articulating the Extreme Authenticity of Ingrid Pitt; K.Egan 'You're really a Miniature Bond': Weng Weng and the Transnational Dimensions of Cult Film Stardom; I.R.Smith PART V: CULT STARDOM IN CONTEXT: CONNOISSEURSHIP AND FILM CRITICISM 'The Screen's Number One and Number Two Bogeymen': The Critical Reception of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in the 1930s and 1940s; M.Jancovich & S.Brown