Synopsis
Mark Kermode invites you on an entertaining journey into the weird and wonderful world of cult movies, filled with some of the strangest, most truly original and unexpected moments in cinema.
- Programme: Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema
- Series: 3
- Episode: 3: Cult Movies
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Film Studies
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