''100 Cult Films'' is a 2011 book written by

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and Xavier Mendik, who selected one hundred cult films to discuss.

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The two authors often disagreed with each other and were forced to make concessions; for example, Mathijs opposed the inclusion of '' Cannibal Holocaust'', which he called an initiation ritual and not a film with a devoted cult following. He relented and allowed its inclusion so that he could convince Mendik to include '' Begotten''. Mathijs wanted to include ''

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'', but Mendik preferred to focus on including more transgressive films, and it was not included. As a result of its necessarily arbitrary choices, the book attracted controversy from cult film fans. To choose the final film, the authors performed a public survey; the resulting winner was ''

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''. A

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was released to allow readers to mark each of the films that they have seen. The app features appearances by

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and Joe Dante.

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