Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- realism(s) -- chapter 1 -- The Neorealist Transgressions of Pier Paolo Pasolini -- chapter 2 -- From Chicago to Watts by Way of Paris and Hollywood -- chapter 3 -- At the Heart of The Heart of the World -- Part II -- italian horror/gialli -- chapter 4 -- Menopausal Monsters and Sexual Transgression in Argento's Art Horror -- chapter 5 -- The More You Rape Their Senses, the Happier They Are -- chapter 6 -- A Postcard from the Grindhouse -- chapter 7 -- Body in a Bed, Body Growing Dead -- Part III -- new york state of mind -- chapter 8 -- Bernie's "Deathwish" -- chapter 9 -- Troma Entertainment -- chapter 10 -- Exploitation Films and Success -- Part IV -- extreme european cinema -- chapter 11 -- B Is for Bile, Blood, and Bones -- chapter 12 -- The Films of the Vienna Action Group -- chapter 13 -- Reveries of Blood and Sand -- chapter 14 -- A Shadow Poet -- Part V -- culture at the margins -- chapter 15 -- Through the Looking Glass Darkly -- chapter 16 -- Christian Scare Films -- chapter 17 -- Stray Cat Rock -- Part VI -- contemporary film -- chapter 18 -- Flirting with Subversion -- chapter 19 -- HATED: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies -- chapter 20 -- Cinema of Regression -- About the Editors and Contributors.