Showgirls, teen wolves, and astro zombies : a film critic's year-long quest to find the worst movie ever made / Michael Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Michael, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Evaluation.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Humor.

Genre:

Humor.

Physical Description:

xv, 332 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Itbooks, [2010]

Summary:

For every cinematic classic the studios have released, there have been dozens of cheesy monstrosities, overpriced flops, and schlocky epics. Rampaging robots, bouncing bimbos, moronic martial artists, vapid vampires, troubled teens, barbaric bikers, and idiotic infants -- all of these, and more, have been foisted on us in the name of "entertainment." And entertaining they are -- for all the wrongs reasons! Featuring a cast of thousands, including A-listers like Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock in their Z-grade origins, and firsthand interviews with bad-movie aficionados, from Leonard Maltin and David Sedaris to John Waters and Eli Roth, this odyssey charts one intrepid critic's attempt to maintain a normal family life and two day jobs as he watches hundreds of dreadful tapes and DVDs in every conceivable genre.

Contents:

Introduction: Bad movie bingo

Eszterhas of pain

Atrocities

A mystery scientist recommends

Howlers

Character flaws

Bigfeet

Murderin' mutant maniacs ... from space

Spielberg and Lucas strike out

Stinky number twos

Gross encounters of the turd kind

Suffer the children

Before and after alien

Wack blaxploitation

Beattied to a pulp/Blockbusters not at Blockbuster

Madonna: Uncouth or bare

Holy wood!

Del's deadly double

The curious case of Bob Clark

Silents, not golden

Japocalypse now!

Sound off

The least-action hero

Bad cop, bad cop

Little people

That's Travolting!

Keeping it reel

Gorilla snore fare

Son of gorilla snore fare

Down and under

Superzeroes

Al Adamson-o-rama

Playbores

Teen troubles

Another mystery scientist recommends

The head raspberry recommends

Movies that escaped

Oh, mommie dearest!

Low, lower, Lommel

Sex bombs

Bolled over

The most obscure director ever?

Size does matter

Findlay's final cut

John Waters goes boom!

Zaat's all folks!

Early worsts: When the A-list did Z-grade

Joe Dante's inferno

Ted v. Mikels: Master of astro zombies

Three nights with Paris

Mini monsters

Forbidden dances

They came from the deep

Insanity Claus

Roller boogers

The incredible Maltin man recommends

Jerry, Jerry bad

Cave-mania

Stop me before I Milligan

Beware Tony Blair

Heroine overdose

Wraith of Roth

Public disservice

Poppet theater

Headaches

Ditsy Larry

Vanity insanity

Shaw for sore eyes

The horror, the horror

Epilogue: October 2009

Deleted scenes.

ISBN:

9780061806292

0061806293

OCLC:

501790724

Publisher Number:

99980207987