Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #831104 in Books
• Published on: 1995-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 666 pages

Synopsis
Here is a guide for alternative film fans, cult flick devotees, connoisseurs of trash and every movie buff with a twisted sense of humour. This book profiles 1000 really good "bad" movies, really bad "bad" movies and really good movies that were largely overlooked. It features alternative video from the misfits and the misunderstood: movies so bad they're good, like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"; movies with heavy cult followings, like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"; and the totally bizarre, tasteless or bewildering, like "Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill" and "Eraserhead".

Customer Reviews

zombie buff
if you love BAD,and i mean BAD movies this is the definitive reference guide.'Attack of the killer refridgerators' is just one of the weird & wonderful films included. So,if like me you love the camp classics of Ed Wood Jr and John Waters i can't recommend this enough.

All the "other" classics they didn't tell you about.
If like me you have no taste and will watch anything, then this book'll become a bible to you! From the gore drenched flick that is The Evil Dead ( personal favourite ) to the intelligent and thought-provoking movies of Troma, this book is an absolute must-have for connoisseurs of the absurd, cheap and all-round bad taste movie.

An essential part of any bad movie buff's library...
I can't recommend this book enough. If you're a fan of odd movies or downright terrible ones, this book is for you. While this book is not the most comprehensive one on "cult movies," it is wonderfully written by people with a good sense of what camp value is all about. The sidebars are insightful and the reviews are almost always dead on. It is done alphabetically and has many wonderful indexes so a William Castle fan can look up all of his movies or somebody with a vampire fetish can easily find any films of the genre. The only problems are that some reviews are rather short and uninformative and some very important movies are not included. However, in the foreward of the book they tell you that there might be a sequal and they encourage people to write to them and give their opinions. The book even lists other cult movie publications and websites, along with the distributors so one can track down a specific title. It is an invaluable tool for seeking out obscure films and an all around pleasure to read.