This book, by film critic Hal C F Astell of the Apocalypse Later review site, explores the quirky and surprising reasons why 26 classic American bad movies were made.
It aims to be highly representative of different budgets, timeframes and genres.
Films included range from big budget Hollywood productions like "Strange Interlude," "The Outlaw" and "The Conqueror" to no budget indie flicks like "Manos: The Hands of Fate," "The Beast of Yucca Flats" and "The Monster of Camp Sunshine."
They span the years from from 1932 ("Strange Interlude") to 1980 ("Fist of Fear, Touch of Death"),...
This book, by film critic Hal C F Astell of the Apocalypse Later review site, explores the quirky and surprising reasons why 26 classic American ba...
In a single scene in a single film, Tura Satana forever changed the world of American cinema. Faced with an all-American boy and his all-American girlfriend, her wild go go dancer races him, cheats him and fights him, leaving him dead in the dirt. Suddenly it was possible for a woman to be tough and female at the same time and nobody has yet mastered that like Tura Satana did as Varla in "Faster, Pussycat Kill Kill "
In this book, the first full filmography of Tura Satana, film critic Hal C F Astell of Apocalypse Later explores her brief but important screen career through a...
In a single scene in a single film, Tura Satana forever changed the world of American cinema. Faced with an all-American boy and his all-American g...