{"product_id":"9780061806292","title":"Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies : A Film Critic's Year-Long Quest to Find the Worst Movie Ever Made","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eShowgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Adams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michael Adams's book is great fun! No one intends to make a truly bad movie, but when they do, Michael Adams will be there to watch it...and make it entertaining!\" —John Landis, director of \u003cem\u003eTrading Places \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Blues Brothers \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eShowgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies\u003c\/em\u003e, film critic Michael Adams embarks on a year-long odyssey to discover the worst movie ever made, which \u003cem\u003eMystery Science Theater 3000\u003c\/em\u003e star, writer, and director Kevin Murphy calls \"disturbingly comprehensive, joyously critical, and the best of its kind.\" From all-time cult classics such as \u003cem\u003eReefer Madness \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePlan 9 from Outer Space\u003c\/em\u003e to new entries to the pantheon such as \u003cem\u003eGigli\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBaby Geniuses\u003c\/em\u003e, no genre, star, or director is safe from Adams’s acerbic wit and hilarious observations. In the vein of A.J. Jacobs’s New York Times bestselling book \u003cem\u003eThe Know-It-All\u003c\/em\u003e, and with the snarky sarcasm of television’s \u003cem\u003eMystery Science Theater 3000 \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Soup\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShowgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies\u003c\/em\u003e leaves no stone unturned. With a foreword by cult director George A. Romero (\u003cem\u003eNight of the Living Dead \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Michael Adams’ book is great fun! No one intends to make a truly bad movie, but when they do, Michael Adams will be there to watch it...and make it entertaining.”\u003cbr\u003e“Michael Adams is the Peter Biskind of really crappy movies. I thank him for watching these films so I didn’t have to claw my eyes out myself.”\u003cbr\u003e“Like many of the bad movies it celebrates, this book is addictive, mesmerizing and endlessly amusing.”\u003cbr\u003e“Reading Michael Adams’ entertaining and disturbingly comprehensive book is like being dragged through the fun parts of Hell in a flame-proof suit. Having had both hands in the cesspools of cinema for over twenty years, I can say with confidence that this book is the best of its kind: a joyously critical, deeply personal journey through a medium we love to hate almost as much as we love to love.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061806292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41052452094158,"sku":"9780061806292","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061806292.jpg?v=1648176526","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061806292","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}