150 Movies You Should Die Before You See - Miller Steve [0]
YOU SHOULD DIE BEFORE YOU SEE
Steve Miller
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Acknowledgments
I may be having fun at the expense of their movies in this book, but it wouldn't exist if not for some filmmakers who have made bad movies for which I have genuine affection. My deep gratitude for all the entertainment to Charles Band, Mario Bava, Uwe Boll, Roger Corman, Kerry Douglas Dye, John Johnson, Sam Katzman, Lloyd Kaufman, Henry Towers, Ted V. Mikels, Dan Wascavage, and Edward D. Wood, Jr.
I also want to extend a big thank you to my editor, Peter Archer. This would have been a very different book without his invaluable input.
Dedication
To Dan, Lars, Jesper, Vibeke, Loie, Jeff, Michelle, Miranda, Greg, Shaun, and Kate — as well as anyone I may be forgetting — who, over the past thirty years, repeatedly sat down to watch bad movies with me. (And I offer apologies for the times I had to trick you.)
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter One.
Exhibits in the Bad Movie Museum
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Bride of the Monster (1955)
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
Hideous! (1997)
Troll 2 (1990)
Chapter Two.
Big Budget Bombs
The Black Dahlia (2006)
The Conqueror (1956)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Ishtar (1987)
Sahara (2005)
The Spirit (2008)
Chapter Three.
Creaky Classics
Black Dragons (1942)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Red Dawn (1984)
Trapped by Television (1936)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
Chapter Four.
Freaky Families
Amityville Dollhouse (1996)
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
The House on Skull Mountain (1974)
Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Chapter Five.
Gory, Gorier, Goriest
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cemetery Man (1994)
Dead Alive (1992)
Deep Red (1975)
Demons (1985)
The Machine Girl (2008)
Re-Animator (1985)
The Ruins (2008)
The Street Fighter (1974)
Susperia (1977)
The Traveler (2006)
Urban Flesh: Rebirth Edition (2007)
Chapter Six.
Happy Holidays!
April Fool's Day (1986)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Satan's Little Helper (2004)
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)
Chapter Seven.
Inauspicious Beginnings
Bad Taste (1987)
The Bloody Brood (1959)
Cannibal: The Musical (1993)
Dementia 13 (1963)
Hangmen (1987)
Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987)
Return to Horror High (1987)
Ten Fingers of Death (1971)
Chapter Eight.
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1941 (1979)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Catwoman (2004)
City Heat (1984)
The Love Guru (2008)
On Deadly Ground (1994)
The Reaping (2007)
Chapter Nine.
Kinda-Sorta Based on the Book
The Black Cat (1934)
From Beyond (1986)
Modesty Blaise (1966)
Moonraker (1979)
The Punisher (1989)
The Raven (1935)
Chapter Ten.
Monstrous Monster Movies
Attack of the