Bad Movies We Love

by Edward Margulies

A hip, irreverent, witty tour of 203 of the worst movies of all time, describing absurd plotlines, the worst dialogue, most over-the-top performances, and memorably wacky scenes. Photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452270057
• ISBN13: 9780452270053
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious

This book is an absolute riot. The authors takes on these movies are great. What makes the book better than the standard bad movie review is how they trash movies you think might be good (like Fatal Attraction). My only complaint is there are sections with too many references to old (50's) movies that I have never heard of. Otherwise it is hilarious.

An absolute must have

I hate to say it, but I think I have seen every movie in this book, most more than twice. This is a very funny (and helpful for the afficianado) book. The premise is different than the usual book about "bad" movies: no "Plan Nine from Outer Space" et al- that's left to Michael Medved and his ilk. No, these are movies that just are slightly crazed, over the top, or just, well, BAD. Ones that will make you ask "What were they thinking? What were they smoking! " Some of the movies are laugh-out-loud stinkers like "Female on the Beach", some are just jaw-droppingly awful like "Xanadu". But the writing is funny and fresh, and you will find yourself agreeing with the reviews of the movie you have seen, and going to the video store for the movies you have not. Unfortunately one of the authors is no longer living, but I would hope that they could collect the rest of the reviews from Movieline (the magazine from which this book sprang) and put out more editions as soon as possible

Heh, heh, heh

As a movie buff, I not only love a truly great film, I love the "so bad they're great" films! While I have never seen some of these films, especially the older ones, I was rolling on the floor when I read the reviews for Love Story, Mommie Dearest, Flashdance, Xanadu, and the Airport movies! What really makes this book a must read is the authors' diabolical senses of humor! My only question was, why weren't Two of a Kind (1983), Ice Castles (1979) and The Two Minute Warning (1976) included???

For the Connoiseur of Bad Cinema

Whether you like bad movies or not, this book is great fun to read. Inspired by the Movieline magazine column of the same name, Bad Movies We Love offers a tour of the worst of many genres, even devoting entire chapters to specific actors. Sharon Stone [Chapter 11: The Stone Age] was a good enough sport to write the Forward. I can't pick this book up without laughing out loud. I keep it on the end table by my sofa within convenient reach of my remote control.

If you love camp, Susan Hayward, Valley of the Dolls...

this is THE book for you! It's nice to have all of one's fave "bad" films at one's fingertips, especially when some of them aren't available on video yet. A MUST for any film freak