Cover of The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan

The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan

From 1965 to 1988, Andy Milligan made an astounding 29 exploitation movies, including "Gutter Trash," "Torture Dungeon," "The Ghastly Ones," "Seeds," "Bloodthirsty Butchers," and "Fleshpot on 42nd Street." For most of the shlockmeisters, exploitation was a joke. But fo

Subject
biography
Themes
movies
Audience
adult
Length
long · 400 pages

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