The Golden Age of Crap: 77 B-Movies From the Glory Days of VHS

Just because you can't respect a movie doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. The Golden Age of Crap serves up a sampling of junk-food flicks that gained their audiences on videocassette rental shelves during the '80s and '90s, a time when one couldn't visit the video rental store without being tempted by Italian post-apocalyptic adventures, ninja revenge yarns, and zombie-filled "camcorder epics." The movies covered here run from sleeper hits ( Phantasm II ) to cult favorites ( The Dead Next Door ), from unknown stinkers ( Plutonium Baby ) to undiscovered gems ( America's Deadliest Home Video ), all examined with a critical but fun-loving eye. "Nathan Shumate is a B-movie encyclopedia. I stand in awe of anyone who has seen this many films with the words 'Blood Bath, ' 'Zombie, ' or 'Bikini' in the title." - LARRY CORREIA, author of Monster Hunter International "This book skips the usual cult classics and highlights some real gems lost in the wreckage of '80s B-movie video stores with funny and insightful reviews. A must read for B-movie fans "-BILL GALVAN, comic book artist for Archie Comics and Marvel Comics "Remember that dude's head exploding in Scanners ? Well, that's what would happen to you if you watched more than seven of the bad B movies in Nathan Shumate's The Golden Age of Crap . But Nathan has saved you some messy head explosions by watching the films for you, and his reviews are funnier and more entertaining than all 77 of the films combined." - WILLIAM C. MARTELL, screenwriter of Hard Evidence and Crash Dive