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The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan
Jimmy McDonough · 2003 · 400 pages
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
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Patton Oswalt
“Andy Milligan, a below Z-grade exploitation filmmaker, filmed a shadow autobiography of his life and hid it in the disposable, grind-house trash he churned out in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. John Waters once talked about Milligan and The Ghastly One in this same space, asking the disturbing question, ‘Can a genius be untalented, too?'”↗
Eli Roth
“EXPLOITATION / Grindhouse / cinema fans: @byNWR_official put out an INCREDIBLE coffee table book, “The Ghastly One,” about notorious underground director Andy Milligan. A must own for sleaze cinema fans. Only 1,000 made, order:”↗
John Waters
“The astonishing career of Andy Mulligan, the most pitifully damaged and insane film director whose personal life made Ed Wood’s look like a walk in the park.”↗