{"product_id":"the-ghastly-one-the-sexgore-netherworld-of-filmmaker-andy-milligan","title":"The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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 for Milligana sadist  a misogynist  a maniacthis was his own private reality. The Fassbinder of 42nd Street  Milligan brought a crazed intensity to his work  making films of the heart in a milieu where the only art was the con. Based on hundreds of interviews  excerpts from lost movies and plays  and ranting narratives from Milligan himself  this is a story of how one unrelenting soul attempted to escape his demons and create his own twisted universe  a universe peopled by abortion-clinic bombers  undercover transsexuals  disgruntled hustlers  and bestiality-loving exhibitionists. This is a tale of violencephysical  sexual  and psychological. Even the author himself got sucked in  appearing in one of Milligans last gore-fests and nearly getting killed in the process. The sick secrets revealed in this book will unnerve even hard-core grind house fans. But The Ghastly Oneprofusely illustrated with rare and strange stills shot by Milligan himselfisnt just about a lone lunatic with a movie camera. Its a funny  unbelievable  and oddly moving history of exploitation films as well as a vivid portrait of New Yorks infamous CaffT Cino  the Warhol crowd  and the vibrant but malevolent place called Times Square and what got lost when it sold its soul to Mickey Mouse. This replaces 1556524269.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966492667957,"sku":"ByrdShop_1556524951","price":225.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781556524950.jpg?v=1770564644","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ghastly-one-the-sexgore-netherworld-of-filmmaker-andy-milligan","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}