This documentary celebrates the ridiculous stunts used by Hollywood over the years to market its worst movies. These include the ’50s drive-in where moviegoers could drop off their dirty laundry and pick it up after the show, horror filmmaker William Castle’s vibrating seats and producer Sam Arkoff’s offer to pay for the funeral of anyone scared to death by his film. Amusing interviews with critic Roger Ebert and director John Waters, creator of Smell-O-Vision, enliven a program that has one central failing: host Frankie Avalon, who remains as schlocky as ever.
Peter Jones
Director
Frankie Avalon
Peter Bogdanovich
Nick Clooney
Roger Ebert
Dave Friedman
Tab Hunter
Mamie Van Doren
John Waters
A Plastic Ocean75%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Sidney70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Elstree 197661%
Sherman's March67%
McQueen74%
Directed by John Ford70%
28 Up75%
Above Majestic73%
Night Will Fall76%
35 Up76%
My Mom Jayne79%
I Am Chris Farley71%
Room 23761%
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!60%
Maternal Instinct71%
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside77%
