Interview with Nathan Shumate - Author of 'The Golden Age of Crap'
If the motorcycle-straddling residents of Zombie Town ring your bell, and the prospect of revisiting Camp Crystal Lake or watching those killer klowns from outer space do their thing for the umpteenth time fills you with unarticulated glee, then chances are, you’re probably something of a connoisseur of bad movies. If you prefer Alan Smithee to Avant-garde, I think you’ll know where I’m coming from. And its fine! You’re in good company. Let’s face it, sometimes having a good ole’ rummage through the bargain bin in your local discount shop and withdrawing your hand to find it clammily clutching some truly abhorrent title involving ‘atomic zombie moms’ is, lets be honest, truly sublime. But what is it that draws us time and time again to these cheap, tacky and downright bad movies? What’s more – what makes us reserve a special place in our heart for them? These are but a few of the burning questions author Nathan Shumate addresses in his brand new book The Golden Age of Crap . No s...