canon and the anti-classics “Robot Monster” and “Terror of Tiny Town” – emerging from obscurity and into the popular culture.īut one film in the book failed to emerge: a 1974 gay porn film called “Him,” which the Medveds cited as the prime example of the “Most Unerotic Concept in Pornography.” Indeed, the Medveds did not lavish their snarky humor in describing “Him,” turning instead to a level of self-righteous indignation over the film’s contents. The book created a new era of film appreciation, with a parade of so-bad-they’re-good flicks – most notably the Edward D. In 1979, Harry and Michael Medved released the book “The Golden Turkey Awards,” which celebrated what they considered to be the most outrageous bad movies of all time.
