THE GOLDEN TURKEY AWARDS, NOMINEES AND WINNERS - THE WORST ACHIEVEMENTS IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY

The book awards the titular "Golden Turkey Awards" to films judged by the authors as poor in quality, and to directors and actors judged to have created a chronically inept body of work. The book features many low-budget obscurities and exploitation films such as Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, and the apparently lost Him. Other categories include expensive, big studio failures like The Swarm and popular films such as Jesus Christ Superstar.

In the introduction the authors admit that "we know our choices will not please everyoneleast of all the actors, producers, writers and directors who are honored in the pages that follow. We further recognize that the number of bad films is so enormous and the competition for the very worst is so intense, that all decisions reached here are subject to considerable second-guessing. Nevertheless, we have researched the subject thoroughlysitting through more than 2,000 wretched films in the last few yearsand we believe that our nominees and award winners can stand the test of time."

The Medveds had previously celebrated bad cinema in the 1978 The Fifty Worst Films of All Time, many of which were also featured in the various Golden Turkey Awards categories.