Andy Milligan was a pioneer of avant-garde theater and early Queer cinema, and one of the most divisive talents in exploitation/horror history. The documentary "The Degenerate: The Life and Films of Andy Milligan" explores the truth behind his "depraved, desperate and damned" legacy. Milligan's low-budget films, which he wrote, directed, and designed himself, were period melodramas with themes of sadism, incest, and misogyny, often featuring bottom-of-the-barrel gore effects. Despite being relegated to grindhouse purgatory, Milligan's films showcase his talent as a transgressive outsider artist who battled his own demons.
The Degenerate: The Life and Films of Andy Milligan
The documentary explores the life and work of NYC filmmaker Andy Milligan, a pioneer of low-budget shock films in the 1960s and 1970s, who struggled with his own demons before his untimely death from AIDS.
