'Hugely entertaining.'
Prospect
 
'An instant classic.'
Andrew O'Hagan, author of Caledonian Road
 
'Expertly researched.'
Sight & Sound
 
'A rollicking, gossipy triumph.'
Daily Telegraph
 
'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag . . .'
 
From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining Box Office Poison tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops.

Freaks, Land of the Pharaohs, Dune, Speed 2, Catwoman, Cats: what can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite - or lack of it - and the circumstances that saw such box office disasters actually made?
 
Away from the canon, here is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.