Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...the best and the worst of these movies, nurtured Roger Corman, and had the longest tenure among similar independent..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Fall of the House of Usher

By far the best of Roger Corman's Poe-inspired films, The Fall of the House of Usher takes the author's gloriously claustrophobic tale of mad Roderick Usher and his undead sister Madeline and fleshes it out into some sort of minor drive-in masterpiece.

"...THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHERD: Roger Corman (1960); with Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: May the Circle Be Unbroken

Exploitation film's family tree

"...we were auteurist, New World connoisseurs. Founded in 1970, Roger Corman's New World Pictures was the startling powerhouse production..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Exploitation's Glass Ceiling

Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies

"...and scores more who got their starts in producer Roger Corman's low-budget academy of down-and-dirty filmmaking, Rothman never graduated..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Attitude

"I'm a very nice girl -- who happens to be completely amoral," says cult queen Mary Woronov. She'll present two films -- Death Race 2000 and Rock 'n' Roll High School --at the Rolling Roadshow's Rock 'n Roll Drive-In this Saturday.

"...Inevitable or playing the top female tough in the Corman exploitation films, Mary Woronov exudes a presence with which..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Roger Corman took a break from cheapo horror and sci-fi flicks to make this cheapo gangster work (starring the late Jason Robards as Al Capone), but it's still a Corman quickie from beginning to end.

"...D: Roger Corman (1967); with Jason Robards, George Segal, Dick Bakalyan,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Players, Prisons, Pit Stops, and Girl Gangs

"...that leads me to a useful segue point ... Roger Corman helped you get your feet on the ground,..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Fantastic Fest: 'X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes'

Roger Corman = Standing O. Obviously.

"...programmer Lars Nilsen, prefacing Saturday afternoon's screening of the Roger Corman classic X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes. Nilsen..."

Sept. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Death Race

All the busted heads and blasted gaskets can't turn this makeover of a cult classic into anything but a real drag.

"...fans of the original Death Race 2000 (produced by Roger Corman and directed by Paul Bartel in 1975) already..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Sweat Lodge

Scenes from a cinematic teepee

"...when, 10 days before Crazy Mama's start date, Julie Corman (Roger's wife and a producer) fired the film's director,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

An affectionate parody of 1950s sci-fi movies, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra spoofs ’til it poops out.

"...send up the shambling black-and-white mutants of films like Roger Corman’s Day the World Ended and Edward L. Cahn’s..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Louis: And tomorrow night we're showing Piranha and Corman's coming...."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

DVD Watch: Potential-Gift Edition

"...time: As some five decades have passed, prolific producer Roger Corman's unofficial title has evolved up from the mildly..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

The Weakness of the Flesh

Actor Bill Paxton gets behind the camera for his directorial debut, the Texas gothic terror tale, Frailty.

"...Chronicle: You started off as a set dresser for Roger Corman, and I was curious if any of his..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

"...Vincent Price, the master of horror, stars in Roger Corman's Tomb of Ligeia. The Tomb of Ligeia..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Screens Feature

New World Pioneer

"...work in low-budget, drive-in exploitation films. Especially influential was Roger Corman, the master of schlock, the guru of commercial..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...with none other than the king of the z-movies Roger Corman in attendance...."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Moving Forward by Falling Backward

Keep on keeping on

"...Working in film publicity, Jonathan Demme was hired by Roger Corman to be the unit publicist for Von Richthofen..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Way, Way Outer Space

Dusting off Starcrash, an interstellar swashbuckler

"...fantastic science-fiction films and stories of his youth: Buck Rogers and Ray Harryhausen, Barbarella and Invaders From Mars...."

Sept. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Troma Ward

Troma Films co-founder Lloyd Kaufman: indie maverick, gross-out artist.

"...a boot camp of sorts not unlike the one Roger Corman had set up over at AIP. There was..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Merle Bertrand

Predators

This Robert Rodriguez-produced film doesn't try to be a sequel to the Schwarzenegger picture but, instead, is a new story about humans hunted by the merciless Predators.

"...Chevy, Dodge Challenger, G.T.O., or – seriously? what would Roger Corman say?! – Toyota Prius and head on over..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cave

A crack team of cave divers encounters untold horror in the form of bloodthirsty sea slugs.

"...by-the-book knockoff of Alien that it’s a wonder Gene Corman wasn’t involved in some capacity. Hunt comes from a..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: 'The Vincent Price Collection'

The master of horror at the height of his Poe powers

"...The bulk of the discs chronicle Price's collaborations with Roger Corman, and inevitably that means their cycle of Edgar..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Terminal Island

"...Kristen, Barbara Leigh, Randy Boone, Sean Kenney, Tom Selleck, Roger E. Mosley and Clyde Ventura. "Welcome to Terminal Island,..."

May 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...as a director under the tutelage of exploitation king Roger Corman, and has gone on to work with everyone..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hollywood Boulevard

"If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle!"

"...produced by Miracle Pictures, a low-budget outfit not unlike Roger Corman's infamous American International Pictures (which produced Hollywood Boulevard)...."

Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Scanlines

"...(Soles), making out, hall monitors, and an evil principal. Roger Corman produced it, with erstwhile director Bartel and Corman..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...concentrates on Price's run at American International Pictures with Roger Corman. Sadly, still no more of his late-era British..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...head of Troma, and over in California there was Roger Corman. He'd just launched a new company, Concorde, and..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

NO WAY OUT

"...D: Roger Corman (1961); with William Shatner, Robert Emhardt, Leo Gordon,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

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