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Roger Corman

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Roger Corman Collection #1 (Little Shop of Horrors, The Terror, Monster From the Ocean Floor) (1954-1963)
Dir. Roger Corman
Three of dir. Corman's early B–grade efforts on one disc.
Roger Corman Collection #2Roger Corman Collection #2 (Creature from the Haunted Seas, It Conquered the World) (1956-1961)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland
A double–feature of Corman sci–fi 'quickies'. It Conquered the World (1956) – Van Cleef lures a malevolent alien from Venus to…
Day the World EndedDay the World Ended (1956)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens
Tight B–movie version of post–nuclear existence from with a small group of survivors battling various mutant creatures and their own…
GunslingerGunslinger (1956)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes
In this cut–price Roger Corman western, town ain’t big enough for a touch–as–nails lady marshall, and her nemesis, a spiteful…
Thunder Over HawaiiThunder Over Hawaii (Naked Paradise) (1957)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Richard Denning, Beverly Garland
Corman drive–in melodrama exploits a Hawaiian setting and the sensuous Beverly Garland for a tale of savage passion, kidnapping, and robbery of…
Sorority GirlSorority Girl (The Bad One) (1957)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Fay Baker, Dick Miller
Nastily excellent early Corman has Susan Cabot play an evil–minded college student who blackmails, teases and dominates various social…
Rock All NightRock All Night (1957)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Abby Dalton
Two fugitive killers take refuge in a rock'n'roll hotspot and terrorize the customers. Less compelling than dir. Corman's usual B–grade…
Machine Gun KellyMachine Gun Kelly (1958) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot
A baby–faced Bronson gives an exciting edge to this superior B–movie biopic, based around the criminal career of the Depression–era…
Teenage CavemanTeenage Caveman (1958) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Robert Vaughn, Sarah Marshall, Leslie Bradley
Prehistoric drive–in fare boosted by Roger Corman's knack for never letting action drag, and a baby–faced Robert Vaughn (Man from Uncle)…
Viking Women And The Sea SerpentViking Women And The Sea Serpent (Saga Of The Viking Women And Their Voyage To The Waters Of The Great Sea Serpent) (1958)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot
Roger Corman schlock scraped from the seabed, about a clan of viking women who head out to sea in pursuit of their missing husbands. Soon they are…
Bucket of Blood, ABucket of Blood, A (1959) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Ed Nelson
This has the twin distinction of being both a hilarious send–up of 'beat' culture and a ripping black comedy. Dick Miller is Walter Paisley, a…
Little Shop of HorrorsLittle Shop of Horrors (1960) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Mel Welles, Jack Nicholson
Hammy black comedy about that ferocious, carnivorous plant named Audrey. A Corman quickie, shot in two days, still remains one of his best, plus it…
Wasp Woman, TheWasp Woman, The (1960) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Michael Mark
A glamorous but ageing cosmetic executive develops an age–retarding serum, but her lust for youth and wealth is besieged by ugly…
Fall of the House of Usher, TheFall of the House of Usher, The (1960)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Mark Damon
More stately than Corman's later Poe adaptations, this three hander set the template with its tale of a poorly nymph afflicted with the 'family…
Intruder, TheIntruder, The (I Hate Your Guts) (1961) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. William Shatner, Leo Gordon
The only Corman film ever to lose money is not surprisingly perhaps his best. William Shatner excels as a small–time drifter who preaches the…
Pit and the Pendulum, ThePit and the Pendulum, The (1961) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Barbara Steele
Corman's most famous plundering of Poe extracts a host of psycho–sexual tensions out of a fine script. Vincent Price is convinced he is the…
Premature BurialPremature Burial (1962)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Ray Milland, Hazel Court
The third of Corman's eight Poe adaptations, with Ray Milland cast instead of Vincent Price as a paranoid med student. Tape includes bonus Milland…
Tales of TerrorTales of Terror (1962)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone
Three Edgar Allen Poe adaptations from his best filmic interpreter Roger Corman. The Tales on offer here are "Morella", "The Black Cat" and "The Case…
Tower of LondonTower of London (1962)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman
This Roger Corman remake of the 1939 original sees Vincent Price stepping into Basil Rathbone shoes as the bloodthirsty Duke of Gloucester. Being…
Raven, TheRaven, The (1963) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
A great cast inhabits this low budget fantasy–comedy version of Edgar Allan Poe's tale – one of Corman's best.
Terror, TheTerror, The (1963)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Boris Karloff
A legendary Corman quickie on which all of star Boris Karloff's scenes were shot in 3 days on sets leftover from THE RAVEN!
Young Racers, TheYoung Racers, The (1963)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Mark Damon, Patrick Magee
Teensploitation melodrama from the king of the drive–in cheapie about motor–racing rivalry. Some great racing footage and bratty…
X - The Man with the X-Ray EyesX - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Ray Milland, Don Rickles, John Hoyt
Furrow–browed scientist Ray Milland discovers the ability to see through matters, and takes advantage with card games and ladies etc., but…
Haunted Palace, TheHaunted Palace, The (1963)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Lon Jr. Chaney, Debra Paget
Minor Corman–Price collaboration has Price in a dual role both as the genteel inheritor of a castle, and as the fiendish warlock who once…
Secret Invasion, TheSecret Invasion, The (1964)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney
Expedient actioner is a rare, unsensational Roger Corman flick about British intelligence using criminals behind enemy lines in WW2 Yugoslavia.
Masque of the Red DeathMasque of the Red Death (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher
The best of Corman's Poe adaptations allies the director's playful yet virulent treatment to one of the writer's most strongly allegorical stories.…
Tomb of LigeiaTomb of Ligeia (1965) Recommended
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price
The last of the director's Poe interpretations is one the most memorable. Effective use is made of the eerie English locations and Vincent Price's…
Wild Angels, TheWild Angels, The (1966)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern
First big bikie flick set the blueprint for the genre, with Hell’s Angel Peter Fonda and his main squeeze Nancy Sinatra, having a wild time racing,…
St. Valentines Day MassacreSt. Valentines Day Massacre (1967)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., George Segal, Ralph Meeker
A great, trigger–happy actioner from cult film–maker Corman, based on events that led to the murder of many of Chicago's underworld,…
Trip, TheTrip, The (1967)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Susan Strasberg
One of several collaborations between director Roger Corman and Jack Nicholson, who wrote the screenplay. A director of TV commercials gradually…
Bloody MamaBloody Mama (1970)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Shelley Winters, Robert De Niro
'The family that stays together slays together!'. Shelley Winters is Ma Barker, the mad matriarch who led her brood's violent reign in the '30s.…
Gas-s-s-sGas-s-s-s (1970)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams
Strange comedy about a leaked gas that kills everyone over the age of 30. Warped social commentary from young idealists of the era.
State of Things, TheState of Things, The (1982)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Patrick Bauchau, Samuel Fuller, Roger Corman
Reliving the personal turmoil of his first American production (HAMMETT), Wenders fashions a scathing yet oddly comedic…
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda
John Hurt stars as a 21st century scientist who is thrown back to 19th century England, where Frankenstein's creature and other famous Brits run…
Independent, TheIndependent, The (2000)
Dir. Stephen Kessler
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, Jerry Stiller, Ron Howard
Jerry Stiller excels as a B–movie director whose downward spiral is the focus of a documentary film crew as he attempts to turn the life story…
Comedy Central Roasts: William ShatnerComedy Central Roasts: William Shatner (2006)
Feat. William Shatner, Jason Alexander, Sandra Bullock
Foulmouthed 'tribute' to much loved ham Shatner doesn't skimp on the vitriol as celebrity friends take the stage to lampoon their boldly going pal,…

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