Tag Archives: Roger Corman

Conan the Barbarian lit the fuse for an explosion of cheaply-made, scummy knock-offs that found their way into fleapits and (mostly) video rental stores for the next half-decade.

What’s that? Did something touch your leg? It could be seaweed, or it could be…a monster!

He worked hard, was smart and not afraid to try different things, whether it was acting, singing, exhibition, or producing. He wasn't a hugely-talented performer, but he made the most of what gifts he had.

For a few years in the mid-1970s, Candice Rialson was one of the most popular actors working in exploitation films.

“I cannot, for my soul, remember how, when, or even precisely where, I first became acquainted with the lady Ligeia. Long years have since elapsed, and my memory is feeble through much suffering. Or, perhaps, I cannot now bring these ...

Episode 3 “SHOCK… SHOCK… SHOCK!!!” The Sound Of Fear looks at the world of gothic horror, taking in the music of James Bernard and Hammer horror, the Corman Poe cycle, and the approach to realist shock horror. Episode Credits: Narrated by ...

When first browsing through Bruce G. Hallenbeck’s new chronicle of American-International Pictures, Rock ‘n’ Roll Monsters: The American-International Story (Hemlock Books), it’s obvious you don’t have to be a cineaste to enjoy this read. A majority of Baby Boomers and ...

There isn’t very much surf punk music splashing out from the Scottish town of Falkirk, and there’s a very good and simple reason for this: there is no surfing of any kind there, or in the surrounding area. However, seemingly ...

Gale Anne Hurd. Executive Producer of The Walking Dead. Fear of the Living Dead. Mentored by Roger Corman and Debra Hill. She co-wrote The Terminator. She produced your favorite features: Aliens, The Abyss, Raising Caine and Punisher: Warzone; Tremors. She ...

No American Gothic series would be complete without Edgar Allan Poe, and if we are talking about cinematic adaptations, Roger Corman’s famous “Poe Cycle” deserves a big piece of the spotlight — a series of eight films, made between 1960-1964(5); ...