History Creator / RogerCorman

Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic {{horror}}s based on the works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. True, even these eight films--all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring Creator/VincentPrice--are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[Film/ThePitandthePendulum The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' and ''Film/HouseOfUsher'', both featuring legendary performances from Price, and ''Film/TheHauntedPalace'', which was the first [[LovecraftOnFilm screen adaptation]] of an Creator/HPLovecraft story (''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''), [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] for the Poe series. Corman's best work is generally considered to be ''Film/ABucketOfBlood'', a satirical horror film that was partly autobiographical. His most enduring work, however, is probably ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors''. Filmed in a world-record two days, this 1960 horror-comedy would go on to be adapted into a [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors musical]], a [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors musical film]], and even a short-lived [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop animated kids' series]]. Corman made one film, ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), for a major studio (Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox) with a decent budget, but disliked the experience and resumed making low-budget films.

By the mid-'70s, he operated his own studio, New World Pictures, which allowed him to take a dip in the world of hoity-toity art films. He served as the American distributor for Creator/IngmarBergman's ''Film/CriesAndWhispers'', one of the rare foreign films to get an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Picture. Other international films that Corman distributed in the U.S. included Volker Schlöndorff's ''Literature/TheTinDrum'', Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Literature/DersuUzala'', Bergman's ''Film/AutumnSonata'', Creator/FedericoFellini's ''Film/{{Amarcord}}'', Creator/AlainResnais's ''Film/MonOncleDAmerique'', and Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's ''Small Change'' and ''Film/TheStoryOfAdeleH''. Corman left New World Pictures in 1981 and formed another distribution company, Concorde-New Horizons.

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Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic {{horror}}s based on the works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. True, even these eight films -- all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring Creator/VincentPrice -- are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[Film/ThePitandthePendulum The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' and ''Film/HouseOfUsher'', both featuring legendary performances from Price, and ''Film/TheHauntedPalace'', which was the first [[LovecraftOnFilm screen adaptation]] of an Creator/HPLovecraft story (''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''), [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] for the Poe series. Corman's best work is generally considered to be ''Film/ABucketOfBlood'', a satirical horror film that was partly autobiographical. His most enduring work, however, is probably ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors''. Filmed in a world-record two days, this 1960 horror-comedy would go on to be adapted into a [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors musical]], a [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors musical film]], and even a short-lived [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop animated kids' series]]. Corman made one film, ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), for a major studio (Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox) with a decent budget, but disliked the experience and resumed making low-budget films.

In addition to his knack for the financial aspects of moviemaking, Roger Corman also has a keen eye for talent. Many famous directors, including Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, Creator/JamesCameron, Creator/RonHoward, Creator/JoeDante, and Creator/MartinScorsese, started out directing films that Roger Corman produced. A number of actors -- notably Creator/JackNicholson and Creator/RobertVaughn -- also had their start under Corman. And despite his sexploitation films, many women such as Gale Anne Hurd also had their start in the industry thanks to him. Corman realised women would work harder for less money as long as they had the opportunity to use their talents, often denied thanks to the rampant sexism of mainstream Hollywood. In recognition of this, Corman received the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Academy Honorary Award]] in 2009.

Please note that, although he's commonly known as "King of the B-Movies", Corman ''hates'' the title. As he [[InsistentTerminology insists]], he made A-Movies on B-Movie budgets. Oh, and don't bring up ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in his presence. Just ''don't!'' (During a Jorgenson Guest Filmmaker Lecture at Indiana University, [[TakeThat he took a swipe]] toward ''[=MST3K=]'', trenchantly observing that "If you don't have any ability yourself, maybe you can make money by [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter making fun of those who do]]".)

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Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic {{horror}}s based on the works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. True, even these eight films -- all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring Creator/VincentPrice -- are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[Film/ThePitandthePendulum The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' and ''Film/HouseOfUsher'', both featuring legendary performances from Price, and ''Film/TheHauntedPalace'', which was the first [[LovecraftOnFilm screen adaptation]] of an Creator/HPLovecraft story (''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''), [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] for the Poe series. Corman's best work is generally considered to be ''Film/ABucketOfBlood'', a satirical horror film that was partially autobiographical. His most long-lasting work, however, is probably ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors''. Filmed in a world-record two days, this 1960 horror-comedy would go on to be adapted into a [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors musical]], a [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors musical film]], and even a short-lived [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop kids' cartoon]]. Corman made one film, ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), for a major studio (Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox) with a decent budget, but he disliked the experience and resumed making low-budget films.

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American movie producer and director sometimes known as the "King of the BMovie". He has directed over 50 movies and produced over 300, every single one of them having been created on time and under budget. Most of them are low-brow {{exploitation film}}s of various types which have become "classic" examples of SoBadItsGood and are as far from TrueArt as it is possible to get; however, one film, ''Film/ABucketOfBlood,'' ''was'' considered a masterpiece of sorts, and semi-autobiographical.

Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic {{horror}}s based on the works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. True, even these eight films -- all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring Creator/VincentPrice -- are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[Film/ThePitandthePendulum The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' and ''Film/HouseOfUsher'', both featuring legendary performances from Price, and ''Film/TheHauntedPalace'', which was the first [[LovecraftOnFilm screen adaptation]] of an Creator/HPLovecraft story (''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''), [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] for the Poe series. Also directed ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' in 1960; it was filmed in exactly two days, a world record. Corman made one film, ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), for a major studio (Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox) with a decent budget, but disliked the experience and resumed making low-budget films.

By the mid-'70s, he operated his own studio, New World Pictures, which allowed him to take a dip in the world of hoity-toity art films. He served as the American distributor for Creator/IngmarBergman's ''Film/CriesAndWhispers'', one of the rare foreign films to get an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Picture. Other international films that Corman distributed in the U.S. included Volker Schlöndorff's ''Literature/TheTinDrum'', Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Literature/DersuUzala'', Bergman's ''Film/AutumnSonata'', Creator/FedericoFellini's ''Film/{{Amarcord}}'', Creator/AlainResnais's ''Film/MonOncleDAmerique'', and Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's ''Small Change'' and ''Film/TheStoryOfAdeleH''. Corman left in 1981 and formed another distribution company, Concorde-New Horizons.[[note]]As for New World, they would expand into other areas as the '80s progressed, owning Creator/MarvelComics for a time; by 1990, it had left the film business and instead began to concentrate on TV, though many of its' shows were sold to Creator/SonyPictures, which used them to re-activate the TV unit of Creator/TriStarPictures. By 1994 New World had purchased TV stations in major markets such Atlanta and Milwaukee, which led the group to become involved with the fledgling Creator/{{Fox}} network as the NFC football Fox had just acquired made said stations attractive to Fox; the subsequent affiliation changes led to a DisasterDominoes across the local TV landscape, and ultimately New World was purchased by Fox in 1997. The assets of New World have been dispersed amongst New Horizons (all Corman-era films), Disney (Marvel Comics/Marvel Productions, New World/Genesis backlog {including shows not owned by Sony}, Creator/FourStarTelevision backlog, Learning Corporation of America/Highgate Pictures backlog and Gold Key Entertainment backlog), Fox Corp. (TV stations and holding companies; others belong to Nexstar), Sony (1990-1991 TV shows) and Lakeshore Entertainment (pre-1990 post-Corman film library).[[/note]]

** ''Black Scorpion [=II=]: Aftershock''

** ''Caged Heat 3000''

** ''Film/DeathRace''
** ''Death Race 2''
** ''Death Race 3: Inferno''
** ''Death Race 2050''
** ''Death Race: Beyond Anarchy''

** ''Film/DeathstalkerIVMatchOfTheTitans''

** ''Film/{{Munchie}}''
** ''Munchie Strikes Back'' (1994)

** ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacreII''
** ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacreIII''

** ''Film/WizardsOfTheLostKingdom2''

* ''Film/GrandTheftAuto1977'' (unrelated to the video game ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''

Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic {{horror}}s based on the works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. True, even these eight films -- all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring Creator/VincentPrice -- are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[Film/ThePitandthePendulum The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' and ''Film/HouseOfUsher'', both featuring legendary performances from Price, and ''Film/TheHauntedPalace'', which was the first [[LovecraftOnFilm screen adaptation]] of an Creator/HPLovecraft story (''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''), [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] for the Poe series. Also directed ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' in 1960; it was filmed in exactly two days, a world record. Corman made one film, ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), for a major studio (Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox) with a decent budget, but disliked the experience and resumed low budget films.

-->-- '''Crow T. Robot''', on seeing Roger Corman's name come up in the credits, ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000: Film/TheUndead''

* TheMockbuster: Did some of these. The most {{Egregious}} time was when New World Pictures [[Macekre butchered]] ''Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' as ''Warriors of the Wind'' and attempted to sell the film as a ''Franchise/StarWars'' knockoff, complete with an [[CoversAlwaysLie all-new poster that rips off more than just]] ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* ''Anime/WarriorsOfTheWind''

* TheMockbuster: Did some of these.

Please note that, although he's known as "King of the B-Movies", Corman ''hates'' the title. As he [[InsistentTerminology insists]], he made A-Movies on B-Movie budgets. Oh, and don't bring up ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' in his presence. Just ''don't!'' At the Jorgenson Guest Filmmaker Lecture, [[TakeThat he took a swipe]] toward ''[=MST3K=]'', saying that you could make money off [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter making fun of something you don't make]].

By the mid-'70s, he operated his own studios, New World Pictures, which allowed him to take a dip in the world of hoity-toity art films. He started as the American distributor of Creator/IngmarBergman's ''Film/CriesAndWhispers'', a rare example of a foreign film that got a Best Picture nomination. Other films by international directors distributed by Corman in the United States included ''Literature/TheTinDrum'', Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Literature/DersuUzala'', Bergman's ''Film/AutumnSonata'', Creator/FedericoFellini's ''Film/{{Amarcord}}'', Creator/AlainResnais's ''Film/MonOncleDAmerique'', and Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's ''Small Change'' and ''Film/TheStoryOfAdeleH''. He left in 1981 and formed a company called New Concorde. [[note]]As for New World, they would expand into other areas as the 80s progressed, owning Creator/MarvelComics for a time; by 1990, it had left the film business and instead began to concentrate on TV, though many of its' shows were sold to Creator/SonyPictures, which used them to re-activate the TV unit of Creator/TriStarPictures. By 1994 New World had purchased TV stations in major markets such Atlanta and Milwaukee, which led the group to become involved with the fledgling Creator/{{Fox}} network as the NFC football Fox had just acquired made said stations attractive to Fox; the subsequent affiliation changes led to a DisasterDominoes across the local TV landscape, and ultimately New World was purchased by Fox in 1997. The assets of New World have been dispersed amongst New Horizons (all Corman-era films), Disney (Marvel Comics/Marvel Productions, New World/Genesis backlog {including shows not owned by Sony}, Creator/FourStarTelevision backlog, Learning Corporation of America/Highgate Pictures backlog and Gold Key Entertainment backlog), Fox Corp. (TV stations and holding companies; others belong to Nexstar), Sony (1990-1991 TV shows) and Lakeshore Entertainment (pre-1990 post-Corman film library).[[/note]]

Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic {{horror}}s based on the works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. True, even these eight films -- all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring Creator/VincentPrice -- are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[Film/ThePitandthePendulum The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' and ''Film/HouseOfUsher'', featuring legendary performances from Price, and ''Film/TheHauntedPalace'', which was the first [[LovecraftOnFilm screen adaptation]] of an Creator/HPLovecraft story (''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''), [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] for the Poe series. Also directed ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' in 1960; it was filmed in exactly two days, a world record. Corman made one film, ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), for a major studio (Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox) with a decent budget, but disliked the experience and resumed low budget films.

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American movie producer and director sometimes known as the "King of the BMovie". He has directed over 50 movies and produced over 300, every single one of them having been created on time and under budget. Most of them are low-brow {{exploitation film}}s of various types which have become "classic" examples of SoBadItsGood and are as far from TrueArt as it is possible to get; one film, ''Film/ABucketOfBlood,'' ''was'' considered a masterpiece of sorts, and semi-autobiographical.

Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic {{horror}}s based on the works of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. These eight films -- all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring Creator/VincentPrice -- are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[Film/ThePitandthePendulum The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' and ''Film/HouseOfUsher'', featuring legendary performances from Price, and ''Film/TheHauntedPalace'', which was the first [[LovecraftOnFilm screen adaptation]] of an Creator/HPLovecraft story (''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''), [[DolledUpInstallment dolled up]] for the Poe series. Also directed ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' in 1960; it was filmed in exactly two days, a world record. Corman made one film, ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967), for a major studio (Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox) with a decent budget, but disliked the experience and resumed low budget films.

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American movie producer and director sometimes known as the "King of the BMovie". He has directed over 50 movies and produced over 300, every single one of them having been created on time and under budget. Most of them are low-brow shameless {{exploitation film}}s of various types that have become "classic" examples of SoBadItsGood and are as far from TrueArt as it is possible to get; one film, ''Film/ABucketOfBlood,'' ''was'' considered a masterpiece of sorts, and semi-autobiographical.

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American movie producer and director sometimes known as "King of the BMovie". He has directed over 50 movies and produced over 300, every single one of them having been created on time and under budget. Most of them are low-brow shameless {{exploitation film}}s of various types that have become "classic" examples of SoBadItsGood and are as far from TrueArt as it is possible to get; one film, ''Film/ABucketOfBlood,'' ''was'' considered a masterpiece of sorts, and semi-autobiographical.

* ''Film/TheHauntedPalace''