Tag: Roger Corman

Ghost – A Love Letter To Roger Corman B-Movies Now Available on Tubi

August 7, 2023
Horror News

GHOST starring genre icon Vernon Wells (Commando, Mad Max 2) is inspired by Roger Corman B-Movies and available now on Tubi TV. Director Dillon Brown works as a Program Analyst for the Department of Defense and has joined forces with highly decorated former Green Beret, Michael Rock, to cast actual veterans, first responders and law enforcement…

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Tales of Terror (1962) – By Baron Craze

October 12, 2022
Film Reviews

For horror fans anthology films hold a special place, it often features numerous directors and writers showcasing their talents, and other times they feature a common tread amongst them. This time around it’s the incredible director and producer Roger Corman (The Pit and the Pendulum [1961] and The Masque of Red Death [1964]), using more…

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Chopping Mall (1986) – By Baron Craze

August 10, 2022
Film Reviews

I think we all can agree there are some truly stellar b-movies that exist with large cult followings for sheer reason they deliver the outrageous laughter, and a storyline is often insane, but somehow it all bizarrely keeps the entertainment factor dial to eleven. There’s something unique about 80s movies: big hair, flashy clothing, and…

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The Wasp Woman (1959) – By Baron Craze

July 31, 2020
Film Reviews

Without Roger Corman, it’s possible that the b-movie cinematic world would be the equivalent of a stationary bike, simply stuck in a rut, however those well aware of his contributions know of his vast gothic works, Pit and the Pendulum [1961], the numerous hats he wore on any given project, and showed the blueprint of…

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Queen of Blood (1966) – By Baron Craze

April 30, 2020
Archived Reviews

First, Queen of Blood is a silly film, but it still contains a fondness, with many sci-fi and some of the horror fans, a movie headed by an experimental film director, Curtis Harrington, for an extremely low budget production, backed by producers Roger Corman and Samuel Z. Arkoff and in lies the rub of this weird…

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Piranha (1978) – By Baron Craze

February 29, 2020
Film Reviews

If one named Twilight Zone: The Movie (1980), The Howling (1981), and Piranha to many of the hardcore horror elites and fans, they likely beam a fun grin, when asked what they have in common, some stating cool b-movies, then throw in Gremlins (1984) and overwhelmingly retort with Joe Dante. Yes! That man has created…

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The Masque of the Red Death (1964) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Articles

When any horror fan hears the names Roger Corman, Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe, mentioned in the same breath, a few films come to mind, this year of 2019 marks 55-years since this creation first graced the screens, a film that put Satan in the forefront. In addition, this production suffered through one of…

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Vincent Price: A Daughters Biography – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Book Reviews

Being both an avid viewer of horror movies and reading novels on the same topic, when visiting a local used bookstore I located a biography on one my favorite actors, Vincent Price, so many fans can name at least three of his films, in less than 30-seconds. I can easily recall his devilish grin and…

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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Roger Corman, a producer of countless b-movie creations and successful in them all, was also a director early on, and this movie marked his second Poe film. He enjoyed Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic writings, inspiring him to recreate the stories, involving Richard Matheson, the writer of I am Legend, to flesh out the story to…

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DOA REVIEW: Scorpius Gigantus (2006) – By Baron Craze

February 28, 2019
Film Reviews

CASE NUMBER: #111 One, important thing, I discovered among the grounds of the dead, are the films that no one cares enough to make properly on paper, its on a rare occasion that screenwriters find themselves unconcerned with a script, without any care for the plot or character development, meaningful dialogue, when one achieves a…

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