Big Bad Mama
Angie Dickinson had been playing tough broads for most of her career; from Rio Bravo (1959) and The Killers (1964) to Point Blank (1967). For producer Roger Corman, Angie Dickinson… Read more »
Tag: Roger Corman
A Bucket Of Blood
Dick Miller plays Walter Paisley; a bus boy, a square, a doofus and a homicidal maniac. After years of working at the trendy Beatnik cafe The Yellow Door Walter accidentally… Read more »
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
Allan Arkush’s film Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) is a deeply felt, autobiographical expression by the filmmaker within the idiom of early sixties teeny bopper rock musicals. Arkush drew… Read more »
Caroline At Midnight
Produced by Roger Corman and released straight to video by New Horizons, Caroline At Midnight (1993) is one of the quintessential erotic thrillers of the nineties, albeit one of the… Read more »
Humanoids From The Deep
Though primarily a schlocky bit of monster mayhem, Humanoids From The Deep is a classic example of art versus commerce. Director Barbara Peeters originally shot a much more macabre and… Read more »
Piranha
Joe Dante’s Piranha (1978) is a creature feature with its tongue planted firmly in its cheek. This quicke Roger Corman production was penned by John Sayles and combines the familiar… Read more »
Hollywood Boulevard
Candy (Candice Rialson) has just arrived in Los Angeles to make it big in the movies. Almost immediately she finds an agent, Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) who gets her a… Read more »
Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark
You couldn’t grow up in the eighties and nineties without knowing who Elvira/Cassandra Peterson was. Elvira’s Movie Macabre (1981-86) was a staple for five years and introduced a generation to… Read more »
Sorceress
Twin sisters Mira and Mara (Leigh and Lynette Harris) must stop their evil sorcerer father Traigon (Roberto Ballesteros) before he can summon the wicked god Caligara and an army of… Read more »
Night Tide
Curtis Harrington is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of Hollywood. A forerunner in many respects to the New Queer cinema of the nineties, Harrington began his… Read more »
