The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
Roger Corman has been in the movie industry for years. This movie was made in the 1950’s and he is still making movies today! Typically, he does movies of lower quality and low budgets, I think his best time came…
Atlas (1961)
In the early to mid-1960s, there was, believe it or not, a major craze for films set in the classical period starring such heroes as Hercules and Maciste. They were churned out by the dozen by the Italians and they…
Sorority Girl (1957)
Stunning Susan Cabot is Sabra, a troubled young woman indeed. Despised by her mother and hated by her sorority sisters, Sabra has plenty of dough but no friends and nothing but hatred for the world and everybody in it, including…
Apache Woman (1955)
The movie starts with a street fight between a cowboy and Anne LeBeau (Joan Taylor) who is half Apache, half white. The fight is about the white town people blaming the Apache for the various crimes in the area. By…
The Secret Invasion (1964)
Although producer/director Roger Corman is known for his “economical” pictures, this World War II actioner belies its $600,000 budget (small by conventional Hollywood standards, but an epic for Corman) and is a well-acted, tightly directed, enjoyable not-quite-so-little picture. The story…
The Wild Angels (1966)
Roger Corman’s modestly-budgeted biker flick for American International opens brilliantly, with evocative shots by cinematographer Richard Moore that promise a lot more than what Corman, screenwriter Charles Griffith, or the cast members can eventually deliver. Plot has Southern California biker…
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
If there is ONE movie that made Roger Corman THE king of low-budget quickies, it’s The Little Shop of Horrors!! Practically no budget and shot in two days this movie still looks very decent now, almost 57 years later. That’s…
The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
So after watching this movie, another curiosity was sated: I got to see Jack Nicholson’s first film and find out if it was any good. Well, it’s not too bad and since it’s only an hour, not too much time…
She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
A simple, one-lined description of this movie would sound a little like: two guys wash ashore a tropical island exclusively inhabited by women that dive for pearls all day and worship ocean GodsÂ… Terrific! Sounds like a movie many (male)…
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack Of The Giant Leeches (also widely known as just “The Giant Leeches”) concerns the horrors that are going on in a swamp community. A game warden (Ken Clark) has conflicts with his girlfriend (Jan Shepard) and her father (Tyler…
Five Guns West (1955)
This was Roger Corman’s directorial debut and was a good indication of his ability to produce a brisk formula movie although it is also clear that the Western was not his real forte and that it was not until he…
Ski Troop Attack (1960)
A small troop of U.S. soldiers on skis (was that a thing?) in WWII Germany come across Axis activity & sort of stalk them & devise a plan to blow a bridge to stop the advance. They end up battling…
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The darkest of Roger Corman’s Poe chillers, though this yarn owes more to HP Lovecraft than Edgar Allan’s poetry. Vincent Price gives his all time greatest performance in a dual role as possessed and possessor, aided by a wonderfully literate…
Fast Charlie… the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
David Carradine plays Fast Charlie Swattle, a motorcycle racer and kind of a con man. He tells everyone he’s a World War I hero, but he’s not. The race ran to California from Missouri or somewhere and was an important…
Night of the Juggler (1980)
“Night of the Juggler” is a jaunty, outrageous and politically incorrect very late 70s chase thriller filled with a lot running, chaotic driving (stealing police cars), chewy dialogues and ballsy beat-ups. It’s a relentlessly raw and intense barrage, as our…
Summer School Teachers (1974)
Three ridiculously sexy girls go from Iowa to Los Angeles to teach summer school in this quasi-sequel to “The Student Teachers”. But whereas the first film was marginally realistic and believable, this is completely absurd, but a lot more fun….
Rock All Night (1957)
Finally got to see this classic Roger Corman cheapie, and of course it’s a total blast. The best part obviously is seeing Dick Miller in a rare starring role, and as a tough street kid no less, who takes no…
I Mobster (1959)
I Mobster is directed by Roger Corman and adapted to screenplay by Steve Fisher from the novel written by Joseph Hilton Smyth. It stars Steve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert Strauss, Celia Lovsky and John Brinkley. A CinemaScope production, music is…
Tower of London (1962)
King Richard III of England is a very tough guy to understand today because the truth about him is hopelessly muddled. Most of what we THINK is true about him comes from Shakespeare’s Richard III–which is very entertaining but Skakespeare…
Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
What is to be said in the favour of Adventures of a Taxi Driver? Very little, it’s sad to say. The film gives new meaning to the term second hand: it’s a rip-off of the Robin Askwith Confessions series of…