Movies by Roger Corman
As part of the cast:
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Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Cast: Roger Corman, Jonathan Demme, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Alex Stapleton
B-movie maestro Roger Corman is celebrated in this star-packed documentary. While trafficking in movies featuring lots of blood, violence and nudity, Corman nonetheless managed to tackle…
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Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
Cast: Carmen Argenziano, Allan Arkush, John Ashley …
Directed by: Mark Hartley
In the 1970s and '80s, makers of exploitation films loved to shoot in the Philippines, which offered gorgeous scenery, beautiful extras and cheap fun in the sun for the crew. This…
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Sharktopus (2010)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Héctor Jiménez, Roger Corman …
Directed by: Declan O'Brien
After research scientist Dr. Sands (Eric Roberts) and his daughter, Nicole (Sara Malakul Lane), develop an electrical-implant-controlled hybrid shark/octopus for use by the government as a…
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Dinoshark (2010)
Cast: Eric Balfour, Iva Hasperger, Aarón Díaz …
Directed by: Kevin O'Neill
With temperatures rising around the world, melting ice unearths a prehistoric shark that roamed the seas some 150 million years ago. After going that long without a meal, the creature is…
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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)
Cast: Lance Henriksen, John Carpenter, Joe Dante …
Directed by: Andrew Monument
Horror and sci-fi veteran Lance Henriksen (Alien) narrates this fascinating look at the history of the American horror film, examining the earliest monster movies of the silent era up to the…
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Popatopolis (2009)
Cast: Jim Wynorski, Julie K. Smith, Julie Strain …
Directed by: Clay Westervelt
Popatopolis follows veteran B-movie auteur Jim Wynorski as he attempts to produce the soft-core film The Witches of Breastwick on a three-day shoot. Working with a tight budget, he focuses on…
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Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008)
Cast: Stan Lee, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair …
Why do comic-book heroes translate so well to film? Some of the biggest names in both industries, including Marvel Comics guru Stan Lee and Hollywood producer Roger Corman, discuss the…
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Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)
Cast: Martin Scorsese, Elias Koteas, Roger Corman …
Directed by: Kent Jones
Hollywood producer Val Lewton managed to take low-rent B-movie projects assigned to him by the studios and crank out expertly crafted atmospherically charged fare, such as Jacques…
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Cast: William Castle, Roger Corman, Diane Baker …
Directed by: Jeffrey Schwarz
This documentary celebrates the work of independent horror movie producer William Castle, who marketed his 1950s-era films with gimmicks such as giving audience members life insurance…
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The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
Cast: Peter Jackson, Ray Harryhausen, Leonard Maltin …
Directed by: Paul Davids
This direct-to-video documentary takes an intriguing trip down memory lane, celebrating sci-fi cinema's trailblazers, including special-effects maven Ray Harryhausen and scribe Ray…
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Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2006)
Cast: Roger Corman, Robert Clarke, John Carradine …
Directed by: Michael Palm
Occasionally elected to direct a studio film, Edgar G. Ulmer preferred to work on low-budget pictures that allowed him complete creative control as a filmmaker, generating a collection of…
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Gangland: Bullets Over Hollywood (2005)
Cast: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Chazz Palminteri …
Directed by: Elaina Archer
Exploring Tinseltown's portrayal of the underworld, this made-for-cable documentary is packed with film clips, interviews and archival footage featuring bona fide gangsters. Boasting…
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A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Cast: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Julie Christie …
Directed by: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
This documentary explores American cinema in the 1970s, a decade often described as the best years in film. What results is an ode to the art form, one that pays homage to the "auteurs" that…
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Schlock!: The Secret History of American Movies (2003)
Cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman, Vampira …
Directed by: Ray Greene
This engrossing documentary features clips of independent movies made in the pioneering era of the 1950s and '60s, along with interviews with the cinematic mavericks who made them,…
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Directors: Roger Corman (2001)
Cast: Roger Corman
Roger Corman has produced and directed more than 550 motion pictures, making him one of the most prolific creators of low-budget films in Hollywood history. Some of his achievements include…
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Scream 3 (2000)
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Wes Craven
This installment of the tongue-in-cheek (but still scary) horror trilogy finds Sidney Prescott again battling a crazed killer -- only this time it's on the set of Stab, a…
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The Independent (2000)
Cast: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich …
Directed by: Stephen Kessler
Morty Fineman is an independent schlock film producer with a problem: He's broke and can't finance his new film about a singing serial killer. So he tries to rekindle interest in…
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Hollywood's Hot Wheels (1999)
Cast: Adam West, Roger Corman, George Barris …
Directed by: Edith Becker
Here's a fast-paced joyride that takes a colorful look at some of Hollywood's most famous automobiles. From the Batmobile to the time-traveling DeLorean of Back to the Future,…
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100 Years of Horror (1996)
Cast: Christopher Lee, Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Ted Newsom
From Frankenstein to Freddie Kruger, Hollywood's horror genre is honored in this documentary hosted by veteran spook star Christopher Lee. The film encapsulates the history of the genre,…
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Runaway Daughters (1994)
Cast: Julie Bowen, Holly Fields, Jenny Lewis …
Directed by: Joe Dante
Rebellious teen Angie (Julie Bowen) and her three guy-crazed girlfriends steal a car and leave their humdrum town behind in this remake of the 1950s B movie. Part of Showtime Network's…
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De Sade (1969)
Cast: John Huston, Keir Dullea, Anna Massey …
Directed by: Cy Endfield
Roger Corman stepped in to direct several scenes in this graphic biopic that stars Keir Dullea as the notorious Marquis de Sade, who reflects on his disturbing formative years in a series of…
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The Magic Voyage of Sinbad / Day the Earth Froze (1962)
Cast: Andris Oshin, Nina Anderson, Anna Orochko …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Two legends, producer Roger Corman and director Francis Ford Coppola, took part in restoring these relatively unknown classics from the 1960s produced by American International Pictures. In…
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Shell Shock / The Battle of Blood Island: Double Feature (1960)
Cast: Richard Devon, Ron Kennedy, Roger Corman …
Directed by: Joel Rapp, John Hayes
It's double the carnage (and body count) courtesy of the folks at Something Weird Video. In Shell Shock, a despicable sergeant (who has more than a little in common with the Marquis de…
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Ski Troop Attack (1960)
Cast: Roger Corman, Michael Forest
Directed by: Roger Corman
Corman is a Nazi on skis in this cheapy war story.
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Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
Cast: Wyott Ordung, Anne Kimbell, Stuart Wade …
B-movie master Roger Corman cut his teeth on this campy thriller starring Anne Kimball as a sexy artist vacationing in Mexico. Unfortunately, she catches the eye (or eyes, as it were, since…
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RiffTrax: The Little Shop of Horrors (2009)
Cast: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Hosts Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett -- formerly of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" -- take aim at B-movie legend Roger Corman's infamous black comedy about a down-and-out…
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The Terror / The Little Shop of Horrors (2002)
Cast: Jackie Joseph, Boris Karloff, Jonathan Haze …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Helmed by B-movie king Roger Corman, this pair of classic 1960s chillers features a young Jack Nicholson. In The Terror, Nicholson plays a Napoleonic soldier looking into eerie events at a…
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Swamp Diamonds (1993)
Cast: Beverly Garland, Carole Matthews, Mike Connors …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Joel (Joel Hodgson) and his fellow wisecracking residents of the Satellite of Love are forced to watch Roger Corman's directorial debut about diamond-hunting escaped cons in this episode…
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Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Cast: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble …
Directed by: Roger Corman
In Los Angeles of the near future, Dr. Buchanan's (John Hurt) newest project forms a wormhole in time that sends him back to 1817 Switzerland. There, he encounters Dr. Victor…
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Deathsport (1978)
Cast: David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch …
Directed by: Allan Arkush, Roger Corman, Henry Suso …
When the evil Lord Zirpola kidnaps Kaz Oshay and forces him to play his twisted gladiatorial game Deathsport, Oshay must use all of his fighting skills to survive the contest and stop the…
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Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
Cast: John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus …
Directed by: Roger Corman
After Baron von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) -- aka the Red Baron -- displays his daring style and courage in the air, he becomes a German national hero. But he refuses a job offer from the…
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Gas! (1971)
Cast: Robert Corff, Elaine Giftos, Talia Shire …
Directed by: Roger Corman
When a secret weapons-grade gas is accidentally released into the atmosphere, it kills everyone on Earth over age 25 but leaves the rest of the population unscathed, resulting in a chaotic…
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Bloody Mama (1970)
Cast: Shelley Winters, Pat Hingle, Don Stroud …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Shelley Winters stars in Roger Corman's Depression-era gangster drama as Ma Barker, who leads her family on a crime spree. Loosely based on the real Barker gang, Corman's film…
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Gas-s-s-s (1970)
Cast: Robert Corff, Elaine Giftos, George Armitage …
Directed by: Roger Corman
A mysterious gas released from an Alaskan defense plant kills everyone on Earth over the age of 25. The power of the post-apocalyptic world is thus thrust into the hands of the young survivors.
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Psych-Out / The Trip (1967)
Cast: Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern …
Directed by: Roger Corman, Richard Rush
Talk about trippy! In Psych Out, a deaf girl (Susan Strasberg) comes to California at the height of the "Flower Power" era looking for her brother, who sent her a postcard that said "God is…
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The Wild Angels (1966)
Cast: Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern …
Directed by: Roger Corman
When someone steals Hells Angels member Loser's bike, Loser (Bruce Dern) asks his buddy Blues (Peter Fonda) and his other pals to help him get the bike back -- and get the guys who stole…
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The Tomb of Ligeia / An Evening of Edgar Allen Poe (1964)
Cast: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook …
Directed by: Roger Corman, Kenneth Johnson
Vincent Price brings the writings of Edgar Allen Poe to life in this pair of films. In The Tomb of Ligeia, Price has trouble getting over the death of a previous love. For An Evening with…
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The Secret Invasion (1964)
Cast: Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney …
Directed by: Roger Corman
After the Nazis lock up an Italian general who was about to become a turncoat and hand his army over to the Allies, five convicts are given a chance at redemption in exchange for infiltrating…
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The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Cast: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook …
Directed by: Roger Corman
From director Roger Corman comes this supernatural tale of undying love set in the early 19th century. After the death of his wife, Ligeia, eccentric Verdon Fell (Vincent Price) will do…
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher …
Directed by: Roger Corman
At a 12th-century masked ball from hell, dissolute satanist Prince Prospero (Vincent Price) torments his guests, forcing them to participate in a variety of gruesome lethal games in this…
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The Terror (1963)
Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Lt. Andre Duvalier (played by a very young Jack Nicholson) is an officer in Napoleon's army. When he pursues a mysterious woman into the castle of an elderly baron (Boris Karloff), he…
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The Young Racers / The Wild Angels (1963)
Cast: Mark Damon, William Campbell, Luana Anders …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Roger Corman directs this pair of high-octane dramas. Featuring plenty of action on real Grand Prix racetracks, The Young Racers tells a tale of fast cars and faster lifestyles as a jilted…
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The Raven (1963)
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Roger Corman directs this hoot of a film featuring Dr. Erasmus Craven (Vincent Price), a washed-up sorcerer who turns a talking raven back into a man and learns that his presumed-dead wife is…
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Tales of Terror (1962)
Cast: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage …
Directed by: Roger Corman
It's a triple threat of terror from the master of the genre: Edgar Allan Poe. This collection of three films -- The Black Cat, Morella and The Case of M. Valdemar -- offers everything…
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The Intruder (1962)
Cast: William Shatner, Frank Maxwell, Beverly Lunsford …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Set in the era just after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, this controversial drama stars young William Shatner as Adam Cramer, a racist who has been inciting riots throughout the…
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The Masque of the Red Death / The Premature Burial (1962)
Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Two fantastic Roger Corman classics! In Masque of the Red Death, refugees held hostage by a deadly plague outside Satanic Prince Prospero's castle are "invited" to a masked ball to…
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Tales of Terror / Twice Told Tales (1962)
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Maggie Pierce …
Directed by: Roger Corman, Sidney Salkow
A love triangle leads a jealous husband to bury a couple alive; a seriously ill man is hypnotized and experiences horrific results; a doctor's youth restoration experiments lead to the…
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The Premature Burial / The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1962)
Cast: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Ray Milland stars in this pair of shocking tales directed by Roger Corman. First, a man is convinced his father was buried alive and lives in absolute fear of his own live interment in The…
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Premature Burial (1962)
Cast: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Medical student Guy Carrell believes his father was buried while still alive and fears he'll suffer the same fate. Growing increasingly paranoid, he builds himself a mausoleum rigged for escape.
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Francis (John Kerr) visits the gloomy Spanish castle of his late sister Elizabeth's husband, Nicholas (Vincent Price), to learn the reason for her death. Nicholas fears his wife…
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Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Cast: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Edward Wain …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Mobster Renzo Capetto (Antony Carbone) hatches a wicked plot while smuggling a deposed general and a fortune in gold out of Cuba on a yacht. Renzo and his gang plan to "gaslight" the general,…
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Atlas (1961)
Cast: Frank Wolff, Michael Forest, Barboura Morris …
Directed by: Roger Corman
B-movie king Roger Corman directed this low-budget sword-and-sandal epic starring Frank Wolff as the evil king Proximates the Tyrant, who convinces the muscle-bound title character (Michael…
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Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Down-on-his-luck plant-shop employee Seymour (Jonathan Haze) thinks he's got it made when he develops a new Venus flytrap hybrid. Not so fast, Seymour: Turns out, the plant has not only…
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Roger Corman Retrospective: Vol. 1 (1960)
Cast: Dick Miller, Susan Cabot
Directed by: Bernard L. Kowalski, Roger Corman
Buckle up for these three fast, cheap and out-of-control creations by B-movie godfather Roger Corman. A Bucket of Blood stars Dick Miller as a dorky waiter who becomes an unlikely hit in the…
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The Wasp Woman / Attack of the Giant Leeches (1960)
Cast: Susan Cabot, Ken Clark, Anthony Eisley …
Directed by: Roger Corman, Bernard L. Kowalski
These low-budget horror flicks may elicit more laughs than screams, but they make a fun late-night double feature. In The Wasp Woman, a cosmetics maker (Susan Cabot) turns into a killer bee…
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Jack Nicholson: Cult Classics (1960)
Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles …
Directed by: Roger Corman, Richard Rush
L.A.'s No. 1 Lakers fan -- Jack Nicholson -- stars in a clutch of cult classics that have had audiences shuddering (and howling with laughter) for years. In Little Shop of Horrors,…
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Ski Troop Attack (1960)
Cast: Roger Corman, Michael Forest
Directed by: Roger Corman
Corman is a Nazi on skis in this cheapy war story.
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The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)
Cast: Brett Halsey, Joyce Meadows, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Roger Corman, Charles R. Rondeau
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau, this 1960 melodrama follows well-to-do teenager Danny Winslow (Lowell Brown), who flees his privileged existence and takes to life on the streets, where he…
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Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Cast: Betsy Jones-Moreland, Antony Carbone, Robert Towne …
Directed by: Roger Corman
While scuba diving in Puerto Rico, a vacationing millionaire (Antony Carbone), his wife (Betsy Jones-Moreland) and their lawyer (Robert Towne) unwittingly become the last surviving human…
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The House of Usher (1960)
Cast: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Vincent Price stars in Roger Corman's first Edgar Allan Poe adaptation as Roderick Usher, whose cursed New England bloodline dooms him and his sister, Madeline (Myrna Fahey), to madness…
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A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Cast: Jhean Burton, Bruno VeSota, Barboura Morris …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) is a shy busboy at a hip coffeehouse where beatnik poets perform. Yearning to be accepted into the world of avant-garde art, Paisley finally gets his chance when…
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The Wasp Woman (1959)
Cast: Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris …
Directed by: Roger Corman
No longer the young stunner she once was, the queen bee (Susan Cabot) of a struggling cosmetics company turns to a potions expert (Michael Mark) who extracts an age-defying enzyme from the…
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The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harry Lauter, Brett Halsey …
Directed by: Roger Corman
When a pair of juvenile delinquents hassle his girl (Carolyn Mitchell), troubled teen Jimmy Wallace (Jack Nicholson) goes after them in this film that marks the screen debut for Nicholson…
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Teenage Doll (1957)
Cast: June Kenny, John Brinkley, Barboura Morris …
Directed by: Roger Corman
When the beat girl gang the Back Widows finds one of their own murdered, the gals go on an all-out search for her killer -- a girl from the right side of the tracks named Barbara (June…
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Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Cast: Mel Welles, Richard Garland, Leslie Bradley …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Killer crustaceans unleash their wrath -- and their sizeable claws -- on an expedition of scientists sent to explore their island habitat in this 1950s sci-fi classic from director Roger…
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She Gods of Shark Reef (1956)
Cast: Bill Cord, Don Durant, Lisa Montell …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Fugitive Jim Johnston (Don Durant) and his brother, Chris (Bill Cord), find themselves shipwrecked on a South Seas isle inhabited by nubile women who worship an aquatic tiki god in director…
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Gunslinger (1956)
Cast: John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes …
Directed by: Roger Corman
There's a new sheriff in town when Marshal Scott Hood (William Schallert) is gunned down, and his wife, Rose (Beverly Garland), takes over his duties. But Rose's new role…
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Five Guns West (1955)
Cast: John Lund, Mike Connors, Dorothy Malone …
Directed by: Roger Corman
An early effort by director Roger Corman -- who would become famous for a long run of entertaining B-grade exploitation films -- this Western tale follows five outlaws who are promised a…
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Swamp Women (1955)
Cast: Carole Mathews, Mike Connors, Marie Windsor …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Roger Corman, king of the "quickies," directs this movie about a female cop who goes undercover as an inmate in a Southern prison. But things really begin to heat up (and we're not…
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Tales of Frankenstein / The Terror: Double Feature (1954)
Cast: Raymond Greenleaf, Don Megowan, Helen Westcott …
Directed by: Michael Carreras, Curt Siodmak, Roger Corman …
In the first half of this double bill, Helen Westcott stars as the grief-stricken widow of a recently deceased sculptor whose brain the mysterious Dr. Frankenstein (Anton Diffring) uses to…