Roger Corman

Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)

Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 21, 2014Giant Atomically Mutated Crabs
One of the essential items in the cult of B-movie director Roger Corman. A cheerfully absurd atomic monster movie that comes with clear corners cut but played by Corman and cast with more seriousness than it deserves
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War of the Satellites (1958)

War of the Satellites (1958)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 11, 2020Aliens Sabotage Space Launches
An early film from legendary B movie producer/director Roger Corman. This is an alien invasion film but has been twisted out of shape to exploit the fascination with satellites after the launch of Sputnik several months before the film came out
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The House of Usher (1960)

The House of Usher (1960)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 20, 2012Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation
The first and best of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adapations with Vincent Price. Corman was trying to copy the Gothic revival sparked by Hammer Films and creates a superbly brooding work that is the best adaptation of the Poe story yet
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Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 17, 2012Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Deranged Nobleman
The second of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films with Vincent Price. This feels too much as though Corman was trying to make another House of Usher, nevertheless it creates its own thunderously overwrought atmosphere, even if it has little to do with the Poe story
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The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Rating: ★★
Oct 19, 2002Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Haunting
The eighth and last of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. Some claim this tale of possession by a late wife is the best but it feels an uninspired rehash of the plot elements from Corman's other Poe films.
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Gas; or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It (1970)

Gas; or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It (1970)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 19, 2002Hippie Post-Holocaust/Gonzo Satire
Satiric Roger Corman film in which a gas kills everyone in the world over the age of 25. Corman indulges his droll and surreal sense of humour in what amounts to a parody of his own films
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Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Rating: ★
Aug 25, 2002Time-Traveller Meets Frankenstein and Mary Shelley
Roger Corman disappointed with this return to the director's chair after twenty years. He adapts a Brian Aldiss novel about a time-traveller meeting both Mary Shelley and Dr Frankenstein but, despite a bigger budget, the result still feels like one of Corman's B movies
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