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oldshowbiz · 11 months

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A parade takes place on the 4300 Block of Sepulveda Blvd in the Gene Corman film Vigilante Force (1976).

#gene corman #exploitation films #kris kristofferson #culver city #sepulveda

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cinemaquiles · 8 months

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Você sabia? O plágio de um clássico filme de fuga de prisão que muita gente não conhece!

#roger corman #I Escaped from Devil's Island #Gene Corman #prison escape #Jim Brown #Christopher George #Richard Rust #Papillon #exploitation film #Youtube

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screamscenepodcast · 1 year

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From Roger Corman's Filmgroup, it's BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE (1959), directed by Monte Hellman (what a name!) and starring Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Sheila Noonan, Wally Campo and Richard Sinatra.

Have you ever wondered what KEY LARGO would be like, but in South Dakota and with a monster? Better strap in then!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 20:56; Discussion 31:12; Ranking 46:02

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schlock-luster-video · 5 months

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On December 12, 2021, Private Parts was screened at Cine Universitario.

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badgaymovies · 2 years

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The Big Red One (1980)

SAMUEL FULLER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5 USA, 1980. Lorimar Productions. Screenplay by Samuel Fuller. Cinematography by Adam Greenberg. Produced by Gene Corman. Music by Dana Kaproff. Production Design by Peter Jamison. Film Editing by Morton Tubor. Samuel Fuller nursed the dream of this project for years, initially planning to make it under Jack L. Warner’s supervision in the early sixties…

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trnsocial · 2 years

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Friday Flix: May 1982

Let's kick off the summer movie season with some all time classics! Rocky, Conan and Lil' Orphan Annie. What a trio. @MileHighSamurai looks back at the movies from May 1982

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#80s #80s movies #Arnold Schwarzenegger #Conan #Friday Flix #Friday Flix 1982 #Gene Siskel #HBO Max #Horror Movies #Hulk Hogan #Movies #Mr. T #Rocky #Roger Corman #Roger Ebert #Steve Martin #Sylvester Stallone

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raynbowclown · 2 years

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Attack of the Giant Leeches

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), starring Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Bruno VeSota, Michael Emmet Synopsis of Attack of the Giant Leeches In Attack of the Giant Leeches, radiation has caused ordinary leeches to mutate into giant monsters. They threaten the folks in a small bayou town. Can our local protagonists stop them? (more…)

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#1959 #Bernard Kowalski #Bruno VeSota #Dan White #Gene Roth #George Cisar #Ken Clark #Michael Emmet #Roger Corman #Tyler McVey #Yvette Vickers

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brokehorrorfan · 1 year

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Private Parts will be released on Blu-ray on June 6 via Scream Factory. The 1972 horror-comedy marks the feature directorial debut of Paul Bartel (Death Race 2000, Eating Raoul).

Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio, and Laurie Main star. Philip Kearney and Les Rendelstein wrote the script. Gene Corman, brother of Roger Corman, produces.

Special features will be announced at a later date.

In the sleaziest corner of Los Angeles, the King Edward Hotel has a new arrival in the form of Cheryl, a runaway teen. She's hoping to put her life back together – but somewhere in the musty halls of the King Edward lurks another guest who just loves to chop people apart.

Pre-order Private Parts.

#private parts #horror #70s horror #1970s horror #paul bartel #scream factory #dvd #gift #death race 2000 #eating raoul #horror comedy #70s movies #1970s movies

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jartitameteneis · 21 days

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Francis Ford Coppola nació el 7 de abril de 1939 en Detroit, Michigan (Estados Unidos), es un director, guionista y productor estadounidense, hijo del compositor Carmine Coppola y de Italia Pennino.

Coppola sufrió la polio en su niñez, época en la que rodó sus primeros cortometrajes.

Después de acudir al instituto, estudió Cine y Teatro en la Hofstra University de Nueva York y en la UCLA.

Gracias a Roger Corman debutó como director con “Battle Beyond The Sun” (1960), un remake de la cinta de ciencia-ficción soviética “Nebo Zovyot”.

Más tarde filmó la comedia sexual “Bellboy And The Playgirls” (1962) y el western humorístico-picante “Tonight For Sure” (1962).

En el año 1963 se casó con Eleanor Jessie Neil (nacida en 1936), con quien tuvo a sus hijos Gian-Carlo (nacido en 1963), Roman (1965) y Sofia (1971).

Gian-Carlo falleció a causa de un accidente náutico el 26 de mayo del año 1986.

Tenía 22 años de edad.

Aunque nunca se separó de Eleanor, Coppola mantuvo una relación extramatrimonial en los años 70 con la guionista Melissa Mathison, quien más tarde se casó con Harrison Ford.

Con Roger Corman filmó la cinta de terror “Demencia 13” (1963).

En los años 60 también estrenó la comedia iniciática “Ya Eres Un Gran Chico” (1966), colaboró con Fred Astaire en el musical “El Valle Del Arco Iris” (1968) y dirigió a Shirley Knight en la road movie “Llueve Sobre Mi Corazón” (1969).

En el año 1969 creó junto a George Lucas la productora American Zoetrope.

Coppola alcanzó su mayor prestigio en la década de los 70 tras ganar el Oscar al mejor guión por “Patton” (1970), película biográfica dirigida por Franklin J. Schaffner, y triunfar con la adaptación del libro sobre la familia Corleone de Mario Puzo “El Padrino” (1972), film de épica mafiosa por el que volvió a ganar el Oscar al mejor guión además del premio a la mejor película.

Dos años después filmó una estupenda secuela, “El Padrino II” (1974), película que obtuvo diversos Oscar, entre ellos los de mejor película, dirección y guión. El mismo año de “El Padrino II”, Coppola dirigió y escribió “La Conversación” (1974), un sobresaliente thriller psicológico que fue protagonizado por Gene Hackman.

Su última película en los años 70 como director fue “Apocalypse Now” (1979), épica antibélica y alucinatoria de ambiente selvático que fue inspirada por el libro “El Corazón De Las Tinieblas” de Joseph Conrad.

“Corazonada” (1982), musical protagonizado por Teri Garr y Frederick Forrest, fue un sonado fracaso comercial que atemperó las pretensiones épico-oníricas de su autor, quien un año después, con mayor fortuna en taquilla, estrenó los dramas adolescentes, iniciáticos y sociales “Rebeldes” (1983) y “La Ley De La Calle” (1983). Con “Cotton Club” (1984), película protagonizada por Richard Gere y Diane Lane, Coppola volvió a los gángsters y al musical.

La década de los 80 terminó con películas que no obtuvieron la repercusión de sus obras de los 70: “Peggy Sue Se Casó” (1986), fantasía romántica con Kathleen Turner y Nicolas Cage, “Jardines De Piedra” (1987), drama bélico protagonizado por James Caan, y “Tucker, El Hombre y Su Sueño” (1988), film biográfico con Jeff Bridges.

En este decenio también dirigió un episodio de “Historias De Nueva York” (1989).

En los años 90 rodó la tercera entrega de “El Padrino” (1990), adaptó a Bram Stoker con el protagonismo de Gary Oldman en “Drácula” (1992), rodó con Robin Williams la comedia “Jack” (1996), y llevó a la pantalla “Legítima Defensa” (1997), un drama judicial basado en una novela de John Grisham.

Después de “Legítima Defensa”, Francis Ford Coppola, afiliado al Partido Demócrata de su país, estuvo diez años sin dirigir, ocupado principalmente en tareas de producción de diferentes películas (entre ellas las de su hija Sophia), hasta su retorno en el año 2007 con “Youth Without Youth”, adaptación de una novela de Mircea Eliade que pasó sin pena ni gloria por la cartelera internacional.

En el drama familiar “Tetro” (2009) abordó con trazos autobiográficos las vivencias de una hermanos estadounidenses en Argentina.

Más tarde estrenó “Twixt” (2011), con Elle Fanning y Val Kilmer en el reparto; y “Distant Vision” (2016).

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hotpussylovecraft · 6 months

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Trick or Treat 🎃🎃🎃

Roger Corman! Nice!

Edit: I was fuckin wrong, it's gene cormam

#it's a fun creature feature #hope you enjoy!

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docrotten · 11 months

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I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957) – Episode 153 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“All right now, we’ll move in stagger fashion. We’ll circle the outer edges first and keep going round and round till we meet in the center.” And that’s called a “search grid?” Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they go for the winning combination of mad scientist and teenage angst in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 153 – I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

A troubled teenager seeks help through hypnotherapy, but his evil doctor uses him for regression experiments that transform him into a rampaging werewolf.

Director: Gene Fowler Jr.

Writers: Herman Cohen, Aben Kandel

Makeup Creator: Phillip Scheer

Selected Cast:

Michael Landon as Tony Rivers

Yvonne Lime as Arlene Logan

Whit Bissell as Dr. Alfred Brandon

Charles Willcox as Jimmy (as Tony Marshall)

Dawn Richard as Theresa

Barney Phillips as Detective Donovan

Ken Miller as Vic

Cynthia Chenault as Pearl (as Cindy Robbins)

Michael Rougas as Frank

Robert Griffin as Police Chief P.F. Baker

Joseph Mell as Dr. Hugo Wagner

Malcolm Atterbury as Charles Rivers

Eddie Marr as Doyle

Vladimir Sokoloff as Pepe the Janitor

Louise Lewis as Principal Ferguson

S. John Launer as Bill Logan (as John Launer)

Guy Williams as Officer Chris Stanley

Dorothy Crehan as Mrs. Mary Logan

A young Michael Landon, just a few years before rising to fame as “Little Joe” Cartwright in Bonanza, stars as Tony Rivers, a troubled teen struggling with anger management. Whit Bissell is featured as Dr. Alfred Brandon, a psychologist (or mad scientist) with ulterior motives. Yes! Oh, yes, indeed! It’s the AIP/Herman Cohen campy classic, I Was a Teenage Werewolf. The Grue-Crew is in full Drive-In Theater mode for this one.

High-quality versions of I Was a Teenage Werewolf, streaming or physical media, are not available, but there is a reason. Susan Hart, the actress and widow of AIP co-founder James Nicholson, owns the rights to eleven AIP films outright: It Conquered the World (1956) and its remake Zontar, The Thing from Venus (1966); Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) and its remake The Eye Creatures (1965); I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957); I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957); The Amazing Colossal Man (1957); Terror from the Year 5000 (1958); Apache Woman (1955); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); and Naked Paradise (1957). She frequently negotiates rights for merchandise and theatrical showings, but physical media has not been updated for release in decades. You can, however, purchase a VHS tape of the movie.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Chad, is The Wasp Woman (1959). Yes, they’re sticking with 1950s B-movies, but moving from AIP/Herman Cohen on to Film Group/Roger Corman!

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]

To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

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oldshowbiz · 1 year

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Roger Corman’s ABC Television film What’s In It For Harry (1969) also known as Target: Harry

#roger corman #gene corman #cesar romero #abc

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tetcny · 5 months

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TheDevilsPartner

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Supernatural Horror Classic, The Devil’s Partner (1961) Newly Restored 4K Special Edition

Includes Newly Restored Bonus Film, Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)

On Blu-ray & DVD Jan. 16th

Special Features Includes New Interview With Roger Corman

ROCKPORT, Mass. — January 2024 — For Immediate Release — Vintage film restoration and distribution company Film Masters continues its tribute to the pope of pop cinema, Roger Corman, with the third installment of The Filmgroup series on Blu-ray and DVD, The Devil’s Partner, available Jan. 16.

Corman and his brother, Gene, founded The Filmgroup to distribute their own films. While the company did produce the majority of its films, including the cult classic Creature From the Haunted Sea, it also occasionally acquired projects by other filmmakers, as is the case with The Devil's Partner (1961). From director Charles R. Rondeau, the film is a macabre tale of an elderly man who regains his youth after making a deal with the devil. During the summer and fall of 1961, the two films were often paired as a double feature.

Half Man, Half Beast, He Sold his Soul for Passion — Director/actor Edgar Buchanan (best known as Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction) appears in this supernatural thriller about an old codger trying to reclaim his youth, employing black magic to lure a woman away from his rival. The film also stars Jean Allison, Richard Crane and Ed Nelson. This well-crafted, independent feature has been hailed for its atmosphere and as a pioneering film in the devil worshiping subgenre made popular in the ‘70s.

Made in 1958, The Devil’s Partner languished with no release date until it was picked up and distributed by The Filmgroup, becoming a steady presence on the drive-in circuit, often appearing in tandem with Creature from Haunted Sea, another Corman classic from the golden age of drive-in schlock.

This spoof of spy/gangsters/monster movies stars Anthony Carbone as a gangster and smuggler who decides to kill members of the ship’s bungling crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn’t know is that the creature is actually out there! Also starring Betsy Jones-Moreland and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown) under the pseudonym Edward Wain.

The film was conceived when Corman finished shooting The Last Woman on Earth in Puerto Rico and discovered he had enough film left over to make another film. He enlisted long-time associate Charles B. Griffith, who—legend goes—had six days to write the script. Ever the pragmatist when it came to budget, Corman recruited locals to appear in this film as extras.

Special Features: Commentary for The Devil’s Partner is by Larry Strothe, James Gonis, Shawn Sheridan and Matt Weinhold of the Monster Party podcast; theatrical-length commentary for Creature From the Haunted Sea is by fan favorite Tom Weaver, with contributions from Roger Corman, Kinta Zertuche and Larry Blamire. Weaver also provides the liner notes for the film. Ballyhoo Motion Pictures contributes Hollywood Intruders: The Filmgroup Story with Part III of the story, as well as their new interview with Roger Corman on the formation of The Filmgroup; recut trailers, based on the original theatrical trailers; original Creature From the Haunted Sea theatrical trailer (from 16mm archival elements scanned in 4k); and a full essay for The Devil’s Partner by author Mark McGee.

Both films are presented with a theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, as well as in a 1.37:1 television format. The televised version of Creature From the Haunted Sea includes an additional 15 minutes of footage shot years later to extend the film for a sale to Allied Artists. Discs are region free and include English SDH. Audio is DTS-HD/Dolby AC3s.

PRE-ORDER NOW:

https://www.filmmasters.com/devilspartner

About Film Masters:

Film Masters is a consortium of historians and enthusiasts who seek to celebrate the preservation and restoration of films. We are archivists, committed to storing film elements for future generations and reviving films that have been sitting dormant for decades. By scanning in 2K and 4K, we give these lesser-known films the red-carpet treatment they deserve. Leveraging modern means of distribution to release forgotten films back into the world, we also produce original bonus materials, including feature-length documentaries, which aid audiences in contextualizing and celebrating these works of art as they were meant to be. Visit us online at: www.FilmMasters.com

The Devil's Partner (1961) + Creature From The Haunted Sea (1961) Double Feature

Film Masters

Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi/Cult

Original Release: 1961 (B+W)

Not Rated

Format: Blu-ray & DVD

Running Time: 314 Minutes

Suggested Retail Price: $29.95 (Blu-ray) / $19.95 (DVD)

Pre-Order Now

Street Date: Jan. 16, 2024

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screamscenepodcast · 1 year

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Let us share some leech facts to prepare you for ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959) from director Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers and Bruno VeSota!

Everyone is a terrible person in this barely horror creature feature.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 18:53; Discussion 24:34; Ranking 38:32

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Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

Fear will pierce your flesh…. Until every nerve in your body… EXPLODES! A slimy chiller about a huge leech-infested swamp where the leeches begin preying on human flesh. A game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for the disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski Writers: Leo Gordon Producers: Roger Corman, Gene Corman Starring: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard Budget: $70,000

#attack of the giant leeches #Youtube

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byneddiedingo · 2 years

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The Velvet Vampire (Stephanie Rothman, 1971)

Cast: Michael Blodgett, Sherry E. DeBoer, Celeste Yarnall, Gene Shane, Jerry Daniels, Sandy Ward, Paul Prokop, Chris Woodley, Robert Tessler, Johnny Shines. Screenplay: Maurice Jules, Charles S. Swartz, Stephanie Rothman. Cinematography: Daniel Lacambre. Art direction: Teddi Peterson. Film editing: Stephen Judson, Barry Simon. Music: Roger Dollarhide, Clancy B. Grass III.

You won't see worse actors than Michael Blodgett and Sherry E. DeBoer (billed as Sherry Miles) as Lee and Susan Ritter, a young couple who fall into the clutches of Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall) in The Velvet Vampire. And you probably won't encounter a wackier vampire movie, one set in the desert, of all places. But blood-sucking Diane seems immune to the sun until the very end, when she's attacked by a gaggle of cross-brandishing people under a sun that has pierced the Los Angeles smog. So what is this low-budget programmer doing on the Criterion Channel, that streamer of international film classics of the highest order? It's probably there because it's October, and the channel is doing its best to fill the annual glut of horror movies with some that demonstrate the history and variety of the genre. And also, perhaps, because director Stephanie Rothman was a product of the Roger Corman quickie-movie factory that gave a start to directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and James Cameron, and actors like Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, and Diane Ladd. Rothman never reached those heights, but she built a career in exploitation movies that were marked by her emphasis on strong women and her shrewd instincts as a writer-director. So The Velvet Vampire has become a cult classic for reasons that transcend the ineptness of some of its performances -- though Yarnall, in fact, is actually quite good in her role -- and the creakiness of its screenplay. Rothman makes the most of the desert setting, and she finesses the lack of a budget for stunt work and special effects when Diane meets her demise at the end. Unable to make the character appear to burst in flames, she cuts from the cowering Diane to a shot of logs in a fireplace, achieving the effect with simple editing. She provides an erotic charge by suggestion, with a comparative minimum of nudity. It's not a good film, but it's an entertaining example of how to do a lot with very little.

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