Happy Halloween! This month we’ve been paying tribute to Roger Corman and remembering all the great films and inspiration he’s given us. Today, I chose something that might seem off the beaten path, but is actually special in many ways. It’s the perfect choice to bring Halloween, horror-marathons and Roger Corman all together, and it’s […]

After the success of Jaws in 1975, many other films tried to cash in, long before the sharksploitation genre really went into overdrive in the 2000s. Roger Corman was quick to hop on the bandwagon, but instead of going with a BIG SHARK, he went the opposite, with a small type of killer fish: Piranhas!

When it comes to Roger Corman horror films, nothing stands out more than his Poe series! Also known as Corman’s Poe cycle, Roger Corman directed eight films between 1960 and 1964 based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe (nine if you count The Terror). All of these movies hold a special place in my […]

Roger Corman’s low-budget answer to Jurassic Park! Directed by Adam Simon of 1990s Brain Dead fame and with special effects and dinosaur animatronics by the legendary John Carl Buechler, Carnosaur would go down as a mockbuster cult classic. I’d never seen it until today, and now I see what I’ve been missing!

Roger Corman did lots of different kinds of movies over the span of his long career, but in the 1950s he directed many low-budget monster movies. This month wouldn’t feel right without featuring at least one of those movies, so today I’m talking about It Conquered the World!

It’s Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness: A Tribute to Roger Corman! This year we lost the film legend and king of exploitation cinema Roger Corman, so I have a handful of reviews coming this month to honor his legacy. I’m going to focus on his horror and monster films, with a lean towards movies he’s directed (and […]