In “Sting,” a giant-spider-grows-in-Brooklyn thriller that’s cheeky, bloody, and (most important) very gooey, Sting is the name given by Charlotte (Alyla Browne), a precocious tween, to the elegant two-inch-long black spider that becomes her pet (she keeps it in a jar and feeds it bugs). Yet given how much slaughter is caused by this omnivorous arachnid, which grows bigger and bigger with each feeding, the moniker turns out to be a major understatement. It’s as if Jason Vorhees were named “Paper Cut.”
“Sting” is a wee sliver of a horror film that’s tongue-in-cheek but also quite matter-of-fact about its creature-feature jokiness. It’s the monster-bug thriller as light dessert. The spider, it turns out, is an alien — after a gruesome prologue with lots of whooshing “Evil Dead” camera movement, the movie cuts to four days earlier, when a fiery meteorite crashes through an apartment roof in South...
“Sting” is a wee sliver of a horror film that’s tongue-in-cheek but also quite matter-of-fact about its creature-feature jokiness. It’s the monster-bug thriller as light dessert. The spider, it turns out, is an alien — after a gruesome prologue with lots of whooshing “Evil Dead” camera movement, the movie cuts to four days earlier, when a fiery meteorite crashes through an apartment roof in South...
- 4/12/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
"A Time For Killing" (also called "The Long Ride Home") isn't one of the best Westerns of all time, nor is it the most memorable, but the 1967 film still comes up in conversation thanks to its unique status as the very first movie role Harrison Ford was ever credited in. Ford played a young, sideburn-wearing Union soldier in the film, which followed the exploits of a group of captured Confederate soldiers on a mad dash for Mexico — none of whom realize the war has officially ended.
Aside from Ford's debut as Lieutenant Shaffer (for which he was credited as Harrison J. Ford), "A Time For Killing" is most noteworthy for its status as an abandoned Roger Corman flick. Corman started making "A Time For Killing" after already churning out cult classics like "A Bucket of Blood" and "The Little Shop of Horrors," but the low-budget filmmaker was replaced by "99 River Street...
Aside from Ford's debut as Lieutenant Shaffer (for which he was credited as Harrison J. Ford), "A Time For Killing" is most noteworthy for its status as an abandoned Roger Corman flick. Corman started making "A Time For Killing" after already churning out cult classics like "A Bucket of Blood" and "The Little Shop of Horrors," but the low-budget filmmaker was replaced by "99 River Street...
- 4/7/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Get in, loser, we're bringing back the horror/comedy. Recent attempts to find our next great, mainstream-friendly horror franchise have mostly involved such uninspired efforts as Disney's "Haunted Mansion" remake and, most recently, the news that Hollywood is giving "The Blob" another shot. This time, however, no lesser talents than horror legends Joe Dante and Roger Corman are teaming up to reboot the classic 1960 film "The Little Shop of Horrors." Even the most ardently anti-remake fan out there would have to admit that this feels like a win-win.
The exciting news comes courtesy of Deadline, which reports that this "reimagining" is meant to kickstart a whole new franchise, a phrase that would surely cause a shiver to run down the spine of anyone who witnessed something like Universal's "Dark Universe" gambit flame out in spectacular fashion ... if it weren't for the filmmakers involved on this project, that is. Dante will direct the reboot,...
The exciting news comes courtesy of Deadline, which reports that this "reimagining" is meant to kickstart a whole new franchise, a phrase that would surely cause a shiver to run down the spine of anyone who witnessed something like Universal's "Dark Universe" gambit flame out in spectacular fashion ... if it weren't for the filmmakers involved on this project, that is. Dante will direct the reboot,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Tonight, Shudder and AMC+ will be airing a special edition of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs that serves as a tribute to legendary producer Roger Corman – so it seems fitting that we have some Corman news to report today. Deadline has revealed that Corman and Brad Krevoy, CEO of Mpca, are teaming up to produce a reboot of Corman’s 1960 classic The Little Shop of Horrors called Little Shop of Halloween Horrors, with Joe Dante on board to direct!
Dante’s previous directing credits include Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, Innerspace, The ‘Burbs, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Matinee, Small Soldiers, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Gremlins 2 and Matinee writer Charles S. Haas has written the screenplay for Little Shop of Halloween Horrors, but plot details have not been revealed. The Little Shop of Horrors, which received a very popular musical adaptation (that was turned into a...
Dante’s previous directing credits include Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, Innerspace, The ‘Burbs, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Matinee, Small Soldiers, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Gremlins 2 and Matinee writer Charles S. Haas has written the screenplay for Little Shop of Halloween Horrors, but plot details have not been revealed. The Little Shop of Horrors, which received a very popular musical adaptation (that was turned into a...
- 3/15/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Horror master Joe Dante is returning to the director’s chair for Little Shop of Halloween Horrors, Deadline reports this afternoon.
Joe Dante is directing with the legendary Roger Corman producing, and the film is said to be “a reboot of Corman’s famed 1960 horror comedy, Little Shop of Horrors.”
Even cooler? Charles S. Haas (Gremlins 2: The New Batch) wrote the film!
The site notes that Little Shop of Halloween Horrors is “intended to jumpstart a new franchise.”
Corman and Brad Krevoy are co-producing the upcoming film.
The Little Shop of Horrors began as a Roger Corman-directed movie back in 1960, which later became an Off-Broadway musical and then the 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors.
In the classic tale, “Meek flower shop assistant Seymour pines for co-worker Audrey. During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The...
Joe Dante is directing with the legendary Roger Corman producing, and the film is said to be “a reboot of Corman’s famed 1960 horror comedy, Little Shop of Horrors.”
Even cooler? Charles S. Haas (Gremlins 2: The New Batch) wrote the film!
The site notes that Little Shop of Halloween Horrors is “intended to jumpstart a new franchise.”
Corman and Brad Krevoy are co-producing the upcoming film.
The Little Shop of Horrors began as a Roger Corman-directed movie back in 1960, which later became an Off-Broadway musical and then the 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors.
In the classic tale, “Meek flower shop assistant Seymour pines for co-worker Audrey. During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The...
- 3/15/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a classic horror flick that really gets under your skin. It’s all about this guy named Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, who goes totally off the deep end. The 86-year-old’s performance is unforgettable, as he nails the whole tormented, crazy thing. But here’s the kicker: he never got an Oscar for it. Can you believe that?
Jack Nicholson in How Do You Know
Despite all the creepy vibes and stellar acting, the Academy just looked the other way. It’s a real head-scratcher and one of those moments where you wonder what they were thinking.
The Shining Deserved An Oscar Win For Jack Nicholson
The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a horror classic that really packs a punch. And Jack Nicholson’s performance as Jack Torrance is what makes it so unforgettable. He really nails the whole unraveling, going crazy thing,...
Jack Nicholson in How Do You Know
Despite all the creepy vibes and stellar acting, the Academy just looked the other way. It’s a real head-scratcher and one of those moments where you wonder what they were thinking.
The Shining Deserved An Oscar Win For Jack Nicholson
The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a horror classic that really packs a punch. And Jack Nicholson’s performance as Jack Torrance is what makes it so unforgettable. He really nails the whole unraveling, going crazy thing,...
- 3/9/2024
- by Muskan Chaudhary
- FandomWire
Lee Grant, the Oscar-winning actress (“Shampoo”) says she decided after her win to try to direct since good roles for older women were limited. It turns out that was about the halfway point of her 98 year (so far) life. What followed was a narrative feature (“Tell Me a Riddle”) and several documentaries, including “Down and Out in America,” which won an Oscar.
When we last ran our list of the oldest living feature film directors in late 2022, where Grant stood was a mystery. Since her breakout in William Wyler’s “The Detective Story” (1951), her first nomination, her year of birth was unclear. But recently she has clarified that that she was born in 1925. That makes her, to the best of our knowledge, older than any of her peers.
Below are listed the 25 oldest. Since our most recent list, Norman Lear, Robert M. Young (both of who briefly were the oldest...
When we last ran our list of the oldest living feature film directors in late 2022, where Grant stood was a mystery. Since her breakout in William Wyler’s “The Detective Story” (1951), her first nomination, her year of birth was unclear. But recently she has clarified that that she was born in 1925. That makes her, to the best of our knowledge, older than any of her peers.
Below are listed the 25 oldest. Since our most recent list, Norman Lear, Robert M. Young (both of who briefly were the oldest...
- 2/16/2024
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
60th anniversary collector’s edition of Roger Corman’s The Terror on Blu-ray/DVD, 12th December 2023
Two-Disc Collection Packed With Special Features, Including Bonus Film The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and Film Commentary by Star Jonathan Haze
The duality of Roger Corman is on display, showcasing his spooky gothic side with The Terror (1963) — marking the 60th anniversary of its release this year — and his more whimsical side with The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) in this double-feature, special-edition, two-disc, collector’s set, on Blu-ray and DVD 12th December 2023 from Film Masters.
In The Terror—with an all-new HD restoration from 35mm archival elements — an 18th century French Lieutenant in Napoleon’s army encounters the ghostly apparition of a young woman (Sandra Knight). Curiosity leads Lt. Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson) to the castle of Baron Von Leppe (Boris Karloff), where he notices a painting of the Baron’s late wife Ilsa, who looks identical to the ghostly woman. Determined to unravel the castle’s mystery, Duvalier learns that...
The duality of Roger Corman is on display, showcasing his spooky gothic side with The Terror (1963) — marking the 60th anniversary of its release this year — and his more whimsical side with The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) in this double-feature, special-edition, two-disc, collector’s set, on Blu-ray and DVD 12th December 2023 from Film Masters.
In The Terror—with an all-new HD restoration from 35mm archival elements — an 18th century French Lieutenant in Napoleon’s army encounters the ghostly apparition of a young woman (Sandra Knight). Curiosity leads Lt. Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson) to the castle of Baron Von Leppe (Boris Karloff), where he notices a painting of the Baron’s late wife Ilsa, who looks identical to the ghostly woman. Determined to unravel the castle’s mystery, Duvalier learns that...
- 11/20/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise.
After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
This guide will exclude homages from previous Scream films and their respective sequels— we’re only looking at outside horror franchises and inspirations, because any red-blooded Ghostface fan is likely already aware of those. (Goes without saying that the beloved faux franchise ‘Stab’(s) 1-8 will also not be counted, since, even though our neon green ‘Stab’ t-shirts and mock VHS tapes feel very real, it’s still a very fake franchise). If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
“Mother...
After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
This guide will exclude homages from previous Scream films and their respective sequels— we’re only looking at outside horror franchises and inspirations, because any red-blooded Ghostface fan is likely already aware of those. (Goes without saying that the beloved faux franchise ‘Stab’(s) 1-8 will also not be counted, since, even though our neon green ‘Stab’ t-shirts and mock VHS tapes feel very real, it’s still a very fake franchise). If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
“Mother...
- 3/10/2023
- by Julieann Stipidis
- bloody-disgusting.com
Wally Campo, the Roger Corman regular who did his best Det. Joe Friday impersonation as Sgt. Joe Fink — and also served as the narrator — in the original The Little Shop of Horrors, has died. He was 99.
Campo died Jan. 14 of natural causes in Studio City, his son, musician Tony Campodonico, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Campo also played a goofball in Monte Hellman‘s Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) and appeared for director Burt Topper in Hell Squad (1958), Tank Commandos (1959) — where he was top-billed — and the Victor Buono-starring The Strangler (1964).
Campo showed up in the Corman-directed Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), Ski Troop Attack (1960) and Tales of Terror (1962) and in the Corman-produced Devil’s Angels (1967). Many of his movies were made at the filmmaker’s low-budget American International Pictures.
His acting credits also included Edward Dmytryk’s Warlock (1959), the Vincent Price-starring Master of the World (1961) and Shock Corridor (1963), directed by Sam Fuller.
Born...
Campo died Jan. 14 of natural causes in Studio City, his son, musician Tony Campodonico, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Campo also played a goofball in Monte Hellman‘s Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) and appeared for director Burt Topper in Hell Squad (1958), Tank Commandos (1959) — where he was top-billed — and the Victor Buono-starring The Strangler (1964).
Campo showed up in the Corman-directed Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), Ski Troop Attack (1960) and Tales of Terror (1962) and in the Corman-produced Devil’s Angels (1967). Many of his movies were made at the filmmaker’s low-budget American International Pictures.
His acting credits also included Edward Dmytryk’s Warlock (1959), the Vincent Price-starring Master of the World (1961) and Shock Corridor (1963), directed by Sam Fuller.
Born...
- 1/26/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The original production of Little Shop of Horrors first debuted Off-Off-Broadway in 1982 and then suddenly Seymour and company made their way to the Orpheum Theater for an Off-Broadway production that ran for five years. A hybrid of sci-fi and comedy, the musical about a carnivorous plant looking to take over the world became a cult classic spawning numerous productions and had a film adaptation starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene in 1986. After almost four decades, it has still retained its cult status with its R&b flair and irreverent, yet earnest lyrics and the new production at the Pasadena Playhouse continues the tradition with a fresh, inclusive iteration of the musical favorite.
The genre-driven musical comedy with music by Alan Menken and book and lyrics by the late, great Howard Ashman still feeds the soul with camp, humor, heart and its subversive charm. The Pasadena Playhouse production may just be a cast of eight,...
The genre-driven musical comedy with music by Alan Menken and book and lyrics by the late, great Howard Ashman still feeds the soul with camp, humor, heart and its subversive charm. The Pasadena Playhouse production may just be a cast of eight,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Season 2 of “Star Trek: Discovery” ambitiously played with the franchise’s multiverse through a series of dramatic interactions between the crews of the Discovery and Enterprise as they solved the mystery of The Red Angel threat from the future. And the centerpiece was the re-appearance of Anson Mount as original Enterprise captain Christopher Pike and Ethan Peck as a troubled young Spock dealing with his Vulcan/human identity crisis.
The highlight, though, was the surprising callback to the original series pilot, “The Cage,” in the form of a recap to the opening of the episode “If Memory Serves,” a semi-sequel in which they returned to Talos IV to heal fugitive Spock from his memory block. However, utilizing footage from the original series (Tos) provided additional editorial and visual effects challenges.
After editor Scott Gamzon cut the episode, he was approached by executive producer-director Olatunde Osunsanmi about utilizing Tos footage for...
The highlight, though, was the surprising callback to the original series pilot, “The Cage,” in the form of a recap to the opening of the episode “If Memory Serves,” a semi-sequel in which they returned to Talos IV to heal fugitive Spock from his memory block. However, utilizing footage from the original series (Tos) provided additional editorial and visual effects challenges.
After editor Scott Gamzon cut the episode, he was approached by executive producer-director Olatunde Osunsanmi about utilizing Tos footage for...
- 5/20/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Chicago – They often are the background people, the best friends or townspeople in various film and TV parts. Two character actors, who have over 200 roles between them, passed away recently. Dick Miller and Julie Adams were both previous subjects for the lens of photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com.
’That Guy’ Dick Miller in 2014
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Dick Miller has over 100 film credits under his belt, and was a go-to guy during the golden age (1960s and ‘70s) in many of director Roger Corman productions, the cheap and quick films that audiences loved during the era. His Corman films include “The Little Shop of Horrors” (1960), “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes” (1963), “The Wild Angels” (1966), “Big Bad Mama” (1974) and “Capone” (1975). He also did small and larger parts in mainstream titles such as “The Dirty Dozen” (1967), “Executive Action” (1973), “New York, New York” (1977), “All the Right Moves...
’That Guy’ Dick Miller in 2014
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Dick Miller has over 100 film credits under his belt, and was a go-to guy during the golden age (1960s and ‘70s) in many of director Roger Corman productions, the cheap and quick films that audiences loved during the era. His Corman films include “The Little Shop of Horrors” (1960), “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes” (1963), “The Wild Angels” (1966), “Big Bad Mama” (1974) and “Capone” (1975). He also did small and larger parts in mainstream titles such as “The Dirty Dozen” (1967), “Executive Action” (1973), “New York, New York” (1977), “All the Right Moves...
- 2/11/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A lot of words have already been written this week, and hopefully a lot more will be written in the next few weeks, months and years, about the great and beloved character actor Dick Miller, who passed away on January 30th in Burbank, California at age 90. A quick look at his bio page on IMDb will give you the basics about his early life— born in The Bronx, he served in the Us Navy and, despite his diminutive stature, even won a prize title as a middleweight boxer. But that’s not why several generations of movie fans know him, love him, or get such a kick out of seeing him pop up, sometimes seemingly out of nowhere, in the over-180 films and TV episodes in which he appeared.
Miller made his way out to Los Angeles from New York in the mid-50s and thus assured said multiple generations...
Miller made his way out to Los Angeles from New York in the mid-50s and thus assured said multiple generations...
- 2/2/2019
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Dick Miller in Gremlins
The much-loved character actor Dick Miller has passed away at the age of 90, it emerged last night. Celebrated for his work in Gremlins and Gremlins 2, he also appeared in cult favourites like The Terminator and Small Soldiers.
Miller began his career in B-movies including Apache Woman and It Conquered The World before making his breakthrough as troubled sculptor Walter Paisley in A Bucket Of Blood. The name stuck and he went on to play different versions of the Paisley character, with different occupations, in several films down the years, including a notable turn in The Howling. He had a long association with Bucket director Roger Corman which included an appearance in the original The Little Shop Of Horrors.
Also active on the small screen, Miller had a long-running role in Fame, made memorable appearances in Police Squad!, The Virginian and Star Trek:...
The much-loved character actor Dick Miller has passed away at the age of 90, it emerged last night. Celebrated for his work in Gremlins and Gremlins 2, he also appeared in cult favourites like The Terminator and Small Soldiers.
Miller began his career in B-movies including Apache Woman and It Conquered The World before making his breakthrough as troubled sculptor Walter Paisley in A Bucket Of Blood. The name stuck and he went on to play different versions of the Paisley character, with different occupations, in several films down the years, including a notable turn in The Howling. He had a long association with Bucket director Roger Corman which included an appearance in the original The Little Shop Of Horrors.
Also active on the small screen, Miller had a long-running role in Fame, made memorable appearances in Police Squad!, The Virginian and Star Trek:...
- 1/31/2019
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Prolific character actor Dick Miller, known for roles in dozens of films like “Gremlins” and “A Bucket of Blood,” died Wednesday from natural causes. He was 90.
A family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter that Miller died surrounded by his family.
Born in The Bronx, New York City in 1928, Miller served in the U.S. Navy before attending the City College of New York, Columbia University, and New York University. He began his acting career in the 1950s in theater before moving to Los Angeles, kicking off his six-decade career in film with hundreds of credits.
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He forged a friendship and working relationship with director Roger Corman that lasted over 20 years. His work for Corman includes “This Earth” (1957), “The Little Shop of Horrors” (1960), and”A Bucket of Blood” (1959).
He’s best known for his scene-stealing role in director Joe Dante’s “Gremlins” and its sequel,...
A family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter that Miller died surrounded by his family.
Born in The Bronx, New York City in 1928, Miller served in the U.S. Navy before attending the City College of New York, Columbia University, and New York University. He began his acting career in the 1950s in theater before moving to Los Angeles, kicking off his six-decade career in film with hundreds of credits.
Also Read: Louisa Moritz, Actress and Bill Cosby Accuser, Dies at 72
He forged a friendship and working relationship with director Roger Corman that lasted over 20 years. His work for Corman includes “This Earth” (1957), “The Little Shop of Horrors” (1960), and”A Bucket of Blood” (1959).
He’s best known for his scene-stealing role in director Joe Dante’s “Gremlins” and its sequel,...
- 1/31/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez and Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Dick Miller, the veteran actor best known for his role in Gremlins and A Bucket of Blood, has died. He was 90.
Miller passed away from natural causes on Wednesday and was surrounded by his family, a spokesperson for the Millers told The Hollywood Reporter. His death comes a little over one month after the legendary character actor celebrated his 90th birthday.
“His sense of humor and the unique way he looked at the world won him many lifelong friends and worldwide fans,” his family told the outlet in a statement.
Miller’s prolific career spanned over 60 years, appearing in hundreds...
Miller passed away from natural causes on Wednesday and was surrounded by his family, a spokesperson for the Millers told The Hollywood Reporter. His death comes a little over one month after the legendary character actor celebrated his 90th birthday.
“His sense of humor and the unique way he looked at the world won him many lifelong friends and worldwide fans,” his family told the outlet in a statement.
Miller’s prolific career spanned over 60 years, appearing in hundreds...
- 1/31/2019
- by Joelle Goldstein
- PEOPLE.com
Dick Miller, a character actor who starred in Roger Corman’s A Bucket of Blood and whose six-decade career included all of Joe Dante’s movies, died today in Toluca Lake, CA. He was 90.
His résumé includes more than 150 film and TV credits ranging from 1950s westerns to 2000s features including Dante’s Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Burying the Ex. Along the way he appeared in films by such acclaimed directors as Martin Scorsese, James Cameron (The Terminator), Ernest Dickerson, Jonathan Demme, Allan Arkush, Jonathan Kaplan, John Sayles along with such popular Dante-helmed pics as Innerspace, Gremlins and The Howling.
Born on Christmas Day 1928, the Bronx native and Army veteran likely is best remembered for starring as Walter Paisley, the dimwitted busboy-turned-cause célèbre sculptor in Corman’s 1959 graphic cult-classic Beat satire A Bucket of Blood. After accidentally killing his landlady’s cat, Walter casts...
His résumé includes more than 150 film and TV credits ranging from 1950s westerns to 2000s features including Dante’s Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Burying the Ex. Along the way he appeared in films by such acclaimed directors as Martin Scorsese, James Cameron (The Terminator), Ernest Dickerson, Jonathan Demme, Allan Arkush, Jonathan Kaplan, John Sayles along with such popular Dante-helmed pics as Innerspace, Gremlins and The Howling.
Born on Christmas Day 1928, the Bronx native and Army veteran likely is best remembered for starring as Walter Paisley, the dimwitted busboy-turned-cause célèbre sculptor in Corman’s 1959 graphic cult-classic Beat satire A Bucket of Blood. After accidentally killing his landlady’s cat, Walter casts...
- 1/31/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Cormans’ Hollywood, a 13-episode documentary series teeming with archival footage and insights from seven decades of filmmaking by Roger Corman and his wife, Julie, has been set by Shout! Studios, Ace Film Hk Co. and Friendship Films.
Thirteen 50-minute episodes were shot over four months in La, drawing heavily on the library of the Cormans’ New Horizons Pictures, which Shout! and Ace acquired earlier this year. The series traces the Cormans’ trail-blazing path as independent producers, including their mentorship of young film talent who would go on to become Hollywood royalty.
There is a long list of A-listers who cut their teeth working with Roger Corman, producer of 350 films and director of 60 titles, including the likes of A Bucket of Blood, The Wild Angels and The Little Shop of Horrors. Among them are Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Peter Fonda and Jonathan Demme.
Thirteen 50-minute episodes were shot over four months in La, drawing heavily on the library of the Cormans’ New Horizons Pictures, which Shout! and Ace acquired earlier this year. The series traces the Cormans’ trail-blazing path as independent producers, including their mentorship of young film talent who would go on to become Hollywood royalty.
There is a long list of A-listers who cut their teeth working with Roger Corman, producer of 350 films and director of 60 titles, including the likes of A Bucket of Blood, The Wild Angels and The Little Shop of Horrors. Among them are Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Peter Fonda and Jonathan Demme.
- 12/17/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday, everyone! Halloween weekend is finally upon us, which means all of us horror fans are feeling quite festive these days, and what better way to keep those ghoulishly groovy vibes going than by watching some horror movies that also tap into the comedic aspects of the genre. From new entries in absurdity to classic crack-ups, there’s truly something for everyone on this list of 27 horror comedies that are currently streaming across all the major platforms. Nothing puts me in a good mood quite like some fright-filled funnies, so I do hope you find something to enjoy in this curated collection of horror comedies.
The Return of the Living Dead (Streaming on Amazon Prime)
They're Back From The Dead and Ready to Party! On his first day on the job at a medical supply warehouse, poor Freddy (Thom Mathews) unwittingly releases toxic gas from a secret U.S.
The Return of the Living Dead (Streaming on Amazon Prime)
They're Back From The Dead and Ready to Party! On his first day on the job at a medical supply warehouse, poor Freddy (Thom Mathews) unwittingly releases toxic gas from a secret U.S.
- 10/26/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
“Now, no novocaine. It dulls the senses.”
Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series has moved! The new location is Urban Chestnut in the Grove. This month’s film is the 1960 version of The Little Shop Of Horrors . It’s this Wednesday, July 11th. The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5.
Roger Corman, who allegedly could negotiate the production of a film on a pay phone, shoot the film in the booth, and finance it with the money in the change slot, shot The Little Shop Of Horrors (1960) in two days and one night on a set that was left over from someone else’s production.
It is a classic featuring a very young Jack Nicholson as an undertaker who loved pain in his third film. The face that was to later become famous in The Shining was quite evident. Jonathan Haze played the lead as the clumsy...
Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series has moved! The new location is Urban Chestnut in the Grove. This month’s film is the 1960 version of The Little Shop Of Horrors . It’s this Wednesday, July 11th. The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5.
Roger Corman, who allegedly could negotiate the production of a film on a pay phone, shoot the film in the booth, and finance it with the money in the change slot, shot The Little Shop Of Horrors (1960) in two days and one night on a set that was left over from someone else’s production.
It is a classic featuring a very young Jack Nicholson as an undertaker who loved pain in his third film. The face that was to later become famous in The Shining was quite evident. Jonathan Haze played the lead as the clumsy...
- 7/6/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: If you love a song from a classic Disney animated feature, it is likely that Howard Ashman was the mind behind the words. Don Hahn’s documentary Howard takes a look at the life of the Academy Award-winning lyricist and the legacy he left behind. In the exclusive clip above, we see him at work recording the memorable Beauty and the Beast song “Be Our Guest” with composer and frequent collaborator Alan Menken as well as the movie’s stars Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach. Howard will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22.
Ashman grew up with love for musical theater and after living the life of a starving artist in New York, he adapted Roger Corman’s film The Little Shop of Horrors into a musical with Menken which served as a turning point in his career. The success led to some speed...
Ashman grew up with love for musical theater and after living the life of a starving artist in New York, he adapted Roger Corman’s film The Little Shop of Horrors into a musical with Menken which served as a turning point in his career. The success led to some speed...
- 4/11/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Prolific B-movie director/producer Roger Corman is being sued by his sons over plans to sell his 270-title New Horizon Pictures film library. The complaint, filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, also names as a respondent Corman’s wife of 48 years and longtime producing partner, Julie, along with Shout! Factory and Ace Film, the library’s intended buyers.
Roger Martin Corman and Brian Corman claim that their parents have no right to unload the catalog — which includes “The Little Shop of Horrors” and “Piranha” — because it is property of The Pacific Trust, established by the elder Cormans in 1978 for the benefit of their four children.
“You can’t sell what you don’t own,” Venable Llp partner Alex Weingarten, the lawyer representing the sons, told IndieWire.
The transaction was announced less than three weeks ago, on March 15, for an undisclosed price. Weingarten said Roger Martin Corman and Brian...
Roger Martin Corman and Brian Corman claim that their parents have no right to unload the catalog — which includes “The Little Shop of Horrors” and “Piranha” — because it is property of The Pacific Trust, established by the elder Cormans in 1978 for the benefit of their four children.
“You can’t sell what you don’t own,” Venable Llp partner Alex Weingarten, the lawyer representing the sons, told IndieWire.
The transaction was announced less than three weeks ago, on March 15, for an undisclosed price. Weingarten said Roger Martin Corman and Brian...
- 4/3/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Seb Patrick Dec 19, 2019
The Rick Moranis-headlined version of Little Shop Of Horrors is a special piece of weirdness.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
We should start at the end, seeing as it’s the thing people talk about the most when it comes to Little Shop of Horrors. In one of the most commonly-known pieces of "lost movie" lore, many of you will already be aware that Frank Oz’s 1986 movie adaptation of the cult stage musical made it to cinemas in December 1986 with a completely different ending from the one that had originally been shot. Rather than the bleak ending in which loveable nerd Seymour and his beloved Audrey are eaten by the fearsome Audrey II plant, which then breeds into a super-race of giant plants that dominate the globe, the amended movie ending instead sees Seymour destroy the plant and happily marry Audrey.
It sounds like typical Hollywood sanitizing,...
The Rick Moranis-headlined version of Little Shop Of Horrors is a special piece of weirdness.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
We should start at the end, seeing as it’s the thing people talk about the most when it comes to Little Shop of Horrors. In one of the most commonly-known pieces of "lost movie" lore, many of you will already be aware that Frank Oz’s 1986 movie adaptation of the cult stage musical made it to cinemas in December 1986 with a completely different ending from the one that had originally been shot. Rather than the bleak ending in which loveable nerd Seymour and his beloved Audrey are eaten by the fearsome Audrey II plant, which then breeds into a super-race of giant plants that dominate the globe, the amended movie ending instead sees Seymour destroy the plant and happily marry Audrey.
It sounds like typical Hollywood sanitizing,...
- 12/8/2016
- Den of Geek
The carnivorous plant known as Audrey II is chomping its way back to the big screen, as Warner Bros. is developing a Little Shop of Horrors remake.
Deadline revealed the latest update on the new Little Shop of Horrors film, reporting that the studio is continuing to move forward with a new take on Frank Oz's Little Shop of Horrors. Writer Howard Ashman adapted Little Shop of Horrors for the big screen in 1986 with a screenplay based on his stage musical of the same name, which featured songs from composer Alan Menken and was in turn based on Roger Corman's 1960 horror comedy, The Little Shop of Horrors.
According to Deadline, Greg Berlanti (Life as We Know It) is expected to direct the new Little Shop of Horrors from a screenplay by Matthew Robinson (Monster Trucks, The Invention of Lying). Marc Platt will produce the film and Sarah Schechter...
Deadline revealed the latest update on the new Little Shop of Horrors film, reporting that the studio is continuing to move forward with a new take on Frank Oz's Little Shop of Horrors. Writer Howard Ashman adapted Little Shop of Horrors for the big screen in 1986 with a screenplay based on his stage musical of the same name, which featured songs from composer Alan Menken and was in turn based on Roger Corman's 1960 horror comedy, The Little Shop of Horrors.
According to Deadline, Greg Berlanti (Life as We Know It) is expected to direct the new Little Shop of Horrors from a screenplay by Matthew Robinson (Monster Trucks, The Invention of Lying). Marc Platt will produce the film and Sarah Schechter...
- 12/7/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Warner Bros. is moving ahead with a new big-screen incarnation of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” with Greg Berlanti set to direct and Matthew Robinson writing the script, TheWrap has confirmed. Marc Platt is producing the remake of director Frank Oz’s 1986 movie — a musical version of the 1960 Roger Corman cult classic. Platt has produced big-screen musicals like “Into the Woods” and this year’s awards sensation “La La Land” — as well as the Broadway megahit “Wicked.” “The Little Shop of Horrors” started as a feature comedy about a florist’s assistant who grows a plant with a particular taste.
- 12/7/2016
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Seb Patrick Dec 8, 2016
The Rick Moranis-headlined version of Little Shop Of Horrors is 30 years old this month. But why is it so special?
We should start at the end, seeing as it’s the thing people talk about the most when it comes to Little Shop Of Horrors. In one of the most commonly-known pieces of 'lost movie' lore, many of you will already be aware that Frank Oz’s 1986 movie adaptation of the cult stage musical (itself an adaptation of the 1960, equally cult Roger Corman movie) made it to cinemas in December 1986 with a completely different ending from the one that had originally been shot. Rather than the bleak ending in which loveable nerd Seymour and his beloved Audrey are eaten by the fearsome Audrey II plant, which then breeds into a super-race of giant plants that dominate the globe, the amended movie ending instead sees Seymour destroy...
The Rick Moranis-headlined version of Little Shop Of Horrors is 30 years old this month. But why is it so special?
We should start at the end, seeing as it’s the thing people talk about the most when it comes to Little Shop Of Horrors. In one of the most commonly-known pieces of 'lost movie' lore, many of you will already be aware that Frank Oz’s 1986 movie adaptation of the cult stage musical (itself an adaptation of the 1960, equally cult Roger Corman movie) made it to cinemas in December 1986 with a completely different ending from the one that had originally been shot. Rather than the bleak ending in which loveable nerd Seymour and his beloved Audrey are eaten by the fearsome Audrey II plant, which then breeds into a super-race of giant plants that dominate the globe, the amended movie ending instead sees Seymour destroy...
- 12/5/2016
- Den of Geek
Towleroad Jack O'Connell will star in Andrew Haigh's Alexander McQueen biopic. Good casting
MTV Is Jon Hamm funny... when the punchline is always just, "Jon Hamm"
Guardian Tom Hardy to play famous Antartica explorer in 1914 set film
/Film Scott Derrickson says he wants to make a Doctor Strange sequel 'in the vein of The Dark Knight'. First the Inception inspired visuals than this? Someone take his Chris Nolan dvds away pronto!
Tracking Board Catherine Keener joins Del Toro & Brolin for the Sicario sequel called Soldado
The Talkhouse Filmmaker Bruce Labruce sings the praise of...wait for it... John Travolta & Lily Tomlin in infamous Moment By Moment (1978)
Express Susan Sarandon in costume as Bette Davis for Feud
Interview talks to rising star Alden Ehrenreich - great photoshoot too
Comics Alliance shares concept art from Suicide Squad that wasn't used. Too colorful and fantastically gorgeous (Enchantress) - not grimy and...
MTV Is Jon Hamm funny... when the punchline is always just, "Jon Hamm"
Guardian Tom Hardy to play famous Antartica explorer in 1914 set film
/Film Scott Derrickson says he wants to make a Doctor Strange sequel 'in the vein of The Dark Knight'. First the Inception inspired visuals than this? Someone take his Chris Nolan dvds away pronto!
Tracking Board Catherine Keener joins Del Toro & Brolin for the Sicario sequel called Soldado
The Talkhouse Filmmaker Bruce Labruce sings the praise of...wait for it... John Travolta & Lily Tomlin in infamous Moment By Moment (1978)
Express Susan Sarandon in costume as Bette Davis for Feud
Interview talks to rising star Alden Ehrenreich - great photoshoot too
Comics Alliance shares concept art from Suicide Squad that wasn't used. Too colorful and fantastically gorgeous (Enchantress) - not grimy and...
- 10/28/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Accountant Warner Bros Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: C Director: Gavin O’Connor Written by: Bill Dubuque Cast: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jean Smart, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow Screened at: Warner, NYC, 10/1/16 Opens: October 14, 2016 Two valuable professions are often the butt of jokes: dentists and accountants. Dentists, perhaps, because they are often considered without a great sense of humor. But that changed when the dentist played by Steve Martin in Roger Corman’s “The Little Shop of Horrors” hit the screen. Accountants because they are considered straight-laced, serious, wrapped up in numbers and probably introverted. But that will change when people [ Read More ]
The post The Accountant Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post The Accountant Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 10/18/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Seeing as the world is apparently out of new creative ideas (case in point: nü-MacGyver), it’s not surprising that so many movies are now superhero-themed, sequels, or remakes. Inferior cinematic remakes are a dime a dozen: Just over the past few weeks we’ve seen pale versions of Ben-Hur, Beauty And The Beast, and The Magnificent Seven, a remake of a remake of Seven Samurai. But occasionally, a remake outpaces its original source material, stoking the fire that revisiting previously released films might actually be worth it. As unlikely as it may seem that a valuable movie was salvaged from 1977’s Pete’s Dragon (or 1960’s The Little Shop Of Horrors), many of the films below started with exemplary originals, and then surpassed them.
1. The Ring (2002), remake of Ringu (1998)
The rare case where a healthy dose of Hollywood excess was exactly what a clever-but-underutilized ...
1. The Ring (2002), remake of Ringu (1998)
The rare case where a healthy dose of Hollywood excess was exactly what a clever-but-underutilized ...
- 9/28/2016
- by Laura Adamczyk, Erik Adams, A.A. Dowd, William Hughes, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McCown-Levy, Sean O'Neal, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, a screening of the film will occur at this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival on Friday, July 8th. Also in today's Horror Highlights: info on the digital restoration of Roger Corman and Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Torchwood #1 San Diego Comic Con 2016 details.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 30th Anniversary Screening Details: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: 30th Anniversary Screening.
This Friday Night. July 8th at 11pm. Presented by Popcorn Frights Film Festival.
Giveaways by Scream Factory and Neca.
O Cinema Wynwood: 90 Nw 29th St, Miami, Fl 33127.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 will be preceded by Aj Briones’acclaimed short-film “Smiling Man”.
The Buzz Is Back!!! Over ten years after making the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper returns to his deranged family of reclusive cannibals for another round of chainsaw chases and non-stop screaming.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 30th Anniversary Screening Details: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: 30th Anniversary Screening.
This Friday Night. July 8th at 11pm. Presented by Popcorn Frights Film Festival.
Giveaways by Scream Factory and Neca.
O Cinema Wynwood: 90 Nw 29th St, Miami, Fl 33127.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 will be preceded by Aj Briones’acclaimed short-film “Smiling Man”.
The Buzz Is Back!!! Over ten years after making the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper returns to his deranged family of reclusive cannibals for another round of chainsaw chases and non-stop screaming.
- 7/7/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Cult Us director will also be guest of honour at Locarno’s Filmmakers Academy.
Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13) is to pay tribute to Roger Corman, the cult Us filmmaker known as the “king of the B-movie” whose features include The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Death Race 2000 (1975) and Piranha (1978).
The 69th edition of the festival will screen two of his films - The Intruder (1962) and Masque of the Red Death (1964) - and the 90-year-old filmmaker will also hold a masterclass.
In addition, Corman will be guest of honour at Locarno’s Filmmakers Academy, a training project for young directors, which this year received more than 290 applications and selected 15 participants including Leonor Teles, winner of Berlin’s Golden Bear for Best Short Film, and emerging talents from Ethiopia and Madagascar among others.
Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian said: “Merely mentioning the name Roger Corman evokes an approach to understanding and making films that is synonymous with freedom...
Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13) is to pay tribute to Roger Corman, the cult Us filmmaker known as the “king of the B-movie” whose features include The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Death Race 2000 (1975) and Piranha (1978).
The 69th edition of the festival will screen two of his films - The Intruder (1962) and Masque of the Red Death (1964) - and the 90-year-old filmmaker will also hold a masterclass.
In addition, Corman will be guest of honour at Locarno’s Filmmakers Academy, a training project for young directors, which this year received more than 290 applications and selected 15 participants including Leonor Teles, winner of Berlin’s Golden Bear for Best Short Film, and emerging talents from Ethiopia and Madagascar among others.
Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian said: “Merely mentioning the name Roger Corman evokes an approach to understanding and making films that is synonymous with freedom...
- 6/7/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Though producer Roger Corman’s contributions to independent cinema are arguably unparalleled, the enduring quality of his directorial efforts is another story. By the end of the 1950s, Corman had directed about two dozen of his own films in roughly five years, many of these derivative genre efforts rivaling the quality of Ed Wood. But 1959 found Corman trying to switch things up a bit, and he delivered two of his more flavorful works. Besides unleashing the Susan Cabot headliner The Wasp Woman (which remains a fun, eccentric commentary on feminine standards of beauty), Corman would skewer the pretentiousness of self-important artists and the hypocrisy of what defines art in A Bucket of Blood, a much more salacious title than the material warrants. Written by Charles B. Griffith, (who would go uncredited next to Corman on his The Little Shop of Horrors a year later), the film is an early lead...
- 12/29/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Today in 2003, Little Shop of Horrors opened at the Virginia Theatre now the August Wilson Theatre, where it ran for 372 performances. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, 'Skid Row Downtown', 'Somewhere That's Green', and 'Suddenly, Seymour'.
- 10/2/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2003, Little Shop of Horrors opened at the Virginia Theatre now the August Wilson Theatre, where it ran for 372 performances. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, 'Skid Row Downtown', 'Somewhere That's Green', and 'Suddenly, Seymour'.
- 10/2/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
We have him to thank for The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Trip, Bloody Mama and a half-dozen Poe adaptations. His producer credits include Piranha, Boxcar Bertha, TNT Jackson, Rock 'n' Roll High School and Sharktopus. (Perhaps best to disregard that last one.) He's notorious for shooting movies on little money in less than a week using sets from other films he'd just completed. Actors/filmmakers who worked on their earliest movies with him include Jack Nicholson, Dick Miller (pictured above in A Bucket of Blood), Robert Towne, John Sayles, Francis Ford Coppola, Joe Dante and Martin Scorsese. Roger Corman has 56 director credits and 409 producer credits on IMDb, and he's still producing.
And Austin Film Society programmer Lars Nilsen had to narrow it down to four features -- plus a bonus documentary on Dick Miller -- for the latest Afs Arthouse series: "Films of Roger Corman." The series, screening Fridays and Sundays at the Marchesa,...
And Austin Film Society programmer Lars Nilsen had to narrow it down to four features -- plus a bonus documentary on Dick Miller -- for the latest Afs Arthouse series: "Films of Roger Corman." The series, screening Fridays and Sundays at the Marchesa,...
- 8/4/2014
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
We take a light-hearted look at a few of the more strange coincidences and quirks of fate in recent cinema history...
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Stories are often built on coincidences and happenstance. Chance encounters at railway stations. Bruce Willis bumping into Ving Rhames while he's out and about in his Honda in Pulp Fiction. But what about those weird patterns we see in our everyday reality, or, more to the point, in cinema history?
When Batman Begins came out, it was widely noted that Christian Bale had already played an unfathomably rich man with a secret double life before, in Mary Harron's adaptation of American Psycho. Bale's character, Patrick Bateman, even has a surname that's basically Batman with an 'e' added to it.
Those are the kinds of strange quirks of fate we're looking at here. If you have any of your own, do share them in the comments section.
10. Instruments...
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Stories are often built on coincidences and happenstance. Chance encounters at railway stations. Bruce Willis bumping into Ving Rhames while he's out and about in his Honda in Pulp Fiction. But what about those weird patterns we see in our everyday reality, or, more to the point, in cinema history?
When Batman Begins came out, it was widely noted that Christian Bale had already played an unfathomably rich man with a secret double life before, in Mary Harron's adaptation of American Psycho. Bale's character, Patrick Bateman, even has a surname that's basically Batman with an 'e' added to it.
Those are the kinds of strange quirks of fate we're looking at here. If you have any of your own, do share them in the comments section.
10. Instruments...
- 7/10/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman. This movie was so awesome, and I personally think it still holds up today. I watched this movie again a couple months ago and was entertained from beginning to end. It was a true comic book movie. I got a chance to see the movie on opening day at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. It was actually my first time seeing a movie in the legendary theater, and I still remember the experience of walking in and being wowed by how big it was, and there was a huge Batman symbol projecting on the curtains of the screen. It was a great day, and an amazing movie. Christopher Nolan himself called it "...a brilliant film, visionary and extraordinarily idiosyncratic...".
As a way to pay tribute to the film, I've come up with 10 fun bits of trivia that you might not know about it.
As a way to pay tribute to the film, I've come up with 10 fun bits of trivia that you might not know about it.
- 6/23/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 13 Mar 2014 - 05:44
Our voyage through history's underappreciated films arrives at the year 2011, and a great year for lesser-seen gems...
Even a cursory glance at the top 10 grossing films of 2011 reveals something strange: nine of the entries are sequels. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 brought the fantasy franchise to a close with a staggering $1.3bn haul. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon wasn't too far behind with just over $1.1bn. On Stranger Tides continued the Pirates Of The Caribbean series' wave of success, despite mixed reviews.
Elsewhere in the top 10, you'll find another Twilight, a fourth Mission: Impossible, a second Kung Fu Panda, a fifth Fast, another Hangover, and further Cars. Standing alone on the list is The Smurfs, the adaptation of Peyo's Belgian comic strip. In fact, 2011 saw the release of no fewer than 28 sequels - the most we've yet seen in any given year.
Our voyage through history's underappreciated films arrives at the year 2011, and a great year for lesser-seen gems...
Even a cursory glance at the top 10 grossing films of 2011 reveals something strange: nine of the entries are sequels. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 brought the fantasy franchise to a close with a staggering $1.3bn haul. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon wasn't too far behind with just over $1.1bn. On Stranger Tides continued the Pirates Of The Caribbean series' wave of success, despite mixed reviews.
Elsewhere in the top 10, you'll find another Twilight, a fourth Mission: Impossible, a second Kung Fu Panda, a fifth Fast, another Hangover, and further Cars. Standing alone on the list is The Smurfs, the adaptation of Peyo's Belgian comic strip. In fact, 2011 saw the release of no fewer than 28 sequels - the most we've yet seen in any given year.
- 3/12/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Welcome back for day seven of Daily Dead’s 2013 Holiday Gift Guide! With the holiday season already in full swing, we decided for this week, we’d go ahead and give you guys two super-sized guides for Wednesday and Friday just to make it a little more streamlined as we wrap up our coverage of some of the very best gift ideas we could find, perfect for all the horror and sci-fi fans out there.
For our second-to-last gift guide, we’ve got tons of awesome gift ideas- a Blu-ray celebrating many of the greatest “B Movies” ever created, a t-shirt company that pretty much makes a shirt for any horror movie you could ever think of (seriously, try stumping them), a couple of pajama sets (Walking Dead fans, there’s some footie ones here you Must see!), some fun purses, ornaments and more.
Check out today’s super-sized edition...
For our second-to-last gift guide, we’ve got tons of awesome gift ideas- a Blu-ray celebrating many of the greatest “B Movies” ever created, a t-shirt company that pretty much makes a shirt for any horror movie you could ever think of (seriously, try stumping them), a couple of pajama sets (Walking Dead fans, there’s some footie ones here you Must see!), some fun purses, ornaments and more.
Check out today’s super-sized edition...
- 12/12/2013
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Most horror freaks are very familiar with Roger Corman often because of the goofy horror movies from the family video stores in the olden days of Bmovies. Younger fans might know Coreman as the producer of the original Piranha that later became a couple of successful remakes or perhaps from his successful cult films The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) Swamp Women (1965) or his many Edgar Allan Poe adaptations including The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) The Raven (1963) The Haunted Palace (1963)and a host of others most of which starred the iconic horror figure Vincent Price.
- 11/9/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Today in 2003, Little Shop of Horrors opened at the Virginia THeatre now the August Wilson Theatre, where it ran for 372 performances. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, 'Skid Row Downtown', 'Somewhere That's Green', and 'Suddenly, Seymour'.
- 10/2/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Though rumors had been running for awhile now that Colin Firth would be stepping into the role of Roger Corman for Joe Dante‘s biopic The Man With the Kaleidoscope Eyes, Corman decided to casually mention in a profile with the Telegraph that Quentin Tarantino would be portraying him instead. Like that’s not news that would rock our worlds or anything. The mention of Tarantino is just a blip in the interview that also reveals that Corman will have a cameo in the film that chronicles the making of The Trip, his 1960′s film starring Jack Nicholson about LSD. Corman’s cameo, hilariously, will be the studio executive who didn’t want him to make the film. As “The King of the Bs,” Corman has had insurmountable influence on countless filmmakers and actors who worshiped his lo-fi masterpieces like The Little Shop of Horrors, Swamp Women, and Attack of the Crab Monsters. Tarantino...
- 9/20/2013
- by Samantha Wilson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Along with some exclusive and really bloody new stills, we have a special guest blog on tap for you guys from director Spencer Parsons about his new film, Saturday Morning Mystery; old cartoons; and much, much more! Dig it!
Truth be known, I’m more of a Buford Files guy than a Scooby-Doo guy, probably because that one ripped off Smokey and the Bandit, and every episode took place in a swamp, with way more opportunity for moss monsters. But man alive, ‘70s TV barfed up a ton of these Scooby wanna bes about ghost-chasers-with-dogs. And all of them got repeated endlessly through the ‘80s in syndication, even the ones that didn’t last a whole season. Shows like Clue Club, Butch Cassidy and Goober and the Ghost Chasers, plus less dog-centric mystery team cartoons like Fangface, Speed Buggy, or The New Shmoo. There were more, and I could go on,...
Truth be known, I’m more of a Buford Files guy than a Scooby-Doo guy, probably because that one ripped off Smokey and the Bandit, and every episode took place in a swamp, with way more opportunity for moss monsters. But man alive, ‘70s TV barfed up a ton of these Scooby wanna bes about ghost-chasers-with-dogs. And all of them got repeated endlessly through the ‘80s in syndication, even the ones that didn’t last a whole season. Shows like Clue Club, Butch Cassidy and Goober and the Ghost Chasers, plus less dog-centric mystery team cartoons like Fangface, Speed Buggy, or The New Shmoo. There were more, and I could go on,...
- 7/16/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
If you haven't already, check out Roger Corman's new subscription YouTube channel, "Corman's Drive-In," which launched on June 13. For this first month's offerings, Corman and his wife, producer Julie Corman, have handpicked 30 films from their vault of 400 titles. Included are Jack Nicholson's screen debut in 1958, intriguingly titled "The Crybaby Killer," and 1960's "The Little Shop of Horrors," also starring Nicholson. Watch the channel's trailer below. Also part of the June lineup are Joe Dante's "Piranha," 1976's "Eat My Dust," starring Ron Howard, and 1971's "The Big Dollhouse," starring Pam Grier. "Corman's Take" is another feature on the channel, with Corman telling behind-the-scenes stories about the selected films. The channel is $3.99 per month, with a 14-day free trial. Corman, a legend of low-budget filmmaking, is perhaps best known for his Edgar Allen Poe cycle of films released between 1959 and 1964 (including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Raven" and "The Masque.
- 6/26/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
News Ryan Lambie Dec 20, 2012
The master of low-budget cinema, Roger Corman, is returning to the works of Poe, with new adaptations on the way...
A Bucket Of Blood or The Little Shop Of Horrors aside, our favourite Roger Corman movies are undoubtedly his extraordinary adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe. Beginning with House Of Usher in 1960, these movies often played fast-and loose with their source stories, and were often shot rapidly, but they also saw Corman at the height of his creative powers. Their saturated colours influenced horror for years afterwards, and usually featured some great, glowering performances from Vincent Price.
Although Corman has focused his energies on a rather different cycle of mutant monster pictures (Sharktopus, Piranhaconda and the like), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that he's returning his attention back to the master of the macabre, with a new series of movies based on the works of Poe.
The...
The master of low-budget cinema, Roger Corman, is returning to the works of Poe, with new adaptations on the way...
A Bucket Of Blood or The Little Shop Of Horrors aside, our favourite Roger Corman movies are undoubtedly his extraordinary adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe. Beginning with House Of Usher in 1960, these movies often played fast-and loose with their source stories, and were often shot rapidly, but they also saw Corman at the height of his creative powers. Their saturated colours influenced horror for years afterwards, and usually featured some great, glowering performances from Vincent Price.
Although Corman has focused his energies on a rather different cycle of mutant monster pictures (Sharktopus, Piranhaconda and the like), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that he's returning his attention back to the master of the macabre, with a new series of movies based on the works of Poe.
The...
- 12/19/2012
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Not all great cinema stars have the most auspicious beginnings to their lives in celluloid. Some start in commercials, TV, bit parts, background work. Hell, a few even dabble in porn (we're looking at you, Sylvester Stallone).
Ground zero for acting talent, more often than not, is the horror genre. This being Halloween season, we decided to highlight a few mega-talents who jumpstarted their careers in much the same way they entered the world: naked, screaming and covered in blood.
George Clooney, 'Return to Horror High' (1987)
It took the "Ides of March" actor-director a solid decade in show business before he launched into superstardom as Dr. Doug Ross on "ER." Good ol' Gorgeous George may have paid his dues at the school of hard knocks, but he earned his diploma from "Horror High" playing an actor who gets killed by a serial killer while filming a movie about that killer.
Ground zero for acting talent, more often than not, is the horror genre. This being Halloween season, we decided to highlight a few mega-talents who jumpstarted their careers in much the same way they entered the world: naked, screaming and covered in blood.
George Clooney, 'Return to Horror High' (1987)
It took the "Ides of March" actor-director a solid decade in show business before he launched into superstardom as Dr. Doug Ross on "ER." Good ol' Gorgeous George may have paid his dues at the school of hard knocks, but he earned his diploma from "Horror High" playing an actor who gets killed by a serial killer while filming a movie about that killer.
- 10/16/2012
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Moviefone's New Release Pick of the Week "Prometheus" What's It About? Ridley Scott returns to the world of "Alien" with an epic prequel about mankind's first contact with a mysterious alien race who may or may not be our makers, and may or may not have sinister purposes. See It Because: "Prometheus" pulled off a rare feat, adding a new layer of intrigue to the rich mythology of the "Alien" series. Not since "Inception" has a summer blockbuster come along with such audacious head-scratching concepts. And despite being filled with plot holes, it was still fun to argue about the film's big questions. Also, the always brilliant Michael Fassbender was terrific as David, an android servant with T.E. Lawrence-sized dreams of exploration. Watch Noomi Rapace's Screen Test for "Prometheus" - (Also Available on Amazon Instant Video | Netflix) Moviefone's Blu-ray Pick of the Week "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" What's It About?...
- 10/8/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
Today in 2003, Little Shop of Horrors opened at the Virginia THeatre now the August Wilson Theatre, where it ran for 372 performances. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, Skid Row Downtown, Somewhere That's Green, and Suddenly, Seymour.
- 10/2/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Roger Corman is a Hollywood legend. The Oscar-winning producer might be the single-most prolific filmmaker ever with over 300 movies to his name. Along the way, he provided a big break to Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Jack Nicholson and many others. His "cheap and fast" approach to sci-fi, horror and action has given us timeless cult classics like "The Little Shop of Horrors," "Death Race 2000," "Caged Heat" and "Galaxy of Terror." However, Corman is hoping to top himself yet again with his first 3D movie, "Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader." The film is about young cheerleading-hopeful Cassie Stratton (Jena Sims), who's so desperate to excel at the sport she subjects herself to a radical new drug that is supposed to increase her athletic abilities. Naturally, it all goes disastrously wrong and Cassie grows to gigantic proportions. If that wasn't bad enough, her mean girl rival, Brittany (Olivia Alexander), steals the formula,...
- 7/16/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
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