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Roger Corman
Director 1926 - 2024

Roger Corman

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", “The King of The B’s”, "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

45 titles
Frankenstein Unbound

Frankenstein Unbound

Roger Corman 1990 1h 25m 5.5

The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.

Von Richthofen and Brown

Von Richthofen and Brown

Roger Corman 1971 1h 37m 6.0

The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It

Roger Corman 1970 1h 19m 3.0

A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.

Bloody Mama

Bloody Mama

Roger Corman 1970 1h 30m 6.3
Target: Harry

Target: Harry

Roger Corman 1969 1h 21m

Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.

De Sade

De Sade

Roger Corman, Cy Endfield 1969 1h 53m

The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.

The Trip

The Trip

Roger Corman 1967 1h 25m 6.0

The Trip was a six month surfing trip around the world.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Roger Corman 1967 1h 40m 6.5

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

The Wild Angels

The Wild Angels

Roger Corman 1966 1h 27m 5.0

The "Angels", a San Pedro motorcycle gang, party their way through the Coachella Valley while searching for a bike stolen from them by Mexicans, clashing with police along the way.

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Tomb of Ligeia

Roger Corman 1964 1h 21m 6.7

Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride.

The Secret Invasion

The Secret Invasion

Roger Corman 1964 1h 37m 6.0

Master criminals join a British major on a suicide mission in 1943 Yugoslavia.

The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death

Roger Corman 1964 1h 30m 7.3

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

X

X

Roger Corman 1963 1h 19m 6.8

The story concerns Dr James Xavier, ably portrayed by Ray Milland. He has invented a serum for improving human vision. When his funding is cut he proceeds to experiment on himself -- with horrifying results.

The Terror

The Terror

Roger Corman 1963 1h 19m 6.4

Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie baron.

The Raven

The Raven

Roger Corman 1963 1h 26m 7.0

A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace

Roger Corman 1963 1h 27m 7.0

A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.

Tower of London

Tower of London

Roger Corman 1962 1h 20m 6.0

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.

The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial

Roger Corman 1962 1h 21m 6.5

Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story about a cataleptic Englishman obsessed with the fear of being buried alive.

The Intruder

The Intruder

Roger Corman 1962 1h 24m 7.3

A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror

Roger Corman 1962 1h 29m 6.7

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great…

Pit and the Pendulum

Pit and the Pendulum

Roger Corman 1961 1h 20m 7.6

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

Creature from the Haunted Sea

Creature from the Haunted Sea

Roger Corman 1961 1h 1m 3.7

A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.

Atlas

Atlas

Roger Corman 1961 1h 19m 6.0

Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Little Shop of Horrors

Roger Corman 1960 1h 13m 7.4

Black comedy about a young man who creates a carnivorous plant and must kill in order to feed it.

Ski Troop Attack

Ski Troop Attack

Roger Corman 1960 1h 14m

An American patrol has to cross behind enemy lines by skis in order to blow up an important railroad bridge. The task is made harder by conflicts between the platoon's veteran sergeant and its inexperienced lieutenant and by constant attacks by pursuing German troops.

Last Woman on Earth

Last Woman on Earth

Roger Corman 1960 1h 11m 5.5

A Roger Corman sci-fi film about the last three people on the face of the earth.

House of Usher

House of Usher

Roger Corman 1960 1h 19m 7.8

Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Philip Winthrop arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.

The Wasp Woman

The Wasp Woman

Roger Corman 1959 1h 1m 4.5

A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen wasps. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side effects.

A Bucket of Blood

A Bucket of Blood

Roger Corman 1959 1h 6m 7.3

A dimwitted busboy at a beatnik cafe passes off a cat he accidentally killed and covered in plaster as a sculpture, prompting a demand for more art that compels him to commit murders.

War of the Satellites

War of the Satellites

Roger Corman 1958 1h 6m 6.0

An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.

Teenage Cave Man

Teenage Cave Man

Roger Corman 1958 1h 5m 6.0

Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared "forbidden zone."

She Gods of Shark Reef

She Gods of Shark Reef

Roger Corman 1958 1h 3m 3.0

Two brothers, one wanted for murder, are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by nubile young women who have amassed a valuable cache of pearls.

Machine-Gun Kelly

Machine-Gun Kelly

Roger Corman 1958 1h 23m 7.0

Machine-Gun Kelly, the famous bank robber, seldom without his Thompson machine gun.

I Mobster

I Mobster

Roger Corman 1958 1h 21m 8.0

The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante.

The Undead

The Undead

Roger Corman 1957 1h 11m 7.0

Two psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. When they unwittingly send her back in time, she finds herself in the Middle Ages, suspected of being a witch and on the verge of being executed.

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent

Roger Corman 1957 1h 6m 10.0

A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. There is a cameo appearance by the sea serpent.

Teenage Doll

Teenage Doll

Roger Corman 1957 1h 11m

A delinquent girls' gang pursues a nice ingenue linked romantically to the male leader of a rival gang, and apparently to the murder of one of their members.

Rock All Night

Rock All Night

Roger Corman 1957 1h 2m

Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the local teens hostage. The bartender realizes it's up to him to save the kids.

Not of This Earth

Not of This Earth

Roger Corman 1957 1h 7m 7.0

An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Roger Corman 1957 1h 3m 5.0

A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes.

Swamp Women

Swamp Women

Roger Corman 1956 1h 7m 4.0

An undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp.

It Conquered the World

It Conquered the World

Roger Corman 1956 1h 11m 7.0

An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife try to intervene.

The Beast with a Million Eyes

The Beast with a Million Eyes

Roger Corman, David Kramarsky 1955 1h 18m 10.0

At a decrepit farm outside a remote American desert community, something takes over the minds of some of the local humans and animals and is able to see through their eyes and control their actions.

Five Guns West

Five Guns West

Roger Corman 1955 1h 18m

During the Civil War, five condemned Southern prisoners are plucked off Death Row and promised pardons on the condition that they undertake a mission to head west and bring back a double-crossing Confederate spy who has a stagecoach full of Confederate gold.

Day the World Ended

Day the World Ended

Roger Corman 1955 1h 19m 6.5

After a nuclear war, an unlikely group of people, including a rancher, a geologist, a crook and his girlfriend, find themselves trapped in the middle of nowhere while battling an ugly mutant created by Paul Blaisdell. The geologist and the crook also find the time to fight over the rancher's daughter, while the moll fumes.

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