Here we go... We all know tropes can be really tiresome and that every genre has them. There are times, however, when tropes don't feel like tropes, even in B-movies, and 1963's The Haunted Palace is one of those times. Directed by Roger Corman, it's at once a typical American International Pictures low-budget horror movie and … Continue reading When Tropes Feel New-ish
Of Giant Crabs With Plastic Eyelids
Roger Corman never failed to impress in one way or another, and schlock seemed tailor-made for him, one example of which is 1957's Attack of the Crab Monsters, which is every bit as bad as it sounds, yet so much better than anyone could have predicted. It all opens with a small group of scientists and Navy … Continue reading Of Giant Crabs With Plastic Eyelids
Eddie Poe Goes To Camp
Spooky, scary skeletons, and shivers down your spine... When we think of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, we all think of the forlorn, unnamed narrator trying to shoo away that pesky bird as it perches itself on the pallid bust of Pallas, always and only uttering that single word, "Nevermore." Thoughts of lost Lenore are shelved for … Continue reading Eddie Poe Goes To Camp
Shamedown #7: Starcrash
We're back for another Shamedown, people, and may I say, this one is an especial doozy. If anyone is coming in late and would like to know what this Shamedown business is all about, CinemaShame's original post can be found here. Past 2023 Shamedowns can be found here. And now on with the show... We all … Continue reading Shamedown #7: Starcrash
Shamedown #10: Monster From the Ocean Floor
Happy Halloween! Can't believe we're on our tenth Shamedown of 2022. As always, if anyone is coming in late and wants to know what this Shamedown business is all about, the details can be found here. Onward... Roger Corman has quite the reputation and quite the filmography. The man has been producing since the early … Continue reading Shamedown #10: Monster From the Ocean Floor
See You On Venus
Venus is an intriguing planet because its nature guarantees it will never be anything but an unknown quantity. We've tried to land on it, but it's too windy and the probes that have managed to land were melted in very short order by the extreme heat, but not before they sent back a few pictures. … Continue reading See You On Venus
Beauty On A Budget
Let the strangeness begin... Roger Corman liked the out-of-the-ordinary to say the least, and 1959's The Wasp Woman is no exception. It's a quick movie and very straightforward, so we're going to dive right in. The movie starts with a guy collecting wasps from a hive in the woods, because of course it does. His name is … Continue reading Beauty On A Budget
Stage To Screen: Little Shop of Horrors
There's no getting around it: Little Shop of Horrors is an unusual musical. Anything with a carniverous talking plant is not going to be a typical garden-variety story (See what I did there? 😉 ). What's really unusual is that Little Shop of Horrors started out as a 1960 Roger Corman film, then became a stage musical in … Continue reading Stage To Screen: Little Shop of Horrors
Taking Up Room 