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Watch Party tomorrow night…

Obviously we're going a Corman. I'm thinking, because of us, to do one of his '50s monster films, but what do you think guys? Would you rather do something else, like The Fast and the Furious? And if we do a monster movie, is it Day the World Ended, because it's the first, or…
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Monster of the Day #3513
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Monster of the Day #3513

It's crazy that Corman produced eight movies in 1957, but that he produced and directed eight movies that year is insane. Obviously sci-fi and horror were working for him, because three of the eight films were sci-fi or horror. I'm counting the highly idiosyncratic The Undead, which, man, it's hard to see anyone but…
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Monster of the Day #3512
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Monster of the Day #3512

Roger Corman directed (and produced, although he produced more) three films in 1955, including The Day The World Ended, which we featured yesterday. In 1956, he direct four films (and produced more), including his second monster movie, the much loved It Conquered the World with Peter Graves and Lee Van Cleef and Beverly Garland.…
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Monster of the Day #3511
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Monster of the Day #3511

The second film Roger Corman produced was his first monster movie, Monster From the Ocean Floor in 1954. By 1955, he realized it would be cheaper to direct some films himself than to hire someone else to do it. He directed without credit some of Beast with a Million Eyes (the first film he…
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Holy Moley! Godzilla at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre
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Holy Moley! Godzilla at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Gojira, and Chicago (and numerous out cities, presumably) is paying due homage to The King of the Monsters. The city's premiere art house venue, The Music Box Theatre, is running this bill in June (next month! Yikes!). Hey Music Boxers, This summer, we're celebrating…
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RIP Roger Corman
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RIP Roger Corman

I could never sum up the importance of Roger Corman to B-Movies. Perhaps no one can. Mr. Corman, who has just passed away at the age of 98, was a towering figure for over half a century, arguably as important to American B-movies as Stan Lee was to American comic books. And not just…
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Monster of the Day #3507
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Monster of the Day #3507

The '80s was the last gasp, really, of the beautiful painted movie posters, especially for horror movies. That's because modest flicks like this actually could still play in the theaters, and because the burgeoning video rental market allowed for the artwork to be used to real effect. Another little cultural niche that's basically lost…
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