Roger Corman is DEAD TO ME! At 98!!!

Well, damn!

Love his cheesy movies. RIP Mr Corman

AMEN, R1!!!

As a child and preteen, I enjoyed many of his productions. Sorry to see him go. Can you imagine never making an unprofitable film? So many overblown budgets (and stars) in schlock far less interesting and entertaining than many of Corman's pics.

Hail and farewell to the master of B (and C) flicks.

Not of This Earth was the creepiest movie I watched as a kid.

He had a good ride. Thanks for all of the fun, Roger!

I loved those Edgar Allan Poe movies

RIP

He was class, for decades.

Sure was, r8. And so down to earth in every interview I saw of him. Just real nonchalant about all of the now world famous actors he “discovered” or gave them their first big break.

Such an interesting man with a huge string of profitable movies.

R7, yes, Corman & Vincent Price had a good partnership in making so many Edgar Allan Poe movies together. "The Masque of the Red Death" has gorgeous sets and production values and gets a good review in Leonard Maltin's film guide.

As much as he contributed to American culture, if he had only given us Little Shop of Horrors he would still be a legend. I'm grateful for all his drive-in and TV content I enjoyed as a kid, especially the early Godzilla movies he imported and dubbed.

I always like the ending of the film Hollywood Boulevard. Mary Woronov is such a cool glamazon.

I know his movies he directed are loved, but I could never get into them - although some of the movies he produced but didn't direct (like Dementia 13, Targets and Piranha) were a different story.

Overall I prefer (and have a fondness for) the movies of William Castle.

(Yes, I know Corman's name is not on the final picture, but that is only because he'd just signed a contract to only work with union crews, and 'Queen of Blood' was a non-union production. It was still his baby.)

Death Race 2000 is still one of my favorites.

many people both actors and directors got their start with him

He's who Edward D. Wood, Jr. aspired to be- but with camp results.

RIP Mr Corman. You provided so much entertainment to so many of us.

I always liked this one:

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths-Barbara Eden and Johnny Depp

Is he one of the rare figures universally beloved on Datalounge?

His movies were crap. Het boys liked them because he showed bouncing titties.

That was it.

Bouncing titties and girls in shorts/ bathing suits were the point of his movies

If you weren’t a het boy or a lez, his movies were garbage

R23 Loved everywhere. He is so cool.

r24 Oh, dear.

James Cameron got his start with Roger Corman.

He was a class act.

He made movies HE wanted to make. Everyone on set felt safe and comfortable. He was regarded as being kind, gentle, and a good listener. At the end of the day, he loved a strong whiskey and putting on Tchaikovsky or Schubert.

Just for fun, I have attached his Criterion Closet picks.

Is there a separate thread yet for Paul Schrader’s DL-worthy cuntiness, dancing on Corman’s grave?

No movie library is complete without Robert Vaughan's "Teenage Caveman"

R16, Mark Damon from 'House of Usher' (1960) just died today at age 91. Damon was hot in that movie:

That photo in OP’s is a really nicely staged one. He’s older at the time it was taken, but looks trim and healthy, and so pleasant. What a neat guy.

I love B&W 1950s sci-fi, so of course I love Roger Corman. He produced my favorite movie of the genre, The Day the World Ended, starring handsome, stalwart Richard Denning (who was in a lot of movies in this genre).

Another Corman favorite of mine from that era, Night of the Blood Beast, starred Ed Nelson, later of Peyton Place fame. He was part of Corman's regular company of performers. You could usually count on a Corman movies from the '50s and '60 to have at least one handsome, heroic male character.