Roger Corman on Blu-ray

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by filmo70

Looks like you accidentally left out Humanoids From the Deep in the original post.

Oh wow, you're right. It must have got lost in the shuffle. I just aded it in. Thanks!

[Pedderrs]

Originally Posted by Boggle

Oh whoops, I totally spaced and didn't see it. It is a great flick. There was a Joe Dante retrospective here last summer, it was just fantastic. Definitely one of the highlights of my film-going in 2016. The specter of Corman was looming over the whole thing. Dante curated an amazing selection of films to show with his own features. Among them was A Bucket Of Blood - an all time favorite for me.

[The Great Owl]

Night of the Cobra Woman has been added to the first post.

[John Ross Ewing]

What are everyone's thoughts on Space Raiders?

[crikan]

Should any of the following be included?

Equalizer 2000
Jigsaw Murders
Nashville Girl
Rain Killer
Sisterhood, The
Terror Within 2
Wheels of Fire

[El_Fez]

If you're looking to include everything Roger did that is out on Blu Ray, technically this counts because it has Starcrash and Avalanche in the package

[MegaWeapon]

Originally Posted by El_Fez

If you're looking to include everything Roger did that is out on Blu Ray, technically this counts because it has Starcrash and Avalanche in the package

I for one was grateful to see Starcrash getting an entertainment upgrade with MST3k. I love the idea of a crazy sci-fi epic starring the infamous Marjoe but it didn't work for me before Jonah and the bots got to it!

[Smegma]

Originally Posted by John Ross Ewing

What are everyone's thoughts on Space Raiders?

I saw it as a kid in the theater. I remember thinking it was kind of lame. I much preferred Ice Pirates, which came out around the same time.

[The Great Owl]

I just added Wheels of Fire, The Sisterhood, and Equalizer 2000 to the “Films Distributed by Roger Corman” category.

Originally Posted by El_Fez

If you're looking to include everything Roger did that is out on Blu Ray, technically this counts because it has Starcrash and Avalanche in the package]

I've tried to include the best available Region A Blu-ray of every Roger Corman movie, but it would be rather unwieldy to include each and every edition of every movie with Corman involvement, since many of the movies in my initial post have multiple Blu-ray re-releases.

[The Great Owl]

I just added The Nest (1988) to the first post, since it was produced by Julie Corman and released under Corman's Concorde Pictures.

I may get a chance to update this thread with vigor if Scream Factory starts re-releasing Corman material after their latest deal.

[The Great Owl]

I've added Screwballs and Screwballs II: Loose Screws under the category of titles distributed by Roger Corman.

I've also added the upcoming Scream Factory Blu-ray of The Unborn under titles produced by Corman.

[blugremlin]

Was"The Nest" the one about the cockroaches?? Awesome!!

[Boggle]

Roger Corman gets a lot of credit for his influence on other filmmakers. With good reason, the amount of talent he gave opportunities to is astonishing. Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdanovich, etc. It's incredible, yes, but this notion tends to overshadow the man's own films. He's no slouch. I think he's underrated. I'd like to see a full scale retrospective of his work at some theatre like Lincoln Center or MoMa. A Corman retrospective could be off-the-charts amazing and it would invite others to re-evaluate the man's own impressive body of work.

Just think, 35mm prints or DCP's of:
Machine Gun Kelly (Charles Bronson's first(?) starring role)
The Intruder (Corman gets socially conscious... with Shatner!)
A Bucket Of Blood (Dick Miller becomes an instant icon)
House Of Usher (Vincent Price, nuff said)
X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes (outstanding sci-fi)
The Trip (groovy, far out maaaaan)

I could go on.

Then sweeten the deal with a sidebar of films he produced like Death Race 2000, Humanoids From The Deep, Rock And Roll High School, Hollywood Boulevard and more.

I say lets give the man his due while he's still here.

Just my two cents on this lazy Sunday.

[The Great Owl]

I added Munchies/Munchie to the list of films produced by Roger Corman.

I added Stryker to the list of films distributed by Roger Corman.

It's sort of a pain to make that distinction, but, if I see that a film does not overtly list Corman as a producer on the Internet Movie Database, but that the film was distributed by his New World Pictures, then I put it into the distributed list. (Even though Corman was quite hands-on with a lot of films of which he is merely listed as a distributor.)

The films are out of chronological or alphabetical order in the first post, simply because it would be a pain to re-organize the first post each time. I just add them as they are released or brought to my attention.

[buchacho]

Great reference here, thank you. I am in the middle of watching the Corman doc and was curious to see what has been released in HD so far.

[Richard--W]

Terrific idea for a blu-ray checklist thread Great Owl.
Roger Corman is one of my heroes.

Arrow in the U.K. released superior transfers of the Poe-Price films. I recommend them.





May I suggest you enhance your collection with

How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman

Roger Corman Interviews

Mind Warp: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures

Flying Through Hollywood By the Seat of My Pants by Sam Arkoff

[karussellbremser]

I Escaped From Devil's Island ( https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/I-Esc...lu-ray/100783/ ) can be added to the "produced by" list.

[The Great Owl]

RIP Dick Miller.

Miller was a fine supporting actor in many of my favorite Corman titles.

[Richard--W]

Kino just announced this rare film directed by Corman for June 30 release:

[El_Fez]

It's a damn shame that Roger didnt do more directing. I really liked his style with the Poe films. Will have to see about picking up Target: Harry someday.