by Arthur Crabtree » Sun May 12, 2024 10:15 am
Five favourites of films he directed- he produced many more.
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), tough gangbusters with Charles Bronson which paid little regard to real biography. But got it all down in 8 days.
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), psychedelic horror for the counterculture which he co-wrote about a man eating plant. An early support role for Jack Nicholson as a masochist goofball who goes to the dentist for kicks. Budget- $22000
The Stranger (1962), original story by prolific associate Charles Beaumont, with a pre-Trek William Shatner spreading racial hatred around a southern town.
The Haunted Palace (1963), handsome, transgressive horror based on a HP Lovecraft story starring frequent collaborator, Vincent Price.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Corman's masterpiece, an adaptation of an EA Poe story shot in England in five weeks. Corman complained his English crew was too slow. Photographed by Nic Roeg.
I always say that everybody's right.