Tag Archive 'roger corman'

Aug 15 2008

Feel Good Friday – Dancing in Rock and Roll High School

Published by under Comedy Gold

I love Rock and Roll High School. It’s the right combination of insane and cheesy to really sit well in my heart. The Ramones hang out with PJ Soles? Sure, I’m definitely down with that. Even if it’s too late to get the Feel Good Friday blogroll bump.

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Jan 18 2008

my love/hate relationship with Roger Corman

Okay, so I’ve already admitted how much I love Roger Corman movies, but if you’ll remember a key line in my otherwise effusive praising of the King of the B’s, I said that in order to find the diamonds you have to search through a fair bit of rough. We’ve focused on the diamonds, now [...]

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Jan 10 2008

King of the B’s

Roger Corman is the definition of a cult film maker. The man has produced, written, or directed over 300 movies and has earned the title “The King of the B’s,” referring to his status as a god amongst the drive-in and low-budget film set. Despite his eternal lack of budget, he’s managed to become one [...]

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Jan 04 2008

Riff Randal, rock ‘n’ roller!

I’ve been looking for an excuse to delve into the works of famed auteur Roger Corman, and thanks to The Crawling Ear’s take on my favorite musical of all time (that includes The Nightmare Before Christmas and Hedwig and the Angry Inch), I finally have an excuse to delve deeply into the remastered Rock On [...]

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