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CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman

CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman

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CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman

Released

11/15/2019

Duration

0h 39m

Genre

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Cast

Roger Corman, Julie Corman

Overview

Shout! Factory TV presents Cult-tastic: Tales From The Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman. Heralded as “the Pope of Pop Cinema,” Roger and Julie Corman pull back the curtain on the Cormans' lifetime of innovative genre filmmaking in this never-before-seen docu-series. The Cormans open up about their iconic pool of collaborators such as James Cameron, Joe Dante, Penelope Spheeris, Pam Grier and more, as well as their notoriously bare-bones production philosophy that created some of film’s most memorable special FX sequences in science-fiction, fantasy and other cult favorites.

Episodes

Future WorldsEP 1Available

Future Worlds

0m7.0

In episode one of Roger and Julie Corman’s Cult-tastic!, there are seven featured films that revolve around the common theme of “future worlds.” First, there is Battle Beyond The Stars directed by Roger Corman and Jimmy T. Murakami. It features actors Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard and John Saxon. An interesting bit about Battle Beyond The Stars is that James Cameron, who had hitch-hiked from Arizona with no previous Hollywood experience, was promoted to head special effects for the picture after the original special effects specialist was fired. The episode also includes the film Galaxy of Terror directed by Bruce D. Clark, and the cast consists of Edward Albert, Erin Moran and Ray Walston. War of the Satellites is another film mentioned in this episode, and it was directed by Roger Corman. The cast combines Dick Miller, Susan Cabot and Richard Devon. The picture was released 60 days after Russia put the first satellite in space and was therefore representative of the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Dead Space directed by Fred Gallo was also discussed, and it emphasized humor when cast members Marc Singer and Laura Tate were tasked with taking down a metamorphic virus in space. Death Sport directed by Roger Corman and Allan Arkush was another impressive film brought up in episode one, and its cast included stars like Claudia Jennings and David Carradine. There was an incident on set where a gun was held to Jennings’ head, and Corman described how he had to help deescalate the situation. Nightfall directed by Paul Mayersberg was an intriguing story about a world where darkness only occurs every 2500 years. Lastly, Star Crash directed by Luigi Cozzo comprised an international cast such as Caroline Munro, Marjoe Gortner and Christopher Plummer for an exciting futuristic action film.

Criminal LivesEP 2Available

Criminal Lives

43m6.0

Discusses William Shatner, Angie Dickenson, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham and features "Big Bad Mama," "Crazy Mama," "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase," "Big Bad Mama II," and "Dillinger and Capone."

ComedyEP 3Available

Comedy

43m6.0

Discusses Ron Howard, Joe Dante, The Ramones and features "Eat My Dust!," "Saturday the 14th," "Last Resort," and "Hollywood Boulevard."

Real WorldEP 4Available

Real World

43m7.0

Discusses Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Bogdanovich and Ben Gazzara and features "High School Big Shot," "Cockfighter," "Saint Jack," "Suburbia," "Love Letters" and "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden."

OutsidersEP 5Available

Outsiders

43m7.0

Discusses Tommy Lee Jones and features "Angels," "Hard As They Come," "Black Oak Conspiracy," "Bloodfist," "Naked Angels," "Nashville Girl" and "The Spy Within."

Warrior WomenEP 6Available

Warrior Women

43m0.0

Discusses Jonathan Demme and Pam Greer and features "Barbarian Queen," "Caged Heat," "Silk," "The Sisterhood," "The Arena," "The Hot Box" and "TNT Jackson."

Mad ScientistsEP 7Available

Mad Scientists

43m0.0

Discusses Joe Dante and features "The Wasp Woman," "Forbidden World," "Screamers," "Brain Dead," "The Unborn" and "Piranha" (1995).

Monster MashEP 8Available

Monster Mash

43m0.0

Features "Humanoids from the Deep," "Attack of the Crab Monsters," "Night of the Cobra Woman," "Demon of Paradise" and "Creature from the Haunted Sea."

FantasyEP 9Available

Fantasy

43m0.0

Features "Sorceress," "Deathstalker," "The Warrior and the Sorceress," "Deathstalker II," "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom," "The Magic Voyage of Sinbad" and "The Dirt Bike Kid."

SurvivalEP 10Available

Survival

43m0.0

Features "Big Doll House," "Jackson County Jail," "Battle of Blood Island," "Avalanche" and "The Big Bird Cage."

Against All OddsEP 11Available

Against All Odds

43m0.0

Features "Eye of the Eagle," "Eye of the Eagle 2," "Cocaine Wars," "Pit Stop," "The Destroyers," "Stripped to Kill," "The Slumber Party Massacre" and "Nam Angels."

End of the WorldEP 12Available

End of the World

43m0.0

Features "Warlords of the 21st Century," "Wheels of Fire," "Future Kick," "Equalizer 2000," "Raiders of the Sun" and "The Terror Within."

MemoriesEP 13Available

Memories

39m0.0

Discusses Jack Nicholson and features "The Dirt Bike Kid," "Last Resort," "Big Doll House" and "Night Call Nurses."

Cast

Roger Corman

Himself

Roger Corman

Julie Corman

Herself

Julie Corman

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