Roger Corman

Adam says the Poe adaptations are what Corman did best, along with launching the careers of many 1970s and 80s directors. Lee says Corman turned an Edgar Allan Poe title into a story with little to do with Poe, and Adam jokes that Corman probably never read Poe but knew the titles. Lee notes Corman's films always came in under budget, and Adam says that if it was exploitation, Corman directed or produced it somehow. Lee calls The Tomb of Ligeia possibly his least favourite of the Corman Poe films, though he says the last ten minutes are brilliant.

In their own words

• Adam It but it just is so. You know, I I agree with you. I think this is this this is what Roger Corman did best. Is these Poe adaptations are definitely his that that discovering basically the entire of seventies Hollywood royalty and eighties as well, you know, just like the amount of directors that he helped.

  Ep 148 The Pit and the Pendulum

• Lee I've rewatched all three of the Goonies movies, amazing, but we'll be covering them at some point. I dare say, so I won't go too much into that. and I rewatched Roger Corman's The Raven with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff, that's his name, wasn't it? yeah, which again in the in the fantastic. World of Roger Corman where he would basically take an Edgar Allen Poe story, take the name and then entirely write something that had nothing to do with anything, really. And then.

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• Adam So you got the Black Cat and, Cask of Amontillado and, you know, because it sort of suits that. So the Raven I think was just because it was Poe's most famous poem, so they probably just thought that's next. I I personally think Roger Corman probably never read Poe. but he knew the titles.

  Ep 148 The Pit and the Pendulum

• Lee Yeah. And that's the thing with Roger Corman. I mean, You know, everyone always talks about how he always got his films in the can long before deadline, they always came in under budget.

  Ep 148 The Pit and the Pendulum

• Adam I I think I think everything, basically, if it was if there was exploitation, Roger Corman even directed or produced it in in some way or another. So I think there's, I think there's definitely there's probably like, I think there's like bikini films and nudi films and stuff. And.

  Ep 148 The Pit and the Pendulum

• Lee Possibly, I I've only watched it once. but yeah, I I've got to admit, I think, just before we hand over to Chris, I think this is possibly my least favorite of the Corman Poe films. It the end 10 minutes is brilliant, everything running up to that just doesn't grab me. I must have had to say no out loud to myself.

  Ep 225 The Tomb of Ligeia