Roger Corman's Cult Classics
May 19, 2018 12:07:19 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 19, 2018 12:07:19 GMT
Back in spring 2010 Shout! Factory began putting out several Roger Corman movies every month.
Everything from sci-fi, horror, music to action and comedy.
What got me interested was of course the remastred and uncut release of Humanoids From The Deep (1980) along with lots of bonus features in august 2010.
That film had been out before but I think in mostly rather poor and I think edited down and brutally over priced DVD versions, that and the not so great 1996 TV film remake.
Anyway, I know by know that sadly somewhere along the way this at first somewhat promising run of exciting b-movies suddenly stopped and it is a damn shame as there were some really great gems coming out of that collection.
Ok, so not every flick was a "classic", but it started up rather impressively and I tried to get a hold of most of the releases whenever something new arrived at my local movie store.
Here are some of what I at least consider to be some of the highlights of the Roger Corman's Cult Classics feature:
Suburbia (1984) - Released in spring 2010 on DVD
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) - Released in spring 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Death Race 2000 (1975) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Galaxy of Terror (1981) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Forbidden World (1982) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Piranha (1978) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Humanoids from the Deep (1980) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Starcrash (1979) - Released in autumn 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection - Released in autumn 2010 on DVD
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) - Released in summer of 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray
Sword and Sorcery Collection: Deathstalker & Deathstalker II/The Warrior and the Sorceress and Barbarian Queen - Released in summer of 2011 on DVD
There are probably a few more I have forgotten about, but all of these above I enjoyed very much and I was disappointed to learn that it all ended so soon.
The only thing which annoyed me a little was that none of the releases had any subtitles, which I thought were a bit lazy, considering that most of them very rather pricy when I purchased them and some of them had, well not exactly the greatest sound or audio quality but still I am glad they finally put out so many of these entertaining b-movies.
Anyway, what were you're favorites of these releases which got put out by Shout! Factory between 2010 and 2012 and which titles were the ones you were hoping would be included in the Roger Corman's Cult Classics but never made it?
Everything from sci-fi, horror, music to action and comedy.
What got me interested was of course the remastred and uncut release of Humanoids From The Deep (1980) along with lots of bonus features in august 2010.
That film had been out before but I think in mostly rather poor and I think edited down and brutally over priced DVD versions, that and the not so great 1996 TV film remake.
Anyway, I know by know that sadly somewhere along the way this at first somewhat promising run of exciting b-movies suddenly stopped and it is a damn shame as there were some really great gems coming out of that collection.
Ok, so not every flick was a "classic", but it started up rather impressively and I tried to get a hold of most of the releases whenever something new arrived at my local movie store.
Here are some of what I at least consider to be some of the highlights of the Roger Corman's Cult Classics feature:
Suburbia (1984) - Released in spring 2010 on DVD
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) - Released in spring 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Death Race 2000 (1975) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Galaxy of Terror (1981) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Forbidden World (1982) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Piranha (1978) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Humanoids from the Deep (1980) - Released in summer of 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
Starcrash (1979) - Released in autumn 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection - Released in autumn 2010 on DVD
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) - Released in summer of 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray
Sword and Sorcery Collection: Deathstalker & Deathstalker II/The Warrior and the Sorceress and Barbarian Queen - Released in summer of 2011 on DVD
There are probably a few more I have forgotten about, but all of these above I enjoyed very much and I was disappointed to learn that it all ended so soon.
The only thing which annoyed me a little was that none of the releases had any subtitles, which I thought were a bit lazy, considering that most of them very rather pricy when I purchased them and some of them had, well not exactly the greatest sound or audio quality but still I am glad they finally put out so many of these entertaining b-movies.
Anyway, what were you're favorites of these releases which got put out by Shout! Factory between 2010 and 2012 and which titles were the ones you were hoping would be included in the Roger Corman's Cult Classics but never made it?
