Julie Corman

Collider’s FANTASTIC FEST Diary Day 2: GALLANTS, FIRE OF CONSCIENCE, RUBBER, MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED

by Germain Lussier    Posted: September 25th, 2010 at 10:18 am

Friday at Fantastic Fest 2010 featured a movie about a tire that makes people’s heads explode. Then, two other movies almost made MY head explode: one out of sheer awesomeness and the other out of bored frustration. And that’s just part of how day two at the world’s largest genre film festival based in Austin, Texas went. Click here to read about day one, then hit the jump to find out which film did what out of Clement Sze-Kit Cheng & Chi-kin Kwok’s Gallants, Dante Lam’s Fire of Conscience, Quentin Dupleux’s Rubber and Mark Hartley’s Machete Maidens Unleashed.

Fantastic Fest to Honor Roger and Julie Corman with Lifetime Achievement Award; Will Host World Premiere Gala Screening of SHARKTOPUS

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 7th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

This year’s Fantastic Fest will honor legendary filmmakers Roger and Julie Corman with a Lifetime Achievement Award.  Following the award ceremony will be the world premiere of the Cormans’ new Syfy movie Sharktopus.  For those who don’t know, the Cormans are the minds behind numerous cult classics including Death Race 2000, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, and The Little Shop of Horrors.  The two also helped discover acting and directing luminaries including Jonathan Demme, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Joe Dante, Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Charles Bronson, Robert De Niro, and Sylvester Stallone.

Sharktopus will play as the second-part of a double feature with the U.S. premiere of Mark Hartlety’s documentary about Philippine exploitation films of the 70s and 80s, Machete Maidens Unleashed! (check out the great trailer here).  The presentation of the Lifetime Achievement award will take place between the two films.  Tickets for the gala double-feature go on sale tomorrow at noon (CST) at Fantastic Fest’s official website.  Hit the jump to check out the press release.

Roger Corman Brings the SPLATTER

by David Corbin    Posted: October 15th, 2009 at 8:44 am

Roger Corman is back. True, he’s been producing up a storm in recent years but movies like “Dino Croc,” “Scorpius Gigantus” and “Death Race” (yes, the one with Jason Statham), are not of the same quality as his earlier work. However, the man who first introduced the voracious Audrey Jr. in “The Little Shop of Horrors” is once again ready to show audiences a good time. Corman, in association with Netflix, has produced a three webisode long series, “Splatter,” for the movie rental giant. Joining him on the project are co-producer Julie Corman (“The Westing Game”), director Joe Dante (“Gremlins,” “The Howling”) and…wait for it…actor Corey Feldmen (“The Lost Boys”) in the titular role of rock ‘n roller Johnny Splatter. If you want to know what goes “bump” in the night, hit the jump.

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