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(46,412 posts) Sat May 11, 2024, 11:31 PM May 11

Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98 [View all]

Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green Bay

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.

Read more: https://www.wbay.com/2024/05/12/roger-corman-hollywood-mentor-king-bs-dies-98-2/

I love his ripoff of Star Wars, "Battle Beyond The Stars."

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Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98 [View all] Archae May 11 OP

Aww man. I love me some good B movies ArkansasDemocrat1 May 12 #1

I was living in Dallas when Joe Bob Briggs NanaCat May 12 #16

Here it was the Arkansas Gazette, another great liberal paper that's gone ArkansasDemocrat1 May 12 #17

As a B movie fan, Roger Corman has alwaiys been a stand-out for me. I remember trying to explain to my son, NBachers May 12 #2

what a legacy! Skittles May 12 #3

I liked his movies MustLoveBeagles May 12 #4

Just rewatched Little Shop of Horrors AuntyGravity May 12 #5

Three of my favourite Roger Corman movies..Suburbia, Rock and Roll High School and Hollywood Vice Squad. Tikki May 12 #6

I liked his movies. (Guilty pleasure) He was surprisingly a soft spoken guy. LeftInTX May 12 #7

His book: How I made a hundred movies in Hollywood and never lost a dime diva77 May 12 #8

MST3K riffed a lot of his movies frogmarch May 12 #9

I'll watch MST3K on the Pluto streaming service ArkansasDemocrat1 May 12 #18

There is an MST3K flying rabbit May 12 #19

When filming "The Terror" (1963) Mr. Corman was . . . John1956PA May 12 #10

RIP Roger. Your movies made so many special times for me in my youth, at the local drive in Ziggysmom May 12 #11

Another name thought died a while ago. The Grand Illuminist May 12 #12

98 is a good number Mysterian May 12 #13

R.I.P. Marthe48 May 12 #14

I loved his movies ! kimbutgar May 12 #15

Russ Meyer, Roger Corman both gone. LudwigPastorius May 12 #20