Highest-Rated Movies about 'Roger Corman'

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), Pit and the Pendulum (1961), House of Usher (1960), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Tales of Terror (1962), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), A Bucket of Blood (1959), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Roger Corman movies.

#2. Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Storyline: Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive! Strange things then start to happen in the Medina castle.

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, gothic, medieval, castle, torture, psychological horror ...

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#3. House of Usher (1960)

Storyline: Philip Winthrop calls upon his fiancée, Madeline Usher, at her family home. His presence is unwelcome, especially to Madeline's brother, Roderick. Roderick explains that the Ushers are cursed, suffering from hereditary physical defects. By Madeline marrying Winthrop this would only likely continue the affliction. It soon becomes clear that something sinister is afoot: not only due to Roderick's determination to prevent Madeline from leaving but also due to the evil that seems to lurk in the house itself.

Plot Keywords: gothic horror, psychological thriller, black and white, horror classic, supernatural, mental illness, haunted house ...

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#4. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Storyline: The evil Prince Prospero is riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the village and he is offended by the villagers Gino and his father-in-law Ludovico. He decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca, begs for the lives of her husband and her father and Prospero brings them alive to his castle expecting to corrupt Francesca. Propero worships Satan and invites his noble friends to stay in his castle that is a shelter of depravity against the plague. When Prospero invites his guests to attend a masked ball, he sees a red hooded stranger and he believes that Satan himself has attended his party. But soon he learns who his mysterious guest is.

Plot Keywords: horror, gothic, medieval, death, cult, castle, decadence ...

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#5. Tales of Terror (1962)

Storyline: Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.—David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, gothic, anthology, black and white, classic, supernatural ...

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#6. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

Storyline: Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: gangster, crime, historical, violence, chicago, 1920s, gang war ...

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#7. A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Storyline: Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian café, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars. But after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, he is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor - but his new-found friends want to see more of his work. Lacking any artistic talent whatsoever, Walter has to resort to similar methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing...—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: horror, comedy, black comedy, b-movie, cult film, low budget, 1950s ...

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#8. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Storyline: When the clumsy Seymour Krelboyne spoils two flowers of a client, the owner of a small florist shop Gravis Mushnick is ready to fire him. However Seymour tells that he has mixed two plants of different breeds at home and created a hybrid named Audrey Jr. and Mushnick decides to give another chance to his employee. On the next day, Seymour brings Audrey Jr. that becomes the pride and joy of Mushnick, his other employee Audrey Fulquard and clients. Out of the blue, the flower seems to be dying and Seymour accidentally learns that she likes blood. One day, Seymour is upset since he does not know how to feed the flower and he walks along a railroad. When he throws a stone near a railroad track, he accidentally hits the head of a man that falls on the track and is a train runs over him. Seymour brings the pieces of the man to the shop and finds that the plant likes flesh. On the next morning, Audrey Jr. has grown and become the attraction of the shop. But how will Seymour feed his plant ...

Plot Keywords: black comedy, horror, science fiction, low budget film, cult film, b movie, absurdist ...

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#9. Big Bad Mama (1974)

Storyline: After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. She soon meets up with bank robber Fred, who convinces her and her daughters to join him for his next big heist. In the meantime, Wilma also kidnaps the daughter of a millionaire in the hopes of getting rich off the ransom. Will Wilma and Fred be able to retire with their ill-gotten gains, or will the law eventually catch up with them?—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

Plot Keywords: action, crime, comedy, drama, female-led, heist, family ...

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#10. Bloody Mama (1970)

Storyline: A psychological gangster film based on fact. Machine gun totin' Ma Barker lead her family gang (her sons) on a crime spree in the Depression era. Her loyal brood have every perversion imaginable. The sadistic Herman sleeps with his Ma. When Fred Barker is released from prison, he brings home his cellmate and lover Kevin Dirkman, who also sleeps with Ma, much to Fred's chagrin. Lloyd Barker is a spaced-out drug addict who sniffs glue if nothing better is around. Ma kidnaps happy-go-lucky millionaire Sam Adams Pendlebury and holds him for ransom. Arthur Barker, Ma's wallflower son, and Herman's hooker lady friend Mona Gibson also figure in the story. The bloody finale is virtually choreographed, and a visual stunner. Filmed in the Ozarks.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: crime, biography, drama, violence, family, gangster, usa ...

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#11. The Wild Angels (1966)

Storyline: Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of the Angels, a motorcycle gang from San Pedro, California; Bruce Dern plays 'Loser', his best pal. When they both botch their attempt to retrieve Loser's stolen bike, Loser ends up in the hospital. When the Angels bust him out, he dies, and they bury him. Nancy Sinatra plays Mike, Blues' "old lady" and Diane Ladd plays Loser's wife (Dern's real-life wife at the time). The plot is basically a buildup to the last half-hour of the film in which Loser's funeral becomes another wild party.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: rebellion, 1960s, american culture, counterculture, violence, crime, road movie ...

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#12. Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Storyline: Shad, a young farmer, assembles a band of diverse mercenaries in outer space to defend his peaceful planet from the evil tyrant Sador and his armada of aggressors. Among the mercenaries are Space Cowboy, a spacegoing truck driver from Earth; Gelt, a wealthy but experienced assassin looking for a place to hide; and Saint-Exmin, a Valkyrie warrior looking to prove herself in battle.—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, space opera, adventure, action, aliens, interstellar war, hero's journey ...

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#13. Five Guns West (1955)

Storyline: Shalee Jethro (Dorothy Malone) helps her father run a desert stagecoach station. Five desperate outlaws arrive at the station to await a gold shipment they plan to rob, and Shalee becomes their hostage bait in several ways, and then the men begin to fight among themselves. four of them attack her but she is saved by Govern Sturges (John Lund), who also turns out to be a Confederate officer planted among the gang.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: western, b-movie, 1950s, american film, black and white, gunfight, revenge ...

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#14. Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)

Storyline: American crook Renzo Capetto sees a chance to make a bundle when a Caribbean island has a revolution. He plans to help loyalists (and the national treasury) escape on his boat, then kill the men and blame their deaths on a mythical sea monster. Trouble ensues when the _real_ monster shows up!—Paul White <pwhite@bigfoot.com>

Plot Keywords: horror, comedy, science fiction, b-movie, low budget, monster, black comedy ...

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