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Ed Carlin
Ed Carlin (23 August 1932 – 24 October 1996) was an American film producer best known for his association with Roger Corman and director Gus Trikonis and his work in the exploitation field. Carlin was born in the Bronx in New York. He served in the navy as a flight navigator during the Korean War on the U.S.S. Essex. He attended UCLA and worked as an art director for Millie Braverman then moved into film production. Carlin teamed up with writer Gil Lasky and they made '' Blood and Lace'' which they sold to AIP. He and Lasky then collaborated on ''The Night God Screamed'', ''The Manhandlers'' and ''Mama's Dirty Girls''. Carlin ran his own distribution company, Premiere Releasing. Carlin also worked as New World's foreign sales representative, and eventually was put in charge of New World's international distribution. Carlin was later head of sales for New Horizon/Concorde. Carlin was the original producer on ''First Blood'' but was replaced when he had a heart attack. He was ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as ''A Bucket of Blood'' (1959), ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' (1960), ''The Intruder (1962 film), The Intruder'' (1962), ''X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' (1963), and the Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture films ''The Wild Angels'' (1966) and ''The Trip (1967 film), The Trip'' (1967). ''House of Usher (film), House of Usher'' (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "American International Pictures#The Corman-Poe cycle, Poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Student Body
''The Student Body'' is a 1976 American exploitation film directed by Gus Trikonis. It was also known as ''The Classroom Teasers''. Premise A psychiatrist arranges to test a drug on three girls who are fresh out of reformatory. The girls are unaware they are being tested on. Cast *Warren Stevens as Dr. Blalock *Jillian Kesner as Carrie *Janice Heiden as Chicago *June Fairchild as Mitzi Production The producer and director had just made '' The Swinging Barmaids''. The film was shot on location in Kansas. Release The film was released in 1976. The ''Los Angeles Times'' said the film "tries to combine exploitation and social statement. It doesn't succeed but it at least tries." The movie was re-released in 1981 as ''The Classroom Teasers'' and issued on a double bill with ''The Swinging Barmaids'' which was retitled ''Eager Beavers''. It made $1,075,000. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada References External linksThe Student Bodyat Letterbox DVDThe Student Bodyat IM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The Kuomintang's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack Shanghai later in the month. * January 22 – The 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising begins; it is suppressed by the government of Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. * January 24 – Marshal Pietro Badoglio declares the end of Libyan resistance. * January 26 – British submarine aircraft carrier sinks with the loss of all 60 onboard on exercise in Lyme Bay in the English Channel. * January 28 – January 28 incident: Conflict between Japan and China in Shanghai. * January 31 – Japanese warships arrive in Nanking. February * February 2 ** A general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Lessons II
''Private Lessons II'' is a 1993 Japanese-American film based on the novel ''Philly'' directed by Seiji Izumi. It was essentially remake of '' Private Lessons'' from the same writer, Dan Greenburg. In 1993 the film, then called ''More Private Lessons'' was being promoted at the Cannes Film Festival. It had been filmed in Japan and was released theatrically in Japan in 1993. It was released on video and cable in the US. at AFI Premise An Asian man meets a sensual European woman.Cast * as Ken Soto * |
Fast Gun
''Fast Gun'' is a 1988 American action film directed by Cirio H. Santiago. It was produced by Ed Carlin and starred Rick Hill. Cast *Rick Hill Richard Allan Hill (born December 30, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Montana in 2012. Early life ... *Kaz Garas *Robert Dryer *Brenda Bakke *Ken Metcalfe *Anthony East *Paul Holmes *Henry Strzalkowski *David Light Reception According to monsterhuntermoviereviews.com, "Even by Santiago’s extremely lax standards, ''Fast Gun'' is a Filipino action movie that seems as slipshod as the moronic schemes the various bad guys spend the film constantly screwing up. Right from the beginning, it's clear no one involved with making the movie is paying attention to anything that's being committed to film." According to explosiveaction.com, "So it's nothing original - which from the guy that rip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superstition (1982 Film)
''Superstition'' is a 1982 American supernatural slasher film directed by James W. Roberson and starring James Houghton, Albert Salmi, and Lynn Carlin. The plot follows a family who move into a house that was once the site of a witch's execution. Though shot in 1981, ''Superstition'' was not released in US before 1985. In the United Kingdom, the film was banned during the " video nasty" panic, though it would subsequently be released uncut under the title ''The Witch''. Plot Two young men are brutally murdered by an unseen force in an abandoned house after playing a prank on a young couple outside in their car. A short time later, Inspector Sturgess and his partner Hollister visit Reverend David Thompson, a new clergyman assigned to the local parish who is assuming the role of an elderly minister, Reverend Maier. The abandoned house being on church's property, Sturgess voices concern about the house being a local dumping ground, and cites the recent murders of the two teenage bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Beyond The Stars
''Battle Beyond the Stars'' is a 1980 American space opera film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, John Saxon, Sybil Danning and Darlanne Fluegel. Inspired by '' Battle Beyond the Sun'' (1962), the Americanized edit (under Corman's lead) of Soviet film ''Nebo Zovyot'' (1959), it was intended as a science fiction-themed interpolation of ''The Magnificent Seven'' (1960; itself a Western film version of ''Seven Samurai'' 954 in outer space. In keeping with Corman's longstanding cultivation of emergent talents, the screenplay was written by John Sayles (then transitioning from an aborted literary career under the producer's aegis), with an early score from James Horner and special effects designed by nascent filmmaker James Cameron. The film was theatrically released by Corman's New World Pictures and was a moderate box office success, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. Plot Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brood
''The Brood'' is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered by a psychiatrist known for his controversial therapy techniques. A series of brutal unsolved murders serves as the backdrop for the central narrative. Written by Cronenberg after his own acrimonious divorce, he intended the screenplay as a meditation on a fractured relationship between a husband and wife who share a child, and cast Eggar and Hindle as loose facsimiles of himself and his ex-wife. He would later state that, despite its incorporation of science fiction elements, he considered it his sole feature that most embodied a "classic horror film". Principal photography of ''The Brood'' took place in late 1978 in Toronto on a budget of $1.5 million. The film's score was composed by Howard Shore, in his film composing debut. Released in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evil (1978 Film)
''The Evil'' (also known as ''Cry Demon'' and ''House of Evil'') is a 1978 American supernatural horror film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine and Victor Buono. Its plot follows a husband-and-wife team of doctors who attempt to open a rehabilitation center in a mansion built over a gateway to hell. Plot Psychiatrist C.J. Arnold buys an abandoned mansion, once owned by a Civil War general named Emilio Vargas, which was built over hot sulfur pits. There, he plans to set up a drug rehab center. C.J. recruits a group of volunteers to help clean up and renovate the large house. Almost immediately, C.J.'s wife, Dr. Caroline Arnold, senses a presence that starts to manifest as a ghostly apparition. Soon thereafter, more strange and eerie things start to happen which start to agitate the volunteers, along with the resident dog. Later on, C.J. discovers a trapdoor in the basement, which he opens up and unknowingly unleashes a menacing spir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonshine County Express
''Moonshine County Express'' is a 1977 action film from New World Pictures. Plot Dot refuses to sell out her inheritance—a stockpile of whiskey—when her moonshiner father is murdered by Sweetwater ( Morgan Woodward) and his gang by order of Jack Starkey ( William Conrad), the local kingpin. Dot and her sisters (played by Claudia Jennings and Maureen McCormick) try to sell the whiskey themselves while avoiding Starkey's men, eventually she gives in to the attentions of J.B. ( John Saxon), the local car racer and moonshine runner, so that he will help them sell their stash. A dog is killed, along with the local mechanic and moonshine salesman, so they decide to get out. While trying to get their stockpile out in a rental truck, they are stopped and shot at by Starkey and one of his men. Just when all hope is lost, the local sheriff shows up ( Albert Salmi) and arrests Starkey for murdering their uncle Bill ( Dub Taylor), who had sold them out by revealing the location of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swinging Barmaids
''The Swinging Barmaids'' is a 1975 American exploitation film about a serial killer who targets cocktail waitresses. The film was directed by Gus Trikonis, and stars Bruce Watson, Laura Hippe, William Smith, and Dyanne Thorne. It was re-released in 1980 as ''Eager Beavers''. William Smith later recalled "Jesus Christ, that was a wild fuckin’ movie! (Laughing) Yeah, that was kind of fun." Plot After murdering Boo-Boo, a cocktail waitress at the Swing-A-Ling Club, Tom, a psychotic killer, disguises himself and gains employment as a bouncer at the same club where he continues his killing spree. While police lieutenant Harry White attempts to stop him, Tom sets his sights on 'pure' waitress Jenny. Cast * Bruce Watson as Tom * Laura Hippe as Jenny * Katie Saylor as Susie * Renie Radich as Marie * William Smith as Lieutenant Harry White * Dyanne Thorne as "Boo-Boo" * Zitto Kazann as Zitto * Jim Travis as Dave * Ray Galvin as Jack * John Alderman as Andrews * Milt Kogan as Dan * Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Trikonis
Gus Trikonis (born Kostas Tritchonis; November 21, 1937) is an American actor, dancer, and director. Career Trikonis began his career as an actor and dancer, notably appearing in the hugely successful 1961 film ''West Side Story'' as Indio, one of the "Sharks", as well as dancing with Debbie Reynolds and Grover Dale to the frantic "He's My Friend" in 1964's '' The Unsinkable Molly Brown''. Although originally unbilled, on December 3, 1968, Trikonis got his second biggest exposure in front of any audience (the first being in the aforementioned ''West Side Story'', seen at US theatres by about 61 million moviegoers) as one of two main (out of five) male dancers who do Elvis Presley's choreography as he sings a Gospel medley as part of a widely watched NBC-TV Special entitled "Elvis". As a director, Trikonis handled several projects from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, mostly low-budget "exploitation films". He made several films for Roger Corman at New World Pictures; Corman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
