Cult-Tastic: With Roger And Julie Corman
Roger and Julie Corman detail their lifetime of innovative genre filmmaking. The Cormans discuss their iconic pool of collaborators and their bare-bones production philosophy that created some of the film's most memorable SFX sequences.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E1 - Future Worlds
Episode one of Roger and Julie Corman’s Cult-tastic! discusses the seven featured films that revolve around the common theme of, 'future worlds'.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E2 - Criminal Lives
In episode two, Corman focuses on films that relate to the 'criminal lives' theme including, Big Bad Mama 1 & 2 and The Lady In Red.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E3 - Comedy
Episode three entails the exploration of Corman’s comedy films throughout his career. We first see A Bucket of Blood directed by Corman himself.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E4 - Real World
Episode four encompasses many of Corman’s films that were based on more realistic foundations. He first mentions High School Big Shot directed by Joel Rapp and The Final Comedown by Oscar Williams.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E5 - Outsiders
Episode five looks at the topic of “outsiders,” starting with Naked Angels directed by Bruce D. Clark. This film looked to Hell’s Angels for inspiration, and Corman even went to some of their parties to get information on them for the film.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E6 - Warrior Women
Episode six was impressive, as it explored the stimulating theme of “warrior women.” First, Corman discussed The Arena directed by Joe D’Amato and Steve Carver. Pam Grier and Margaret Markov were the dynamic leads.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E7 - Mad Scientists
Episode seven touches on the “mad scientist” theme, looking at The Wasp Woman co-directed by Roger Corman and Jack Hill first. Susan Cabot stars in this black-and-white science fiction horror.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E8 - Monster Mash
Episode eight delved into the “monster mash” theme, beginning with Humanoids From The Deep directed by Barbara Peeters and Jimmy T. Murakami with Doug McClure as the fisherman and Ann Turkel as the scientist that fights off eerie sea monsters.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E9 - Fantasy
Episode nine revolves around fantasy and begins with Sorceress starring Leigh Harris and is directed by Jack Hill.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E10 - Survival
Episode ten highlighted survival-based films, starting with The Big Doll House starring Judy Brown, Pam Grier, and Roberta Collins. This was one of Corman’s first films, as the women in prison films were known to be very successful.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E11 - Against All Odds
Episode 11 kicked off with Eye of the Eagle and Eye of the Eagle 2, Vietnam War pictures shot in the Philippines.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E12 - End Of The World
Episode 12 began with the introduction of Warlords of the 21st Century where Michael Beck and James Wainwright fight to the death on a monstrous battle truck.
Cult-Tastic: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman: S1 E13 - Memories
Episode 13 rounded up Roger and Julie Corman’s final thoughts on the series, including commentary on their work together and much more. They discussed how the first time they worked together was unplanned.
