Ashley Sidaway
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CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman (2019)
CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman
Shout! Factory TV presents Cult-tastic: Tales From The Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman. Heralded as “the Pope of Pop Cinema,” Roger and Julie Corman pull back the curtain on the Cormans' lifetime of innovative genre filmmaking in this never-before-seen docu-series. The Cormans open up about their iconic pool of collaborators such as James Cameron, Joe Dante, Penelope Spheeris, Pam Grier and more, as well as their notoriously bare-bones production philosophy that created some of film’s most memorable special FX sequences in science-fiction, fantasy and other cult favorites.
Released Nov. 15, 2019
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
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Watch Providers: Tubi TV, fuboTV, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV
Production Companies: Shout! Factory
Network: Shout! Factory (USA)
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - Future Worlds
In episode one of Roger and Julie Corman’s Cult-tastic!, there are seven featured films that revolve around the common theme of “future worlds.” First, there is Battle Beyond The Stars directed by Roger Corman and Jimmy T. Murakami. It features actors Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard and John Saxon. An interesting bit about Battle Beyond The Stars is that James Cameron, who had hitch-hiked from Arizona with no previous Hollywood experience, was promoted to head special effects for the picture after the original special effects specialist was fired. The episode also includes the film Galaxy of Terror directed by Bruce D. Clark, and the cast consists of Edward Albert, Erin Moran and Ray Walston. War of the Satellites is another film mentioned in this episode, and it was directed by Roger Corman. The cast combines Dick Miller, Susan Cabot and Richard Devon. The picture was released 60 days after Russia put the first satellite in space and was therefore representative of the c
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
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S1E2 - Criminal Lives
Discusses William Shatner, Angie Dickenson, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham and features "Big Bad Mama," "Crazy Mama," "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase," "Big Bad Mama II," and "Dillinger and Capone."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
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S1E3 - Comedy
Discusses Ron Howard, Joe Dante, The Ramones and features "Eat My Dust!," "Saturday the 14th," "Last Resort," and "Hollywood Boulevard."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
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S1E4 - Real World
Discusses Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Bogdanovich and Ben Gazzara and features "High School Big Shot," "Cockfighter," "Saint Jack," "Suburbia," "Love Letters" and "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
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S1E5 - Outsiders
Discusses Tommy Lee Jones and features "Angels," "Hard As They Come," "Black Oak Conspiracy," "Bloodfist," "Naked Angels," "Nashville Girl" and "The Spy Within."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E6 - Warrior Women
Discusses Jonathan Demme and Pam Greer and features "Barbarian Queen," "Caged Heat," "Silk," "The Sisterhood," "The Arena," "The Hot Box" and "TNT Jackson."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E7 - Mad Scientists
Discusses Joe Dante and features "The Wasp Woman," "Forbidden World," "Screamers," "Brain Dead," "The Unborn" and "Piranha" (1995).
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E8 - Monster Mash
Features "Humanoids from the Deep," "Attack of the Crab Monsters," "Night of the Cobra Woman," "Demon of Paradise" and "Creature from the Haunted Sea."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E9 - Fantasy
Features "Sorceress," "Deathstalker," "The Warrior and the Sorceress," "Deathstalker II," "Wizards of the Lost Kingdom," "The Magic Voyage of Sinbad" and "The Dirt Bike Kid."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E10 - Survival
Features "Big Doll House," "Jackson County Jail," "Battle of Blood Island," "Avalanche" and "The Big Bird Cage."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E11 - Against All Odds
Features "Eye of the Eagle," "Eye of the Eagle 2," "Cocaine Wars," "Pit Stop," "The Destroyers," "Stripped to Kill," "The Slumber Party Massacre" and "Nam Angels."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E12 - End of the World
Features "Warlords of the 21st Century," "Wheels of Fire," "Future Kick," "Equalizer 2000," "Raiders of the Sun" and "The Terror Within."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
S1E13 - Memories
Discusses Jack Nicholson and features "The Dirt Bike Kid," "Last Resort," "Big Doll House" and "Night Call Nurses."
Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
Network: Shout! Factory (USA)
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 512 min.
Released: Nov. 15, 2019
Last Air Date: Nov. 15, 2019, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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