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13 September 2009 1:31 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

When I read the news the other day that Roger Corman was selected to receive an Honorary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, I was kind of surprised. Not because I couldn't believe Roger Corman would be given an Honorary Academy Award but because I'd have sworn they'd already done so years ago. Apparently not. Talk about an honor long overdue.

Roger Corman began his directing career with 1955's Swamp Women and last sat in the director's chair for 1990's Frankenstein Unbound, but he still remains active as a producer, such as his forthcoming Syfy production DinoShark. As one of his assistants once told me, "He'll be making movies until the day he dies."

If any of you are wondering why they would bestow an Oscar, Honorary or otherwise, upon a man whose cinematic canon includes the likes of It Conquered the World and The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent »

- Foywonder

11 September 2009 8:20 AM, PDT | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

This is some pleasant news coming from the New York Times. Independent filmmaker Roger Corman will receive a honoree Oscar award at the Governor Award's dinner, scheduled for November 14th. The honorees were chosen for the Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science and were selected this past Thursday. Corman is an all time low-budget film maker and producer. Through his 50 plus year career, he has generated most of what us from HorrorYearbook believe to be classics of the genre we so very love. He directed Jack Nicholson in his first horror role of The Little Shop of Horrors, adapted Edgar Allan Poe's short story the Pit and The Pendulum with Vincent Price and brought us his version of the unspeakable automaton in Frankenstein Unbound! He has produced many cult classics that me and my fellow HorrorYearbookians own such as Piranha, The Big Doll House, Humanoids of the Deep, »

- Steven

2 articles from 2009