DVD - Roger Corman Collection

The Trip -
Stars Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Salli Sachse
Directors: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Paul Groves (Peter Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of a personality crisis. His wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) has left him and he seeks the help of his friend John (Bruce Dern), a self-styled guru who's an advocate of LSD. Paul asks John to be the guide on his first "trip". John takes Paul to a "freak-out" at his friend Max's (Dennis Hopper) pad. Splitting the scene, they score some acid from Max and return to John's split-level pad with an indoor pool. Paul experiences visions of sex, death, strobe lights, flowers, dancing girls, witches, hooded riders, a torture chamber, and a dwarf. He panics but John tells him to "go with it, man." Would you trust John?

The Wild Angels - 
Stars Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Buck Taylor
Directors: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while 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.

Bloody Mama - 
Stars Shelley Winters, Pat Hingle, Don Stroud, Diane Varsi, Bruce Dern
Directors: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Roger Corman produced and directed this psychological gangster film based on fact. Machine gun totin' Ma Barker (Shelley Winters) lead her family gang (her sons) on a crime spree in the Depression era. Her loyal brood have every perversion imaginable. The sadistic Herman (Don Stroud) sleeps with his Ma. When Fred Barker (Robert Walden) is released from prison, he brings home his cell mate/lover Kevin Dirkman (Bruce Dern), who also sleeps with Ma, much to Fred's chagrin. Lloyd Barker (Robert De Niro) is a spaced-out drug addict who sniffs glue if nothing better is around. Ma kidnaps happy-go-lucky millionaire Sam Adams Pendlebury (Pat Hingle) and holds him for ransom. Clint Kimbrough plays Arthur Barker, Ma's wallflower son and Diane Varsi plays Herman's hooker lady friend Mona Gibson. The bloody finale is virtually choreographed and a visual stunner. Filmed in the Ozarks.

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes -
Stars Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Don Rickles
Directors: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Ray Milland plays Dr. James Xavier, a world renowned scientist experimenting with human eyesight. He devises a drug, that when applied to the eyes, enables the user to see beyond the normal realm of our sight (ultraviolet rays etc.) it also gives the user the power to see through objects. Xavier tests this drug on himself, when his funding is cut off. As he continues to test the drug on himself, Xavier begins to see, not only through walls and clothes, but through the very fabric of reality!

A Bucket of Blood -
Stars Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson
Directors: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian caf, 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...

Premature Burial -
Stars Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel, Alan Napier
Directors: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell, despite the disapproval of his sister, Kate. Guy overcomes his all-consuming fear of being buried alive long enough to marry Emily but soon becomes obsessed again, building a crypt designed to guarantee that he will not fall prey to his most dreaded nightmare. Trying to prove that he has been cured of his phobia, he opens his father's tomb and is shocked into a catatonic state. His worst fears are realized as he is lowered into a grave and covered over, apparently never to learn that the treachery of someone very dear to him was directly responsible for his predicament.

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It -
Stars Bob Corff, Elaine Giftos, Talia Shire, Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams
Plot Outline: A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.

The Young Racers -

Stars Mark Damon, William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee, John McLaren
Directors: Roger Corman
Genres: Action, Drama

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