1. the Curious Legacy of Hammer and Amicus : Producing Successful, Popular Horror Films for a Worldwide Market on a Low Budget

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1. The Curious Legacy of Hammer and Amicus : Producing successful, popular Horror films for a worldwide market on a low budget. From 1940 to successful TV production in the 1980’s, Hammer Films injected blood into the British Film Industry. This talk also covers Amicus Films. Owned by producers Max J. Rosenberg & Milton Subotsky. 2. Roger Corman: American International, New World Pictures and Beyond: The story of ‘The Pope of Pop Cinema’. The successful director and producer responsible for launching the careers of Francis Ford Copolla and James Cameron. To name only a few. Roger Corman produced a series of films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe during the 1960’s, staring Vincent Price. Producing cult films like ‘Death Race 2000’ in the mid 1970’s, and most recently, popular ‘Creature Feature’ films like ‘Dinocroc vs. Supergator’ for the Sci-Fi channel. 3. Rod Serling and Joseph W. Stefano: The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery and The Outer Limits. U.S TV shows from 1959 – 1973. 4. Supernatural - British TV from the 60's and 70's: This talk will be about the memorable and eerie TV series made for Child and adult audiences alike. Including ‘Out Of This World’, ‘Randall and Hopkirk: Deceased’, ‘Thriller’. ‘Children of the Stones’ and the BBC’s ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’ series. Featuring stories by M.R James. 5. Not just a gimmick…The films of William Castle Cinema showman extraordinaire! The story of Director and Producer William Castle. Most of his films featured a gimmick to encourage audiences. ‘Emergo’, ‘Percepto’ , ‘Illusion-O’ , ‘The Punishment pole’, ‘The Fright Break’ . We talk about his films and box office reactions to his unique method of encouraging audiences to enjoy the thrilling, cinematic ride! .

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