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Roger Corman Dies: ‘The Little Shop Of Horrors’ Director & Independent Filmmaker Was 98
Roger Corman, the independent filmmaker known as the "King of the Bs," has died at the age of 98.
The Oscar-winning director and producer of films like 1959’s The Wasp Woman and 1960’s The Little Shop of Horrors, died at his home in Santa Monica on Thursday, May 9th. Affectionately referred to as “King of the B-movies” and “The Pope of Pop Cinema,” Corman developed Little Shop of Horrors when he was given two days to use the sets that had been left standing from his previous film, A Bucket of Blood. Having directed more than 70 films and produced more than 300 over his prolific seven-decade career, Corman was an early trailblazer in independent cinema.
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