BONUS: The Terror (1963)

The Terror is a 1963 Roger Corman film. And a Francis Ford Coppola film. And a Monte Hellman film. And a Dennis Jakob film. And a Jack Hill film. And maybe a Jack Nicholson film. There’s a lot going on in this one. 

Why are we discussing The Terror? Well this grab-bag Poe riff is important to Bogdanovich because it directly leads to his directorial debut, Targets, in 1968- more on that in the next episode. It also features a very early-career Jack Nicholson! Who knew Jack was born to play the French soldier son of a nobleman killed in the French Revolution? 

In our first bonus episode, we discuss the chaotic production of The Terror, what on earth actually happens in the plot, Boris Karloff's fake young mom, what Jesse Eisenberg is up to, and the Corman Poe cycle. 

Next Episode: Targets (1968)

 

Further “Reading”

• The Terror (1963) (Film Master’s YouTube playlist with the Blu-Ray master, audio commentary, remastered original trailer, and more!)
• How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman
• Roger Corman: Interviews edited by Constantine Nasr
• "Will Sloan on Roger Corman’s 'The Terror'" for OVID.tv on Letterboxd
• "The Terror" by Richard Harland Smith for TCM
• "Jack Hill: Exploitation Genius" by Sean Axmaker for Psychotronic Video (No. 13)

 

Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI)

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