Lander Film Festival - Monster Culture, Drive-Ins, and Roger Corman

Misty Jameson presents "Monster Culture, Drive-Ins, and Roger Corman"

Dr. Misty Jameson's presentation, "Monster Culture, Drive-Ins, and Roger Corman," will discuss the rise of monster culture and drive-in theaters in America and explain how these two cultural phenomena intersected with the early career of filmmaker and producer Roger Corman (1926-2024). Through examining Corman's films such as It Conquered the World (1956) and Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957), along with later selections such as The Wasp Woman (1959) and X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), her presentation will look at how Corman's films participated in the new monster culture of the time, helped shape the drive-in aesthetic, and also helped set the standard for independent science fiction and horror to come.