TNT 186: CORMANIA! ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS

Tuesday Night Trash is proud to join the Texas Theatre in programming the films of the king of independent cinema, Roger Corman. His influence is untold in its reaches into every corner of the world of genre film, especially the business of making films outside the normal channels.

First at 7:30 we will feature ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS (1957), a milestone for Corman, who directed the film. Its amazing theatrical success convinced him that horror and humor went well together on-screen, raking in around $1M at the box office on a $70K budget. Corman’s idea was that every scene should either end in a shocking way or “with the suspicion that a shocking event is about to take place”. Smart guy.

Before each feature, during the intermission and, frankly, throughout the entire night there will be an avalanche of trailers for films produced, written or distributed by Corman. He was well-known as an innovator of cutting a trailer, teasing all available action and suspense and occasionally adding explosions that weren’t even from the movie. “There was no law against doing that….”

As always TNT at Texas Theatre is FREE come belly up to the bar to beat the heat with some classic trash cinema in honor of the greatest, RC!

Showtimes & Tickets

Tuesday, Jul 2

7:30 PM