X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - October 27, 1963

The always reliable Roger Corman, with the assist of two talented screenwriters, delivered an engaging and entertaining little science fiction picture. Due to my having a black and white television in my bedroom, I had no idea this was a color feature until much later.

No idea if the second feature here is any good, as I have not seen it. Before clipping this ad, I had never even heard of it. 

The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - September 1, 1964

This might be my favorite of Roger Corman's cycle of Edgar Allan Poe films starring Vincent Price that were released in the early to mid-1960s. Because the titular source material is one of my favorite Poe stories and Corman, Price, and co-screenwriter Charles Beaumont hew pretty darn close to its overall mood and imagery.

The film's fidelity to its core source material is not the only thing about it that I love. Another excellent Poe story, the revenge tale Hop-Frog, is well interpolated into the narrative of The Masque of the Red Death, so that the film has enough story elements to flesh it out into a feature length gothic horror extravaganza.

Space Raiders (1983) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - August 19, 1983

While I did see Howard R. Cohen's feature film debut Saturday the 14th on the big screen, his second feature film, also made for Roger Corman, eluded me. Most likely because I was no longer living in the United States when it was plopped into theaters.

Judging from what little I have seen of Space Raiders, this looks to recycle a whole lot of special effects shots from Battle Beyond the Stars, intercutting it with new footage that looks to have been shot in a Southern California warehouse.

Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) / Not of This Earth (1957) - Newspaper Ad [San Francisco Examiner - April 1, 1957]