Starting this weekend and continuing until May 8th, the Cinematheque will present a program of three “B” movie genre directors whose careers ranged from the 50s-70s: Hollywood studio director Richard Fleischer, independent director-producer Roger Corman, and the British Hammer horror director Terence Fisher. Fleischer’s films include the well-known sci-fi SOYLENT GREEN (1973) and fantasy classic 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, the courtroom drama COMPULSION (1959), as well as lesser known crime films like VIOLENT SATURDAY (1955), THE BOSTON STRANGLER (1968), 10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971), and THE LAST DON (1973). For Corman, they are screening two of his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960) and THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961), along with X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES (1963). Fisher’s horror films include many reworkings of Universal horror classics, such as THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957), THE HORROR OF DRACULA (1958), THE MUMMY (1959), THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960), THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961), and FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL (1974). An unusual program for the cinematheque and a great chance to see these films in a theatrical setting.

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