Movies

Here is a list of the Movies Mr. Corben has made.

Clips and videos on www.corbenstudios.com web site comes and goes. Usually the new update brings new clips but as well erases old ones.

Richard Corben Movies

  1. Labours of Hercules (before 1962) [no picts, FiF, pg 42, Masters of Comic Book Art (1978), interview The Magic World of Richard Corben] 5 min. 8mm drawn animation (detailed explanation of the way of the making of this animation in FiF, pg 42). An adaptation from a Science Fiction magazine story.
  2. Gateway to Terror (before 1962) [no picts, Masters of Comic Book Art (1978), interview The Magic World of Richard Corben] prob. similar to Labours of Hercules. 8mm, based on the Greek myths.
  3. Siegfried Saves Metropolis (1965) [picts in Famous Monsters of Filmland #34 (1965) and #35 (1965)] idea: Madonna Marchant (later Dona Corben), camera, animation: Richard Corben. 8mm, based on "Metropolis" movie photos (done before they saw the actual movie)
  4. Finkenstein (1966) [possible photo: Famous Monsters of Filmland #55 (1969). four B&W photos: FiF, pg 43, two B&W making of photos: art2, pg 21], 10 min.
  5. The Search for the Golden Mold (1967) [two B&W photos: FiF, pg 43, aliens, space ship, dinosaur (three B&W photo): art2, pg 21], 8 min. Aliens, space ship, and dinosaur.
  6. Neverwhere [the Movie] (1968) (2 clips on March 2005 updated www.corbenstudios.com, story: "Neverwhere", spoiler: Den's Legacy, special effect photo (B&W): art2, pg 21, article: FiF, pgs 42, 44), 11 min. A 16mm drawn animation and live action. Won a C.I.N.E. Golden Eagle and President of Japan Cultural Society trophy.
  7. Xenogames (on process around 1970) [interview The Magic World of Richard Corben], a 16mm (?) mixture of live action and animated models. A SF adventure story with aliens, a space ship and a two-headed dragon. Abandoned (because no mention anywhere else that it was ever concluded)? Though they were about one-third into the production during the interview (printed in winter 1970). Mr. Corben thought there would be still at least an another year of work ahead.
  8. Rowlf (1972?) [no picts, art2, pg 21, interview The Magic World of Richard Corben], a full-length animated film. Abandoned. Mentioned in an interview printed in Winter 1970 as abandoned ("Rowlf was first conceived a couple of years ago [!] not as a comic story, but as a film")! Dated in Corben's Art Book #2 as AD 1972, which sounds like incorrect.
  9. Skull Island (1975) [puppets (one B&W photo): art2, pg 21], abandoned.
  10. Return of the Box [four B&W photos: FiF, pg 45]
  11. Mondo Amore [two B&W photos: FiF, pg 45]. Prob. used partly in The Dark Planet (1989), Part 2(2): "Relief Station".
  12. Creatures of the Box (scheduled for completion by the summer of 1981) [no picts, FiF, pg 44] Sequel for "Return of the Box". 35 min. Stop-action animation of clay monsters and critters. Well, this sounds like part of The Dark Planet (1989), Part 1(2): "Tower of Blood".
  13. Heavy Metal the Movie (1981, 1996): New Tales of the Arabian Nights sequence [gallery with picts: Heavy Metal Special: One Step Beyond, pgs 12-15], team tested sequence (was alternative for Den sequence, but rejected), not made by Richard Corben.
  14. Heavy Metal the Movie (1981, 1996): Den sequence (spoiler, picts: The Making of the Movie), follows the original Den comic story plot, not made by Richard Corben. See also Arabian Nights sequence.
  15. The Dark Planet (1989) (cover: art1, pgs 60-61, CI-card #5), includes two fairly plotted stories, "Tower of Blood" (1h4min) and "Relief Station" (29min). Both stories has several loose scenes (see Mondo Amore, and Creatures of the Box, above), which were not ment to be shown together and which were shot during several years. VHS, the edition of 2000 copies.
  16. Legacy of Horror [color photo of rat creature: art2, pg 21], unfinished.
  17. Drum Sale (1997) [video on the end of 2004 updated www.corbenstudios.com, file size: 2.92 Mb] A fictitious commercial featuring a drum solo by Beth Corben Reed.
  18. The Haunted Palace (1997) [video on the end of 2004 updated www.corbenstudios.com, file size: 1.7 Mb] Features several CGI techniques including lip sync and cloth dynamics. Music by Philip DeWalt.
  19. KCFMJ (1997) [video on the end of 2004 updated www.corbenstudios.com, file size: 3.19 Mb] An ad for Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee. Music by Tim Higgins.
  20. The Canal (2000) [clip on March 2005 updated www.corbenstudios.com, file size: 8,2 Mb, included into Lurker in the Lobby, Vol. II: The Best of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (Nov. 2000) VHS-casette] CG animation based on H. P. Lovecraft's poem "The Canal". Music by Tim Higgins. See also a comics story, "The Canal" and a review of an animation.
  21. Dagon [no picts, included into Lurker in the Lobby, Vol. II: The Best of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (Nov. 2000) VHS-casette], 7 minutes. See also a comics story, "Dagon".
  22. The Deep One Monster [no picts, for animation video Return to Innsmouth (Aug. 1st, 1999). Directed by Aaron Vanek. Produced by Andrew Migliore, for Beyond Books], extremely short sequence (a few seconds). 3-D animation. Monster rendering used also as the background pict for the Front Cover Art of video cassette.
  23. Dance 1 [no picts], computer images 3-D Max.
  24. Dance 2 [no picts], computer images 3-D Max.
  25. Monk Walks [no picts], computer images 3-D Max.
  26. Rod's Pad [no picts], computer images 3-D Max.
  27. Stan [no picts], computer images 3-D Max.
  28. Fungi from Yuggoth, Part IV: Recognition (2003) [web site The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (Schedule) says it's fourth film to be shown at the festival. Directed, Produced & Screenwritten by Richard Corben], 5min49s. An adaptation of a H. P. Lovecraft poem. A man relives a childhood exploration of his fear of unusual ruins in ancient woods (in parallel time). See also a comics story, "The Scar".
  29. Walt's Dance (2004) [video on the end of 2004 updated www.corbenstudios.com, file size: 800 Kb (no sound)] 3D incl. motion capture file from MEGAMOCAP.
  30. Nyarlathotep (2006) [4s Flash clip in corbenstudios.com] 3D.
  31. The Fall of the House of Usher [under production for many years!] (see An Interview with José Villarrubia)

Richard Corben design work for movies

  1. Bludd (2000). Design work (only!) for 22 minute, 10 episode Flash web animation for PirateNet. [Incl. entire animation]
  2. Dark Star (Scheduled publishing date Dec. 2005; the iMDB says, Dec. 31, 2006, though in June 2008 it's still in post production). Design work for live action/CG animation CD-ROM game for Parallax Studios.

Richard Corben related movies

  1. Comix (1960-1975) (1979), by Alejandro Vallejo. Richard Corben interview.
  2. The History of Comics, Part 3. Richard Corben interview.
  3. Lurker in the Lobby, Vol. II: The Best of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (Nov. 2000). Incl. shorts The Canal, and Dagon.
  4. Phantom of the Paradise. Movie one-sheet.
  5. Return of the Streetfighter (1975). Movie one-sheet, a promo poster.
  6. Return to Innsmouth (Aug. 1st, 1999). A few second monster scene, The Deep One Monster.
  7. Spookies (1989) [art1, pg 41]. Movie one-sheet, and cover art.
  8. 3-D animation included in Digimation's demo tape - the largest publisher and distributor of 3-D Max plug-ins. Prob. one of above 3-D Max shorts (for example Dance 1, Dance 2, Monk Walks, Rod's Pad, or Stan).

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Created: Aug. 25, 2003. Modified: August 3, 2008 .