Movies

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

Richard Corben Movies

01. Labours of Hercules

Year: Before 1962. Picts: None. Source: FiF, pg 42; Masters of Comic Book Art (1978); interview The Magic World of Richard Corben. Length: 5 min. Style: 8mm drawn animation (detailed explanation of the way of the making in FiF, pg 42). Description: An adaptation from a Science Fiction magazine story.

02. Gateway to Terror

Year: Before 1962. Picts: None. Source: Masters of Comic Book Art (1978); interview The Magic World of Richard Corben. Length: Unknown. Style: 8mm drawn animation (prob. similar to Labours of Hercules). Description: Based on the Greek myths.

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03. Siegfried Saves Metropolis

Year: 1965. Picts: In Famous Monsters of Filmland #34 (1965) and #35 (1965). Source: See prev. Length: Unknown. Style: 8mm. Description: Based on "Metropolis" movie photos (done before they saw the actual movie). Promus Motor/Puppeter: Madonna Marchant (later Dona Corben). Camera Operator/Animator: Richard Corben.

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04. Finkenstein

Year: 1966. Picts: Possible photo: Famous Monsters of Filmland #55 (1969); 4 B&W photos: FiF, pg 43; 2 B&W making of photos: art2, pg 21. Source: See prev. Length: 10 min. Style: Live action with possible animation.

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05. The Search for the Golden Mold

Year: 1967. Picts: 2 B&W photos: FiF, pg 43; 3 B&W photo: art2, pg 21. Source: See prev. Length: 8 min. Style: Aliens, space ship, and dinosaur.

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06. Neverwhere [the Movie]

Year: 1968. Picts: 2 clips in WebCorben [March 2005]; special effect photo (B&W): art2, pg 21. Entire Video: WebCorben [May 2010]; in 3 parts. Source: FiF, pgs 42, 44. Length: 11 min. Style: 16 mm drawn animation and live action. Animation cells black line, variable color background. Story: "Neverwhere". Spoiler: Den's Legacy. Troopies: C.I.N.E. Golden Eagle and President of Japan Cultural Society.

07. Xenogames

Year: On process around 1970. Picts: None. Source: Interview The Magic World of Richard Corben. Length: Abandoned? Style: 16mm (?) mixture of live action and animated models. Extra: 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.

08. Rowlf

Year: Around 1968–1972? Picts: None. Source: art2, pg 21; interview The Magic World of Richard Corben. Length: Abandoned, 1972. Style: A full-length animated film. Extra: 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.

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09. Skull Island

Year: 1975. Picts: Puppets (1 B&W photo): art2, pg 21. Source: See prev. Length: Abandoned. Style: With puppets.

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10. Return of the Box

Year: Unknown. Picts: 4 B&W photos: FiF, pg 45. Source: See prev. Length: Unknown. Style: Unknown.

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11. Mondo Amore

Year: Unknown. Picts: 2 B&W photos: FiF, pg 45. Source: See prev. Length: Unknown. Style: Unknown. Extra: Prob. used partly in The Dark Planet (1989), Part 2(2): "Relief Station".

12. Creatures of the Box

Year: Scheduled for completion by the summer of 1981. Picts: None. Source: FiF, pg 44. Length: 35 min. Style: Stop-action animation of clay monsters and critters. Extra: Sequel for Return of the Box. Well, this sounds like part of The Dark Planet (1989), Part 1(2): "Tower of Blood".

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13. The Dark Planet

Year: 1989. Picts: Cover: art1, pgs 60-61, CI-card #5. Source: VHS print. Length: Part 1: 1 h 4 min; Part 2: 29 min. Format: VHS. Print run: 2000. Style: Stop-action animation with live action. Story: The Dark Planet (1989). Extra: 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), which were not ment to be shown together and which were shot during several years. Richard Corben Art Book [#1] says on pg 60, "I've made many amateur films since [grade school]. A couple years ago, I decided to put some of them together in a package for small scale marketing."

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14. Legacy of Horror

Year: Unknown. Picts: Color photo of rat creature: art2, pg 21. Source: See prev. Length: Unfinished. Style: With puppets.

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15. Drum Sale

Year: 1997. Picts: None. Source: Video clip in WebCorben [the end of 2004], file size 2.92 Mb; a Flash video in WebCorben [New Year 2009]. Length: 26 sec. Style: CG animation [3D MAX?]. Description: A fictitious commercial featuring a drum solo by Beth Corben Reed.

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16. The Haunted Palace

Year: 1997, 2002. Picts: None. Source: Video clip in WebCorben [the end of 2004, dated as 1997], file size 1.7 Mb; entire film as a Flash video in WebCorben [New Year 2009, dated as 2002]. Length: 32 sec (1997 version; without opening titles and the very end, otherwise identical with the longer version); 52 sec (a 2002 full version). Style: CG animation [3D MAX?], incl. lip sync and cloth dynamics. Music: Philip DeWalt. Description: An old man climbs up on a hill and talks.

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17. KCFMJ

Year: 1997. Picts: None. Source: Entire film in WebCorben [the end of 2004], file size 3.19 Mb. Length: 23 sec. Style: CG animation [3D MAX?]. Music: Tim Higgins. Description: Ad for Kansas City Film Maker's Jubilee.

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18. Dagon

Year: 1999. Picts: None. Source: See "Included". Length: 6 min 36 sec. Style: CG animation mixed with live action. Included: Into Lurker in the Lobby, Vol. II: The Best of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (Nov. 2000) VHS-casette. Story: "Dagon [H.P. Lovecraft]" / "Dagon [comics]" / "Dagon [anim.]". Music: Philip DeWalt. Additional Photography: Jan Strnad. Description: A sailor adrifts on a boat to the unknown dimention and time to confront worshipers of Dagon. Extra: Richard Corben acts sailor.

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19. The Deep One Monster

Year: Unknown (around 1999). Picts: On Return to Innsmouth web site. Source: See "Included". Length: Extremely short sequence (a few seconds). Style: CG animation with monster rendering. Used also as the background pict for the Front Cover Art of video. Made for: Animation video Return to Innsmouth (Aug. 1st, 1999). Directed: Aaron Vanek. Produced: Andrew Migliore, for Beyond Books.

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20. The Canal

Year: 2000. Picts: None. Source: Short video clip in WebCorben [March 2005], file size 8.2 Mb; entire film as a Flash video in WebCorben [New Year 2009]. Length: 3 min 39 sec. Style: CG animation [3D MAX?]. Included: Into Lurker in the Lobby, Vol. II: The Best of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (Nov. 2000) VHS-casette. Story: "The Canal [H.P. Lovecraft]" / "The Canal [comics]" / "The Canal [anim.]". Music: Tim Higgins. Description: Story of ruined city.

21. Dance 1
22. Dance 2
23. Monk Walks
24. Rod's Pad
25. Stan

Year: Unknown. Picts: None. Source: See "Included". Length:Unknown. Style: CG animation shorts. Included: In Digimation's demo tape - the largest publisher and distributor of 3-D Max plug-ins. At least one of above included in the demo tape.

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26. Fungi from Yuggoth, Part IV: Recognition

Year: 2003. Picts: None. Source: Web site The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival (Schedule) says it's fourth film to be shown at the festival / Entire film as a Flash video in WebCorben [Feb. 2009]. Length: 5 min 49 sec. Style: Toon person on CG animation [3D MAX?]. Story: "Recognition [H.P. Lovecraft]" / "The Scar [comics]". Description: A man relives a childhood exploration of his fear of unusual ruins in ancient woods (in parallel time). Comics vs. animation: Similar plots, differes with details of interpreter.

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27. Shadows beyond Time

Year: 2003. Picts: None. Source: Entire film (partial time coded) as a Flash video in WebCorben [The end of Feb. 2009]. Length: 7 min 18 sec. Style: Toon person on CG animation [3D MAX?]. Maybe some backgrounds live action streamlined to vector art (decreasing color depth). Description: A poor man aproaches an old relative to get his money. The older man has an heritage the protagonist does not suspect. Extra: Lovecraftian theme. Cast: Michael Shields, Marie Donald, Harvey Sea. Producer/Director: Richard Corben. Music: Tim Higgins.

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28. Walt Dance

Year: 2004. Picts: None. Source: Entire film in WebCorben [the end of 2004], file size 800 Kb, mute. Length: 21 sec. Style: CG animation [3D MAX?], incl. motion capture file from MEGAMOCAP. Description: A man dances.

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29. Toon Usher

Year: 2004. Picts: None. Source: Entire film as a Flash video in WebCorben [New Year 2009] / An Interview with José Villarrubia [Mid-Aug. 2004]. Length: 6 min 13 sec. Style: Toon figures on 3D backgrounds, 3D camera movements and a 3D curtain/wind effect [3D MAX?]. Description: Richard Corben says on his web site, "For several years I was obssessed with creating an adaptation of Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. During an extended period of frustration of working with live actors and special CG effects, I did this little toon version. I had even thought of completing a long version in this style."

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30. Nyarlathotep

Year: 2006. Picts: None. Source: A Flash video clip in WebCorben [2006]. Length: 4 sec. Style: Looks like animated vector art (streamlined from tonal source). Description: A face of an African man. Slight movement.

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31. Beyond the Dream

Year: 2006. Picts: None. Source: Entire film as a Flash video in WebCorben [Feb. 2009]. Length: 2 min 38 sec. Style: Abstract animation (mixed media, incl. live action). Description: Abstract patterns and colors (mainly red on black) with figure cuts from early 80's.

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32. Masque of the Red Death #1

Year: 2010. Picts: None. Source: The first part of an animation as a Flash video in WebCorben [Aug. 26, 2010]. Length: 2 min 6 sec. Style: Mostly flat 3D [3D MAX?]. Description: Camera moves in a deep (B&W) forest, animals and people dies because of the Read Death. The ruins of a bulding, a wind mill, a bonfire. Multiple layers on each others. B&W with red as an extra color.

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33. Masque of the Red Death #2

Year: 2011. Picts: None. Source: The second part of an animation as a Flash video in WebCorben [Aug. 21, 2011]. Length: 3 min 13 sec. Style: Mostly flat 3D [3D MAX?]. Description: Camera enters to the castle where a colorful party goes on. Pendulum, curtain, eight o'clock. Music, singing and other entertainment. Multiple layers on each others. B&W outside world with red moon is colorful inside the castle.

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 (November 5, 2010). 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. Same in Spanish in YouTube.
  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. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Return to Innsmouth (Aug. 1st, 1999). A few second monster scene, The Deep One Monster.
  9. Spookies (1989) [art1, pg 41]. Movie one-sheet, and cover art.
  10. 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).
  11. Alan Parsons Project meets Richard Corben meets Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" (3 min 58 sec), animated from the frames taken from Creepy #67 by Roger Taylor in YouTube. Also available high quality video version.
  12. Warren Magazine Art & Artists of the '60's & '70's (6 min 35 sec), edited by Roger Taylor in YouTube. Among others Richard Corben. Also available high quality video version.
  13. Creepy, Eerie,Vampirella Covers (3 min 55 sec), run through of all Warren covers, animated by Roger Taylor in YouTube.
  14. A Painting Demostration (2 min 30 sec). A small portrait head, approximately 2 hours painting condensed to about 2 1/2 minutes. Check out the finished image on the figure gallery page. [April 1, 2010]

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Created: Aug. 25, 2003. Modified: December 19, 2011.