Editing Roger Corman (section)

=== 1965–1971: Return to independent films ===
{{stack|[[File:Roger Corman on set of The Trip (1967).jpg|thumb|Corman (age 41) on the set of ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (1967).]]}}
Corman continued to finance films for Filmgroup: ''[[Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet]]'' (1965), dubbing a Soviet movie ''[[Planeta Bur]]'' into English with some additional footage shot by Curtis Harrington, ''[[Queen of Blood]]'' (1966), using some Soviet footage but a mostly new film, directed by Harrington, ''[[Blood Bath]]'' (1966), an adapted Yugoslavian film with additional footage shot by [[Stephanie Rothman]] and Jack Hill, and  ''[[Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women]]'' (1967), yet another dubbed version of ''Planeta Bur'' with some additional footage shot by Corman's then-assistant [[Peter Bogdanovich]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Corman had money in ''[[Navy vs. the Night Monsters]]'' (1967). He financed two Westerns shot back to back in Utah, directed by Monte Hellman and written and co-produced by Jack Nicholson, ''[[The Shooting]]'' (1967) and ''[[Ride in the Whirlwind]]'' (1967), which were never released theatrically in the US but became cult successes several years later.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|156573556}}|author= Thomas, K.|date=October 4, 1970|title=Monte Hellman and Hollywood's best-kept secret|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name="auto789"/> He also financed two films directed by Dan Haller, ''[[Devil's Angels]]'' (1967), a follow-up to ''Wild Angels'' written by Griffith, and a car racing film shot in Europe, ''[[The Wild Racers]]'' (1968). He announced a comedy about the population explosion, ''There Just Isn't Any Room'', but it appears to have never been made.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155638079}}|author= Betty. |date=April 22, 1967|title=Senta to play secret agent|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Corman directed ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' for AIP, written by [[Jack Nicholson]] and starring [[Peter Fonda]], [[Dennis Hopper]] and [[Bruce Dern]]. This began the psychedelic film craze of the late 1960s and was the American entry at Cannes that year.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|117483759}}|author=V. C.|date=September 18, 1966|title=Roger Corman: A good man gone to 'pot'|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Corman took [[LSD]] and used the experience to shape the film.<ref name="trip"/> AIP made some changes to the film in post-production, which made Corman unhappy.<ref name="trip">{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/roger-corman-trip-psychedlic-film |title=What Roger Corman's Psychedelic Film 'The Trip' Helps Us Realize |date=April 21, 2022|publisher=PopMatters|access-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925192803/https://www.popmatters.com/roger-corman-trip-psychedlic-film |url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 1967, Corman announced plans to build a new film studio.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155884455}}|title='Isadora' shooting under way|date=September 7, 1967|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> However, this did not happen for a number of years.{{clarifyme|date=June 2024}}{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Corman made a film for American TV, ''[[Target: Harry]]'' (1968), shot in Europe with his brother producing. He did some uncredited directing on AIP's ''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]'' (1969) when director [[Cy Endfield]] fell ill. He financed Bogdanovich's first feature, ''[[Targets]]'' (1968), which incorporated footage from ''The Terror''. He also produced ''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' (1970) for AIP, directed by Haller and co-written by [[Curtis Hanson]], and financed Haller's ''[[Paddy (film)|Paddy]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kevin Thomas|title=She's Young, Pretty and Produces Film: Incomplete Source|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 22, 1970|page=h1}}</ref>

For AIP, Corman returned to the director's chair for a gangster film, ''[[Bloody Mama]]'' (1970), starring [[Shelley Winters]] and a young [[Robert de Niro]]. It was a big hit at the box office. He also directed a black comedy, ''[[Gas-s-s-s]]'' (1970), written by [[George Armitage]]; it was cut without his permission by AIP and was a financial failure.<ref>{{cite news |author=Goldman, C. |date=1971 |title=An interview with Roger Corman |volume=7 |pages=49–54 |work=Film Comment |issue=3 |jstor=i40151685}}</ref>

{{stack|[[File:ROGER CORMAN, RICHTHOFEN & BROWN 1970.png|thumb|Roger Corman, ''Von Richthofen and Brown'' (1970).]]}}
United Artists finally agreed to finance his Red Baron project, although they asked that it emphasize American characters. Accordingly, it was filmed as ''[[Von Richthofen and Brown]]'' (1971), shot in Ireland in July 1970. There were several plane crashes during filming and one person died.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|525577654}}|title=12 Film Planes Grounded|date=September 17, 1970|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> Corman was going to make a film of ''Couples'', a novel by [[John Updike]] for [[United Artists]], and ''In'' from a script by Richard Schupe,<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|156409055}}|author=Martin, B.|date=February 18, 1970|title=Movie Call Sheet|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> but decided to take a break from directing. "Directing is very hard and very painful," he said in 1971. "Producing is easy. I can do it without really thinking about it."<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|210229038}}|author=Goldman, C.|date=1971|title=An interview with Roger Corman|work=Film Comment|volume=7|issue=3|pages=49–54}}</ref>