Editing Roger Corman (section)

=== Concorde Pictures ===
The case with New World settled out of court. In March 1985 Corman announced he would establish a new distribution "cooperative", Concorde Pictures, where producers could get relatively cheap distribution from Concorde in exchange for contributing to the company's overhead. Their first releases were Corman productions ''School Spirit'', ''Wheels of Fire'' and ''[[Barbarian Queen]]''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|154149583}}|author= London, M. |date=March 22, 1985|title=FILM CLIPS|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Concorde later merged with a low-budget production company, Cinema Group, and announced plans to make 15–20 films a year.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|154255916}}|title=CINEMA GROUP, CONCORDE UNITE FOR DISTRIBUTION|date=July 18, 1985|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The first release between Cinema Release and Concorde was ''[[Streetwalkin']]'', a more serious drama from Joan Freeman.<ref name="corman">{{cite news|title=Corman Hustles New Distribution Territory|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|date=23 February 1986|page=22|first=John|last=Stanley}}</ref>

Early Concorde releases also include ''[[Loose Screws]]'' (1985), a sequel to ''Screwballs''; ''[[Cocaine Wars]]'' (1986), the first in a series of movies Corman would finance in South America; ''[[Hour of the Assassin]]'' (1987), shot in Peru and the first film directed by [[Luis Llosa]]; and ''[[Munchies (film)|Munchies]]'' (1987), a spoof of ''Gremlins'' directed by [[Tina Hirsch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3703869/munchies-proudly-ripped-off-gremlins-back-in-1987-hidden-gems/|title=Munchies' Proudly Ripped Off 'Gremlins' Back in 1987|date=February 16, 2022 |publisher=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=May 12, 2024|archive-date=July 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711225104/https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3703869/munchies-proudly-ripped-off-gremlins-back-in-1987-hidden-gems/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman also remade ''[[Not of this Earth (1988 film)|Not of this Earth]]'' (1988) and released ''[[Big Bad Mama II]]'' (1987), and ''[[Transylvania Twist]]'' (1989); all three were directed by [[Jim Wynorski]]. He produced another version of ''[[Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)|Masque of the Red Death]]'' (1989), directed by Larry Brand. He produced ''[[Sweet Revenge (1987 film)|Sweet Revenge]]'' (1987), ''[[Slumber Party Massacre II]]'' (1988), directed by Deborah Brock, ''[[Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure]]'' (1988), also directed by Brock, and ''[[The Terror Within]]'' (1989), directed by Thierry Notz. Corman financed the early directorial efforts of [[Carl Franklin]] (''[[Nowhere to Run (1989 film)|Nowhere to Run]]'' (1989)), [[Mario Vargas Llosa|Vargas Llosa]] and [[Katt Shea]] (''[[Stripped to Kill]]'' (1988), ''Stripped to Kill II'' (1989)). More experimental was ''[[Nightfall (1988 film)|Nightfall]]'' (1988). After ''Hour of the Assassin'', he made a series of films in Peru, including ''[[Crime Zone]]'' (1989), also directed by Luis Llosa, and ''[[Full Fathom Five (film)|Full Fathom Five]]'' (1990), directed by Carl Franklin. Concorde had a big hit with ''[[Bloodfist]]'' (1989), starring Don "the Dragon" Wilson which cost $1 million and earned over $6 million. Concorde signed Wilson to a long-term contract and he made a number of sequels for the company, including ''[[Bloodfist II]]'' and ''Fighting to Win''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|140166128}}|first= Steve|last= Pond|date=June 1, 1990|title=Summer's sizzling start|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>