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Such a loss to the world of B-movies. He gave us to many fun popcorn classics to enjoy. Producer on almost five hundred films and director on over fifty. I'm going to watch one tonight in his honor.

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He also gave so many actors their first break. Just copying from the news: Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, William Shatner, to name a few.

While we're on it, what are some of your favorites? I probably don't know some of the movies I watched made/produced by him.

I know I've always loved "Death Race 2000" (1975). Actually like the re-make too "Death Race" (2008) (and he's listed as an executive producers for that too). The 2008 one really has nothing to do with the 1975 one except for re-using some names but both are good fun.

Worked with a lot of directors on their first or nearly first movies, like James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdonovich, Ron Howard. Even the Fantastic Four movie he produced had some pluses (the Red Letter Media review is worth watching).

I’ve always thought “Little Shop of Horrors” (1960: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054033/) was excellent. Call it a B movie if you want, but there’s something fascinating about it.

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