Roger Corman, King of B-Movies, Dies at 98

Roger Corman, the legendary filmmaker best known for producing and directing hundreds of low-budget cult-classic films, has died at the age of 98. According to Variety, Corman died surrounded by family at his home in Santa Monica on May 9. “His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that,’” his family said in a statement shared with Variety.