The Last Late Show

For tonight’s feature on The Last Late Show we’ll take a look at the 60-million-dollar blockbuster of a college drop-out turned radical young director – who refused to be defined by a genre. A seemingly one-hit wonder by Hollywood executives who’d return from the dead to shock the critics, astound movie studios and infuriate the Motion Picture Association of America in the ultimate tale of the comeback kid.
A film so powerful that it would simultaneously launch the superstar career of one of the most prolific Special FX Artists in horror movie history. We’re talking about none other than George A. Romero and the 1978 horror movie classic Dawn of the Dead...and you here it here only tonight...and only on The Last Late Show.

It’s been said he could negotiate the production of a film on a pay phone, shoot it in the booth, and finance it with the money in the change slot.

He’s been called The King of the Cult Film, The Pope of Pop Cinema and King of the B-movies. He’d earn these industry distinctions and more...before this ‘Master of schlock horror’ would pull-off his greatest feat yet. – The filming of a ‘MOVIE within a MOVIE. He’d orchestrate a monumental game of 3-card monte, involving scene swaps, title swaps, -- additional footage and reshoots -- that’d keep cast, crew and even a seasoned director off the scent – and Beneath the Darkness –right up until the startling movie premiere.

That’s right, tonight we’re talking about Roger Corman, one of the most prolific producers in the history of film, and his surprise (in more ways than one) seaside gore-fest, that’d send rambunctious audiences into a screaming frenzy...1980’s Humanoids From the Deep

For tonight’s feature on The Last Late Show we’ll look at Universal Pictures endeavor –
to drag the Devil kicking and screaming – into the light.
To raise ‘Jaws’ from the depths of the deep blue sea and send it roaring across the Utah desert towards an unsuspecting southwestern town.
Hear from Director Elliot Silverstein about his attempts to tame the 5500-pound mechanical monster they’d created, that would seemingly defy all odds and take on a life of its own, nearly cost him his in the process.

For tonight’s feature on The Last Late Show we’ll look at the startling remake of a 1950’s sci-fi classic that would test the skills of a Canadian Legend and his top-tier crew to re-define the parameters and pitfalls behind the science of teleportation gone wrong and the radical new developments that’d lead to an Academy Award in groundbreaking special effects. Tour the backlot of what would become a sci-fi tour-de-force in the making, that would span 3 years, 4 re-writes, 2 studios, 2 directors and a leading man that even the head of 20th Century Fox would say –

“Was a horrible mistake.

For tonight’s feature on the Last Late Show we’ll look at the 1986 classic Vamp!
As producer Don P. Borchers struggles to keep up with the 80’s diva of fashion, movies and music, Grace Jones. You’ll hear from Grace about her process to create the alluring iconic Egyptian vampire, known only as...Katrina

And HELL on the set of that production as the crew attempts to deal with her nocturnal schedule, the vanishing acts, unexpected trips to Paris, and even a run-in with a fugitive from the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List.