Roger Watkins
Roger Michael Watkins (September 17, 1948 – March 6, 2007) was a film director best known for the notorious 1970s grindhouse movie Last House on Dead End Street. He also directed several porn films. He worked with famous porn actors like Jamie Gillis and Vanessa del Rio. The Internet Movie Database lists a number of Watkins' aliases (see the information box at right), most of which he seems to have used in Last House on Dead End Street to conceal the fact that he worked in several technical capacities on that film - director, actor, cameraman, etc. Watkins began his career in adult film by writing the screenplay for Mystique (1979) which was directed by Roberta Findlay and for which he was uncredited. The following year he began writing and directing adult feature films under the pseudonym Richard Mahler, which he took from combining the names of two of his favorite composers, Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. His best known adult films (Her Name Was Lisa (1980), Midnight Heat (1983), Corruption (1983), and American Babylon (1985) are considered by many to be more cult films or arthouse films than pornography due to their multi layered narratives that are downbeat in tone, comtaining elements of avant-garde, horror and satire. (Wikipedia)
Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
After being released from prison, a young gangster with a chip on his shoulder decides to punish society by making snuff films. (more)
After being released from prison, a young gangster with a chip on his shoulder decides to punish society by making snuff films. (more)
Spine (1986)
A madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can murder and mutilate again. (more)
A madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can murder and mutilate again. (more)
Shadows of the Mind (1979)
The film opens as Elise is getting released from a mental institution after 12 years of being locked up. She witnessed her mother drown and afterwards was never the same. Her psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Lang believes she is well enough to leave the hospital. He along ... (more)
The film opens as Elise is getting released from a mental institution after 12 years of being locked up. She witnessed her mother drown and afterwards was never the same. Her psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Lang believes she is well enough to leave the hospital. He along ... (more)
Masque of the Red Death (1959)
Two children fight with wooden blades while standing beneath a pendulum. (more)
Two children fight with wooden blades while standing beneath a pendulum. (more)
Requiem (1968)
A boy talks to a man in a snowy cemetery before a mysterious woman leads the young man away and into bed. (more)
A boy talks to a man in a snowy cemetery before a mysterious woman leads the young man away and into bed. (more)
Ron Rico (1969)
Ron Rico, a man without arms or legs, stands in a scrapyard when a mysterious and attractive women approaches him. (more)
Ron Rico, a man without arms or legs, stands in a scrapyard when a mysterious and attractive women approaches him. (more)
Black Snow (1971)
An experimental film which Roger Watkins created in order to prove how easy it is to create experimental films. (more)
An experimental film which Roger Watkins created in order to prove how easy it is to create experimental films. (more)
Spittoon (1981)
An ageing German filmmaker attempts to make a horror movie with an inept cast and crew. (more)
An ageing German filmmaker attempts to make a horror movie with an inept cast and crew. (more)
And All Through the House
Short adaptation of the EC Comics story of the same name. (more)
Short adaptation of the EC Comics story of the same name. (more)
A Double Feature
Two short stop-motion animated films. The first film, 'Life is Nice I Think', follows a mannequin as it moves around a building. The second film, '-Rex- King of the Animals', follows a toy monkey that interacts with various other animals. (more)
Two short stop-motion animated films. The first film, 'Life is Nice I Think', follows a mannequin as it moves around a building. The second film, '-Rex- King of the Animals', follows a toy monkey that interacts with various other animals. (more)