Best known for his ”magnum opus”, Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), he did once produce and direct a film that had an actual budget and an actual script, and is often considered his best movie, and that is Bride of the Monster.
But for some reason the name that has gone down in history as the king of bad movies is that of Edward D. Roger Corman, who was in truth a very good producer and director, made an art out of making films on almost no money. There were quite a few hacks who tried their hands at sci-fi programmers, such as W. If you could raise 30 000 dollars, conjure up a script and stick a monster in the film, you could almost bet that someone would pick up distribution rights and make their money back, no matter how bad the movie was. The fifties were a golden age for filmmakers without money, time or any particular talent.
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