The company is now officially known as New Horizons Picture Corp. Corman founded New World Productions (NWP) in 1970,[4][5] and had been making low budget genre films until 1982.
"[8] Under the terms of the contract, he agreed to stay on as consultant for two years and that New World would guarantee to distribute any movies he made until February 1984, at a bargain rate fee of 15%.
I was so dead-set against it that I proposed a formula to a group of four well-financed independent producers to jointly start a distribution company.
Corman said "I had read a book this time that said hard C's were the most significant sound to sell products — like Kodak, or Coca-Cola.
[19] The first eight films distributed by Concorde would be Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Naked Vengeance, Wheels of Fire, Loose Screws (Screwballs II), School Spirit, Barbarian Queen, The Devastator and Streetwalkin’.
Their first releases would include Club Sandwich and Cocaine Wars from Concorde and Born American and Hollywood Vice Squad from Cinema Group.
Our goal is to make eight to nine pictures a year and eventually start picking up foreign films and independent features.
This made Concorde-New Horizons one of the first production companies to fully develop and capitalize on video as a distribution tool.
[1] According to his biographer, "At Concorde-New Horizons in the mid-1980s, the key to profitability seemed to lie in volume: more movies meant more money.
Beverly Gray, Corman's biographer, wrote "many Concorde veterans remember the late 1980s as the company’s golden age, in which there was plenty of room for new ideas and new talent.
[29][30] In 2005, Concorde signed a 12-year deal with Buena Vista Home Entertainment giving BVHE distribution rights to the more than 400 Roger Corman produced films.
Factory controls distribution rights in North America, Europe, Australia, and Russia, while Chinese company Ace Film HK Company signed distribution deals with Shout for China, most of Asia, Africa, and South America.
[32] Concorde-New Horizons has produced over 122 films, including Bloodfist, Shadow Dancer, The Sea Wolf, Munchie Strikes Back, and Summer Camp Nightmare, and has distributed over 39 films, including Supergator, Slaughter Studios, Dragon Fire, and Eye of the Eagle.
The New Concorde Home Entertainment concentrates on distribution, and has released over 90 films, including Dinocroc, Avalanche Alley, Humanoids from the Deep, Munchies, and The Slumber Party Massacre.
Concorde Pictures, has produced 9 films, including Killer Instinct, Watchers II, Time Trackers, and The Drifter, and has distributed over 144 films, including Avalanche Alley, The Sea Wolf, Humanoids from the Deep, Star Hunter, and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.