[1] Showtime approached Corman with the idea of doing a series of science fiction and horror feature films.
Whereas the other pictures... being contemporary films could easily be remade, brought up to date, re-written for the '90s.
"[3] Movies were still sporadically released under the Roger Corman Presents banner through 1999.
The 1997 film The Haunted Sea was originally intended as an episode of this anthology.
However, it had a troubled production and was rejected by broadcaster Showtime, which determined that it did not meet its quality standards.