Roger Corman, the writer and director who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died aged 98. Corman died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his daughter Catherine Corman said on Saturday in a statement. “He was generous, open-hearted and kind to all those who knew him,” the statement said. “When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a film-maker, just that.’” Across a career spanning more than 60 years, Corman developed a cheap and...