American International Podcast

Savage Sisters (1974)

Jeff and Cheryl plan a revolution for the low, low price of $1,000,000 in Savage Sisters.

Directed by Eddie Romero
Written by H. Franco Moon and Harry Corner
Produced by John Ashley, Eddie Romero and David Cohen for Cinema Projects International, Hemisphere Pictures, and AIP

Starring:

Gloria Hendry as Lynn Jackson
Cheri Caffaro as Jo Turner
Rosanna Oritz as Mei Ling
John Ashley as W. P. Billingsley
Sid Haig as Malavasi
Eddie Garcia as Captain Morales
Vic Díaz as "One-Eye"
Rita Gomez as Matron
Ortega Leopoldo Salcedo as General Balthazar
Dindo Fernando as Ernesto
Angelo Ventura as Punjab
Romeo Rivera as Raul
Alfonso Carvajal as Ruiz
Robert Rivera as Rocco
Subas Herrero as Victor
Max Rojo as Hawk
and Johnny Long as Jackal

Produced by Cinema Projects International and Hemisphere Pictures, and distributed by American International Pictures. Stream Savage Sisters on Tubi.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955).

The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
AIP Production #220

Jeff and Cheryl do their best not to anger the murderous emissary of peace from another planet in The Astounding She-Monster.

Directed by Ronnie Ashcroft
Screenplay by Frank Hall
Story by Frank Hall and Ronnie Ashcroft
Produced by Ronnie Ashcroft

Starring:

Robert Clarke as Dick Cutler
Kenne Duncan as Nat Burdell
Marilyn Harvey as Margaret Chaffee
Jeanne Tatum as Esther Malone
Shirley Kilpatrick as The She-Monster
Ewing Brown as Brad Conley
Al Avalon as Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
Scott Douglas as Narrator (uncredited)
and Egan the Collie as himself

Produced by Hollywood International Pictures and distributed by American International Pictures. Stream The Astounding She-Monster on Freevee or Tubi, or rent it on Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

House of 1000 Dolls (1967)
AIP Production #6712

Jeff and Cheryl search every brothel in Tangier for the House of 1000 Dolls.

Directed by Jeremy Summers
Written by Harry Alan Towers (as "Peter Welbeck")
Produced by Louis M. ‘Deke’ Heyward and Harry Alan Towers

Starring:
Vincent Price as Felix Manderville
Martha Hyer as Rebecca
George Nader as Stephen Armstrong
Ann Smyrner as Marie Armstrong
Wolfgang Kieling as Inspector Emil
Sancho Gracia as Fernando
Maria Rohm as Diane
Luis Rivera as Paul
José Jaspe as Ahmed
Juan Olaguivel as Salim
Herbert Fux as Abdu
Yelena Samarina as Madame Viera
Diane Bond as Carmen from Rio
Andrea Lascelles as Doll and Ursula Janis as another Doll
Produced by Constantin Film and American International Pictures.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Macon County Line
AIP Production #7409

Jeff and Cheryl get out their atlases and try to figure out where on Earth is this movie’s Macon County Line.

Directed by Richard Compton
Written by Max Baer Jr. and Richard Compton
Produced by Max Baer Jr. and Roger Camras

Starring:
Alan Vint as Chris Dixon
Jesse Vint as Wayne Dixon
Cheryl Waters as Jenny Scott
Max Baer Jr. as Deputy Reed Morgan
Geoffrey Lewis as Hamp
Joan Blackman as Carol Morgan
Leif Garrett as Luke Morgan
James Gammon as Elisha Gibbons
Timothy Scott as Lon Hawkins
Sam Gilman as Deputy Bill
Doodles Weaver as Augie
Emile Meyer as Gurney

Produced by Max Baer Productions, Inc. and distributed by American International Pictures. Stream Macon County Line on Peacock, Pluto, Freevee, Plex, Tubi or Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Goliath and the Dragon
AIP Production #6007

Jeff and Cheryl dust off their Greek mythology books to figure out the difference between centaurs and satyrs for Goliath and the Dragon.

Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
Screenplay by Marcello Baldi, Duccio Tessari, Mario Ferrari, Nicolo Ferrari ,Fabio Carpi, Ennio De Concini, and Franco Rossetti
Story by Marcello Baldi and Nicolo Ferrari
Produced by Gianni Fuchs and Achille Piazzi
Production companies: Achille Piazzi
Produzioni Cinematografica Produzione Gianni Guchs and Comptoir Francais du Film Production (CFFP)

Starring:

Mark Forest – Emilius/Goliath
Broderick Crawford – King Eurystheus
Sandro Moretti – Illus
Gaby André – Ismene
Phillip Hersent – Antoneos
Leonora Ruffo – Dejanira
Giancarlo Sbragia – Tindaro
Wandisa Guida – Alcinoe
Federica Ranchi – Thea
Carla Calò – La Sibilla, the Wind Goddess
Ugo Sasso – Timocles
Claudio Undari – Centaur
Grazia Collodi - Iride, Thea’s Slave
Salvatore Furnari – Little Peasant

Produced by AIP and Achille Piazzi Produzioni Cinematografica and distributed by American International Pictures. Stream Goliath and the Dragon on Tubi or Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Breaker! Breaker!
AIP Production #7704

Jeff and Cheryl put the hammer down and avoid the smokies to put eyes on AIP’s only Chuck Norris movie, Breaker! Breaker!

Directed by Don Hulette
Written by Terry Chambers
Produced by Sam Schulman, Bernard Tabakin, Don Hulette and John Burrows; Paragon Films/Worldwide Productions

Starring:

Chuck Norris as John David "J.D." Dawes
George Murdock as Judge Joshua Trimmings
Terry O'Connor as Arlene Trimmings
Don Gentry as Sergeant Strode
John DiFusco as Arney
Ron Cedillos as Deputy Boles
Michael Augenstein as Billy Dawes
Dan Vandegrift as Wilfred
Douglas Stevenson as Drake
Paul Kawecki as Wade
Larry Feder as George
Jack Nance as Burton
David Bezar as Tony Trimmings
Miranda Garrrison as Barmaid
Amelia Laurenson as Luana
Deborah Shore as Pearl
The Great John L. as Kaminski
and David Stephen Essex as Elroy

Produced by Paragon Films/Worldwide Productions for American International Pictures.Stream this movie on Tubi and Amazon Prime.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
AIP Production #6704

Jeff and Cheryl defy curfew and stay up past 10pm to experience Riot on Sunset Strip.

Directed by Arthur Dreifuss
Written by Orville H. Hampton
Produced by Sam Katzman for Four Leaf Productions

Starring:

Aldo Ray as Walt Lorimer
Mimsy Farmer as Andrea Dollier
Michael Evans as Frank Tweedy
Laurie Mock as Liz-Ann Barbrey
Tim Rooney as Grady Toss
Bill Baldwin as Stokes
Anna Mizrahi as Helen Tweedy
Hortense Petra as Margie
Schuyler Hayden as Herbie
Gene Kirkwood as Flip
Pat Renella as Perry
Forrest Lewis as Aynsley Ross
George E. Carey as Arnow
John Hart as Pritchard
Dick Winslow as Curtis
and "The Longhairs" from Sunset Strip
with music by The Standells, The Chocolate Watchband, and The Enemies

Produced by Four Leaf Productions for American International Pictures. Stream this movie on Amazon Prime or MGM+.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)

Jeff and Cheryl put together the pieces of a broken heart (along with some other parts) for I Was a Teenage Frankenstein.

Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Written by Aben Kandel and Herman Cohen (as Kenneth Langtry)
Produced by Herman Cohen - Santa Rosa Productions
Executive producers Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson

Starring:

Whit Bissell as Professor Frankenstein
Phyllis Coates as Margaret
Robert Burton as Dr. Karlton
Gary Conway as the teenage Frankenstein monster/Bob
George Lynn as Sergeant Burns
John Cliff as Sergeant McAfee
Marshall Bradford as Dr. Randolph
Joy Stoner as Arlene
Claudia Bryar as Arlene's mother
Angela Blake as beautiful girl
and Russ Whiteman as Dr. Elwood

Produced by Santa Rosa Productions for American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on Plex and YouTube while it lasts.

Our side-by-side comparison of the differences between the US and British edits of I Was a Teenage Frankenstein can be viewed here.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

The Devil Within Her (1975)
AIP Production #7517/7602

Jeff and Cheryl learn how to sedate and exorcise naughty children in The Devil Within Her.

Directed by Peter Sasdy
Written by Stanley Price
Produced by Nato de Angeles for the Rank Organisation

Starring:

Joan Collins as Lucy Carlesi
Ralph Bates as Gino Carlesi
Eileen Atkins as Sister Albana
Donald Pleasence as Dr. Finch
Hilary Mason as Mrs. Hyde
Caroline Munro as Mandy Gregory
John Steiner as Tommy Morris
George Claydon as Hercules
Janet Key as Jill Fletcher
Derek Benfield as Police Inspector
Stanley Lebor as Police Sergeant
Judy Buxton as Sheila
Andrew Secombe as delivery boy
Floella Benjamin as delivery room nurse
Liz Fraser as Mandy (voice only)

Produced by the Rank Organisation for American International Pictures. Find this movie available to rent on Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Shake, Rattle & Rock (1956)

Jeff and Cheryl await the verdict on movies featuring Fats Domino in Shake, Rattle & Rock!

Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Written by Lou Rusoff
Produced by Sunset Productions by Alex Gordon and James H. Nicholson

Starring:
Mike "Touch" Connors as Garry Nelson
Lisa Gaye as June Fitzdingle
Sterling Holloway as Albert "Axe" McAllister
Douglass Dumbrille as Eustace Fentwick III
Raymond Hatton as Horace Fitzdingle
Margaret Dumont as Georgianna Fitzdingle
Percy Helton as Hiram, the funeral director
Paul Dubov as Bugsy Smith
Eddie Kafafian as Nick
Charles Evans as Bill Bentley
Clarence Kolb as Judge McCombs
Fats Domino as himself
Tommy Charles as himself
Jimmy Pickford as Eddie
Leon Tyler as Aloysius Pentigrouch
Pat Gregory as Pat
Rosie and Carlos as teen dance contest winners
Annitta Ray as Annita, singing teen
Giovanna Fiorino as Helen
Frank Jenks as Frank, TV program manager
Joe Devlin as squad car officer
Pierre Watkin as Mr. Armstrong, the editor
Nancy Kilgas as Nancy
Choker Campbell as himself
and Big Joe Turner as himself

Produced by Sunset Productions for American International Pictures. Find this movie on Plex, Pluto or Tubi or rent it on Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
AIP Production #7137

Jeff and Cheryl follow the path of breadcrumbs to solve the mystery of Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Directed by Curtis Harrington
Written by Robert Blees and James Sangster
With additional dialogue by Gavin Lambert
Based on the story by David D. Osborn
Executive Produced by Louis M. Heyward
Produced by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff

Starring:

Shelley Winters as Mrs. Rosie "Auntie Roo" Forrest
Mark Lester as Christopher Coombs
Chloe Franks as Katy Coombs
Ralph Richardson as Mr. Benton, fake psychic
Lionel Jeffries as Police Inspector Willoughby
Hugh Griffith as Mr. Harrison, the "Pigman"
Rosalie Crutchley as Miss Henley
Pat Heywood as Dr. Mason
Judy Cornwell as Clarine, Aunt Roo's servant
Michael Gothard as Albie, Aunt Roo's butler
Jacqueline Cowper as Angela, girl at orphanage
Richard Beaumont as Peter, boy at orphanage
Charlotte Sayce as Katharine Forrest, Auntie Roo's daughter
Marianne Stone as Miss Wilcox

Produced by American International Pictures and the Hemdale Film Corporation. Find this movie available to stream on Pluto.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
AIP Production #6578

Jeff and Cheryl fall through a trap door into a mad scientist’s sexy lair in Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine.

Directed by Norman Taurog
Screenplay by Elwood Ullman and Robert Kaufman
Story by James Hartford (James Nicholson)
Produced by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff

Starring:

Vincent Price as Dr. Goldfoot
Frankie Avalon as Craig Gamble
Dwayne Hickman as Todd Armstrong
Susan Hart as Diane
Jack Mullaney as Igor
Fred Clark as D. J. Pevney
Alberta Nelson as Reject No. 12
Milton Frome as Motorcycle cop
Hal Riddle as Newsvendor
Joe Ploski as Cook

Produced by American International Pictures. Find this movie available to rent on Apple TV+, Prime Video or Vudu.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Sorority Girl (1957)

Jeff and Cheryl pledge the most brutal Greek house in college history in Sorority Girl.

Directed by Roger Corman
Written by Leo Lieberman and Ed Waters
Story from the play End as a Man by Calder Willingham
Produced by Roger Corman/Sunset Productions

Starring:
Susan Cabot as Sabra Tanner
Dick Miller as Mort
Barboura O'Neill as Rita Joyce
June Kenney as Tina
Fay Baker as Mrs. Tanner
Barbara Crane as Ellie Marshall
Joan Lora as Terry
Jay Sayer as Jughead
Jeane Wood as Mrs. Fessenden, the housemother
Beach Dickerson as Terry’s boyfriend.

Released by American International Pictures. Find this movie available to stream on Pluto, Plex, Tubi or rent on Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Dragstrip Girl (1957)

Jeff and Cheryl soup up their jalopies and race at dangerous speeds to see Dragstrip Girl.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Written by Lou Rusoff
Based on story by Lou Rusoff
Produced by Alex Gordon and Executive Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff

Starring:
Fay Spain as Louise Blake
John Ashley as Fred Armstrong
Steve Terrell as Jim Donaldson
Frank Gorshin as Tommy Burns
Tommy Ivo as Rick Camden
Dorothy Bruce as Anna Blake
Don Shelton and Sam Blake
Russ Bender as the Police Lieutenant
Gracia Narciso as Mama
Tito Vuolo as Papa

Produced by Golden State Productions and distributed by American International Pictures. Find this movie available to stream on Tubi or rent on Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

War Gods of the Deep (1965)
AIP Production #6504/6534

Jeff and Cheryl explore an undersea kingdom with a dangerous source of renewable energy.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Screenplay by Charles Bennett and Louis M. Heyward with additional dialogue by David Whitaker
Based on "The City in the Sea" by Edgar Allan Poe Produced by George Willoughby and Daniel Haller (Bruton Film productions and AIP.)

Starring:
Vincent Price as Sir Hugh, The Captain
David Tomlinson as Harold Tufnell-Jones
Tab Hunter as Ben Harris
Susan Hart as Jill Tregillis
John Le Mesurier as Rev. Jonathan Ives
Henry Oscar as Mumford
Derek Newark as Dan
Roy Patrick as Simon
and Herbert the chicken as herself

Produced by Homer Productions and released by American International Pictures. Find this movie available to stream on MGM+ or rent on Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Diary of a Bachelor (1964)
AIP Production #6413/6441

Directed by Sandy Howard
Written by Ken Barnett
Produced by Sandy Howard for Homer Productions; released by American International Pictures

Jeff and Cheryl sneak a peak at the private journal of a prolific dater in Diary of a Bachelor.

Starring William Traylor as Skip O'Hara
Joe Silver as Charlie Barrett
Dagne Crane as Joanne
Denise Lor as Jane Woods
Jan Crockett as Jennifer Watters
Susan Dean as Barbara
Eleni Kiamos as Angie Pisano
Arlene Golonka as Lois
Joan Holloway as Nancy Feather
Mickey Deems as Barney Washburn
Paula Stewart as Carlotta Jones
Dom DeLuise as Marvin Rollins
Jackie Kannon as Bob Haney
Lorna Thatcher as Mrs. O’Hara

Produced by Homer Productions and released by American International Pictures. Find this movie available to stream on MGM+ or rent on Prime Video.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

The Vampire Lovers
AIP Production #7005

Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Screenplay by Tudor Gates, based on ‘Carmilla’ by Sheridan Le Fanu
Adaptation by Harry Fine, Tudor Gates and Michael Style
Produced by Michael Style and Harry Fine for Fantale films/Hammer Films, distributed by AIP

Jeff and Cheryl are titillated by the…well, you know, in the Vampire Lovers.

Starring Ingrid Pitt as Marcilla/Carmilla/Mircalla Karnstein
Pippa Steele as Laura Spielsdorf
Madeline Smith as Emma Morton
Peter Cushing as General Spielsdorf
George Cole as Roger Morton
Dawn Addams as the Countess
Kate O'Mara as the governess, Mademoiselle Perrodot
Douglas Wilmer as Baron Joachim von Hartog
Jon Finch as Carl Ebhardt
Ferdy Mayne as the doctor
Kirsten Lindholm as the First Vampire (the blonde woman)
John Forbes-Robertson as the Man in Black
Shelagh Wilcocks as the housekeeper
Harvey Hall as Renton, the butler
Janet Key as Gretchin, the maid
Charles Farrell as the landlord

Co-produced by Hammer Pictures and American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on Tubi, Freevee or ScreenPix, or rent it on Vudu.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Crime and Passion (1976)
AIP Production #7524

Jeff and Cheryl learn the perils of not checking your cannon before you fire it in Crime and Passion.

Directed by Ivan Passer
Written by Alan R. Trustman, David M. Wolf and Ivan Passer
Based on An Ace Up My Sleeve by James Hadley Chase
Produced by Barney Bernhard and Robert L. Abrams.

Starring Omar Sharif as André Ferren
Karen Black as Susan Winters
Joseph Bottoms as Larry
Bernhard Wicki as Hermann Rolf
Heinz Ehrenfreund as Henkel
Elma Karlowa as Masseuse
Volker Prechtel as Gastwirt
Erich Padalewski as Autoverkäufer
Robert L. Abrams as Mr. Blatt
Franz Muxeneder as Priester
Margarete Soper as Sylvia
Produced by Gloria Pictures and released in the United States by American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on YouTube as ‘Frankenstein’s Spukschloss’.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Blacula (1972)
AIP Production #7211

Jeff and Cheryl decide to take up antiquing in the hopes of finding the coffin containing Blacula.

Directed by William Crain Screenplay by Joan Torres, Raymond Koenig and Richard Glouner Produced by Power Productions Samuel Z. Arkoff and Joseph T. Naar
Starring William Marshall as Prince Mamuwalde / Blacula
Denise Nicholas as Michelle Williams
Vonetta McGee as Tina Williams / Luva
Gordon Pinsent as Lieutenant Jack Peters
Thalmus Rasulala as Dr. Gordon Thomas
Emily Yancy as Nancy, The Nightclub Photographer
Lance Taylor Sr. as Swenson, The Funeral Director
Logan Field as Sergeant Barnes
Ted Harris as Bobby McCoy
Rick Metzler as Billy Schaffer
Ketty Lester as Juanita Jones / Taxi Cabbie
Charles Macaulay as Count Dracula
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as "Skillet"
Elisha Cook, Jr. as Sam, The Morgue Attendant
Eric Brotherson as Real Estate Agent
The Hues Corporation as Themselves, The Performers At The Nightclub

Produced by AIP and the Power Company and released under American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on Freevee, Pluto or Screenpix or rent it on Prime, Vudu or Apple TV+.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

Futureworld
AIP Production #7612

Jeff and Cheryl start saving up for an out-of-this-world adventure in Futureworld.

Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Written by Mayo Simon, George Schenck
Produced by Paul N. Lazarus III, James T. Aubrey for the Aubrey Company and distributed by AIP

Starring:
Peter Fonda as Chuck Browning
Blythe Danner as Tracy Ballard aka Socks
Arthur Hill as Dr. Duffy
Yul Brynner as the Gunslinger
John Ryan as Dr. Morton Schneider
Stuart Margolin as Harry Croft
James M. Connor as Clark the robot
Allen Ludden as game show host
Robert Cornthwaite as Mr. Reed
Angela Greene as Mrs. Reed
Darrell Larson as Eric
Nancy Bell as Erica
Bert Conroy as Mr. Karnovsky
Dorothy Konrad as Mrs. Karnovsky
John Fujioka as Mr. Takaguchi
Dana Lee as Mr. Takaguchi's aide
Jim Antonio as Ron Thurlow

Produced by The Aubrey Company and released under American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on Screenpix, Tubi, Pluto or Plex or rent it on Prime or Apple TV+.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)