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American International Podcast

  • Zontar, the Thing from Venus

    1 JUL 2024 · Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1966)  AIP Production #6669  Jeff and Cheryl notice something awfully familiar about a mind-controlling, cave-dwelling alien invader in Zontar, the Thing from Venus.  Written by Larry Buchanan and Hillman Taylor Directed by Larry Buchanan  Starring: John Agar as Dr. Curt Taylor Susan Bjurman as Ann Taylor Anthony Huston as Keith Ritchie Patricia De Laney as Martha Ritchie Neil Fletcher as Gen. Matt Young Warren Hammack as John Colleen Carr as Louise Jeff Alexander as rocket scientist Bill Thurman as Police Chief Brad Crenshaw Andrew Traister as Sgt. Magalari Jonathan Ledford as gate guard George Edglley as Mr. Ledford Carol Gilley as Alice Bertha Holmes as townswoman  Produced by Azalea Pictures and released by American International Television (AITV). Find Zontar, the Thing from Venus on Plex, Tubi, Sling, the Roku Channel or rent it on Prime Video.  Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast onhttps://letterboxd.com/aip_pod/,https://www.instagram.com/aip_pod/ andhttps://www.threads.net/@aip_pod @aip_pod and onhttps://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast/ at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast  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)  Photohttps://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-vintage-living-room-two-boys-watching-television-home-s-style-shot-behind-image66485426 ©https://www.dreamstime.com/mikemols_info |https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/kids-watching-television-retro.html
    Played 47m 23s
  • Majin, the Monster of Terror

    24 JUN 2024 · Majin, the Monster of Terror (1968) Jeff and Cheryl pray that the mountain god will finally intervene, and once he does, fervently pray that he’ll go away in Majin, the Monster of Terror. Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Written by Tesuro Yoshida Produced by Masaichi Nagata for Daiei Studios  Starring: Miwa Takada as Kozasa Hanabusa Yoshihiko Aoyama as Tadafumi Hanabusa Jun Fujimaki as Kogenta Sarumaru Ryûtarô Gomi as Samansuke Oodate Ryûzô Shimada as Tadakiyo Hanabusa Tatsuo Endô as Gunjurô Inugami Shôsaku Sugiyama as Yusuke Kajiura Chikara Hashimoto as Hanzo Motogi Saburô Date as Ippei Chûma Otome Tsukimiya as Shinobu, The Shrine Maiden Keiko Kayama as Haruno Eigorô Onoe as Gosaku Gen Kimura as Mosuke, Take-bô's Father Shizuhiro Deguchi as Take-bô (Take) Hideki Ninomiya as Tadafumi as a boy  Masako Morishita as Young Kozasa A Daiei Production released by American International Television as part of 15 New Science-Fiction  Find Majin, the Monster of Terror (Daimajin) on the Roku Channel or rent it on Apple TV+ or Prime Video. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast onhttps://letterboxd.com/aip_pod/,https://www.instagram.com/aip_pod/ andhttps://www.threads.net/@aip_pod @aip_pod and onhttps://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast/ at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast  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). Photohttps://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-vintage-living-room-two-boys-watching-television-home-s-style-shot-behind-image66485426 ©https://www.dreamstime.com/mikemols_info |https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/kids-watching-television-retro.htmlhttps://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/kids-watching-television-retro.html
    Played 35m 3s
  • Attack of the Mushroom People

    17 JUN 2024 · Attack of the Mushroom People AIP Production #6539 Jeff and Cheryl know which of them will eat the mushrooms and which one will not during the Attack of the Mushroom People. Directed by Ishirō Honda Screenplay by Takeshi Kimura Story by Shinichi Hoshi and Masami Fukushima Based on the short story “The Voice in the Night” by William Hope Hodgson  Starring:   Akira Kubo as Professor Kenji Murai Kumi Mizuno as Mami Sekiguchi Kenji Sahara as Senzō Koyama Hiroshi Tachikawa as Etsurō Yoshida Yoshio Tsuchiya as Masafumi Kasai Hiroshi Koizumi as Naoyuki Sakuda Miki Yashiro as Akiko Sōma Jiro Kumagai as Doctor at Tokyo Medical Center Yutaka Oka as Doctor at Tokyo Medical Center Keisuke Yamada as Doctor at Tokyo Medical Center Hideyo Amamoto, Haruo Nakajima, Masaki Shinohara, Kōji Uruki, Toku Ihara, Kuniyoshi Kashima and Tokio Ōkawa as Matango/Mushroom People A Toho Studios Production released by American International Television (AITV). Find Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango) on the Criterion Channel or rent it on Prime Video. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on https://letterboxd.com/aip_pod/, https://www.instagram.com/aip_pod/ and https://www.threads.net/@aip_pod @aip_pod and on https://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast/ at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast. 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). Photohttps://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-vintage-living-room-two-boys-watching-television-home-s-style-shot-behind-image66485426 ©https://www.dreamstime.com/mikemols_info |https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/kids-watching-television-retro.html
    Played 35m 21s
  • American International Television

    12 JUN 2024 · For the next ten weeks, Jeff and Cheryl will discuss the original movies that were distributed by AIP’s television syndication subsidiary, American International Television (AITV).  Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on https://letterboxd.com/aip_pod/, https://www.instagram.com/aip_pod/ and https://www.threads.net/@aip_pod @aip_pod and on https://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast/ at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast.   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).   Photohttps://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-vintage-living-room-two-boys-watching-television-home-s-style-shot-behind-image66485426 ©https://www.dreamstime.com/mikemols_info |https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/kids-watching-television-retro.html
    Played 5m 11s
  • Invasion of the Saucer Men

    10 JUN 2024 · Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Jeff and Cheryl watch the skies for big-headed bug-eyed aliens with an aversion to teenagers in Invasion of the Saucer Men.  Directed by Edward L. Cahn  Written by Robert J. Gurney Jr. & Al Martin  Based on short story "The Cosmic Frame" by Paul W. Fairman  Produced by James H. Nicholson  Starring: Steve Terrell as Johnny Carter  Gloria Castillo as Joan Hayden  Frank Gorshin as Joe Gruen  Raymond Hatton as Farmer Larkin    Lyn Osbornas Art Burns  Russ Bender as Doctor  Douglas Henderson as Lt. Wilkins  Sam Buffington as Colonel Ambrose  Jason Johnson as Detective  Don Shelton as City Attorney Hayden  Kelly Thordsen as Sgt. Bruce  Paul Blaisdell as alien  Bob Burns as alien  Angelo Rossito as alien  Eddie Gibbons as alien  Dean Neville as alien  and Lloyd Dixon as alien  A Malibu Production released by American International Pictures  Find Invasion of the Saucer Men on the streaming sites Raygun and Fawesome. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast. View Invasion of the Saucer Men trailer https://youtu.be/E_kkD5dOdAI. 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).
    Played 41m 29s
  • The Oklahoma Woman

    3 JUN 2024 · The Oklahoma Woman (1956) Jeff and Cheryl eagerly await the results of the big election that is somehow incredibly pivotal in The Oklahoma Woman.  Directed by Roger Corman Written by Lou Rusoff Produced by Alex Gordon  Starring: Richard Denning as Steve Ward Peggie Castle as Marie "Oklahoma" Saunders Cathy Downs as Susan Grant Mike ‘Touch’ Connors as Tom Blake Tudor Owen as Ed Grant Martin Kingsley as Sheriff Bill Peters Jonathan Haze as Blackie Thompson Dick Miller as Mike, the bartender Tom Dillon as Jimmy Marsh Edmund Cobb as Deputy Sam Bruno VeSota as Stacy and Paul Blaisdell as a henchman  A Sunset Production released by American Releasing Corporation. Find The Oklahoma Woman, if you can, on a bootleg DVD or certain type of video site.  Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast.  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).
    Played 49m 29s
  • Explicit

    Muscle Beach Party

    27 MAY 2024 · Muscle Beach Party (1964)  AIP Production #6401/6422  Jeff and Cheryl try to ignore the obnoxious body-builders camped out next door in Muscle Beach Party.  Directed by William Asher  Screenplay by Robert Dillon  Story by Robert Dillon and William Asher  Produced by Robert Dillon and James H. Nicholson  Starring: Frankie Avalon as Frankie  Annette Funicello as Dee Dee  Luciana Paluzzi as Contessa Juliana ("Julie") Giotto-Borgini  John Ashley as Johnny  Don Rickles as Jack Fanny  Peter Turgeon as Theodore  Jody McCrea as Deadhead  Dick Dale as Himself  Candy Johnson as Candy   Rock Stevens as Flex Martian  Valora Noland as Animal  Delores Wells as Sniffles  Donna Loren as Donna  Morey Amsterdam as Cappy  Little Stevie Wonder as Himself  Buddy Hackett as S.Z. Matts (rich business manager)  Dan Haggerty as Biff  Larry Scott as Rock  Gordon Case as Tug  Gene Shuey as Riff  Chester Yorton as Hulk  Bob Seven as Sulk  Steve Merjanian as Clod  Alberta Nelson as Lisa, Jack Fanny's assistant  Amadee Chabot as Flo, Jack Fanny's assistant  Peter Lorre as Mr. Strangdour  An Alta Vista Production for American International Pictures  You can stream Muscle Beach Party on Pluto TV and The Roku Channel, or rent it on Vudu, AppleTV+, or Prime Video. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast. View the Muscle Beach Party trailer at https://youtu.be/WE4_6enWG3E.  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).
    Played 51m 58s
  • Gunslinger

    20 MAY 2024 · Gunslinger (1956)  Jeff and Cheryl take a seat in the Red Dog Saloon to see the catfights and duels in Gunslinger.Directed by Roger Corman Written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna Produced by Roger Corman for Palo Alto ProductionsStarring: Beverly Garland as Marshal Rose Hood John Ireland as Cane Miro Allison Hayes as Erica Page Martin Kingsley as Mayor Gideon Polk Jonathan Haze as Jake Hayes Margaret Campbell as Felicity Polk Bruno VeSota as Zebelon Tabb Chris Alcaide as Deputy Joshua Tate Dick Miller as Jimmy Tonto William Schallert as Marshal Scott Hood Aaron Saxon as Nate Signo A Palo Alto production Distributed by American Releasing Corporation You can stream Gunslinger on Pluto TV or The Roku Channel, or rent it on Prime Video. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on https://letterboxd.com/aip_pod/, https://www.instagram.com/aip_pod/ and https://www.threads.net/@aip_pod @aip_pod and on Facebook at https://facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast. View the Gunslinger trailer https://youtu.be/h74vQntJZZ0.   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).
    Played 56m 7s
  • Kidnapped

    13 MAY 2024 · Kidnapped (1971) AIP Production #7138  Jeff and Cheryl draw their swords for an adventure in the Scottish Highlands in Kidnapped.  Directed by Delbert Mann Screenplay by Jack Pulman Based on "Kidnapped" and "Catriona" (aka David Balfour) by Robert Louis Stevenson Produced by Frederick Brogger for Omnibus Productions  Starring: Michael Caine as Alan Breck Lawrence Douglas as David Balfour Vivien Heilbron as Catriona Stewart Trevor Howard as Lord Advocate Grant Jack Hawkins as Captain Hoseason Donald Pleasence as Ebenezer Balfour Gordon Jackson as Charles Stewart Freddie Jones as Cluny MacPherson Jack Watson as James Stewart Peter Jeffrey as Mr. Riach  Roger Booth as the Duke of Cumberland Geoffrey Whitehead as Lieutenant Duncansby Andrew McCulloch as Andrew (Charles Stewart's clerk) Claire Nielson as Barbara Grant John Hughes as Simon Campbell Terry Richards as Mungo Campbell  An Omnibus Production distributed by American International Pictures. You can rent Kidnapped on Prime Video.  Visit our https://aippod.com/ - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on https://letterboxd.com/aip_pod/, https://www.instagram.com/aip_pod/ and https://www.threads.net/@aip_pod @aip_pod and on https://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast/ at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast.  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).
    Played 46m 50s
  • At the Earth's Core

    6 MAY 2024 · At the Earth’s Core (1976) AIP Production #7605 Jeff and Cheryl are mesmerized by dinosaur-bird creatures with psychic powers and an appetite for human flesh in At the Earth’s Core.  Directed by Kevin Connor  Screenplay by Milton Subotsky  Based on ‘At the Earth's Core’ by Edgar Rice Burroughs  Produced by John Dark, Max Rosenberg, and Milton Subotsky for Amicus Productions  Starring:  Doug McClure as David Innes  Peter Cushing as Dr. Abner Perry  Caroline Munro as Princess Dia  Cy Grant as Ra  Godfrey James as Ghak the Elder slave   Sean Lynch as Hoojah the Sly One  Keith Barron as Dowsett  Helen Gill as Maisie  Anthony Verner as Gadsby  Robert Gillespie as Photographer  Michael Crane as Jubal the Ugly One  Bobby Parr as Sagoth Chief  Andee Cromarty as Girl Slave  An Amicus Productions film distributed by American International Pictures. You can stream At the Earth’s Core on Tubi or the Roku channel or rent on Prime Video, Vudu, or Apple TV+.  Visit our https://aippod.com/ - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on https://letterboxd.com/aip_pod/, https://www.instagram.com/aip_pod/ and https://www.threads.net/@aip_pod @aip_pod and on https://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast/ at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast.  View the At the Earth’s Core trailer https://youtu.be/t50qO8g6Bzg. 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).
    Played 43m 23s

For over three decades, an independent film studio churned out hundreds of movies that captured the imagination of audiences around the world. From horror to sci-fi to exploitation and everything...

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For over three decades, an independent film studio churned out hundreds of movies that captured the imagination of audiences around the world. From horror to sci-fi to exploitation and everything in between, American International Pictures brought us low-budget, high energy and often controversial films with lurid titles, low budgets and some surprisingly big names.

Join Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot as they dive into AIP’s catalog of nearly 500 movies, to discuss everything from The Abominable Dr Phibes to Zontar, the Thing from Venus!

The American International Podcast is not affiliated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or its subsidiaries.
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