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American International Podcast
Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot
Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 168

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 Amazon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or its subsidiaries.
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The Glory Stompers
Episode 91
lundi 9 décembre 2024 • Duration 48:46
AIP Production #6716
Jeff and Cheryl take a detour on their way to the Love-In to follow The Glory Stompers.
Directed by Anthony M. Lanza
Written by James Gordon White and John Lawrence
Produced by John Lawrence
Cast:
Dennis Hopper as Chino
Jody McCrea as Darryl/Cowboy
Chris Noel as Chris
Jock Mahoney as Smiley
Lindsay Crosby as Monk
Casey Kasem as Mouth
Jim Reader as Paul
Saundra Gayle as Jo Ann
Robert Tessier as Magoo
Astrid Warner as Doreen
Gary Wood as Pony
A Norman T. Herman Production
An AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL Release
Stream The Glory Stompers on YouTube.
View The Glory Stompers trailer 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)
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
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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. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
Episode 90
lundi 2 décembre 2024 • Duration 01:08:54
AIP Production #7205
Jeff and Cheryl explore the duality of their own natures while watching Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde.
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Written by Brian Clemens
Based on "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced by Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell
Cast:
Ralph Bates as Dr. Henry Jekyll
Martine Beswick as Mrs. Hyde
Gerald Sim as Professor Robertson
Lewis Fiander as Howard Spencer
Susan Brodrick as Susan Spencer
Dorothy Alison as Mrs. Spencer
Ivor Dean as William Burke
Tony Calvin as William Hare
Philip Madoc as Byker
Paul Whitsun-Jones as Sergeant Danvers
Virginia Wetherell as Betsy the French-speaking prostitute
Irene Bradshaw as Yvonne
Geoffrey Kenion as First Policeman
Anna Brett as Julie
Jackie Poole as Margie
Rosemary Lord as Marie
A Hammer Produvtion
Released by American International Pictures
Stream Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde on Prime Video, Peacock, Tubi, Freevee,or the Roku Channel, or rent from Fandango at Home.
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)
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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 Beast with a Million Eyes
Episode 81
lundi 30 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:06:38
AIP Production #106
Jeff and Cheryl come up short when counting the peepers on The Beast with a Million Eyes.
Directed by David Kramarsky
with Lou Place, Donald Myers and Roger Corman (uncredited)
Written by Tom Filer
Produced by David Kramarsky and Charles Hanawalt for San Mateo Productions for the American Releasing Corporation
Stream The Beast with a Million Eyes on Tubi, Pluto TV, Freevee or Amazon Prime Video
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View The Beast with a Million Eyes trailer here.
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)
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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)
Taboos of the World
Episode 80
lundi 23 septembre 2024 • Duration 42:37
AIP Production #6416/6450
Jeff and Cheryl are unwilling voyeurs into the customs and rituals of people in other countries in Taboos of the World.
Directed by Romolo Marcellini
Written by Giancarlo Del Re and Ugo Guerra (commentary) with story by Ugo Guerra, Jacques Lansmann, Virginio Lilli and Romolo Marcellini
Produced by Guido Giambartolomei
Narration by Vincent Price
Produced for Royal Film
Released by American International Pictures
Watch Taboos of the World -- if you can find it.
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 Taboos of the World trailer here.
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)
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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)
Voyage to the End of the Universe
Episode 79
lundi 16 septembre 2024 • Duration 49:51
AIP Production #6439
Jeff and Cheryl board an intergalactic flight to a very familiar destination in Voyage to the End of the Universe.
Directed by Jack Pollack (Jindřich Polák)
Screenplay by Paul Jurist (Pavel Juráček) and Jack Pollack (Jindřich Polák)
Based on Oblok Magellana/The Magellanic Cloud by Stanislaw Lem
Produced by Rudolph Wohl (Rudolf Wolf) for Filmové Studio Barrandov
Starring:
Dennis Stephens (Zdeněk Štěpánek) as the Captain
Rodney Lucas (Radovan Lukavský) as Commander Byron MacDonald
Dana Meredith (Dana Medřická) as Charlotte, the Sociologist
Irene Kova (Irena Kacírková) as Brigit
Frances Smolen (František Smolík) as Anthony Thompson
Otto Lack (Otto Lackovič)as Coordinator Michael
Jerry Tullis (Jiří Vršťala)as Pilot Erik Svenson
Myron March (Miroslav Machácek) as Bernard
Rudolph Dial (Rudolf Deyl) as Pilot Ervin Herold
John Mares (Jaroslav Mares) as Mark
Martin Tapin (Martin Tapák) as biologist Peter Hubert
Marcella Martin (Marcela Martínková) as Mark’s wife, Stephanie
Joseph Adams (Jozef Adamovic) as Coordinator Laurence
John Rose (Jaroslav Rozsíval) as the Ship’s Doctor
Produced for Filmové Studio Barrandov
Released by American International Pictures
Stream Voyage to the End of the Universe on Pluto or the Roku Channel or rent on Prime Video or Fandango at HomeThe Criterion Channel (as Ikarie X-B1) or on YouTube
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 Voyage to the End of the Universe trailer here.
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)
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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)
Count Yorga, Vampire
Episode 78
lundi 9 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:02:17
AIP Production #7015
Jeff and Cheryl devise better ways to dispatch a modern-day bloodsucker in Count Yorga, Vampire.
Written and directed by Bob Kelljan
Produced by Michael Macready for Erica Productions, Inc.
Starring:
Robert Quarry as Count Yorga
Roger Perry as Dr. Jim Hayes
Michael Murphy as Paul
Michael Macready as Mike Thompson
Donna Anders as Donna
Judith Lang as Erica Landers
Edward Walsh as Brudah
Julie Conners as Cleo
Paul Hansen as Peter
Sybil Scotford as Judy
Marsha Jordan as Donna’s mother
and George Macready as the Narrator
Produced for Erica Productions and released by American International Pictures. Stream Count Yorga, Vampire on Pluto or the Roku Channel or rent on Prime Video or Fandango at Home.
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 Count Yorga, Vampire trailer here.
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)
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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 Wild Party
Episode 77
lundi 2 septembre 2024 • Duration 54:24
AIP Production #7501
Jeff and Cheryl decide whether to accept their invitations to The Wild Party.
Directed by James Ivory
Screenplay by Walter Marks
Based in part on “The Wild Party”, the 1928 narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March
Produced by Ismail Merchant for American International Pictures
Starring:
James Coco as Jolly Grimm
Raquel Welch as Queenie
Perry King as Dale Sword
David Dukes as James Morrison
Tiffany Bolling as Kate
Marya Small as Bertha
Royal Dano as Tex
Annette Ferra as Nadine Jones
Eddie Lawrence as Kreutzer
Bobo Lewis as Wilma
Don De Natale as Jackie
Dena Dietrich as Mrs. Murchison
Regis Cordi as AJ Murchison
Jennifer Lee Pryor as Madeline True
Baruch Lumet as the Tailor
Fred Franklyn as Sam the Mogul
J.S. Johnson as Morris the Mogul
Tom Reese as Eddy, the Stuntman
Geraldine Baron as Grace Jones
Michael Grant Hall as Oscar D’Armano
Skipper as Phillip D’Armano
Ralph Manza as Fruit Dealer
Martin Kove as the Editor
Paul Barresi as the Bartender
Produced and released by American International Pictures. Rent The Wild Party on Fandango at Home.
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 Wild Party trailer here.
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)
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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)
One Summer Love
Episode 76
lundi 26 août 2024 • Duration 45:35
AIP Production #7523
Jeff and Cheryl search for any signs of “summer” or “love” but only find dragonflies in One Summer Love.
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Written by N. Richard Nash
Produced by Gilbert Cates
Starring:
Beau Bridges as Jesse Arlington
Susan Sarandon as Chloe Farna
James Noble as Dr. Leo Cooper
Harriet Rogers as Mrs. Patterson
Ann Wedgeworth as Pearlie
Linda Miller as Willa Arlington
Martin Burke as Lonny Arlington
Michael B. Miller as Gabe
Mildred Dunnock as Miss Barrow
Produced and released by American International Pictures
Stream One Summer Love on Tubi, Plex, or MGM+
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)
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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 Day the Earth Froze
Episode 75
lundi 19 août 2024 • Duration 37:33
Jeff and Cheryl take a break from the desert summer heat and enjoy The Day the Earth Froze.
Sampo Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko and Risto Orko
Written by Väinö Kaukonen, Viktor Vitkovich and Grigori Yagdfeld
Based on the story ‘Kalevala’ by Elias Lönnrot
Produced by Risto Orko for Mosfilm/Suomi-filmi
Starring:
Andris Ošiņš (credited as Jon Powers) as Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi (credited as Nina Anderson) as Annikki
Anna Orochko (credited as Ingrid Elhardt) as Louhi
Ivan Voronov (credited as Peter Sorenson) as Ilmarinen
Urho Somersalmi as Väinämöinen
Ada Vojtsik as Mother of Lemminkäinen
Georgi Millyar as Sorcerer
Mikhail Troyanovsky as Soothsayer
Marvin Miller (English dub) as Narrator
Produced by Mosfilm/Suomi-filmi and presented by Filmgroup; released by Renaissance Pictures and American International Television (AITV)
Stream The Day the Earth Froze on Fawesome, Plex, or the Roku Channel, or rent on Prime Video or Fandango at Home.
View The Day the Earth Froze trailer 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)
Photo 66485426 © Mike Mols | Dreamstime.com
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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)
It's Alive!
Episode 74
lundi 12 août 2024 • Duration 40:00
Jeff and Cheryl learn the secret to avoiding literal tourists traps is to never run out of gas in It’s Alive!
Directed by Larry Buchanan
Written by Larry Buchanan and (possibly) John Tomerlin from the story “Being” by Richard Matheson
Produced by Ross Lynch and Edwin Tobolowsky
Starring:
Tommy Kirk as Wayne Thomas
Shirley Bonne as Lesland Sterns
Bill Thurman as Greevy
Annabelle MacAdams as Bella
Corveth Ousterhouse as Norman Sterns
Produced by Azalea Pictures and released by American International Television (AITV)
Stream It’s Alive! on Tubi, Hoopla, Plex, Sling or the Roku Channel
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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)
Photo 66485426 © Mike Mols | Dreamstime.com
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
Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.
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)



