American International Podcast

By: Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot
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  • Summary

  • 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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  • Taboos of the World

    Taboos of the World
    Sep 23 2024
    Taboos of the World (1964)
    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)
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    43 mins
  • Voyage to the End of the Universe

    Voyage to the End of the Universe
    Sep 16 2024
    Voyage to the End of the Universe (1964)
    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)

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    50 mins
  • Count Yorga, Vampire

    Count Yorga, Vampire
    Sep 9 2024
    Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)
    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)
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    1 hr and 2 mins
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