Tag Archives: 1957
Episode 524: Half Human AKA: Ju Jin Yuki Otoko 1957
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The B-Movie Cast is back and this time we’re searching for the Abominable Snow man of the Himalayas. Only we couldn’t afford a trip to Napal, so we had to settle for John Caradine telling us all about how they found one in Nagano Japan! Join Mary, Nic, and Juan as we check out “Half Human” (original Japanese title: “J?jin Yuki Otoko” meaning ‘Beast/Forest Man, Snow Man”. In typical 1950s fashion, when it was released in the US, they stuck some American actors into cut scenes and built the story around them. In this case John Caradine narrates the whole film as a flashback as told to him by a Japanese colleague. Get ready for a whole lot of walking around in the woods and a monster covered all over with fur, but still somehow suffering from male pattern baldness! The B-Movie cast crew did a double header on this one, checking out the original Japanese version from 1955 and the American release from 1957. So, grab your skis and get ready for some fun with “Half Human” on the B-Movie Cast!
Check out the original Japanese version here: Jujin Yuki Otoko
Episode 519: Beginning of the End
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The B-Movie cast makes it big, really BIG when Mary, Nic and returning guest Bill Mize, check out the 1957, Bert I. Gordon classic “Beginning of the End”. Thrill to giant grasshoppers battling stock footage of the US military while trying not to fall off pictures of famous buildings! Yes, it’s some old school B-movie fun that features Peter Graves and a bevy of actors you’ve seen before, even if you don’t remember their names… don’t worry though, Mary wants to talk about each and every one of them! So, call your friends on your 1957 Chrysler New Yorker car phone and let them know you’re checking out “The Beginning of the End” on the B-Movie Cast!
Episode 458: Curse of the Demon (AKA- Night of the Demon)
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Halloween is coming and for the B-Movie Cast, that means we do a special film with special guest Mark Mawston! This year’s Halloween treat is “Curse of the Demon” AKA “Night of the Demon” in the UK. The ‘trick’ that comes with this treat is that it was covered way back in episode #78 by the show’s creator, Vince Rotolo, and guest Barry Harding. Normally we wouldn’t revisit a film, but Mary, Nic, and Mark weren’t in on that original podcast and this film is a favorite of Marks so… here we go again!
“Curse of the Demon” is a film about black magic and the eternal struggle between the rational mind and forces of the supernatural. Will science win out over superstition or will we learn that some forces are beyond our understanding? Well, don’t just sit there reading! Grab some popcorn, your favorite tasty beverage, and maybe a bit of that Halloween candy you’ve been saving and tune in for episode 458 of The B-Movie Cast for “Curse of the Demon”
BMC374-Ladrón de cadavers 1957 with Roberto “Bobb” Cotter
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Horror and Wrestlers in a Good Mexican Movie!
This week at The B-Movie Clubhouse we have a special guest joining us Roberto “Bobb” Cotter author of ìThe Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography as we discuss a Mexican Horror film called Ladron de cadavers or The Body Snatcher from 1957.
A wrestler and a detective team up to stop a mad scientist who is kidnapping athletes and replacing their brains with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer.
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BMC366-The Astounding She-Monster 1957
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A creature from beyond the stars. EVIL… BEAUTIFUL… DEADLY…!
This week at The B-Movie Clubhouse we get back to our B-Movies roots as we talk about one of my childhood favorites. From 1957 It’s “The Astounding She-Monster”. The film was directed by Ronald V. Ashcroft and stars Robert Clarke and Shirley Kilpatrick as The She-Monster.
A scientist and a gang that has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth.
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BMC351-The Mysterians 1957
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They come from another world…. They want three kilometers of land–and…FIVE of your WOMEN!
This week at The B-Movie Clubhouse the whole gang is back as we talk about a Japanese Sci-Fi film from 1957 called The Mysterians. The film was directed by Ishiro Honda.
Aliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a certain tract of land for their people to live on. But when they are discovered to be invaders, responsible for the giant robot that is destroying cities, the armed forces attempt to stop them with every weapon available.
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