Tag Archives: Brian Cunningham
Episode 493: Gothic
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The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #8 in the countdown, we decided to try something freaky but tied to the classics: Ken Russell’s 1986 film “Gothic”! Joining us to look at this strange flick is filmmaker and show favorite: Brian Cunningham! Mary, Brian, and Nic try to make sense of Ken Russell’s interpretation of what happened in Lord Byron’s villa the night that Mary Shelley wrote her classic “Frankenstein”. Join us as we dive headfirst into the madness on episode 493 of the B-Movie Cast!
Episode 477: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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This episode of the B-Movie Cast, the gang dives headfirst into German expressionism with the silent film classic “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”! Joining Mary and Nic on this surreal journey is filmmaker Brian Cunningham. The trio talk film, history and diligently work to convince Nic that the film has nothing to do with Cubist art or Cubans! So set the way-back machine for the turn of the 20th century and join the B-Movie Cast as we open the door to “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”.
Episode 460: Tremors
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Hey B-Movie Cast fans in this episode Mary, Nic and special guest Brian Cunningham take a trip to Perfection, Nevada to see what’s shaking with the 1990 monster flick “Tremors”. It’s a personal favorite of Brian and Nic’s which we discovered Mary hadn’t seen before! “Tremors” is an ode to classic sci-fi/horror movies with just the right blend of humor and horror. The film features snappy dialogue and loveable characters including Val and Earl (Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward). So grab a beer, but watch out for Graboids, as we check out “Tremors”.
Episode 456: Angels Revenge, AKA- Angels Brigade or Seven from Heaven
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The B-Movie Cast is back! This episode Mary, Nic and Brian ask the question “what would happen if “Gilligan’s Island”, “The A-Team”, and “Charlie’s Angels” had a love child?” The answer: “Angels Revenge” (AKA – “Angels Brigade” AKA- “Seven from Heaven”). It’s a 1979 action/comedy from filmmaker Greydon Clark. For even more fun, Greydon recorded an interview with Nic talking about “Angels Revenge” and some other stories from his book “On The Cheap: My Life In Low Budget Filmmaking”. So get ready to shine your love on this slice of the 1970s and tune in to the new B-Movie cast!
Also- Pick up a copy of Greydon’s Book “On The Cheap: My Life In Low Budget Filmmaking” or copies of many of his films, all signed by Greydon! Visit WWW.GREYDONCLARK.COM to order your copy now!
Episode 445: The Beastmaster
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The B-Movie Cast is back and this episode Mary and Nic are joined by filmmaker Brian Cunningham. We’re excited to say to the listeners “Hey Beastmaster is on!” That’s right, Mary hasn’t had enough guys in loin clothes yet! First, it was “Ator: The Fighting Eagle” then it was “Yor: Hunter from the Future” now it’s time for “The Beastmaster”! This is probably Mary’s favorite of the ‘barbarian’ 80s flicks and it’s definitely one that Nic saw on HBO at least a hundred times in the 80s.
“The Beastmaster” is from writer/director Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli is best known for the “Phantasm” film series and he brings his love of horror and the macabre to this sword and sorcery tale with some weird magic, crazy creatures, and the evilest Rip Torn the screen has ever seen!
So grab a beer and heat up your TV dinner because it’s time to follow the adventures of Dar, the Beastmaster, as he tries to save the day while not getting mauled by a tiger that’s annoyed at being painted black!
Episode 442: Trancers
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The B-Movie Cast is back… sort of. We recorded a few episodes in preparation for Mary going off the air for 6-8 weeks during the nuclear plant shutdown she works at called ‘the outage’. What we didn’t know when we put these episodes ‘in the can’ was that Mary would be opting out of doing the outage this year due to health concerns. Don’t worry, she’s fine, she wanted to stay fine so she’s staying home with Kitty her cat. That said, we still have a few pre-recorded episodes and this is one of them!
Last episode was Nik Havert’s “Monster Music Cast” and now Mary and Nic back and we’re joined once again by Brian Cunningham, filmmaker and co-owner of Thoughtfly Studios in Louisville Kentucky. The gang is checking out another 80s flick. This time it’s “Trancers” from 1985! This is a definite ‘Nic-pick’ film but that’s OK because everyone enjoyed it… even if Nic does end up spending half the cast defending the merits of this 80s ‘mockbuster’ of “The Terminator”.
By the way, what’s even better than doing a podcast on a time travel movie? Time traveling during the time travel cast! Well we did it! Mary, Nic and Brian got together again to record the feedback and the contest sections of the cast. That’s right we visit the past during this episode! I don’t think we changed the future… we’ll see.
So don’t be a squid! Grab a drink, a TV dinner and your long-second watch and check out the “Trancers” episode of the B-Movie Cast!
Also- for a bit of fun- check out this video from artist Casey Knoll. Casey did the cover for the new “B-Movie Cookbook: The 1960s” and she created a video showing how she worked her magic! It’s amazing to see the images come to life and it’s also got a kicking-60s theme-song montage to accompany it!
The B-Movie Cookbook The 1960s-
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