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B-Movie Cast

Mary Rotolo, Nic Brown: B-Movie Maniacs

The B-Movie Cast is a website, podcast, and forum devoted to all things B-movie and cult move related. We talk about B-Movies, Cult, Art House, Independent, Drive-In, Horror, Biker Euro Trash, DVD, Italian Thrillers, Exploitation, Vintage TV genre. We also discuss B-Movie Magazines, Music, Tradeshows, and Expos. So if you love B-Movies please subscribe.

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02:14:00

Episode 505 Day of the Beast 1995

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2022/12/17

The Holiday season has The B-Movie Cast in a tizzy! So much so, that Mary picked the strangest holiday film I think she’s ever chosen… “Day of the Beast” (El Dia de la Bestia)! A Spanish horror film that launched the carrier of filmmaker Alex de la Inglesia. Juan and Nic join Mary for the this tripped out tour of Madrid as a priest goes on a mission to commit as many sins as possible because he believes this will help him stop the birth of the Anti-Christ! Spoiler alert- you need to watch this one

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02:11:59

Episode 504: Exterminating Angel - 1962

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2022/11/20

This episode of the B-Movie Cast, Mary and Nic are joined by Juan to take a look at a classic of Mexican Cinema, that somewhat defies description: “The Exterminating Angel” (Spanish: El ángel exterminador). It’s a 1962 Mexican surrealist film written and directed by Luis Buñuel. It tells a story we can all identify with, what do you do when your party guests won’t leave? Only in this case there is an unknown compulsion preventing these wealthy aristocrats from vacating the scene. Not only can

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03:17:39

Episode 503: Halloween 1978

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2022/10/26

It’s Halloween and the B-Movie Cast is back with our annual Halloween special featuring photographer Mark Mawston! Mark suggested we do the Horror classic from 1978: “Halloween” and that’s when Mary and Nic realized… We’d never done it! When we got over the shock that we hadn’t, it was full scream ahead for one of Nic’s favorite films. Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, PJ Soles one of the most famous film scores ever, and the start of a whole lot of genre tropes! Get ready for a look

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02:35:53

Episode 502: It's Alive (1974)

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2022/10/04

After a longer than expected hiatus, the B-Movie Cast is back again! This time Mary and Nic are joined by gentle listener, and fellow podcaster Bill Mize! Bill took a break from board gaming and podcasting to join us for a family film of a different sort- the 1974 cult classic “It’s Alive”! Writer, director Larry Cohen works out some daddy issues in this film about a mutant, killer baby, and a father torn between his repulsion at the monster and his love for his child. It’s a better film than it

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03:26:49

Episode 501: Steve Vertlieb Interview

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2022/08/22

The B-Movie Cast is back from a brief hiatus following our 500th episode! This show is a bit different from most as instead of featuring a film, Mary, Nic, and Mark Mawston are joined by Steve Vertlieb! Steve is one of America’s leading film archivists and historians who is a true living link between the golden age of Hollywood and today! A cinema journalist and film music educator Steve is a bit different from some film historians. Many of them collect film memorabilia, Steve, collects

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04:05:00

Episode 500: A Clockwork Orange

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2022/07/31

Holy Cats! That’s right folks the B-Movie Cast’s 500th episode is here! Mary, Nic, and Juan are joined tons of listener feedback as we reflect on 499 episodes, Vince Rotolo’s legacy and more! In honor of Vince we also check out one of his favorite films- 1971’s “A Clockwork Orange”! So, gather your droogs and get ready for a ‘very special episode' of The B-Movie Cast!

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02:29:57

Episode 499: Xanadu

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2022/07/11

The B-Movie Cast has finally done it. We’ve gone down the road less traveled… and we did it on roller skates. That’s right for episode 499 of The B-Movie Cast, Mary, Nic and special guest Steve Turek are getting our disco balls out and grooving into “Xanadu”. Steve was particularly well qualified to join us for this episode because… well honestly, Nic had a hard time finding anyone else! But, aside from his willingness to endure the sensory spectacle that is “Xanadu”. So, put on your best leisure

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02:26:10

Episode 498: Gymkata

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2022/06/28

The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #3 in the countdown, Mary and Nic are joined by show favorite Michael Worth! The gang checks out “Gymkata” the most gymnastics filled rip off of “Enter the Dragon” that director Robert Clouse could come up with in his desperate attempt to recreate the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of his original work on the Bruce Lee classic! This film has everything you could hope for in a martial arts film shot in Hungary from

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02:00:10

Episode 497: From the Orient With Fury

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2022/05/29

The B-Movie Cast is excited to have special guest Dr. Adrian Smith with us for this episode. Adrian joins Mary and Nic and the gang checks out some Euro-spy fun with the blondest James Bond knock-off: Agent 077- Dick Malloy (Ken Clark) in “From The Orient With Fury” (AKA- Fury on the Bosphorus). When a scientist who’s invented a disintegration ray is kidnapped it’s up to zero-double seven to chase some clues all over Europe before the bad guys can sell the secret of the ray to the highest bidder

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02:28:56

Episode 496: Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

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2022/05/16

The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #5 in the countdown, Mary and Nic are joined by Eric Brooks! The gang checks out “Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold”. This cheese-filled 80s action flick features some really bad ‘not-so-special’ effects as well as some of Hollywood’s best actors at their worst! The second film of a planned trilogy that managed to not only kill off its sequel, but also helped lead to the downfall of Cannon studios! Put on

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03:10:47

Episode 495: For A Few Dollars More

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2022/04/25

The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #6 in the countdown, Mary and Nic are joined by show favorite Mark Mawston! The gang checks out one of the founding films in the ‘spaghetti western’ genre: “For A Few Dollars More”. This classic stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty killers after the infamous ‘El Nino’. Get your pasta sauce ready for this Spaghetti Western classic “For A Few Dollars More”.

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02:04:26

Episode 494: El Baron Brakola

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2022/04/04

The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #7 in the countdown, Mary and Nic are joined by Juan as the gang goes for some Luchador action with Santo in “El Baron Brakola”! There’s wrestling, a whole lot of flashbacks, and some other fun. We watch Santo, and Santo’s ancestor, battle the immortal Baron Brakola as this undead Lothario seeks revenge for the death of his beloved Rebecca! So, put on your Luchador mask, grab a cold one, and get ready for something

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02:11:12

Episode 493: Gothic

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2022/03/20

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

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02:22:36

Episode 492: The Werewolf and the Yeti

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2022/03/06

The B-Movie Cast is taking a bite out of a Paul Naschy werewolf flick: “The Werewolf and the Yeti” (AKA: “Night of the Howling Beast”) for our #9 film in the countdown to our 500th episode! Joining Mary and Nic in this fur-fest is podcaster and Paul Naschy aficionado; Rod Barnett. Get ready for the werewolf vs yeti film with the least possible amount of yeti they could get by with. What it doesn’t have in yeti it makes up for with a whole lot of plot not getting in the way of the story. There’s

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02:17:20

Episode 491: Candy Stripe Nurses

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2022/02/22

The countdown to the B-Movie Cast’s 500th Episode has begun! For our #10 film in the countdown, we are looking at something new: the 1970s film craze that was ‘Nurseplotation’! To dive into the sub-genre, we’re checking “Candy Stripe Nurses” from 1974. Mary and Nic are joined in this raunchy film romp by two B-Movie Cast favorites- Beverly Gray and Allan Holzman, both of whom worked on the film with and have fun stories to tell about making the movie and working with Roger and Julie Corman at New

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01:40:04

Episode 490: Return to Youth

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2022/01/28

The B-Movie Cast is going south of the border again for some Twilight-Zone-like fun with “Return to Youth” (“Returno A La Juventud”). It’s the story of an old professor with the hots for a young student. When she rebuffs his advances he does what anyone would do; sells his soul to return to youth! Now he’s got to do the devil’s work or it’s all over for him! Join Mary, Nic, and Juan as they find out what happens when you make a deal with the devil in “Return to Youth”.

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02:23:17

Episode 489: Father Frost (AKA Morozko)

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2022/01/09

Zdravstvuyte Comrades! Welcome to a new B-Movie Cast! This week Mary and Nic are joined by Matt Kowalski and we’re checking out another New Year’s favorite from behind the iron curtain: “Morozko” AKA- “Father Frost”! This flick has been lampooned on MST3K and Riff Trax, now it’s the B-Movie Cast’s turn to show some love to one of Gorky Studio’s most successful exports from the Soviet era! Tune in to learn about how Russian women can control time and space and why you should always be nice to that

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03:13:58

Episode 488: On Her Majesty's Secret Service

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2021/12/21

The cast is B-Movie, B-Movie Cast! That’s right folks we’re back and this is a double treat episode as we’re doing a Christmas film and another in our “B is for BOND” movie series as we check out “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”. In Bond’s 6th on-screen outing, we find George Lazenby has taken over the role of Britain’s most famous secret agent. Joining us in Bonding is show favorite Mark Mawston! Only for this episode, Mark is not alone. Our special guest has brought a guest: Jonathan Sadler, a

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01:48:35

Episode 487: Christmas Holiday 1944

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2021/12/14

Tis the season for Christmas movies on the B-Movie Cast! First up, Mary, Nic, & Juan check out the 1944, vaguely Christmas-related, film noir: “Christmas Holiday”. This film is set at Christmas… and that’s about it. However, it’s got Deanna Durbin & Gene Kelly, so who cares! So get ready for a very noir Christmas with “Christmas Holiday” on The B-Movie Cast.

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02:51:18

Episode 486: Near Dark

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2021/11/28

The B-Movie Cast is back! This episode Mary and Nic are joined by special guest film maker Michael Worth! The gang takes a look at the 1987 modern day vampire western “Near Dark” starring Bill Paxton, Lance Henricksen, and Tim Thomerson. As a special treat, Michael did an interview with Tim Thomerson just for the B-Movie Cast and we’ve included it, in it’s entirety in this episode! So grab a beer and some sunscreen and get ready for the coolest vampire movie that never says the word vampire: “Near

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