Episode 526: The Living Coffin
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After a long hiatus the B-Movie Cast is back! Just in time for Halloween- Nic, Mary and Juan check out a cowboys meet monsters flick from 1959 called “The Living Cofin”. This Spanish language flick was a lot of fun, and even more entertaining since Nic and Mary don’t speak Spanish and had to rely on Youtube’s auto-translate subtitles to understand things. That’s some amazing technology, but it doesn’t always hit the nail on the head with its English versions if you know what I mean! So, tune in and check out murder plots, haunted swamps, hayloft naps, horses that are smarter the people, zombie/ghosts, and absolutely no animated coffins despite the title… and a whole lot more fun on this episode of the B-Movie Cast!
2025 Rondo Awards – Vote for “The Amazing Movie Posters of Thailand” featuring Mark Mawston’s pics!
Hey B-Movie Cast family! Do us a solid and give cast favorite Mark Mawston’s work a Vote in the 2025 Rondo awards!
Mark shot amazing pics for this book- he literally stood on a ladder in the writer’s living room and shot pictures of HUNDREDS of movie posters so they could be included in the book!
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To vote follow the instructions below!
HOW TO VOTE: Voting is by email only. Simply copy this ballot onto an email (cut-and-paste works fine), and mark your choices with an X, or use bold or a highlight color. We know that can be awkward so you can also just type your picks into an email. And yes, we know this feels like an 8-track tape in an AI world, but it keeps things friendly and hopefully fun.
Send the email to me, David Colton, at [email protected] not later than Sunday night at midnight, April 20. The ballot is posted below, and also at the Classic Horror Film Board
Episode 525: Wolfen (1981)
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The B-Movie Cast is back and this time Nic and Mary are joined by special guest Eric Brooks. The gang check out one of the 1981 cinematic Werewolf movie trinity: “Wolfen”. We’ve got an apocalyptic looking New York neighborhood mixed with a liberal dose of Native American folklore and some sinister urban wolves all stirred up into the most underrated of 1981’s three entries in the Werewolf genre!
Here’s a bonus- this website does an amazing job of ‘then-and-now’ for the New York City of “Wolfen” watch the film (we spoil it big time anyway) and then check out the site here- https://nycinfilm.com/2019/10/31/wolfen-1981/
Also of note – the B-Movie Cast will be going on hiatus (in case you hadn’t noticed). But like the Drive-In, The B-Movie Cast will never die so stay tuned!
Final note- From Nic to fan favorite Mark Mawston: We had some feedback that wasn’t favorable to Mark or myself. That said, it was more trolling than feedback and I’m sorry Mark for not sticking up for you when we aired that feedback. That one’s on me and I hope you’ll forgive me.
Keep your noses in the wind and your tails to yourselves and keep watching the skies!
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 523: The Woman in the Window (1944)
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The B-Movie Cast goes back into the shadows with another trip to the dark side of cinema through film noir! Mary, Nic and special guest Kenny B “Santitito“ check out “The Woman in the Window” from 1944. What do you get when a middle-aged college professor has a lust for adventure? Well, if he’s pursuing the woman who’s painting is in the window across the way, it’s a lot. Grab your dark coat and hat and get ready for a trip to the shadier side of the movies with “The Woman in the Window” on the B-Movie Cast!
Episode 522: The Thing 1982- Revisited!
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Sometimes a film is worth a second look, especially if Mark Mawston wants to talk about it on the show, so that’s why for this episode the B-Movie Cast is revisiting a true Sci-fi/Horror classic: “John Carpenter’s The Thing” from 1982. Get ready for paranoia on the screen and a lot of confusion from Mary on the podcast as Nic and Mark try, and fail, to help Mary understand what happened in this complicated update adaptation of the John W. Campbell novella ‘Who Goes There?’. So, get your blood tests ready and put on some warm clothes because the B-Movie Cast is heading for Outpost 31 and a rendezvous with “The Thing”.
