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Record City (1977) AIP Production #7714 Jeff and Cheryl track a day in the life of the weirdest and wackiest purveyors of popular music in the Greater Los Angeles area in Record City . Directed by Dennis Steinmetz Written by Ron Friedman Produced by James T. Aubrey and Joe Byrne for The Aubrey Company Music by Freddie Perren Starring Jeff Altman as Engineer Leonard Barr as Sickly Man Ed Begley Jr....

The Last Man on Earth (1964) AIP Production #6424 Jeff and Cheryl daydream about what it would be like to not have to deal with traffic or grocery store queues in The Last Man on Earth . Directed by Sidney Salkow and Ubaldo B. Ragona Screenplay by Logan Swanson and William F. Leicester Italian version: Furio M. Monetti and Ubaldo B. Ragona Based on I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Produced by Rober...

It Conquered the World (1956) Jeff and Cheryl prepare for Earth’s invasion by a terrifying creature straight from the salad bar in It Conquered the World . Produced by Sunset Productions for American International Pictures Produced and Directed by Roger Corman Written by Lou Rusoff and Charles B. Griffith (uncredited) Starring: Peter Graves as Dr. Paul Nelson Lee Van Cleef as Dr. Tom Anderson Beve...

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) AIP Production #7623 Jeff and Cheryl wonder which musical instruments would make the best murder weapons in The Town that Dreaded Sundown . Directed by Charles B. Pierce Written by Earl E. Smith Produced by Charles B. Pierce and Samuel Z. Arkoff Starring: Ben Johnson as Captain J.D. Morales Andrew Prine as Deputy Norman Ramsey Dawn Wells as Helen Reed Jimmy Cle...

A Matter of Time (1976) AIP Production #7615 Jeff and Cheryl insert themselves into the memories of an aging Contessa living in genteel poverty in Italy in A Matter of Time . Directed by Vincente Minnelli Written by John Gay based on The Film of Memory , a 1955 novel by Maurice Druon Produced by Jack H. Skirball and J. Edmund Grainger for American International Pictures Starring: Liza Minnelli as...

Machine Gun Kelly (1958) AIP Production #301 Jeff and Cheryl begin to develop a crippling fear of death (and caged lions) in Machine Gun Kelly . Produced and directed by Roger Corman Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell Starring: Charles Bronson as George R. "Machine Gun" Kelly Susan Cabot as Florence "Flo" Becker Morey Amsterdam as Michael Fandango Richard Devon as Apple Jack Lambert as Howard Frank...

California (1963) AIP Production #6317 Jeff and Cheryl join the revolutionaries who fight for independence in California . Produced and directed by Hamil Petroff Screenplay by James West from his story Starring: Jock Mahoney as Don Michael O'Casey Faith Domergue as Carlotta Torres Michael Pate as Don Francisco Hernandez Susan Seaforth as Marianna De La Rosa Rodolfo Hoyos as Padre Soler Penny Santo...

Youngblood (1978) AIP Production #7802 Jeff and Cheryl prepare for war against a rival street gang in Youngbloo d. Directed by Noel Nosseck Written by Paul Carter Harrison Produced by Nick Grillo and Alan Riche Starring: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Rommel Bryan O'Dell as Michael/Youngblood Gordon Ann Weldon as Mrs. Gordon David Pendleton as Reggie Renn Woods as Sybil Ron Trice as Bummie Ralph Farquh...

Black Sunday (1960) AIP Production #6015 Jeff and Cheryl get their crucifixes ready for the expected influx of witches/vampires/satanists on Black Sunday. Directed by Mario Bava Story by Mario Bava, based on "Viy"by Nikolai Gogol Produced by Massimo De Rita Starring: Barbara Steele as Asa Vajda/Katia Vajda John Richardson as Dr. Andreas Gorobec Andrea Checchi as Dr. Thomas Kruvajan Ivo Garrani as...

Konga (1961) AIP Production #6005 Jeff and Cheryl study Dr. Charles Decker’s scientifically impossible animal mutations in Konga. Directed by John Lemont Written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel Produced by Herman Cohen, Nathan Cohen, and Stuart Levy Starring: Michael Gough as Dr. Charles Decker Margo Johns as Margaret Jess Conrad as Bob Kenton Claire Gordon as Sandra Banks Austin Trevor as Dean Fo...

A Bucket of Blood (1959) Alta Vista Productions Jeff and Cheryl order a combo platter of beat poetry and murder at The Yellow Door cafe in A Bucket of Blood . Produced and Directed by Roger Corman Written by Charles B. Griffith Starring: Dick Miller as Walter Paisley Barboura Morris as Carla Antony Carbone as Leonard de Santis Julian Burton as Maxwell H. Brock Ed Nelson as Art Lacroix John Brinkle...

Hell’s Belles (1969) AIP Production #6910 Jeff and Cheryl wonder how a movie about two guys fighting over a motorcycle earned the title “Hell’s Belles.” Produced and Directed by Maury Dexter Written by R..G. McMullen and James Gordon White Starring: Jeremy Slate as Dan Adam Roarke as Tampa Jocelyn Lane as Cathy Angelique Pettyjohn as Cherry William Lucking as Gippo Michael Walker as Tony Jerry Ran...

The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) AIP Production #6672/6701 Jeff and Cheryl cheer on Sumuru and her squad as they attempt to rid the world of the insufferable Frankie Avalon and George Nader. Directed by Lindsay Shonteff creenplay by Kevin Kavanagh from a story by Peter Welbeck, based on the story Sumuru by Sax Rohmer Produced by Harry Alan Towers Starring Frankie Avalon as Tommy Carter George Nad...

Bunny O’Hare (1971) AIP Production #7119 Jeff and Cheryl plan for their retirement by watching ‘elderly’ bank robbers posing as hippies in Bunny O'Hare .  Directed by Gerd Oswald Written by Stanley Z. Cherry and Coslough Johnson Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson Cast: Bette Davis as Bunny O'Hare  Ernest Borgnine as Bill Green aka William Gruenwald Jack Cassidy as Lieutenant Greel...

The Terror (1963) Jeff and Cheryl visit the seaside castle of Baron von Leppe to watch Jack Nicholson convincingly portray a soldier, albeit not a French soldier in The Terror . Screenplay by Leo Gordon and Jack Hill Produced and Directed by Roger Corman   Starring: Boris Karloff as Baron von Leppe Jack Nicholson as André Duvalier  Sandra Knight as Helene/Ilsa Richard Miller as Stefan Dorothy Neum...

The Time Travelers (1964) AIP Production #6438 Jeff and Cheryl travel to 2071, as imagined in 1964, to watch the world end with a whimper and not a bang. Directed by Ib Melchior Screenplay by Ib Melchior from a story by Ib Melchior and David L. Hewitt Produced by Bill Redlin and Samuel Z. Arkoff Starring: Preston Foster as Dr. Erik von Steiner Philip Carey as Dr. Steve Connors Merry Anders as Caro...

The T.A.M.I. Show (1964) & The Big TNT Show (1966) AIP Production #6418 (The T.A.M.I. Show) and #6517/6592 (The Big TNT Show) Jeff and Cheryl have front row seats to a double bill of 1960s-era live-to-tape rock and roll shows from American International Pictures. The TAMI Show Directed by Steve Binder Produced by Lee Savin Executive produced by Bill Sargent Starring: The Barbarians The Beach B...

The Wild Angels (1966) AIP Production #6611/6660 Jeff and Cheryl watch a rebellious Peter Fonda and his gang ride their choppers and stick it to the man in The Wild Angels. Produced and Directed by Roger Corman Written by Charles B. Griffith and Peter Bogdanovich (Uncredited) Starring: Peter Fonda as "Heavenly Blues" Nancy Sinatra as "Mike" aka “Monkey” Bruce Dern as Joe "Loser" Kearns Diane Ladd...

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) Produced by Malibu Productions Jeff and Cheryl witness the dramatic effects of atomic radiation on a regular-sized guy in The Amazing Colossal Man . Produced and Directed by Bert I. Gordon Screenplay by Mark Hanna based on The Nth Man by Homer Eon Flint Music by Albert Glasser Special Effects by Paul Blaisdell Starring Glen Langan as Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning Cathy...

House of Usher (1960) AIP Production #6001 Jeff and Cheryl watch as Vincent Price puts the ‘fun’ in ‘dysfunctional family’ in House of Usher. Produced and directed by Roger Corman Screenplay by Richard Matheson from the story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe. Starring: Vincent Price as Roderick Usher Mark Damon as Philip Winthrop Myrna Fahey as Madeline Usher Harry Ellerbe as Br...

Coffy (1973) AIP Production #7304 Jeff and Cheryl enjoy the vigorous application of vigilante justice in Coffy . Written and Directed by Jack Hill (Foxy Brown, Blood Bath) Produced by Robert Papazian Music by Roy Ayers Starring: Pam Grier as Nurse "Coffy" Coffin Booker Bradshaw as Howard Brunswick Robert DoQui as George "King George" William Elliott as Officer Carter Allan Arbus as Arturo Vitroni...

I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) Sunset Productions Jeff and Cheryl witness the primal regression of teenager into lycanthrope. Director: Gene Fowler Jr. Writers: Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel Starring: Michael Landon as Tony Rivers Yvonne Lime as Arlene Logan Whit Bissell as Dr. Alfred Brandon Malcolm Atterbury as Charles Rivers Barney Phillips as Detective Sgt. Donovan Robert Griffin as Police Chi...

Wild in the Streets (1968) AIP Production #6800/6805 Jeff and Cheryl see what happens when everyone over 30 gets to take early retirement in Wild in the Streets. Director: Barry Shear Writer: Robert Thom, based on his short story "The Day It All Happened, Baby!" Starring: Shelley Winters as Daphne Flatow (Frost) Christopher Jones as Max Jacob Flatow Jr., a.k.a. Max Frost Diane Varsi as Sally LeRoy...

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) AIP Production #7110/7117 Jeff and Cheryl explore the mystery of who is killing the doctors of London in The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Directed by Robert Fuest Written by James Whiton and William Goldstein  Produced by Louis M. Heyward and Ronald S. Dunas Starring: Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes Joseph Cotten as Dr. Vesalius Peter Jeffrey as Inspector Harry Trout V...

Beach Party (1963) AIP Production #6320 Jeff and Cheryl study the mating patterns of surfer dudes and beach bunnies as depicted in Beach Party. Directed by William Asher Screenplay by Lou Rusoff, William Asher and Robert Dillon Produced by Lou Rusoff and James Nicholson Starring: Bob Cummings as Professor Sutwell Dorothy Malone as Marianne Frankie Avalon as Frankie Annette Funicello as Dolores Mor...