B-Movie Cast

Welcome back, Comrades! As part of the B-Movie Cast's party-approved 5-year plan, Mary, Nic, and special guest Matt Kowalski are checking some Sci-fi from behind the iron curtain! Get ready for some Soviet science fiction fun with "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin".  It's the story of a guy, a girl, a death ray, and why weather reports matter! So ready for some fun with the new B-Movie Cast!  

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 ce...

The B-Movie Cast is back! This episode Mary and Nic are continuing our "B is for Bond" series with the last Roger Moore outing as 007- "A View to a Kill". Joining us is special guest Mark Mawston. Mark's work with the James Bond film franchise means he's got some great stories to tell and we're happy to have the chance to share them with our listeners! So, put on your Members Only jacket, get out...

The B-Movie Cast is back and Mary and Nic are in for a treat as Juan brings out the 1968, female luchador film and extreme copyright violation that is "The Bat Woman" (AKA "La Mujer Murcielago"). Yes, she's a crime-fighting, millionaire who dresses up in bits and pieces of the Adam West Batman suit to form her 'Bat-kini'. She's saving the world's wrestlers from a fish-loving mad scientist who's us...

The B-Movie Cast continues our "B is for Blockbuster" series with the 1981 classic "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Eric Brooks, our resident Egyptologist and Indiana Jones aficionado, joins Mary and Nic to take a look at Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's homage to the B-movies that inspired them. So, grab your bullwhip, fedora, and any random ancient treasures you have lying around, and get ready for...

In this episode of the B-Movie cast we're saying the "B" stands for "Blockbuster" as we do the first in our series of big studio B-Movies that were summer blockbusters! What blockbuster are we checking out? The 1987 sci-fi/action classic "Predator" staring 2 future Governors and launching a franchise that is still going strong to this day. To talk about this iconic film Mary and Nic are joined by...

Gun your engines and get ready for the car chase that started the directorial career of one of Hollywood's biggest directors: Ron Howard! That's right. The B-Movie Cast is back and we're checking out the 1977 crash-em-up comedy "Grand Theft Auto"! To help Mary and Nic dig into this Roger Corman classic we're joined by Beverly Gray. Beverly is an author, film historian. She worked with Corman and l...

You are about to enter a world out of this world, a dimension of noise and nerdnic talk, you are entering The B-Movie Cast's trip to the 1980s Twilight Zone! Mary and Nic are joined by a special guest; artist, writer, and classic TV aficionado Casey Knoll! We tackle 3 of our favorite shows from the Twilight Zone reboot: "Shatterday", "A Little Peace and Quiet", and "Profile in Silver". So grab a c...

  The B-Movie Cast is back! This time Mary and Nic are joined by Juan to explore serious social issues and… oh who am I kidding? We're here to watch Santo, the masked wrestler kick some Nazi butt in "Santo en Anónimo Mortal" AKA- "Santo in Anonymous Death Threat". This 1975 Santo flick features the masked wrestler solving murders with his two companions and sporting the latest in business suit fas...

The B-Movie Cast is back! In this episode, we're starting our new "B is for Bond" Movie Cast series with a look at some of our favorite James Bond films! Where do you start with James Bond? At the beginning of course so we're taking a look at the classic "Dr. No". Joining Mary and Nic to talk about "Dr. No." is none other than Mark Mawston! Mark is a professional photographer who has worked with t...

The B-Movie Cast is back! Mary and Nic are on their own this week as Juan was in the middle of a two day power outage! That's OK though, because there was enough spooky fun to keep it real as we check out "The Skull" from 1965. This British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. What happens when a Phrenologist digs up the hea...

B-Movie Cast fans get ready for spooky fun from south of the border! In this episode Mary, Nic, and Juan check out another classic Mexican thriller: "Dos Monjes" ("Two Monks"). A fascinating flick that has Mary saying "German Expressionist" more times than any film we've ever done! So, grab your favorite beer, get in that comfy chair and get ready for some fun with "Two Monks" on the B-Movie Cast!

In this episode of the B-Movie Cast, Mary and Nic are joined by our resident guru of Eastern European and Russian history, Matt Kowalski! Matt is joining us to take a deep dive into the world of Rasputin… well at least according to Hammer Studio's 1966 film: "Rasputin, The Mad Monk". Seems this historical flick is even less history-based than many, but with good reason! So, grab yourself a glass o...

The B-Movie Cast is back! In this episode, Mary and Nic are joined by Eric Brooks. Eric is our resident Egyptologist and Indiana Jones cosplayer, so we decided to check out a recommendation of his: the 1954 Paramount adventure film "The Secret of the Incas". Watch as Charlton Heston shows us what Indiana Jones would be like if Indy was a greedy, womanizing, con-man… and yet Nicole Maurey still wan...

The B-Movie Cast is back with a very special episode. In January 2021 actor John Richardson passed from Covid-19. John was a friend of cast favorite, Mark Mawston. Mark asked if we could do a show dedicated to John and look at one of the actor's favorite films: "Black Sunday" (AKA "The Mask of The Demon"). As a special treat, Mark arranged for John's former domestic partner (no they were never mar...

The B-Movie Cast is back and this week Mary, Nic, and Juan are taking a trip south of the border for a classic Mexican horror film: "El Fantasma del Convento"- "The Phantom of the Convent". This is considered to be one of the first true horror films from Mexican cinema and it's quite a treat, even if the 'convent' is full of monks… not nuns… So grab a Cerveza and get ready for the new episode of t...

Merry Christmas B-Movie Cast fans! This episode has a special holiday treat from France: "Deadly Games" AKA "3615 Code Père Noël". It's the film that we're pretty sure John Hughes watched in 1989 and said "let's do that only with 3 Stooges humor instead of murder". It's "Home Alone" on steroids and a first for Mary and Juan. Now let's see if Nic's winning streak will continue, Mary liked "Tremors"...

The B-Movie Cast is back! Mary and Nic are joined by Mark Mawston and this week we're checking out a John Carpenter classic: "Big Trouble in Little China"! This 1986 20th Century Fox release was, like many of Carpenter's films, not a box office success, but quickly developed a cult following and became a hit on home video. So get ready to dive into long-haul trucking, Kung-Fu, Chinese mysticism, a...

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...

The B-Movie Cast is back! Mary had to take some time off to get her new bionic hip installed and now she's ready to slow-mo run with Steve Austin… or at least finally climb the stairs back up the B-Movie Cast studio! So with Mary at the top of the stairs we thought we'd check out the other cowboy-dinosaur movie: "The Beast of Hollow Mountain". This one is based on a story by Willis O'Brian and was...

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...

This episode of the B-movie Cast is a Juan pic- "El Monstruo de los Volcanes" from 1963. It's a Mexican monster flick featuring an abominable snowman creature living in the desert, in a cave, under a volcano… yeah not much snow for him to be abominable in here, but that's beside the point. Juan breaks it down for us while Nic has a breakdown about the idea of karate vs Yeti! We also discuss the fu...

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"...

  The B-Movie Cast is back! We've got a special guest this week- Dr. Smith! No, not that one, the British one! Dr. Adrian Smith! Adrian is joining Mary and Nic to check out the gonzo Japanese horror film from 1977: "House" (Nihongo de: Hausu). This was writer/director Nobuhiko Obayashi's fever dream ghost story from Toho Studios. Toho saw that "Jaws" was a hit and ask Obayashi to make something li...

The B-Movie Cast is back! This episode Mary and Nic are joined by our resident Egyptologist, Eric Brooks, to look at a film about another Egyptologist: "The Ghoul" from 1933. Considered the first true British horror film after the silent film era, "The Ghoul" features Boris Karloff playing Henry Morlant, a dying Egyptologist who is obsessed with the idea that he can enter the Egyptian afterlife if...