Bots, Bugs, and Babes

“Naughty, naughty! Don’t touch, Butch knows best. They’re something new from Gay Paree.” On this epiosde of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I cover the 1973 Vincenmt Price cult classic Theater of Blood. We celebrate the 45th anniversary of the film, as we delve into all [...]

“No taction contact” On this special end of year episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, special guest Derek William Crabbe and I look at the 1980 Sci-Fi cult classic Saturn 3. Join us as we delve into all the different aspects of the film and it’s rocky production, including all [...]

“As far as we know, in a man that age, only two things can cause a stroke: violent anger or fear.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Monster That Challenged The World (1957). We take to [...]

“My God with a wingspan like you’re talking about here, that thing could fly miles into New York every day. And it would do that of course, you know because, New York is famous for good eating” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and [...]

“Well, make sure your hands are warm.” On this special All Hallows Eve edition of Bots, Bugs, And Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I celebrate the 40th anniversary of Kingdom of the Spiders. A film many may have caught on cable throughout the 80’s, this nature run amok classic [...]

“Are you kidding? Your guy’s got a camera. Mine’s got a flamethrower.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I present 1984’s C.H.U.D. Join us as we return to the 1980’s and NYC, as we revisit this cult classic. Dad and I explore all [...]

“My heart is filled with courage!…..But I have cowardly legs.” On this special epiosde of Bots, Bugs, And Babes, we have a special guest with us to watch this Ray Harryhausen classic. My brother Luke Jaconetti joins our dad (Al Jaconetti) and I, as we explore The Golden Voyage of [...]

“Battlefield doctors decide who lives and dies. It’s called ‘triage’.” “They kept calling it ‘murder’ when I did it.” On this special episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, we will celebrate the solar eclipse with Vin Diesel’s Pitch Black (2000). Join my father (Al Jaconetti) and I as we explore [...]

“As for the rest of me, haven’t you ever seen wild-eyed passion before?” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I present 1973’s Sssssss. A film that many people caught on TV [sometimes on the late, late show], but may have not thought about [...]

“I’ll find them … where men fear the headman’s axe more than the cyclops.” On this epsiode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I present 1958’s The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. In this Ray Harryhausen classic, which many people consider to be the height of stop [...]

“Don’t forget, once, I was alone with half a million of them for three months in Korea.” On this epsiode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I present 1957’s The Land Unknown. Join us as we head REALLY south of the border to Antartica and discover [...]

“Machines don’t understand sacrifice.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I present 1990’s Hardware. A film that created a lot of controversy when it was released has fallen into a realm of nearly being forgotten. We will help to breathe new life into [...]

“I shall never forget that scream as long as I live.” On this episode of Bots. Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I present 1958’s The Fly. One of the most iconic mosnters from the era, we explore all the different aspects of the film and it’s production. [...]

“This planeyt doesn’t belong to us. Ancient species owned this earth long before mankind. I spent 30 years trying to prove the truth: monsters exist.” FULL SPOILERS CONTAINED IN THIS EPISODE! On this very special episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I review 2017’s Kong: [...]

“It’s as if some mental vampire were at work.” On this epsiode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, we celebrate our 1 year anniversary as we look at 1958’s Fiend Without A Face. Join us as we look at the film that shows how dangeroud a mind can be. We delve [...]

“Don’t you worry, Marge. I know where to get our men. Human men!” On this episode of Bots. Bugs, and Babes, in honor of Valentines Day, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I present 1958’s I Married A Monster From Outer Space. Join us for this classic Sci-Fi movie that will [...]

“You’re nothing but a cheap fairground trickster!” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I go back across the pond and back to 1957 to look at The Abominable Snowman [aka: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas]. We will cover many different aspects of [...]

“Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus!” On this episode of Bots. Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I deliver our Christmas Special as we take a one-horse open sleigh to 2005 and look at Santa’s Slay! We will discuss this holiday classic, which stars Bill Goldberg as [...]

“Cute little things, aren’t they?” “Yeah. I’m gonna throw a bomb at that one.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al) and I travel to 1958 and “across the pond” as we look at The Crawling Eye [aka The Trollenburg Terror]. We will discuss many different [...]

“Oh, nothing so domestic as a flying saucer, officer. Just a flying battleship….” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I return to 1957 for the biggest turkey you have ever seen! Yes, we are talking about 1957’s The Giant Claw! Join us as [...]

“Why have you freed me from the ice that imprisoned the beast that lived within me?” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I will explore Universal Studios 1944 monster meet-up film House of Frankenstein. Join us on our first All Hallows Eve Special, [...]

“I got good news and bad news, girls The good news is your dates are here.” “What’s the bad news?” “They’re dead.” On this espisode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I escape 1957 to the incredible year of 1986(!), as we look at Fred Dekker’s [...]

“Doc, this is like a parachute. It’s got to work the first time!” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I are still in 1957, as we move from Mexico to Italy, and look at the 1957 Ray Haryhausen classic 20 Million Miles To [...]

And we are LIVE from JerseyFest 2016! Welcome to your first Bots, Bugs, And Babes Special Edition Podcast! Join my father (Al Jaconetti) and I as we recap JerseyFest 2016! We cover Friday’s painting and sculpting classes and then talk about our overall impressions of the show overall. Also be [...]

“Well, it’s a whole year’s work for a sturgeon.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, And Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I are together to look at the 1957 giant insect feature The Black Scorpion. We will cover all the aspects of the film, production, and the special effects [...]