The B-Movie Cast

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

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

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

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

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

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 special guest; artist, writer, and classic TV aficionado Casey Knoll! We tackle 3 of our favorite shows from the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The B-Movie Cast is back & this week Mary, Nic, & 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 & it’s quite a treat,

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

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

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 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

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

This episode of the B-movie Cast is a Juan pick- “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

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

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

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

B-Movie Cast episode 453 is here! This is a special show paying tribute to the late John Saxon. A ubiquitous figure in film and television, John passed away recently at the age of 83. We wanted to check out one of his most iconic films in his honor: “Enter the Dragon”. Mary and Nic are

Hello friends and welcome to the newest episode of the B-Movie cast. This is a special episode as we are dedicating it to the memory of a dear friend of the show, B-Movie fan and friend, Scott Turk. Scott passed away just before we recorded this cast, so we wanted to dedicate it to his