American International Podcast

Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot
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For over three decades, an independent film studio churned out hundreds of movies that captured the imagination of audiences around the world. From horror to sci-fi to exploitation and everything in between, American International Pictures brought us low-budget, high energy and often controversial films with lurid titles, low budgets and some surprisingly big names. Join Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot as they dive into AIP’s catalog of nearly 500 movies, to discuss everything from The Abominable Dr Phibes to Zontar, the Thing from Venus! The American International Podcast is not affiliated with Amazon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or its subsidiaries.

  1. The Masque of the Red Death

    4D AGO

    The Masque of the Red Death

    The Masque of the Red Death (1964)  AIP Production # 6405  Jeff and Cheryl dress in the forbidden shades of crimson and scarlet after receiving an invitation to The Masque of the Red Death. Screenplay by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell from a story by Edar Allan Poe  Produced by Roger Corman  Directed by Roger Corman    Starring:  Vincent Price as Prince Prospero Hazel Court as Juliana, his mistress Jane Asher as Francesca, a peasant girl David Weston as Gino, Francesca's lover Nigel Green as Ludovico, Francesca's father Patrick Magee as Alfredo Paul Whitsun-Jones as Scarlatti Robert Brown as Guard David Davies as Lead villager Sarah Brackett as Grandmother Skip Martin as Hop-Toad, a dwarf jester Verina Greenlaw as Esmeralda, the Tiny Dancer  John Westbrook as The Red Death (unmasked/voice; uncredited)   An Alta Vista Production  An American International Picture  View The Masque of the Red Death trailer here. Stream The Masque of the Red Death on Tubi, Pluto, Prime Video, or MGM+, or rent it on Fandango at Home or Apple TV+. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store. Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)  Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    52 min
  2. When Eight Bells Toll

    FEB 9

    When Eight Bells Toll

    When Eight Bells Toll (1971)  Jeff and Cheryl take a deep dive into underwater espionage in When Eight Bells Toll. Screenplay by Alistair MacLean  Produced by Elliott Kastner  Directed by Etienne Perier  Starring:  Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert  Nathalie Selon as Charlotte Robert Morley as Uncle Arthur  Jack Hawkins as Sir Anthony Skouras  Corin Redgrave as Hunslett  Derek Bond as Lord Charnley  Ferdy Mayne as Lavorski  Maurice Roëves as Lieutenant Scott Williams, Helicopter Pilot  Leon Collins as Tim Hutchinson  Wendy Allnut as Sue Kirkside  Peter Arne as Imrie  Oliver MacGreevy as Quinn  Jon Croft as Durran  Tom Chatto as Lord Kirkside  Charlie Stewart as Sgt. MacDonald  A Jerry Gershwin-Elliott Kastner Picture  from Cinerama Releasing  View the When Eight Bells Toll trailer here. Stream When Eight Bells Toll on Tubi and Fandango at Home, or rent it on Prime Video or Apple TV+. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    58 min
  3. Atragon

    FEB 2

    Atragon

    Atragon (1964) AIP Production #6417  Jeff and Cheryl take a deep dive into underwater warcraft in Atragon.  Directed by Ishirō Honda Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa Based on “The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure” by Shunrō Oshikawa and “The Undersea Kingdom” by Shigeru Komatsuzaki Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka for Toho Company Limited   Distributed by American International Pictures  Starring:  Tadao Takashima as Susumu Hatanaka  Yoko Fujiyama as Makoto Jinguji  Yu Fujiki as Yoshito Nishibe  Kenji Sawara as Uoto Unno  Akemi Kita as Rimako  Tetsuko Kobayashi as Empress of Mu  Akihiko Hirata as Mu Agent #23  Hiroshi Koizumi as Detective Itô  Jun Tazaki as Captain Hachiro Jinguji  Ken Uehara as Rear Admiral Kusumi  Produced by Toho Company, Ltd. An American International Picture  Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    42 min
  4. The Cobra

    JAN 26

    The Cobra

    The Cobra (1967) AIP Production #6710  Jeff and Cheryl go undercover somewhere along the Mediterranean Sea to keep an eye on The Cobra.  Directed by Mario Sequi Screenplay by Gumersindo Mollo adapted from a story by Adriano Bolzoni Produced by Fulvio Lucisano for Dollar Film, Italian International Film and Productores Exhibidores Films S.A.  Cast: Dana Andrews as Captain Kelly Peter Martell as Mike Rand Elisa Montés as Corinne Anita Ekberg as Lou Jesús Puente as Stiarkos Peter Dane as Hullinger Luciana Vincenzi as Ulla George Eastman as Crane Omar Zolficar as Sadek Giovanni Petrucci as King Guido Lollobrigida as Killer Chang’e as Li Fang  An Italian International Film Production An American International Release  Stream The Cobra (in Italian) on YouTube or find it on DVD somewhere. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    36 min
  5. How to Make a Monster

    JAN 19

    How to Make a Monster

    How To Make a Monster (1958)  AIP Production #303  Original Story and Screenplay by Kenneth Langtry and Herman Cohen  Produced by  Herman Cohen  Directed by Herbert L. Strock  Starring:  Robert H. Harris as Pete Dumond  Paul Brinegar as Rivero  Gary Conway as Tony Mantell (Teenage Frankenstein)  Gary Clarke as Larry Drake (Teenage Werewolf)  Malcolm Atterbury as Security Guard Richards  Dennis Cross as Security Guard Monhan  Morris Ankrum as Police Capt. Hancock  Walter Reed as Detective Thompson   aul Maxwell as Jeffrey Clayton  Eddie Marr as John Nixon  Heather Ames as Arlene Dow Robert Shayne as Gary Droz  Rod Dana as Lab Technician  Jacqueline Ebeir as Jane  Joan Chandler as Marilyn  Thomas B. Henry as Martin Brace  John Phillips as Detective Jones  Pauline Myers as Millie  John Ashley as Himself  An American International Picture  View the How to Make a Monster trailer here. Stream How to Make a Monster on Tubi, Pluto TV, Fawesome, or rent it on Prime Video. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    48 min
  6. Cat Girl

    JAN 12

    Cat Girl

    Cat Girl (1957)  AIP Production #210 Produced by Herbert Smith Original Screenplay by Lou Rusoff Directed by Alfred Shaughnessy Starring:  Barbara Shelley as Leonora Johnson  Robert Ayres as Dr. Brian Marlowe  Kay Callard as Dorothy Marlowe  Ernest Milton as Edmund Brandt  Lilly Kann as Anna  Jack May as Richard Johnson  Patricia Webster as Cathy  John Lee as Allan  Edward Harvey as Doorman  Martin Boddey as Cafferty  John Watson as Roberts An Insignia Films Ltd. Production  An American International Release  View the Cat Girl trailer here. Stream Cat Girl on Tubi, Pluto TV, Fawesome, or rent it on Prime Video. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    46 min
  7. Horror House

    JAN 5

    Horror House

    Horror House (1970) AIP Production #7004 Jeff and Cheryl conjure the spirit of a murderous maniac in Horror House.  Screenplay by Michael Armstrong  Additional Material by Peter Marcus  Produced by Tony Tensor  Directed by Michael Armstrong  Starring:  Frankie Avalon as Cris  Jill Haworth as Sheila  Dennis Price as Inspector  Mark Wynter as Gary  George Sewell as Kellett  Gina Warwick as Sylvia  Richard O'Sullivan as Peter  Carol Dilworth as Dorothy  Julian Barnes as Richard  Veronica Doran as Madge  Robin Stewart as Henry  Jan Holden as Peggy  Clifford Earl as Police Sergeant Pelley Robert Raglan as Bradley  A Tigon British - American International Production  An American International Release  View the Horror House trailer here. Find a DVD of Horror House or stream it on YouTube if you can. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    53 min
  8. Beware of Children

    12/29/2025

    Beware of Children

    Beware of Children (1960) AIP Production #606  Jeff and Cheryl prepare for a dangerous influx of young people in Beware of Children. Directed by Gerald Thomas Written by Robin Estridge and Norman Hudis, based on the book "Beware of Children" by Verily Anderson Produced by Peter Rogers for Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors  Starring:  Leslie Phillips as David Robinson  Geraldine McEwan as Catherine Robinson  Julia Lockwood as Fenella / 'Vanilla'  Noel Purcell as Tandy  Irene Handl as Mrs. Spicer  Joan Hickson as Cook  June Jago as Matron  Cyril Raymond as Col. Matthews  Esma Cannon as District Nurse  Alan Gifford as Edgar Treadgold  Sydney Tafler as Mr. Rockbottom  Brian Oulton as Vicar  Eric Pohlman as King  Brian Rawlinson as Will  Michael Sarne as Henri  An American International Release Find a DVD of Beware of Children or stream it on YouTube if you can.  Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast   Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store.  Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

    53 min
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For over three decades, an independent film studio churned out hundreds of movies that captured the imagination of audiences around the world. From horror to sci-fi to exploitation and everything in between, American International Pictures brought us low-budget, high energy and often controversial films with lurid titles, low budgets and some surprisingly big names. Join Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot as they dive into AIP’s catalog of nearly 500 movies, to discuss everything from The Abominable Dr Phibes to Zontar, the Thing from Venus! The American International Podcast is not affiliated with Amazon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or its subsidiaries.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    158
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Pop Culture Entertainment
  • Show Website
    American International Podcast