American International Pictures, the studio that brought us movies like I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, BEACH BLANKET BINGO, THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, and A BUCKET OF BLOOD, and hundreds more iconic films, began on April 2nd, 1954. Now there is a podcast devoted to the masters of exploitation films, just in time for their 69th anniversary. Nice! Join Jeff Markin and Cheryl Lightfoot as they discuss the AIP body of work, one film at a time.

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Our open and close is comprised of 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)