“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 [...]

“People eat fish, Grogan. Fish don’t eat people.” ….. Except when they do! On this Episode of Bots, Bugs, And Babes, I will be looking at the director Joe Dante’s 1978 film Piranha. Designed to cash in on Jaws (1975) and Jaws 2 (1978), this little film grew beyond a [...]

“Ever use a grenade rifle?” “Pick my teeth with it.” On this Episode of Bots, Bugs, And Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I are together again, this time looking at the 1953 classic The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. The second in our Film Fantasy Scrapbook Series, we will be [...]

“The next time I cruise these waters I’m going to have torpedoes with warheads on them.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, my father (Al Jaconetti) and I will be discussing the 1955 stop-motion classic It Came From Beneath The Sea. This is the first in the Film [...]