Scream Scene Podcast

This week, your deadicated hosts cover an Ed Wood picture not made by Ed Wood... it's THE BRIDE AND THE BEAST (1958) from director Adrian Weiss, his one and only film!

This wild and weird flick stars Charlotte Austin, Lance Fuller, and Steve Calvert as the beast in a suit from Ray "Crash" Corrigan.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 15:15; Discussion 32:06; Ranking 46:58

From the unknown depths of... Spain?? comes GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN (1958), directed by Richard Cunha and starring wrestler Buddy Baer as the titular giant with makeup from Jack Pierce!

The film also stars Ed Kemmer, Sally Fraser, Morris Ankrum and Bob Steele, with minor infringement on Charles Schulz with a character named Charlie Brown.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 11:20; Discussion 30:31; Ranking 50:57

Director Nobua Nakagawa returns with KAIDAN KASANE-GA-FUCHI (1957), translated as GHOST STORY OF KASANE SWAMP! Based on a story from rakugoka Encho Sanyutei, this horror delivers exactly what you want, and more!

The film stars Tetsuro Tamba, Katsuko Wakasugi, Takashi Wada, Noriko Kitazawa and Kikuko Hanaoka.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 13:18; Discussion 25:56; Ranking 39:53

We travel back in time to watch KYUKETSU-GA (1956) from Japanese director Nobuo Nakagawa! Moths? Vampires?! Werewolves?!! Just what is in store in this adaptation of Seishi Yokomizo's Kosuke Kindaichi detective stories?

The film stars Ryō Ikebe as the detective Kindaichi, with Asami Kuji, Eijirō Tōno and Kyoko Anzai in supporting roles.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 18:28; Discussion 33:58; Ranking 40:11

Your deadicated hosts cover your favourite family! For our fifth horror adjacent episode, it's THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991, Sonnenfeld)!

From Charles Addams beginnings to the bonkers behind-the-scenes production, it's everything you've ever wanted to know about this Halloween classic.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 1:03:33; Discussion 1:09:21

Only the most horrific nightmares lie in NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957)!

We meet our old friend and director Jacques Tourneur as he returns to horror in force alongside stars Dana Andrews, Niall MacGinnis and Peggy Cummins! Plus, what M. R. James is known for and how much of his short story "Casting the Runes" makes it into this adaptation...

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 40:07; Discussion 56:12; Ranking 1:20:37

Finally, just what we ordered... more teens! We cover the second half of AIP's teen-inspired double feature with BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957)! Director Herbert Strock takes us to an all-girls boarding school where a creature lurks at night...

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 7:32; Discussion 20:03; Ranking 42:14

I have a confession to make... I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN (1957)! From director Herbert Strock, we get the followup to I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, starring Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton and Gary Conway.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:28; Discussion 40:36; Ranking 54:33

Inspired by the Mummy movies from Universal, Alfredo Salazar pens the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA (1957) directed by Rafael Portillo! The film stars Ramón Gay, Rosa Arenas, Crox Alvarado and Jorge Mondragón.

Can you take a Mummy movie outside of a pulpy, colonial context? Are there genre ties between horror and classic serials? Just what are Aztec mummies? We answer all these questions and more!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 20:22; Discussion 32:36; Ranking 51:19.

It's a title we've seen before, but this movie is not the same... it's EL VAMPIRO (1957) from director Fernando Méndez and starring Abel Salazar, Germán Robles, Ariadne Welter and Carmen Montejo!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 9:03; Discussion 21:15; Ranking 34:44