Scream Scene Podcast

The last 3D movie from "the golden age of 3D," it's REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955) from director Jack Arnold! Revenge is a dish best served like a cold fish as Gill-Man rampages across MarineLand! Starring John Agar, Lori Nelson and John Bromfield.

Plus, the appearance of teens and the first acting job of... CLINT EASTWOOD??

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 27:30; Discussion 44:34; Ranking 1:13:49

Submitted for your approval are THREE CASES OF MURDER (1955, Toye, Eady, More O'Ferrall, Welles), an anthology film from Britain featuring Alan Badel and Orson Welles. Some segments are better than others, but all are restrained in that British sort of way... are they thrilling enough to be horror?

Context setting 00:00; First segment synopsis 32:04 and discussion 37:45; Second segment synopsis 45:33 and discussion 52:08; Third segment synopsis 1:03:13 and discussion 1:07:42; Ranking 1:14:47

The screen's master of the WEIRD in his newest and most daring SHOCKER! Bela Lugosi stars in BRIDE OF THE MONSTER (1955) from Ed Wood!

The film also stars Tony McCoy, Tor Johnson and Loretta King. Plus, hear your deadicated hosts talk about GLEN OR GLENDA and the pathos of Bela Lugosi!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 30:38; Discussion 46:40; Ranking 58:28

Your deadicated hosts received an appeal of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN (1943, Dmytryk), currently ranked at #62.

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What came first, horror or thriller? Is something horror from what it inspires? Did the chicken or the egg come first? Your deadicated hosts ask the real, hard, philosophical questions as they watch LES DIABOLIQUES (1955, Clouzot) starring Véra Clouzot and Simone Signoret.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 39:08; Discussion 51:38; Ranking 1:09:41

We enter the mysterious mind of Herbert Tevos for MESA OF LOST WOMEN (1953), directed by Tevos and Ron Ormond!

There's a giant spider (gross) and sexy spider babes (better). Just what does this strange movie have in store for your hosts?? Starring Jackie Coogan, Robert Knapp, Harmon Stevens, Tandra Quinn, and featuring the voice of Lyle Talbot.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:54; Discussion 45:10; Ranking 56:34

We go back in time to Finland for the earliest example of folk horror: 1952's VALKOINEN PEURA from director Erik Blomberg! The film, The White Reindeer in English, is a special fairytale featuring a vampiric were-reindeer witch inspired by Sami myth.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 29:01; Discussion 48:19; Ranking 1:11:16

Out of the Himalayas comes THE SNOW CREATURE (1954) from director W. Lee Wilder!

A B movie made by the off-brand director of the Wilder family, this horror film about a patchy Yeti is something that you may not want to experience yourself... Starring Paul Langton, William Phipps and Teru Shimada.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 30:51; Discussion 42:32; Ranking 1:04:57

Your deadicated hosts travel to 1950s Japan to cover GOJIRA (1954) from director Ishiro Honda! Plus, a brief history of post-war Japan, the atomic bomb, and the origins of the daikaiju genre.

A brief context-setting of Japan 00:00; Film background 18:45; Synopsis 1:33:02; Discussion 1:46:27; Ranking 2:28:22

From Chano Urueta comes the 1954 Mexican horror LA BRUJA starring Lilia del Valle, Ramón Gay, and Julio Villarreal! A mad scientist, a witch, a secret Night Court... what could go wrong?

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 7:25; Discussion 31:39; Ranking 42:52