It’s still alive! Sherlock Holmes and Dracula meet Bambi and Frankenstein’s Monster in the 1939 extension of the Frankenstein mythos. I mock the hilariously bizarre architecture, the ridiculous dart game, the absurd hair (and somewhat suspicious parentage) of little Peter, and the Frankenstein Village board of commerce. I explore the father-son theme and compare it to the previous films and boldly suggest that 47+ years is a long damn time for a monster to be roaming the countryside murdering people without being discovered or getting some kind of name, especially from his decades-long live-in companion.

I also suggest that if your town became famous for having a monster roaming around it, you could make a good buck off that if you market it the right way. And I gratuitously, but only momentarily, compare the Frankensteins to the royal family of England.

Josh Way riffs this 1965 Sci-Fi “classic,” featuring badly dubbed Russian astronauts, a highly impractical robot named John, and just a hint of Basil Rathbone for seasoning. An excursion to the planet Venus reveals the startling truth – that even in space, boring things are lame.

This iRiff comes with a Video On Demand movie with the riff audio mixed right in, as well as an mp3 of the isolated commentary. The original movie is available on archive.org: http://www.archive.org/details/VoyagetothePrehistoricPlanet

Christiana Ellis, Mike Meitin, Shelly Brisbin and Tee Morris watch the classic 1935 pirate flick, Captain Blood!

B. ALAN Orange and MANTOOTH take you frame-by-frame through the Empire Strikes Back of Cornpone Cinema: HILLBILLYS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE! The boys take it out in the Holler for this Ferlin Husky masterpiece from the late Sixties. They are joined by Billy Tucker, Hilljack on loan from the Ozarks. Best bust out that Shine, this here’s a rollickin’ good time, ya’ll!