# John Agar

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Episode 115: The Friend, The Betrayer - The Murder of Ashley Young

Grand Rapids, Michigan is a city on the Grand River, known for its Midwest charm and creative energy. This city is where 31-year-old Ashley Young was building a new life studying in college, working at a call center, and about to move into her very first apartment. Bubbly, optimistic and full of li…

Episode 338 - Just a Guy With a Skin Condition

Sometimes you come across a movie that's just a little unfortunate. Maybe it needed another rewrite. Maybe it needed a more experienced director. In any case, our monster here is... just a guy with a skin condition... It's HAND OF DEATH (1962, Nelson) starring John Agar as our guy! ...at least the …

Test Subject #312: Tarantula (1955)

Tarantula (1955) on The Atomic Cinema Experiment. This is a sci fi movie podcast. Tarantula is directed by Jack Arnold and stars John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv all links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Emai…

The (Archival) Virginian Vault: Another's Footsteps (s2e24)

Kids I've been deep-diving into The Virginian for the better part of a year, so there are plenty of episodes I've watched before beginning to regularly talk about them this month. I'll be stepping into the archive every so often to talk about some episodes I wrote about before starting the podcast.…

Jurassic Parkansas | The Rise & Fall of Dinosaur World and the Land of Kong

Hidden in the Ozarks near Eureka Springs lies the forgotten story of Dinosaur World, later known as John Agar’s Land of Kong—one of Arkansas’s strangest roadside attractions. Built in 1967 by eccentric entrepreneur Ola Farwell with the help of sculptor Emmet Sullivan, the park featured life-sized c…

Journey to the Seventh Planet

Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)  AIP Production #608 / 6108  Jeff and Cheryl fight the urge to crack wise about Uranus in Journey to the Seventh Planet. Screenplay by Ib Melchior and Sid Pink From a Story by Sid Pink Produced and Directed by Sidney Pink Starring:  John Agar as Don  Carl Ottose…

Monster Movie Happy Hour, Ep. 169, "Night Fright"

The crew dive into 1967's "Night Fright" - not 1985's "Fright Night", with Roddy McDowell  - and literally have trouble seeing the Hairy Gator Monster and B-movie stalwart John Agar, who is truly the best part of this underexposed, underwritten dreck . . .  Yikes. The "Mutated Alligator" cocktail …

1955's 'Tarantula': Science Gone Awry in Classic Sci-Fi Horror!

In this episode of Mindset Movie Reviews, I take a closer look at Tarantula (1955). Directed by Jack Arnold, starring John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, and Ross Elliott. ⭐ Rating: 3.5/5 🏆 IMDb: 6.4/10 🎬 Genre: Sci-Fi and Horror ⏱ Runtime: 80 minutes 📅 Release Year: 1956 …

Shirley Temple: Hollywood's Most Famous Child Star — Depression-Era Stardom, the Studio System, and an Extraordinary Second Act

Shirley Temple was the most famous child star Hollywood had ever seen — a six-year-old who became the biggest box-office attraction in America, helped carry Twentieth Century-Fox through the Great Depression, and grew up inside a studio system built around keeping her little for as long as possible…