Jim revisits the first film in a classic Sci-Fi Trilogy from Ivan Tors – 1953’s “The Magnetic Monster,” starring Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, Henry Ellerbe, Leo Britt, Leoard Mudie, Â Michael Fox, John Zaremba, Kathleen Freeman, and Strother Martin. Agents from the Office of Scientific Investigation discover an element
Jim revisits the very first werewolf movie he ever saw as a kid – 1956’s “The Werewolf,” directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Eleanore Tanin, Kim Charney, Harry Lauter, Ken Christie, S, John Launer, George Lynn, and Steven Ritch (as the title character). Priduced by
Jim reflects on one of the top-grossing films of 1976 and a real horror game-changer – “The Omen,” starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Spencer Stephens, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Leo McKern, and Holly Palance. This classic film centers around a small boy who might be the Antichrist.
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a reflection on a classic Terry Gilliam Cult Film – “Brazil,” starring Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughn, Sheila Reid, and Derek OConnor. Gilliam’s look at a dystopian society obsessed with government
Jim reflects back on his first viewing of the 1966 Cult Classic Horror Film “Chamber Of Horrors,” starring Patrick O’Neal, Caesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Laura Devon, Patrice Wymore, Suzy Parker, Jose Rene Ruiz Martinez, Jeanette Nolan, Marie Windsor, Wayne Rogers and Richard O’Brien. Two amateur sleuths, who also own a
Mark Maddox and James Lechner join Jim for a rousing holiday discussion of the 1975 Cult Classic “The Giant Spider Invasion,” starring Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish, Alan Hale Jr, Bill Williams, Kevin Brodie, Christine Schmidtmer, and Diane Lee Hart. This low-budget gem was one 1975’s top-grossing
Jim dedicates this podcast to the memory of his friend Debra Reed who starred in the 1990 Cult Classic “Troll 2,” also staring George Hardy, Michael Stephenson, Margo Prey, Connie McFarland, Robert Ormsby, Jason Wright, Jason Steadman, Don Packard and directed by Claudio Fregasso. This “So bad it’s good” film
Jim discusses an interpretation of a classic monster movie that made quite an impact on him when it was released in 1985 – “The Bride,” starring Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport, Geraldine Page, Anthony Higgins, Alexei Sayle, Cary Elwes and directed by Franc Roddam. This retelling of the
Mark Maddox Joins Jim for a duscussion of the 1956 classic based on the immortal novel by Herman Melville – “Moby Dick,” starring Gregory Peck, Richard Baseheart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Friedrich von Ledeur, Francis Wolf, Royal Dano, and directed by John Huston. This well-known
Jim discusses a cult classic Ghost Story film from 1980 – “The Changeling,” starring George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse, and Madeline Sherwood. Based on a stroy by Russell Hunter and directed by Peter Medak, the film centers around a famous composer
Jim has fun with a breakout cult film celebrating its 45th Anniversary this year – “Alligator,” directed by Lewis Teague, written by John Sayles and starring Robert Forster Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Jack Carter, Perry Lang, Henry Silva, Bart Braverman, Angel Tompkins, Sue Lyon, and Royce D Applegate,
For the podcast’s 10th Halloween Show, Jim pulls a classic Stanley Kubrick film out of the bag and discusses 1980’s “The Shining,” starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone,Joe Tiurkel, Anne Jackson, and Tony Burton. This adaptation of the Stephen King classic deals witha
