Jim discusses his first experiences with the 1959 Post-Apocalyptic classic “On The Beach,” directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson and John Meillon. A US submarine arrives in Melbourne, Australia where the remaining members of the human race are left following
Mark Maddux joins Jim for a look at Irwin Allen’s classic1974 thriller “The Towering Inferno,” starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Susan Flannery, Norman Burton, Don Gordon, Gregory Sierra and a host of rising stars.
Mark Maddux joins us for an in-depth look at a Sci-Fi classic from 1971 directed by Robert Wise – “The Andromeda Strain,” starring James Olson, Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, and Robert Soto as the “Baby.” A satellite returning from space carries something
Jim discusses his first experience with a classic 1959 Horror-Thriller based on an infamous London serial killer – “Jack The Ripper, starring Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall, Ewen Solon, John Le Mesurier, Jack Allen, Endre Muller, and Directed by Monty Berman and Robert S Baker. An American police detective
Jim discusses a classic Kaiju film that celebrates its 60th anniversary this month – “Ghidora: The Three-Headed Monster, starring Yosuke Natsuki, Yurikp Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, “The Peanuts” as Shobijin, Tkashi Shumura, Hisaya Ito, and directed by Ishiro Honda. A strange monster from outer space shows up as Godzilla ad Rodan
Jim reflects on the last film in the Universal Frankenstein/Dracula Universe – “House of Dracula” starring Lon Chaney Jr, Onslow Stevens, John Carradine, Glenn Strange, Martha O’Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Jane Adams, and Skelton Knaggs. Dr. Eidelman (Stevens) known for helping those with unique problems, draws the interest of Dracula and
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a discussion of a 1981 Thriller directed by Piers Haggard -“Venom,” starring Oliver Reed, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, Klaus Kinski, Sterling Hayden, and Lance Holcombe. An attempted kidnapping of a young boy goes horribly wrong as a deadly snake threatens everyone in a London townhouse.
Jim discusses a classic sci-fi film from 1940 – “Dr. Cyclops, ” starring Albert Dekker. Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, and directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, for producers Merian C. Cooper and Dale Van Every. A reclusive scientist with a laboratory laboratory deep in the Amazon jungle invites three
Jim discusses the sequel to “Son Of Frankenstein with 1942’s “The Ghost Of Frankenstein,” starring Lon Chaney Jr, Cedricke Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Janet Ann Gallow, Barton Yarborough, and Olaf Hytten. Produced by George Waggner and directed by Erle C. Kenton, this sequel picks up
In this final entry of this year’s Halloween Fare, Jim discusses a classic cult film frim 1982 – “Poltergeist,” starring Craig T. Nelson, Jo Beth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominque Dunne, Oliver Robbins, Heather O’Rourke, Michael McManus, James Karen, Zelda Rubinstein, Dirk Blocker, and Sonny Landham. Produced by Steven Spielberg and
In this Halloween Special Episode, Jim reflects on a “vampire” film that greatly impacted him in 1987 – Joel Schumacher’s “The Lost Boys,” starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Hermann, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Giertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Alexander Winter, Chance Michael Corbitt, and Tim Cappello.
Jim discusses the one film in the “Halloween” franchise that does not include Michael Myers – 1982’s “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” starring Tom Atkins, Stacy Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy, Michael Currie, Ralph Strait Jadeen Barbor, Brad Schacter, Garn Stephens, Jonathan Terry, Nancy Keyes, Al Berry, Wendy Wassberg, Essex Smith,
