Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a rousing discussion of the 1956 Sci-Fi Classic “Forbidden Planet,” starring Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly and Earl Holliman. The episode also promotes the first Silver Scream Spook Show for 2025 at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta.
Jim reflects on a classic Roger Corman film from 1955, “The Beast With A 1,000,000 Eyes,” starring Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona Cole, Dick Sargent, Leonard Tarver, Bruce Whitmore, and Chester Conklin. An unseen alien takes over the bodies of animals and humans on its way to conquering the Earth
Jim reflects on one of the first “Big Monster” movies he saw growing up, 1955’s Classic, “It Cam From Beneath The Sea,” featuring the work of Ray Harryhausen and starring Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox, and Harry Lauter. Produced by Charles Schneer and directed by
Jim discusses a 1965 Horror Classic from Producer/Director William Castle – “I Saw What You Did,” starring Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Sharyl Locke, Patricia Breslin, John Archer, John Crawford, and Joyce Meadows. Three girls playing a phone prank end up playing a lethal game surrounding the
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a rousing discussion of the 1965 Italian Sci-Fi classic “The10th Victim,” starring Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli, Luce Bnifassy, Salva Randone, Evy Rigano, and directed by Elio Petri. A futuristic society uses a TV show that involves people hunting and murdering one another to
Jim reflects on a classic 1975 horror film from Tyburn Film Productions directed by Freddie Francis, “The Ghoul,” starring Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, John Hurt, Alexandra Bastardo, Gwen Watford, Stewart Bevan, Ian McCulloch, Dan Meaden and Don Hendersan. Two couples find themselves lost in “the moors” and facing a strange
Jim loooks at a Sci-Fi Thriller celebrating its 50th Anniversary with Bryan Forbes’ “The Stepford Wives,” starring katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Patrick O’Neal, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Carol Rossen, William Prince, Carole Mallory, Toni Reid, Judith Baldwin, Barbara Rucker, George Coe, and Mary Stuart Masterson. Based on the
Mark Maddox joins Jim in an in-depth discussion of Tim Burton’s superhero classic “Batman,” starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Michael Gough, Billy Dee Williams, Tracey Walter, Jack Palance, Wiliam Hootkins, and Jerry Hall. This “Dark Knight” origin story was the top-grossing domestic feature film
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
