These are the films that opened up a new world of scary creatures, sci-fi wonders and frightening tales of the supernatural. Former radio personality Jim Adams re-visits a time when radioactive dinosaurs threatened Tokyo, werewolves terrorized the population at large and mad scientists conducted hideous experiments in large mansions.
Mark Maddux joins Jim for a rousing discussion of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of a classic Stephen King horror novel -“The Shining,” starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, and Tony Burt. The story centers around a former school teacher
Jim looks back on a classic Hammer Horror Film from 1966 – “The Witches” aka “The Devil’s Own,” starring Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McGowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting, John Collin. Michele Doltrice, Gwen Frangcon-Davies, Duncan Lamont, Martin Stephens, directed by Cyril Franklin and written by Nigel Kneale. A woman
Jim reflects on his first viewing of a classic 1972 Sci-Fi – “Slaughterhouse-Five,” based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, directed by George Roy Hill and starring Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine, Rob Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Holly Near, Perry Ling, Kevin Conway, Sorrell Brooke, and John Dehner. Billy Pilgrim
Actress Hannah Fierman (“V/H/S,” “Siren”) joins Jim for a look at a unique Itallian Horror Film Genre that began back in the 1960’s -“Giallo.” Hannah talks about her favorite director, Dario Argento (“Opera,” “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,”Suspiria”) while Jim reflects back on his experiences with Mario Bava (Black
Jim reflects on the movie that launched a popular 1979 television series -“Buck Rogers In The 25th Century,” starring Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O’ConnorPamela Hensley, Henry Silva, Felix Silla, Mel Blanc, HB Haggerty, Joseph Wiseman, and Howard F Flynn. Based on classic Sci-Fi novel, an astronaut is frozen in
Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a special episode celebrating the 20th Anniversary fo The Silver Scream Spook Show with a discussion of the 1957 Cult Classic “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” Directed by Edward d. Wood Jr and starring Bela Lugosi, Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore,
Jim revisits a favorite thriller from his childhood – 1954’s “The Mad Magician,” directed by John Brahm and starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O’Neal, and Jay Novello. Hoping to cash in on Price’s success the year before with “House Of Wax,”
Jim revisits a classic Jack Arnold Monster Movie that not only taught him about an extinct fish, but also provided him with inspiration for a Halloween costume. It’s 1958’s “Monster On The Campus,” starring Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters, Troy Donahue, Phil Harvey, Helen Westcott, Alexander Lockwood,
Jim talks about a Classic Sci-Fi Horror Sequel from Director Larry Cohen – 1978’s “It Lives Again,” (aka “Its Alive 2”) starring Frederic Forest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan, John Marley, Andrew Duggan, Eddie Constantine, and James Dixon. Made as the econd film in Cohen’s “It’s Alive” Trilogy, the film
Clay Sayre joins Jim for a discussion of a beloved Sci-Fi TV show from 1963 -“The Outer Limits,” starring a host of well-known television and film stars from the 40s, 50s and 60s. The show, which ran only two seasons, was unlike anything seen before on television and developed a
Jim revisits one of the first films MONSTER ATTACK! looked at 10 years ago -1966’s “Fantastic Voyage,” directed by Richard Flessher and starring Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmund O’Brien, Donald Pleasence,, Arthur O’Connell,William Redfield, and Arthur Kennedy. This amazinf Sci-Fi movie wowed audiences with its look inside of the human
Brandon Reed joins us for a rousing look at one of Charles Band’s first horror films – “1976’s “CRASH!,” starring Jose Ferrer, Sue Lyon, John Ericson, Leslie Parrish, and John Carradine. This drive-in classic features an evil Camaro ent on revenge. But revenge on what? … and Who? Find out
