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.
Jim revisits the time he first watched Hammer’s 1956 Classic Sci-Fi Film – “X The Unknown,” starring Dean Jagger, Leo McKerm, Edward Chapman, William Lucas, Peter Hammond, Ian McHaughton, Michael Ripper, Anthony Newley, and Edward Judd. A strange radioactive substance oozes out of the ground and threatens a nearby village
Jim discusses a classic 1963 Roger Corman-produced monster movie that was also the directorial debut for Francis Ford Coppola -“Dementia 13,” starring, Bart Patton, Luana Anders, William Campbell, Mary Michel, Patrick Magee, Eithne Dunne, and Karl Schanzer. After her husband’s death, a woman trying to win favor with her rich
It;s a MONSTER ATTACK! Double Feature as Jim revisits two classic Universal films – “The Mummy’s Hand” * “The Mummy’s Tomb,” starring Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Peggy Moran, Cecil Kellaway, Tom Tyler, Lon Chaney, John Hubbard and Turhan Bey. Universal continued its monster parade of movies with two
Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton (The Silver Scream Spook Show) join Jim to discuss Ishiro Honda’s classic 1964 Kaiju film “Ghidora, The Three-Headed Monster, starring Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Hisaya Ito, Haruo Nakajima, Masanon Shinohara, Shoichi Hirose, and The Peanuts.. The appearance of a strange woman,
Jim talks about a classic Drive-in Horror Move from 1976 – “Squirm,” starring Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R A Dow, Fran Higgins, Jean Sullivan, Peter MacLean, and Directed by Jeff Lieberman. A severe thunderstorm knocks down power lines near a small Georgia town causing electricity to surge into the ground
Jim talks about a classic 1954 Thriller from Alfred Hitchcock – “Rear Window,” starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, and Raymond Burr. A famous photojournalist confined to a wheelchair after breaking his leg spends his recovery watching his neighbors’ lives. But, is one of them a murderer?
Jim recounts seeing this 1986 Sci-Fi Thriller by Wes Craven on opening night -“Deadly Friend,” starring Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, Anne Ramsey, Andrew Roperto, Lee Paul, and Charles Fleischer. A young genius attempts to bring his friend back to life, following a tragic accident,
Jim discusses one of David Cronenberg’s first horror films as a director – 1981’s “Scanners” starring Steven Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Robert Silverman, Mayor Moore, and Michael Ironside. A small group of people possess the power to read other people’s minds and control them physically. A covert
Jim reflects back on the first time he saw John Badham’s classic Sci-Fi thriller “War Games,” starring Mathew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Barry Corbin, William Bogart, Maury Chaykin, Eddie Deezen, and Michael Madsen. A young computer whiz (Broderick) hacks into what he thinks is a game company’s
Jim explores a classic 1981 Sci-Fi film written and directed by Michael Crichton – “Looker,” starring Albert Finney, Susan Dey, James Coburn, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dorian Harewood, Tim Rossovich, Darryl Hickman, Terri Welles, Terry Kiser, Georganne Johnson, and Richard Venture. Mysterious deaths involving models who were patients of a well-know plastic
Jim discusses the first big feature film from Dan Curtis – 1976’s “Burnt Offerings,” starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Lee H Montgomery, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Dub Taylor, J8im Myers, and Anthony James. A couple and their young son rent a large house in the country for the
Jim reflects on the first time he saw an intense horror film from 1976 which was the film debut for Brooke Shields – “Alice, Sweet Alice,” directed by Alfred Sole and starring Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry, Rudolph Willrich, Michael Hardstack, Alphonso DeNoble, Gary Allen,
