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 discusses a classic cult film celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year and one that launched the career of a well-known actress -“The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane,” starring Jodie Foster, Scott Jacoby, Alexis Smith, Martin Sheen, Mort Shuman, and directed by Nicholas Gessner. A young girl seemingly
Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a rousing discussion of the 1953 Monster Movie Classoc “Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” starring Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald woods, Lee Van Cleef, Steve Brodie, Ross Elliot, Michael Fox, King Donovan, James Best, and with Special Effects by
Jim explores the 1931 Horror Classic Film “The Walking Dead,” starring Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill, Warren Hull, Barton Maclane, and directed by Michael Curtiz. An innocent man (Karloff) is convicted of murder and executed. His body is brought back to life by a scientist (Gwenn) seeking
Jim remembers the first time he watched the 1931 Horror Classic “Frankenstein,” directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Marilyn Harris, and Michael Mark. Based on the novel by Mary Shelley, this film helped
MONSTER ATTACK! celebrates its 10th Season Anniversary and Jim discusses the first time he saw the 1951 Sci-Fi Classic “The Thing From Another World,” starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Douglas Spencer, Robert Cornwate, Dewey Martin, Robert Nichols, William Self, Eduard Franz, Paul Frees, George Fenneman, and James Arness. Produced by
Mansion Of The Doomed | Episode 519 Jim rerturns to the fifth film MONSTER ATTACK! discussed in its 10-year history with a 50th Anniversary look at the 1976 cult classic “Mansion Of The Doomed,” starring Richard Basehart, Lance Henriksen, Gloria Grahame, Trish Stewart, Vic Tayback, Katherine Stewart, Al Ferrara, and
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?
