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 a favorite of his from 1956 – “Earth vs The Flying Saucers,” starring Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Thomas Henry Browne, and Harry Lauter. This classic featuring effects by Ray Harryhausen and directed by Fred Sears set the table for future flying saucer
Jim discusses one of the most beloved Sci-Fi franchises from the 1950-60’s which began with 1955’s “The Quatermass Xperiment,” starring Brian Donlevy, Margia Dean, Richard Wordsworth, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird, David King-Wood, Lionel Jeffries, Toke Townley, Harold Lang and Directed by Val Guest. The story centers around an
Shane Morton and Madeline Brumby join Jim for a rousing discussion of a Ray Harryhausen 1977 Classic – “Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger,” starring Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Troughton, Damien Thomas, Bruce Barnabe, Margaret Whiting, and Peter Mayhew. This tale has Sinbad (Wayne) helping Dione
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a discussion of two Gene Roddenberry TV Movie pilots from the early 1970s – “Genesis II” and “Planet Earth,” starring Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Majel Barrett, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodriguez, John Saxon, Diana Muldaur, and Christopher Cary. Both stories deal with a researcher (Cord, Saxon)
Jim reflects back on the first time he saw this sci-i cult classic from 1973 -“SSSSSSS,” Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies, Richard B Shull, Tim O’Connor, Jack Ging, Reb Brown, Kathleen King, Charles Steel, and Noble Craig. This is a tale of a mad scientist who wants to create
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a rousing 9th Anniversary Special of the podcast talking about a classic game-changing film from Alfred Hitchcock – “Psycho,” starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin Martin Balsam, Simon Oakland, John Anderson, and Ted Knight. Marian Crane (Leigh) steals $40,000 from her employer
Jim helps celebrate the 70th Anniversary of a classic Kaiju film _ “Godzilla Raids again,” starring Hirashi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura, Haruo Nakajima, and Katsumi Tazuka. Following the destruction caused by Godzilla in the first film and his demise by the “Oxygen Destroyer,” another Godzilla is found
Jim pays tribute to one of his favorite Horror Hosts growing up -“Baron Daemon” from Syracuse, N.Y. and takes a look at the “Flash Gordon” Serials from the late 1930’s. Mike Price a.k.a. Baron Daemon worked for WNYS Channel 9 for more than 45 years and left quite a legacy
Jim revisits a classic “Creature” film directed by Jack Arnold -1955’s “Revenge Of The Creature,” starring John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva, Ricou Browning, Tom Hennesy, and Clint Eastwood. Another expedition into the Amazon results in the capture of the “Gill Man,” who is transported to a Florida
In memory of his mother, Phyllis, for Mothers Day, Jim discusses a classic film based on a Jules Verne novel – 1960’s “Mysterious Island,” starring Michael Craig, Gary Merrill, Michael Callan, Herbert Lom, Joan Greenwood, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson and directed by Cy Endfield with special effects by
Madeline Brumby, Shane Morton and Mark Maddox join Jim for a rousing discussion of 1964’s Kaiju Classic, “Godzilla vs The Thing,” aka Godzilla Vs Mothra or Mothra vs Godzilla,” starring Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yu Fujiki Emi and Yumi Ito, Krnji Sahara, Jun Tazaku, Akira Tani, Haruo Nakajima,
Jim reflects on one of the first Hammer Monster Movies he ever watched – 1958’s “The Revenge Of Frankenstein,” starring Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Grayson, Oscar Quitak, Michael Gwynn, John Welsh, Richard Wordsworth, George Woodbridge, and Michael Ripper. Directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster, this film
