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 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
Jim discusses a classic Kaiju film that celebrates its 60th anniversary this month – “Ghidora: The Three-Headed Monster, starring Yosuke Natsuki, Yurikp Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, “The Peanuts” as Shobijin, Tkashi Shumura, Hisaya Ito, and directed by Ishiro Honda. A strange monster from outer space shows up as Godzilla ad Rodan
Jim reflects on the last film in the Universal Frankenstein/Dracula Universe – “House of Dracula” starring Lon Chaney Jr, Onslow Stevens, John Carradine, Glenn Strange, Martha O’Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Jane Adams, and Skelton Knaggs. Dr. Eidelman (Stevens) known for helping those with unique problems, draws the interest of Dracula and
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a discussion of a 1981 Thriller directed by Piers Haggard -“Venom,” starring Oliver Reed, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, Klaus Kinski, Sterling Hayden, and Lance Holcombe. An attempted kidnapping of a young boy goes horribly wrong as a deadly snake threatens everyone in a London townhouse.
