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The Mummy’s Hand | Episode 480

Jim revisits an old monster favorite now celebrating its 85th Anniversary – “The Mummy’s Hand,” starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Tom Tyler, George Zucco and Cecil Kellaway. An Archaeologist (Foran) and his buddy (Ford) are seeking the tomb of Princess Ananka without much luck until they meet a

Psychomania | Episode 461

Mark Maddox joins Jim (who’s suffering from an extreme pollen allergy) in discussing a strange little “Zombie” film from 1973, in fact a “Zombie on motorcycles” film – “Psychomania,” Starring Nicky Henson, George Sanders, Beryl Reid, Mary Larkin, Denis Gilmore, Roy Holder, Robert Hardy, Ann Michelle, and Directed by Don

The Bird With The Crystal Plumage | Episode 460

Jim reflects on his introduction to “Giallo” films with Dario Argento’s “The Bird With The Crystal Plumage,” starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Eva Renzi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mario Adorf, Umberto Raho, and Raf Valenti. In Argento’s directorial debut, the story centers around an American writer who witnesses an attempted homicide.

This Island Earth | Episode 458

Jim discusses one of his favorite Sci-Fi films growing up – “This Island Earth,” Starrinf Rex Reason, Faith Domergue. Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer and directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold. Aliens from the planet Metaluna grab a group of Earth scientists to help them

Forbidden Planet | Episode 452

Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a rousing discussion of the 1956 Sci-Fi Classic “Forbidden Planet,” starring Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly and Earl Holliman. The episode also promotes the first Silver Scream Spook Show for 2025 at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta.

The 10th Victim | Episode 448

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

The Ghoul (1975) | Episode 447

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

12 To The Moon | Episode 425

Jim reflects on an early Sci-Fi film made in 1959 concerning man’s first missin to the Moon – :12 To The Moon,” starring Ken Clark, Roger Til, Michi Kobi, Anna-Lisa, Robert Montgomery, Anthony Dexter, John Weingraf, Richard Weber, and Francis X. Bushman. An international mission to the Moon is full

The Adventures Of Buckaroo Bonzai | Episode 424

Jim discusses one of his favorite cult films from 1984 – “The Adventures Of Buckaroos Bonzai Across The 8th Dimension,” starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Robert Ito, Matt Clark, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schiavelli, and Dan Hedaya. Buckaroo, a neurosurgeon-musician-adventurer, has

War Of The Satellites | Episode 417

Jim reminices about the second “Monster Movie” he ever saw – Roger Corman’s 1958 Sci-Fi “War Of The Satellites,” starring Dick Miller, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon, Eric Sinclair, Michael Fox, Robert Shayne, Jared Barclay, and John Brinkley. The story centers around man’s ttempt to explore space while an alien race

Altered States | Episode 416

In this very special anniversary episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, Jim reflects on the first time he saw Ken Russell’s classic 1980 Sci-Fi film “Altered States,” written by Paddy Chayefsky and starring William Hurt, Blair Brown, Charles Haid, Bob Balaban, Thaao Penghlis, Dori Brenner, Charles White eagle, Drew Barrymore, Megan Jeffers,

Targets | Episode 415

Jim reflects on a masterful tale involving a clean-cut suburban lad who goes on a deadly shooting spree in Los Angeles – Peter Bogdanovich’s “Targets,” starring Tim O’Kelly, Boris Karloff, Nancy Hsueh, Arthur Peterson, James Brown, Tanya Morgan, Mary Jackson, Sandy Baron, Monte Landis and Mike Farrell. This critically-acclaimed 1967

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