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
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.
Jim discusses a classic sci-fi film from 1940 – “Dr. Cyclops, ” starring Albert Dekker. Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, and directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, for producers Merian C. Cooper and Dale Van Every. A reclusive scientist with a laboratory laboratory deep in the Amazon jungle invites three
Jim discusses the sequel to “Son Of Frankenstein with 1942’s “The Ghost Of Frankenstein,” starring Lon Chaney Jr, Cedricke Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Janet Ann Gallow, Barton Yarborough, and Olaf Hytten. Produced by George Waggner and directed by Erle C. Kenton, this sequel picks up
In this final entry of this year’s Halloween Fare, Jim discusses a classic cult film frim 1982 – “Poltergeist,” starring Craig T. Nelson, Jo Beth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominque Dunne, Oliver Robbins, Heather O’Rourke, Michael McManus, James Karen, Zelda Rubinstein, Dirk Blocker, and Sonny Landham. Produced by Steven Spielberg and
