Monster Podcast

Burnt Offerings | Episode 508

Jim discusses the first big feature film from Dan Curtis – 1976’s “Burnt Offerings,” starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Lee H Montgomery, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Dub Taylor, J8im Myers, and Anthony James. A couple and their young son rent a large house in the country for the

The Stuff | Episode 506

Jim discusses Director Larry Cohen’s Horror-Comedy “The Stuff,” starring Michael Moriarity, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul sorvino, Danny Aiello, Patrick )O’Neal, Scott Bloom, and several 80s notables from film and television. This dark look at consumerism and the foibles of the “Me” Generation has developed quite a cult following during

THX 1138 | Episode 505

Jim reflects back on the first time he saw George Lucas’ Feature Film Directorial Debut – “THX 1138,” starring Robert Duvall, Maggie McOmie, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe, and Sid Haig. In a future dystopian society, one man tries to find freedom and make sense of his life.

House Of Frankenstein | Episode 504

Madeline Brumby joins Jim for a look at the 1944 Universal Classic “House Of Frankenstein,” starring Boris Karloff, J Carrol Nash, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe, Glenn Strange, and Michael Mark. It is 15 years after the Wolfman and the Frankenstein Monster downed when

Logan’s Run | Episode 503

Mark Maddox joins Jim for a look at a classic Sci-Fi from 1976 – “Logan’s Run,” starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Lara Lindsay. The story centers around a dystopian society where people are eliminated upon reaching the age of 30. One man, a

Classic Monsters, Modern Art| Episode 502

What if you shined the spotlight on 21st Century artists who loved painting, drawing and sketching classic monsters from the 20th Century? That’s exactly what Author Anthony Taylor has done in his new book “Classic Monsters, Modern Art : 20th Century Horror in the 21st Century. Taylor, along with MONSTER

Dracula, Prince Of Darkness | Episode 501

Barry King (B.K. On The Air) joins Jim for a look at the sequel to Hammer’s Classic Vampire Film “Horror Of Dracula,” – 1966’s “Dracula, Prince Of Darkness.” starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Phillip Latham, Susam Farmer, Charles Tingwell, and Thorley Walters. Two traveling couples happen

The Magnetic Monster | Episode 498

Jim revisits the first film in a classic Sci-Fi Trilogy from Ivan Tors – 1953’s “The Magnetic Monster,” starring Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, Henry Ellerbe, Leo Britt, Leoard Mudie,  Michael Fox, John Zaremba, Kathleen Freeman, and Strother Martin. Agents from the Office of Scientific Investigation discover an element

Chamber Of Horrors| Episode 494

Jim reflects back on his first viewing of the 1966 Cult Classic Horror Film “Chamber Of Horrors,” starring Patrick O’Neal, Caesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Laura Devon, Patrice Wymore, Suzy Parker, Jose Rene Ruiz Martinez, Jeanette Nolan, Marie Windsor, Wayne Rogers and Richard O’Brien. Two amateur sleuths, who also own a

Troll 2| Episode 492

Jim dedicates this podcast to the memory of his friend Debra Reed who starred in the 1990 Cult Classic “Troll 2,” also staring George Hardy, Michael Stephenson, Margo Prey, Connie McFarland, Robert Ormsby, Jason Wright, Jason Steadman, Don Packard and directed by Claudio Fregasso. This “So bad it’s good” film

The Bride | Episode 491

Jim discusses an interpretation of a classic monster movie that made quite an impact on him when it was released in 1985 – “The Bride,” starring Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport, Geraldine Page, Anthony Higgins, Alexei Sayle, Cary Elwes and directed by Franc Roddam. This retelling of the

Moby Dick | Episode 490

Mark Maddox Joins Jim for a duscussion of the 1956 classic based on the immortal novel by Herman Melville – “Moby Dick,” starring Gregory Peck, Richard Baseheart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Friedrich von Ledeur, Francis Wolf, Royal Dano, and directed by John Huston. This well-known

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