It;s a MONSTER ATTACK! Double Feature as Jim revisits two classic Universal films – “The Mummy’s Hand” * “The Mummy’s Tomb,” starring Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Peggy Moran, Cecil Kellaway, Tom Tyler, Lon Chaney, John Hubbard and Turhan Bey. Universal continued its monster parade of movies with two
Jim recounts seeing this 1986 Sci-Fi Thriller by Wes Craven on opening night -“Deadly Friend,” starring Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, Anne Ramsey, Andrew Roperto, Lee Paul, and Charles Fleischer. A young genius attempts to bring his friend back to life, following a tragic accident,
Jim explores a classic 1981 Sci-Fi film written and directed by Michael Crichton – “Looker,” starring Albert Finney, Susan Dey, James Coburn, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dorian Harewood, Tim Rossovich, Darryl Hickman, Terri Welles, Terry Kiser, Georganne Johnson, and Richard Venture. Mysterious deaths involving models who were patients of a well-know plastic
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
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
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
Jim discusses an adaption of one of his favorite Stephen King books -“Cat’s Eye,” based on two short stories in “Nightshift” and starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Robert Hayes, Kenneth McMillian, Mary D’Arcy, Candy Clark, James Naughton, Mike Starr, Charles S. Dutton, and directed by Lewis Teague. The
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
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.
Jim discusses a classic Sci-Fi film produced by George Pal and directed by Byron Haskin – “Conquest Of Space,” starring Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Ross Martin, Phil Foster, Mickey Shaughnessy, William Redfield, Benson Fong, William Hopper, Vito Scotti, Michael Fox, and Rosemary Clooney. In the near future, a planned mission
Jim reflects back on an anthology film from Amicus that greatly influenced him early on – Freddie Francis’ “Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors,” starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Max Adrian, Ann Bell, Peter Madden, Donald Sutherland, Roy Castle, Ursula Howells, Katy Wild, Bernard Lee, Alan Freeman, Jeremy Kemp, Kenny Lynch,
