Jim dedicates this s[ecial episode to the memory of his parents, Jim & Phyllis Adams, as he reflects on the very forst Monster Movie he ever saw, Director Eugène Lourié's "The Giant Behemoth," starring Gene Evans,, Andre Morell, John Turner, Leigh Madison, Jack MacGowan, and Maurice Kaufmann. Strange deaths lead two scienrists to discover a large sea creature who has been affected by radiation. Find out more about this classic on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies....
Jan 26, 2026•59 min•Season 10Ep. 32
Mark Maddox joins JIm for a look at the 1981 cult classic "Wolfen," starring Albert finney, Diana Venora, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Esward James Olmos, and Dick O'Neill. A NYPD detective investigates a series of strange murders that seem to be caused by feral animals. But, there seems to be more to these killimgs. Find out on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jan 19, 2026•57 min•Season 10Ep. 31
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 mistakenly created by a lone-wolf scientist that could cause the end of mankind. How will the mysterious force be stopped? Find out on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Ded...
Jan 12, 2026•46 min•Season 10Ep. 30
Jim revisits the very first werewolf movie he ever saw as a kid - 1956's "The Werewolf," directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Eleanore Tanin, Kim Charney, Harry Lauter, Ken Christie, S, John Launer, George Lynn, and Steven Ritch (as the title character). Priduced by Sam Katzman, the film centers around a man who is the victim of an experiment that changes him into a wolf/man. Find out more on MONSTER ATTAZCK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies....
Jan 05, 2026•53 min•Season 10Ep. 29
Jim reflects on one of the top-grossing films of 1976 and a real horror game-changer - "The Omen," starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Spencer Stephens, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Leo McKern, and Holly Palance. This classic film centers around a small boy who might be the Antichrist. The movie opened the door for many other religous horror films in the late-70s and spawned three sequels as well as a remake and a prequel. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast ...
Dec 29, 2025•47 min•Season 10Ep. 28
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a reflection on a classic Terry Gilliam Cult Film - "Brazil," starring Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughn, Sheila Reid, and Derek OConnor. Gilliam's look at a dystopian society obsessed with government bureaucracy and machines started slow when it was released in the US, but has developed a huge following since. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated T Old Mon...
Dec 22, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 10Ep. 27
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 wax museum, help Baltimore police capture a serial killer in the late 19th century. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies....
Dec 15, 2025•45 min•Season 10Ep. 26
Mark Maddox and James Lechner join Jim for a rousing holiday discussion of the 1975 Cult Classic "The Giant Spider Invasion," starring Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish, Alan Hale Jr, Bill Williams, Kevin Brodie, Christine Schmidtmer, and Diane Lee Hart. This low-budget gem was one 1975's top-grossing flms and developed a huge cult following. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Dec 08, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 10Ep. 25
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 has been a staple of many midnight showings across the country and has developed an incredible fan following equal to "Rocky Horror." Find out about this gem on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast...
Dec 01, 2025•49 min•Season 10Ep. 24
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 "Frankenstein" saga was not initially well-received but, has developed a large cult following the last 40 years. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicared To Old Monster Movies....
Nov 24, 2025•50 min•Season 10Ep. 23
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 tale involves the observations of a young seaman (Baseheart) while serving aboard a whaling ship under the command of Captain Ahab (Peck). But who is the real monster in the story?...
Nov 17, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 10Ep. 22
Jim discusses a cult classic Ghost Story film from 1980 - "The Changeling," starring George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse, and Madeline Sherwood. Based on a stroy by Russell Hunter and directed by Peter Medak, the film centers around a famous composer who lost his wife and daughter in a tragic accident and his struggles to move on. While living in an old house , he experieves several strange occurrances. Are they real or imagined? find out on MO...
Nov 10, 2025•47 min•Season 10Ep. 21
Jim has fun with a breakout cult film celebrating its 45th Anniversary this year - "Alligator," directed by Lewis Teague, written by John Sayles and starring Robert Forster Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Jack Carter, Perry Lang, Henry Silva, Bart Braverman, Angel Tompkins, Sue Lyon, and Royce D Applegate, A giant alligator who was flushed down a toilet as a baby, grows up and up and up in the sewers and wrecks havoc on a city. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To ...
Nov 03, 2025•47 min•Season 10Ep. 20
For the podcast's 10th Halloween Show, Jim pulls a classic Stanley Kubrick film out of the bag and discusses 1980's "The Shining," starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone,Joe Tiurkel, Anne Jackson, and Tony Burton. This adaptation of the Stephen King classic deals witha man, his wife and their young son spenfing the winter iso0lated at a large hotel in the Colorado Mountains. It's a frightening tales of a man's descent into madness. find...
Oct 27, 2025•53 min•Season 10Ep. 19
Jim discusses the 60th Anniversary of a classic 1965 Sci-Fi Cult Film - "Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster," starring James Karen, Nancy Marshall, Robert Reilly, Lou Cutell. Marilyn Hanold, Robert Fields, David Kerman and Bruce Glover. The U.S. launches a manned flight to Mars as a Martian spaceship circles the Earth with plans to kidnap its young women. One thing leads to another leading to the title's conclusion. Confused? We'll sort it all out on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To O...
Oct 20, 2025•1 hr•Season 10Ep. 18
Jim discusses a little-known 1970 British horror film from Tigon Productions - "The Beast In The Cellar," starring Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, John Hamill, Tessa Wyatt, John Kelland, David Dodimead, Dafydd Havard, and directed by James Kelly. The story was based on a true story about two spinster sisters who kept their younger brother locked in a cellar for several years. When strange murders begin happening in a small British town, the sisters worry about who the perpetrator might be. Find out mo...
Oct 13, 2025•42 min•Season 10Ep. 17
Jim discusses a little-known 1965 Sci-Fi film from Great Britain - "Blood Beast From Outer Space," aka "Night Caller From Outer Space,' aka "The Night Caller," starring John Saxon, Patricia Haines, Maurice Denham, Warren Mitchell, Alfred Burke, Aubrey Morris, John Carson, Marianne Stone, and directed by John Gilling. The story revolves around an unusual sphere that lands near a British town involving a spaceman and missing teenage girls. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To...
Oct 06, 2025•41 min•Season 10Ep. 16
Madeline Brumby, Shane Morton, and Mark Maddox join Jim for a look at the film that will be shown during the final Silver Scream Spook Show of 2025 - "Frankenstein Meets The Wolman," starring Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Patrick Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Ilona Massey, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Dwight Frye, and Jeff Corey. This sequel to Universal's "The Wolfman," scored big with audiences in 1944 and helped save the studio rom bankruptcy. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicat...
Sep 29, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 10Ep. 15
J Jim looks back at the top grossing film of 1985 - Robert Zemeckis' classic "Back To The Future," starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendy Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, James Tolkan and Billy Zane. The story centers around Marty McFly (Fox) accidentally travelling back 30 years in time and upsetting the timeline which could threaten his life and the life of his siblings. Find out more on MONSTER...
Sep 22, 2025•47 min•Season 10Ep. 14
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a rousing discussion of Tim Burton's homage to filmmaker Edward D. Wood Jr, in 1994's "Ed Wood," starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Bill Murray, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lisa Marie, Conrad Brooks, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Gregory Walcott, Vincent D'Onofrio, G.D. Spradlin, Mike Starr, Max Casella, Brent Hinkley, George "The Animal" Steele, Norman Alden, and Juliet Landau. This look at the early career of the legendary filmmaker takes us from Wood's humble beginni...
Sep 15, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 10Ep. 13
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 magician (Kellaway) and his daughter (Moran) who help finance the expedition. Nut there is a curse associated with the tomb of Ananka and that is just the beginning of the fun. Find out more...
Sep 08, 2025•47 min•Season 10Ep. 12
Jim revisits a film that he considers the best vampire movie ever made - Hammer films' "The Brides Of Dracula," starring Peter Cushing, David Peel, Yvonne Montaur, Martita Hunt, Freda Jackson, Miles Malleson, Henry Oscar, Mona Washbourne, Andree Melly, Fred Johnson, and Michael Ripper. Directed by Terence Fisher, this film was the sequel to Hammer's "Horror of Dracula" but, offers a story about an evil count who preys on the women of a nearby village. Find out more on MONSTERATTACK!, The Podcast...
Sep 01, 2025•43 min•Season 10Ep. 11
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 three tales that surround the wanderings of a tabby cat are "Quitters Inc" involving a man's attempt to stop smoking, "The Ledge," dealing with a serious wager and "General" focusing...
Aug 25, 2025•51 min•Season 10Ep. 10
Jim reflects back on a 1965 Sci-Fi movie that is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year - "Crack In The World," starring Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox, and directed by Andrew Marton. A dying scientist's quest for a source of unlimited energy results in a situation that threatens all of mankind. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Aug 18, 2025•49 min•Season 10Ep. 9
Jim discusses a little-known Sci-Fi film from 1955 - "The Atomic Man" aka "Timeslip," starring Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne, Joseph Tomelty, Vic Perry, Martin Wyldeck, written by Charles Eric Maine and Directed by Ken Hughes. This Anglo-American gem centers around a famous nuclear scientist who is at the heart of a strange mystery involving attempted murder and a strange man who talks gibberish. And yet, there is more. Find out on MONSTER ATTACK!, the podcast dedicated to old monster ...
Aug 11, 2025•47 min•Season 10Ep. 8
Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a 50th Anniversary celebration of the very first Summer Blockbuster film - Steven Spielberg's "JAWS," Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton and a host of residents from Martha's Vineyard. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley, the story centers around a Cape Cod island town beseiged by a rogue Great White Shark. The film had an enormous impact on movie goers. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The P...
Aug 04, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 10Ep. 7
Jim reflects back on a classic sci-fi film set in the year 2018 and directed by Norman Jewison - "Rollerball," starring James Caan, John Beck, John Houseman, Maude Adams, Moses Gunn, and Barbara Trentham. Corporations have now taken over the planet and rule the roost using a violent game to control the masses. One player stands up to the power and risks everything to play a game he loves. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jul 28, 2025•43 min•Season 10Ep. 6
Jim revisits a favorite of his from 1956 - "Earth vs The Flying Saucers," starring Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Thomas Henry Browne, and Harry Lauter. This classic featuring effects by Ray Harryhausen and directed by Fred Sears set the table for future flying saucer films. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jul 21, 2025•44 min•Season 10Ep. 5
Jim discusses one of the most beloved Sci-Fi franchises from the 1950-60's which began with 1955's "The Quatermass Xperiment," starring Brian Donlevy, Margia Dean, Richard Wordsworth, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird, David King-Wood, Lionel Jeffries, Toke Townley, Harold Lang and Directed by Val Guest. The story centers around an experiment by Professor Bernard Quatermass which sends three men into space. On return, only one man survives and the other two are missing. But what also came ...
Jul 14, 2025•45 min•Season 10Ep. 4
Shane Morton and Madeline Brumby join Jim for a rousing discussion of a Ray Harryhausen 1977 Classic - "Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger," starring Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Troughton, Damien Thomas, Bruce Barnabe, Margaret Whiting, and Peter Mayhew. This tale has Sinbad (Wayne) helping Dione save her brother (Thomas) after he was cursed by an evil witch (Whiting). The effects are some of Harryhausen's finest in this incredible film. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The...
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 10Ep. 3
