Jim examines a sci-fi classic from 1958, "Fiend Without A Face," starring Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker, Terry Kilburn, Kynaston Reeves and Stanley Maxton. A scientist on an air base in Canada experiments with the materialization of thought waves, but a series of strange events leads an Air Force officer to a horrifying discovery. It's all ahead on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim revisits the very first "Vampire' film he ever saw and takes an emotional trip down memory lane with "Dracula," starring Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Helen Chandler, Davis Manners and Herbert Bunston. This was the film that launched Universal Films as the king of horror just four years after the introduction of talking pictures. Find out how this masterpiece influenced a very young "Monster Kid" on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim travels down memory to reflect on a film that helped him through a difficult time, 1969's "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed," starring Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Simon Ward, Freddie Jones, Thorley Walters and Geoffrey Bayldon. The Baron is at it again blackmailing a young couple into helping him continue his research. Find out how this film was a source of strength for Jim on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim reflects on the 1984 sequel to "2001 A Space Odyssey," "2010 The Year We Make Contact," starring Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain, Dana Elcar, Madolyn Smith Osborne, James McEachin, Mary Jo Deschanel and Elya Baskin. A joint mission between the Russia and The USA seeks to find out what happened to the crew of the Discovery nine years earlier. Find out what surprises unfold on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim reflects on a low-budget Sci-Fi from 1968 directed by Nicholas Webster("Santa Claus Conquers The Martians") - "Mission Mars," starring Darren McGavin, Nick Adams, George De Vries, Heather Hewitt, Shirley Parker, Michael, DeBeausset and Bill Kelly. The U.S.'s first manned Mars landing encounters a strange creature that leads to a deadly conclusion. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim celebrates MONSTER ATTACK!'s 6th Anniversary with a visit from Mark Maddox and a look at a timeless Sci-Fi classic from Walt Disney Studios, 1954's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea," starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre and Carleton Young. This adaptation of the Jules Verne novel has stood the test of time for five decades. Join us for this extended episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim examines a classic sci-fi horror from 1961, "Dr. Blood's Coffin," starring Kieron Moore, Hazel Court, Ian Hunter, Kenneth J. Warren and Gerald Lawson. A young doctor returns home to a small village in Cornwall as strange disappearances occur. As time goes on a dark and sinister secret is revealed. Find out more on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim discussed a little -known sci-fi Time Travel flick from 1965, "The Yesterday machine," starring Tim Holt, James Britton, Ann Pellegrino, Bill Thurman, Linda Jenkins and Jack Herman. A Nazi scientist has completed a time machine and wants to bring Hitler back to the 1960s to start a new Fourth Reich. But, a police detective and reporter stand in his way. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Clay Sayre and Jim take a look, Rag-A-Rama Style, at a classic stink bomb from 1971, "Zaat," directed by Don Barton and starring Marshall Grauer, Sanna Ringhauer, Gerald Cruse, Nancy LienArchie Valliere and Wade Popwell as the Creature. A mad scientist turns himself into a walking, killer catfish near the Everglades in Florida enacting revenge on those who scoffed his theories. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Clay Sayre joins Jim for a discussion about a classic Eco-Horror film from 1979, "Prophecy," starring Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Richard Dysart, Armand Assante, Victoria Racimo and George Clutesi. An investigator for the EPA and his wife travel to the wilds of Maine to check out strange happenings involving a paper mill. The company blames Native-American protestors. But, something more sinister seems to be happening. Find out more on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim reflects on a memorable Sci-Fi film from his high school years, 1970's "Colossus: The Forbin Project," starring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Georg Sanford Brown, Dolph Sweet and Marion Ross. A super computer developed to handle all of the country's defenses decides on a different course for the U.S. Find out more about this predecessor to "The Terminator" and "War Games" on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim reflects on a film that his Dad got a kick out of because of its title, 1965's "Two On A Guillotine," starring Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, John Hoyt and Billy Curtis. The daughter of a famous magician, who has vowed to return from the dead, has to spend seven days in his mansion to inherit his estate. But something does not add up. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim examines Disney's first foray into producing a film intended for adults, 1979's "The Black Hole," starring Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Anthony Perkins Yvette Mimieux, Joseph Bottoms, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowell and Slim Pickens. A space exploration crew encounters a ship that has been missing for 20 years and its brilliant captain. But, he is hiding a dark secret that threatens them all. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Clay Sayre joins Jim for a discussion about a film that started as a student project and expanded into a cult classic - 1970's "Equinox," starring Edward Connell, Frank Bonner, Barbara Hewitt, Robin Christopher, Jack Woods and Fritz Leiber. Featuring the talents of Dennis Muren and Jim Danforth, the film established itself as a drive-in favorite and midnight film. Four people looking for a professor run into evil incarnate. Find out more on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim goes under the Big Top to discuss a cult classic from 1960, "Circus Of Horrors," starring Anton Driffing, Donald Pleasence, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Jane Hylton, Kenneth Griffith, Jack Gwillum and John Merivale. A plastic surgeon wanted by the police hides out in a rag-tag circus that he turns into a popular attraction. But, for the performers there is a cost. Find out more on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim discusses a film he was drawn to because of the short story it was based on, 1968's "Charly," starring Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Ruth white, Barney Martin and Dick Van Patten. Robertson won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally challenged man who volunteers for an experiment that changes his life. But, there are risks. Find out more about this acclaimed sci-fi gem on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim reflects on a film he first saw at the age of ten, 1959's "Horrors Of The Black Museum," starring Michael Gough, Graham Currow, June Cunningham, Shirley Anne Field, Geoffrey Keene and John Warwick. A horror writer known for incredibly violent crime books holds a dark secret. As Scotland Yard searches for a serial killer, the writer becomes more prominent. Find out more about this cult classic from the folks at AIP on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim presents a heartfelt look at a film that greatly influenced his life when he first saw it in 1968, Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey," starring Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain and William Sylvester. Authored by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, the film has been one of the most discussed Science Fiction films of the last century and continues to spawn discussion among sci-fi fans. Join us for this personal journey on this special episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Madeline Brumby joins Jim for Monster Attack!'s annual Halloween show and a look at one of the films that influenced the TV show "Bewitched," 1958's "Bell Book And Candle," starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs, Jack Lemmon, Elsa Lanchester, Hermione Gingold and Howard McNear. A NYC publisher meets and falls for a beautiful woman, who just happens to be a witch... only he does not know that initially. Find out more about this classic on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!....
Jim reminisces about a film from George Pal that he loved as a young child, 1961's "Atlantis The Lost Continent," starring Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, Edward Platt and Paul Frees. A young Greek fisherman, Demetrious, saves the Princess of Atlantis. He agrees to take her home where he is wowed by the amazing technology it has. But, danger and catastrophe lurk in the shadows. What happens next? Find out on this week's episode of "MONSTER ATTACK!"...
Jim reflects on a game-changing 1971 cult film that he saw in high school, "Willard," starring Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke, Elsa Lanchester and J. Pat O'Malley. A disturbed young man develops an affinity for rats which leads an unusual set of circumstances. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim discusses a classic Horror-Thriller from Hammer Films - 1963"s "Paranoiac," starring Janette Scoot, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burnett, Alexander Davion, Liliane Brousse and Maurice Denham. A family with a trgic past receives a jolt when a member who supposedly died seven years earlier shows up to claim his inheritance. Find out more about this gem on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...
Jim and Mark examine the third installment in the "Apes franchise" with 1971's "Escape From The Planet Of The Apes," starring Roddy McDowell, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Sal Mineo, William Windom and Eric Braeden. Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo escape from the Earth just before it is destroyed by the Alpha Omega bomb in Taylor's spacecraft and arrive on Earth in 1973. Find out more about this sci-fi gem on this week's episode of "Monster Attack!"...
Madeline Brumby joins Jim and Mark for a discussion of the last Poe film adaptation directed by Roger Corman, 1964's "The Tomb Of Ligeia, " starring Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis and Oliver Johnston. Verden Fell, shattered after his wife's death has a whirlwind romance and marriage with Lady Rowena. But is his first wife still in the picture? Find out more on this week's episode of "Monster Attack!"...
Jim and Mark discuss a classic Universal horror film from 1932, "Murders In The Rue Morgue," starring Bela Lugosi Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Ben Roach and Arlene Francis. Based on the Poe short story, the film deals with a strange sideshow attraction featuring a gorilla that takes a liking to a young woman (Fox). Lugosi shines as a scientist wanting the woman for an experiment. Find out more on this week's episode of "Monster Attack!"...
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a discussion of a 1965 Sci-Fi Thriller from Director John Sturges, "The Satan Bug," starring George Maharis, Ann Francis, Richard Basehart, Dana Andrews, Ed Asner and Frank Sutton. A secret government weapons facility is comprised and a deadly virus is stolen. Agents have little time to meet the demands of the thieves before suffering extreme consequences. Find out more on this episode of "Monster Attack!"...
Jim reflects on a film that greatly influenced him as a child - 1961's "The Innocents," starring Deborah Kerr, Pamela Franklin, Martin Stephens, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins and Michael Redgrave. A woman hired as a governess for two children who are living on a massive estate, finds what appears to be two spirits haunting the premises. Are they a threat to the children or the product of a repressed imagination/ Find out on this episode of "Monster Attack!"...
Jim examines a 1974 Sci-Fi film based on a novel by Michael Crichton, "The Terminal Man," starring George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard A. Dysart. Donald Moffett, Jill Clayburgh and Norman Burton. A man prone to violence as a result of injuries from a car crash agrees to an experimental procedure that creates an unexpected result. Find out more on this week's episode of "Monster Attack!"...
Jim discusses his #1 "Guilty Pleasure" - "Grizzly," starring Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall, Joe Dorsey and Harvey Flaxman. A rogue Grizzly bear is hunting humans in a National Park. Should officials close the park and risk all those tourist dollars? Forest Ranger Mike Kelly (George) and the Park Supervisor (Dorsey) go head-to-head while the bodies mount up. Sound familiar? And where is Chief Brody when you need him? Find out on this week's episode of "Monster Att...
Jim examines a 1961 Sci-Fi Classic from Irwin Allen, "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea," starring Walter Pidgeon, Robert Sterling, Barbara Eden, Joan Fontaine, Peter Lorre, Michael Ansara, Del Monroe and Mark Slade. The "Seaview," a hi-tech submarine invented by Adm. Harriman Nelson races to save the planet against the orders of the government. It's a race against time to save humanity on this episode of "Monster Attack!"...
