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 happen...

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...

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 thi...

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 w...

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 o...

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 represse...

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 f...

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 epis...

Jim discusses a film from 1962 that was considered lost for more than 20 years, "Hand Of Death," starring John Agar, Paula Raymond, Stephen Dunne, John A. Alonzo, Roy Gordon, Joe Besser, Norman Burton and Butch Patrick. An accident in a laboratory leaves a scientist with a condition that is lethal to those he touches. Can a cure be found in time. Find out more on this week's episode of "Monster At...

Mark Maddox is back with us and reflects on one of the first monster movies he saw as a kid, 1957's "Black Scorpion," starring Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas and Mario Navarro. An earthquake in Mexico triggers a volcano eruption which releases prehistoric scorpions to prey on the existing communities Two scientists and officials race to save the area from destruction. Find out more on...

Jim discusses one of his favorite vampire movies growing up, 1971's "The Return Of Count Yorga," starring Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, Tom Toner, Rudy DeLuca, Craig T. Nelson, Walter Brooke and George Macready. The Count is back and preying on a volunteer from a nearby orphanage along with her friends and family. Will he be stopped one more time? Find out more about...

Madeline Brumby joins Jim  for a rousing discussion of a 1975 Cult Classic, "The Devil's Rain," starring Ernest Borgnine, William Shatner, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, Keenan Wynn, Tom Skerritt, Joan Prather and John Travolta. A family, living under an ancient curse from the 17th century, squares off against a satanic cult in the middle of the desert. It is a classic story of good vs evil on this epi...

Jim discusses an Allied Artists cult classic from 1958, "Frankenstein 1970," starring Boris Karloff, Jana Lund, Charlotte Austin, Don "Red" Barry, Tom Duggan, Rudolph Anders and Mike Lane. A film crew shooting a movie about the original Dr. Frankenstein in the castle inhabited by his great-great grandson experiences some strange happenings - people are mysteriously disappearing. And just what is B...

Jim reflects on a film that had quite an impact on him in his childhood - 1944's "The Lodger," starring Laird Cregar, George Sanders, Merle Oberon and Sir Cedric Hardwick, An eccentric man rents rooms from an older couple in London near the area where "Jack The Ripper" is murdering actresses. The couple's nice, an actress of renown, is staying with them and garners the attention of the man. Is he...

Jim reflects on a film that he initially did not like years ago, but has come to not only like, but appreciate - Universal's Classic from 1936 "Dracula's Daughter," starring Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Edward Van Sloan, Marguerite Churchill and Irving Pichel. Following Dracula's staking by Professor Van Helsing, a mysterious woman shows up wanting to claim the body. Is she a vampire or someone men...

Jim explores a 1957 gem from Regal Films, "She Devil" starring Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, Jack Kelly, John Archer, Blossom Rock and X Brands. Two scientists inject a serum that can cure all illnesses into a woman dying from tuberculosis. But, while she is seemingly cured, there are some deadly side effects. Find out more on this week's episode of "Monster Attack!"  

Jim reflects on a horror gem from RKO Studios, 1942's "Cat People," starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. A man meets and falls in love with a mysterious woman from the Balkans, who fears she may be the victim of a strange curse. As things get stranger and stranger, her husband wonders if she is "mad" or actually cursed. Find out more about this acclaimed film on this we...

Jim wraps up the Universal "Mummy" series with a loving look at 1944's "The Mummy's Ghost" and "The Mummy's Curse," starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Robert Lowery, Virginia Christine, Peter Coe, Dennis Moore, Addison Richards and Kay Harding. It's a "Double Feature" episode following the story of "Kharis" and "Ananka" from rural Massachusetts to the Bayou of Louisiana. As Univ...

Jim explores a favorite "monster' film from his childhood, 1955's "Cult Of The Cobra," starring Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson, William Reynolds, Jack Kelly and David Janssen. Soldiers on leave in Asia sneak into a secret religious ceremony and are cursed by a group that worships a snake goddess. One by one strange things begin to happen to them. Find out more about this gem on th...

Jim reflects on a Sci-Fi gem from 1953, "The Magnetic Monster," starring Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, John Zaremba, Byron Foulger and Strother Martin. A "lone-wolf" scientist creates a radioactive substance that threatens not only the country but the the entire world. Two scientists from the "Office of Scientific Investigation" must race against the clock to find a way to stop it. Fi...

In a continuation of our salute to Sean Connery, Mark Maddox joins Jim for a look at his favorite "James Bond" film, 1965's "Thunderball," starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Adolfo Celi, Guy Doleman and Rik Van Nutter. The fourth in the "bond" series and a classic tale of good vs evil. Can Bond stop SPECTRE from detonating two nuclear bombs in the U.S.? Find out on this episod...

Jim explores a interesting entry into the monster movie genre from 1944, Columbia's "The Return Of The Vampire," starring Bela Lugosi, Freida Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno and Miles Mander. A vampire that had been "staked" in 1918 is accidentally revived 23 years later and seeks revenge on the family responsible for his demise. Find out more on this week's episode of "Monster Attack!"