MONSTER ATTACK!

Jim revisits a classic Universal Sci-Fi from 1957, "Monolith Monsters," starring Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Linda Scheley and Trevor Bardette. Following a meteor strike near a small town in the desert, residents begin dying in a mysterious way. A government geologists races against time to stop the threat. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, the Podcast Dedicated To...

Jim revisits another favorite "Big Monster" movie from his childhood, the 1957 sci-fi favorite "The Monster The Challenged The World," starring Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Mimi Gibson, Casey Adams and Barbara Darrow. An earthquake near a remote naval base in the desert unleashes a group of large sea mollusks that terrorize the community and threaten the world. Can a solution be found be...

Mark Maddox and Clay Sayre join Jim for a rollicking look at the 1972 Cult Classic "Night Of The Lepus," starring Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley, Paul Fix, Melanie Fullerton, Chris Morrell and Stanford Jolley. An attempt to control the population of bunny rabbits results in giant "killer" rabbits that besiege a small rural community. It's Man against Bunny on this episo...

Jim discusses a sci-fi disaster that ranks up there with some of the worst movies he has watched - 1972's "The Doomsday Machine," starring Grant Williams, Bobby Van, Ruta Lee, James Craig, Mala Powers, Denny Miller and Casey Kasem. A manned flight to Venus is doomed form the start as the Chinese set off a "Doomsday Machine" and destroy the Earth. And that's the good part. Find out more on this epi...

Jim revisits another "Big Bug" classic from Universal-International Pictures directed by Nathan Juran - "The Deadly Mantis," starring Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Paul Smith, Donald Randolph, Helen Jay and Bing Russell. A volcano eruption frees a prehistoric giant mantis frozen in the Arctic. The bug creates havoc on its way south toward warmer climates. Can mankind defend itself ag...

Mark Maddox joins Jim for a rousing discussion on a cult film from 1973directe4d by Nathan Juran - "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf," starring Kerwin Mathews, Elaine Devry, Scott Sealey, George Gaynes and Robert Wilkie. While spending a weekend in the mountains, a boy's father is bitten by a werewolf and becomes one. But, no one believes the boy's unbelievable tale. Find out more on this episode of MON...

Jim revisits a classic Ray Harryhausen film and a favorite from his childhood - 1957's "20 Million Miles To Earth, " starring William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry and Arthur Space. An ill-fated mission to Venus brings back a lifeform that threatens Rome. It's a race against time to save mankind in this special effects-laden thriller. Fins out more on this ep...

Jim discusses the European version of Mario Bava's 1963 horror classic, "Black Sabbath," starring Boris Karloff, Mark Damon Michele Mercier, Susy Andersen, Jacqueline Pierreux, Lidia Alfonsi and Milo Quesada. This uncut version differs from the American version Jim and many "monster kids" saw in the late 1960's. Join us we compare the two on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK! - The Podcast Dedicated...

Jim looks back on a classic horror film from Tigon Productions - 1973's "The Creeping Flesh," starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Lorna Heilbron, Duncan Lamont, Jenny Runacre, Michael Ripper, Kenneth J, Warren and George Benson. A scientist's exploration into a possible cure for evil results in tragic consequences. Find out more about this little gem from director Freddie Francis on this epis...

Author Dacre Stoker (Dracula, The Undead, Dracul, The Lost Journal Of Bram Stoker) joins Jim and Mark Maddox for a round-table discussion of the 1922 silent film horror classic "Nosferatu," directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck, Greta Schroder, Gustav von Wangenheim and Alexander Granach. Based on Bram Stoker's classic novel, the story traces the arrival of Count Orlock in a small Germa...

Jim dedicates this episode to the memory of his Mom on this Mother's Day with remembrances of 1953's "The Neanderthal Man, " starring Robert Shayne, Joyce Terry, Richard Crane, Doris Merrick, Beverly Garland, Robert Long, Tandra Quinn, Lee Morgan and William Faucette. An obsessed scientist tries to prove Neanderthal Man was more intelligent than modern day man by creating a prehistoric man. Find o...

Jim reflects on a popular television show that greatly influenced him early in life - "The Adventures Of Superman," starring George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Noel Neil, Jack Larson, John Hamilton and Robert Shayne. From 1952 to 1957,the show was staple for thousands of youngsters and adults as t showcased the story of the last survivor of the planet Krypton. It's a trip down Memory Lane on this epis...

Jim reflects on a film he first saw during his first year of college - 1972's "Asylum," starring Peter Cushing, Barbara Parkins Richard Todd, Barry Morse, Britt Ekland, Charlotte Rampling, and Patrick Magee. A young psychologists seeking work inn an asylum for the criminally insane, must determine which of the patients he meets is actually the director of the hospital. Find out more about this ant...

Jim reflects on an indie vampire film from 1972 that became a favorite of his, "Deathmaster," starring Robert Quarry, Bull Ewing, Brenda Dickson and John Fiedler. Quarry ("Count Yorga, Vampire") once again plays a worldly vampire- this time a guru to a group of impressionistic kids - who sets his sights on starting a commune of the undead. Find out more about this little-known gem on this episode...

Jim discusses a classic Poe adaptation from Roger Corman - 1962's "The Premature Burial," starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Alan Napier, John Dierkes and Dick Miller. A man haunted by the fear of being buried alive causes concern among his family, friends and newlywed wife. But something is amiss. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, the podcast dedicated to old Monster...

On this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, the podcast dedicated to old Monster Movies, Jim discusses 1962's "The Brain," starring Peter van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Bernard Lee, Jack MacGowran and Cecil Parker. This adaptation of Curt Siodmak's "Donovan's Brain" was the directorial debut for Freddie Francis and opened the door for his directing future Hammer films. It's all ahead on this week's episode.

Jim revisits a film that made quite an impression on him when he was ne years old, 1962's "The Brain That Wouldn't Die," Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Adele Lamont, Leslie Daniel and Eddie Carmel. This film has attained an incredible cult following during the last 60 years. Find out more about this cult classic on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!

Jim reflects on his first viewing of the Directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, 1972's "Silent Running," starring Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, Cheryl Sparks, Steven Brown, Larry Whisenhunt and the vices of Roy Engel and Joseph Campanella. The was released 50 years ago without any marketing and has developed a loyal cult following by word of mouth. Found out more a...

Madeline Brumby is back as she and Jim discuss an interesting Kaiju film from 1971, "Godzilla vs Hedorah," starring Akira Yamanouchi, Toshie Komura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Toshio Shiba, Keiko Mari and Yoshio Yoshida. The film, directed by Yoshimitu Banno,, takes the Godzilla saga in a different direction that emphasizes man's destruction of planet Earth through pollution. A monster born of toxic sludge,...

Jim revisits his experience with a Cult Sci-Fi Classic from 1965 "Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster," starring James Karen, Nancy Marshall, Lou Cutell, Marilyn Hanold, David Kerman, Robert Reilly and Bruce Glover. After Mars is rendered uninhabitable by an atomic war, a small band of Martians comes to Earth seeking "breeding stock." Standing in their way is an astronaut/cyborg named "Frank." Fi...

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 yo...

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...

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. Fin...

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 ATTAC...