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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 atempts to bring his friend back to life, following a tragic accident, with unexpected consequences. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, T...

Jim discusses one of David Cronenberg's first horror films as a director - 1981's "Scanners" starring Steven Lack, Jemmifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Robert Silverman, Mayor Moore, and Michael Ironside. A small group of people possess the power to read other poeple's minds and control them physically. A covert operation is seeking to gather all of these folks together, but for what...

Jim reflects back on the first time he saw John Badham's classic Sci-Fi thriller "War Games," starring Mathew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Barry Corbin, William Bogart, Maury Chaykin, Eddie Deezen, and Michael Madsen. A young computer whiz (Broderick) hacks into what he thinks is a game company's computer and nearly starts WWIII. Find out more on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podecast...

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 surgeon leads to uncovering a corporate plot th...

Jim discusses the first big feature film from Dan Curtis - 1976's "Burnt Offerings," starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Lee H Montgomery, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Dub Taylor, J8im Myers, and Anthony James. A couple and their young son rent a large house in the country for the summer, but is there some sort of strange prescence lurking on the grounds? Find out MONSTER ATTACK!,...

Jim reflects on the first time he saw an intense horror film from 1976 which was the film debut for Brooke Shields - "Alice, Sweet Alice," directed by Alfred Sole and starring Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry, Rudolph Willrich, Michael Hardstack, Alphonso DeNoble, Gary Allen, and Lillian Roth. In 1961, members of  St. Michael's Catholic Church are shocked w...

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 the 41 years since its release. Find out more on MO...

Jim reflects back on the first time he saw George Lucas' Feature Film Directorial Debut - "THX 1138," starring Robert Duvall, Maggie McOmie, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe, and Sid Haig. In a futre  dystopian society, one man tries to find freedom and make sense of his life. Find our more about this 1971 Sci-Fi classic on MONSTER ATTACK!, The POdcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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, Lionell Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe, Glenn Strange, and Michael Mark. It is 15 years after the Wolfman and the Frankenstein Monster downed when the dam was blown up and water engulfed the Frankenstein castle. But now, a new villain has...

Mark Maddox joins Jim for a look at a classic Sci-Fi from 1976 - "Logan's Run," starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Lara Lindsay. The story centers around a dystopian society where people are eliminated upon reaching the age of 30. One man, a "Sandman" who hunts those on the run begins questioning his role while seeking those who have suc...

What if you shined the spotlight on 21st Century artists who loved painting, drawing and sketching classic monsters from the 20th Century? That's exactly what Author Anthony Taylor has done in his new book "Classic Monsters, Modern Art : 20th Century Horror in the 21st Century. Taylor, along with MONSTER ATTACK! regular and award-winning artist Mark Maddox join Jim for a discussion of the new book...

Barry King (B.K. On The Air) joins Jim for a look at the sequel to Hammer's Classic Vampire Film "Horror Of Dracula," - 1966's "Dracula, Prince Of Darkness." starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Phillip Latham, Susam Farmer, Charles Tingwell, and Thorley Walters. Two traveling  couples happen upon the castle of Count Dracula which allows the Count to rise from...

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. Fi...

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.

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 e...

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 wo...

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 spa...

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 ha...

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 19t...

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...

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 incre...

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 followi...

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 aboar...

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...

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 i...