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Jim reflects back on his first viewing of a low-budget Sci-Fi Classic from 1983 - "The Deadly Spawn," starring Charles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco, Richard Lee Porter, Jean Tafler, Kathy Tighe, James Brewster and Elizabeth Marner-Brooks. Douglas McKeown's directorial debut caught audiences by surprise 40 years ago leading to a solid cult following over the years. Find out more on this episode...

Clay Sayre joins Jim for a fun look at a 1977 Made-For-TV horror film written by Joseph Stefano ("The Outer Limits") - "Snowbeast," starring Robert Logan, Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux, Clint Walker and Sylvia Sydney. Something is attacking guests at a Colorado ski resort during its Winter Festival. Is it a bear on a rampage or something worse. Find out on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast...

Jim looks at a sci-fi favorite from 1976 - Edgar Rice Burrough's "At The Earth's Core," starring Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant, Sean Lynch, Godfrey James and Bobby Parr. A mid 19th century expedition lands a scientist and a mining magnate into a world located 500 miles beneath the Earth;s surface. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Ol...

Jim takes an emotional look at a controversial British film from 1984 - "Threads," written by Barry Hines, directed by Mick Jackson and starring Karen Meagher. Offering a view of the aftermath of an all-out nuclear exchange, the film shocked audiences with its graphic brutality and documentary style. Find out more about a film Jim refers to as one of the most terrifying movies he ever saw on this...

Jim hops aboard a train for a ride on 1972's "Horor Express," starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Alberto De Mendoza, Faith Clift and Silvia Tortosa. Passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian Express are mysteriously dying and an ancient artifact is missing. Could there be a connection? Find out on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

Jim tales a somewhat humorous look at a cult sci-fi from 1954- W. Lee Wilder's "Killers From Space," starring Peter Graves, Barbara Bestar, James Seay, Frank Gerstle, Steve Pendleton, John Frederick and Ben Welden. A nuclear physicist (Graves) is abducted by aliens and told of their plan to conquer the Earth ... but, no one believes him. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcas...

Jim discusses a 1962 Sci-Fi classic from former silent film/child star Wesley Barry - "The Creation Of The Humanoids," starring Don Megowen, Erica Elliot, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle and Dudley Manlove. In a futuristic, post-apocalyptic society, man has become dependent on robots and automation leading to ears of a hostile takeover. Find out more about this little known classic on this week's ep...

Jim remembers a sci-fi cult classic from 1960,"Beyond The Time barrier," starring Robert Clarke, Darlene Tompkins, Arianne Ulmer, Vladimir Sokoloff, Red Morgan and Ken Knox. A test pilot takes a rocket plane on a flight that ends up 64 years into the future which has the survivors of a devastating plague. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies...

Jim reflects back on a 1975 horror film that has developed quite a cult following over the years, "Race With The Devil," starring Warren Oates, Peter Fonda, Loretta Switt, Lara Parker and R.G. Armstrong. Two couples on a camping vacation witness the murder of a young woman during a satanic ceremony. It is a race against time - and the Devil - as they try to get help. Find out more on this episode...

Clay Sayre joins Jim for a rollicking discussion of a classic 1972 TV Movie, "Moon Of The Wolf," starring David Janssen, Bradford Dillman, Barbara Rush, John Bernadino, Geoffrey Lewis and Royal Dano. A series of murders baffles a small Louisiana town sheriff (Janssen) and everyone seems to be suspect. But is the murderer a man or beast? Find out on thi8s episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Ded...

Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a lively discussion of the Universal 1941 classic, 'The Wolfman," starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ralph Bellamy and Patric Knowles. For more than seven decades this film has been considered by many to be the definitive werewolf film and Chaney's signature work. There's more ahead on this episode of...

Jim revisits one of the most iconic Sci-Fi movies from 1953, George Pal's "War of the Worlds," starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornwaite, Lewis Martin, Sandro Giglio, Bill Phipps and Paul Frees. This take on the H.G. Wells classic has been a favorite of Monster Kids for 7 decades. Hear more on this week's episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movi...

Jim reflects on a 1967 classic from Hammer Films and the fourth in its Frankenstein Franchise - "Frankenstein Created Woman," starring Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Robert Morris, Barry Warren, Duncan Lamont, Alan MacNaughtan, Peter Blythe and Derek Fowlds.  The Baron is back with a new experiment involving capturing a person's soul. When a young couple gets involved, strange thin...

MONSTER ATTACK! returns following a lengthy break with a look at the 1968 Kaiju Classic "Destroy All Monsters," Starring Akira Kubo, Yukko Kobayashi, Kyoko Ai, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio Tsuchiya and directed by Ishiro Honda. ark Maddox joins Jim for a rousing discussion on this monster fest as well as a look at future shows. Join us for this special episode of MONSTER AATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To O...

On this Halloween Episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies, Jim reflects again on a favorite from his early days of Monster Movie viewing, Roger Corman's "The Wasp Woman." This 1959 classic stars Susan Cabot, Barboura Morris, Anthony Eisley, Willian Roerick, Michael Mark, Frank Gerstie, Bruno, VeSota and Roy Gordon. The head of a giant cosmetics firm uses a controver...

Jim discusses a 1954 Sci-Fi film that was not readily available in the U.S. for many years, "Stranger From Venus" aka "The Venusian," starring Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine, Derek Bond and Cyril Luckman. A strange man appears at a small inn with a dire warning for its residents concerning man's use of nuclear power. It's a race against the clock to save the Earth on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...

Jim takes another look at a classic 1957 Monster Movie that set in motion a series of "Teen Exploitation horror films - "I Was A Teenage Werewolf," starring Michael Landon, Whit Bissell, Yvonne Lime, Barney Phillips, Malcom Atterbury, Joseph Mell and Guy Williams. A mad scientist uses a troubled teen to advance his theory with devastating results. Find out more about this cult classic on this epis...

Mark Maddox joins Jim for an in-depth discussion of Sidney Lumet's critically acclaimed opus from 1964 "Fail Safe," starring Don O'Herlihy, Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Edward Binns, Fritz Weaver, William Hansen and Sorrell Brooke. A series of accidents causing a USAF bomber wing to head into Russia to drop its nuclear payload. It's an intense race against time on this...

Jim revisits another favorite from his childhood by reflecting on 1957's "The Thing That Couldn't Die," starring William Reynolds, Carolyn Kearney, Andra Martin, Peggy Converse, Jeffrey Stone, James Anderson, Carl Horvath and Robin Hughes. The head of a man accused of witchcraft in the 16th century is found and wrecks havoc on a small ranch in California. Find out more about this classic on this e...

Jim revisits his favorite "Brain" movie from his early days as a "Monster Kid," 1957's" The Brain From Planet Arous," starring John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller, Thomas Browne Henry and Ken Terrell. An alien brain inhabits the body of renowned nuclear physicist with plans to conquer the people of Earth. Find out why this film won the heart of a young Monster Movie fan on this episode of MONS...

Jim revisits a classic 1957 Sci-fi from Bert I. Gordon, "The Amazing Colossal Man," starring Glen Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor, James Seay and Russ Bender. After surviving a plutonium blast, a man begins to grow at an incredible rate. Can doctors cure him before he becomes a threat to humanity/ Find out on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Mov...

Jim revisits one of his favorite Sci-Fi/Monster movies growing up - 1957's "The Incredible Shrinking Man," starring Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey, William Schallert and Orangey The Cat. Scott Carey is exposed to a strange mist that causes him to shrink. How does a shrinking man survive in a large world? Find out on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podca...

Jim Revisits a classic 1957 Sci-Fi from Hammer, "X The Unknown," starring Dean Jagger, Leo McKern, Edward Chapman, William Lucas, Marianne Brauns and Ian MacNaughtor. A creature from beneath the Earth's crust and highly radioactive threatens mankind in its quest for food. Find out about Jim's first taste of Hammer on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies. 

Jim revisits one of his favorite sci-fi movies from the mid 1950's, "This Island Earth," starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson and Douglas Spencer. Several scientists are recruited by the mysterious "Exeter" to work on positive uses of nuclear energy. But, something is not quite right. Find out more about this cult classic on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK...

Jim revisits a favorite Dinosaur film form his childhood, 1957's "The Land Unknown," starring Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Phil Harvey, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy and Tim Smyth. An expedition in Antarctica finds four people n a land that has been untouched for millions of years. Can they escape in time? Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK! , the Podcast Dedica...