Bride of Monster Kid Radio

The Diecast Movie Reviews Podcast's Steve Turek joins Derek this week to see if together they can unravel the mystery of Sh! The Octopus (dir. William C. McGann), but not until they go over the results of the first round of voting in the 2020 Monster Movie Madness Tournament. Plus, Feedback and Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland! Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monsterkidrad...

Award-winning author Nicole Cushing (no relation) joins Derek this week to talk about a very underrated film from the Universal canon - 1932's The Old Dark House (dir. James Whale). This is one weird movie, in the best way possible! And since it's March, it's time for another round of March Monster Madness. Steve Turek from the Diecast Movie Review Podcast sits down with Monster Bash's Ron Adams t...

Get ready to hop in a rocket ship headed for Mars . . . sort of. This week, Comic Book Central's Joe Stuber makes a long-awaited return to the podcast to revisit MKR-favorites Abbott and Costello. This time, he and Derek discuss 1963's Abbott and Costello Go To Mars (dir. Charles Lamont). In honor of Joe's appearance on the show this week, Kenny crafted a special Look at Famous Monsters of Filmlan...

Man, oh, MAN! Derek is really excited about this one! This week on Monster Kid Radio, he's joined by three other members of the Monster Conservancy - Joshua Kennedy, Christopher R. Mihm, and Stephen D. Sullivan - to talk about Universal's Dark Universe. (This recording took place before the release of the new Invisible Man film.) Along the way, topics as diverse as The Brady Bunch, professional wr...

Flashback February 2020 concludes by looking back in time at a movie Monster Kid Radio has already talked about - 1960's The Time Machine (dir. George Pal). Charles Babbage joins Derek to spin those talking rings to discuss this classic science fiction film. And don't forget Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland! Fix My Wife's Teeth - https://www.gofundme.com/f/fix-my-wife039s-mouth-dental-s...

Flashback February 2020 continues as Derek welcomes Frank Dietz back to Monster Kid Radio to revisit one of their favorite Peter Cushing films - Island of Terror (dir. Terence Fisher). Can you survive the attack of the silicates? And can you stand Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland, or even Listener Feedback? Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com Sketchy...

Flashback February 2020 continues this week as Derek and a guest revisit a film previous discussed on Monster Kid Radio. This time, Derek's sister-in-law Loree joins him to start a club to go fight monsters. 1987's The Monster Squad (dir. Fred Dekker) is an incredible love letter to the monster movies of the past, and it just happens to be a favorite film of both Derek and Loree. Kenny takes a Loo...

Week One of Flashback February begins with a return to a hands-down-no-doubt-about-it-bonafide classic film - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (dir. Charles Barton). It's been several years since Monster Kid Radio has visited this film, and Disney, Indiana's Scott Morris was up to the task to join Derek for this return. We saw what we saw when we saw it! Or, should we say, we heard what we he...

To close out The Satanic Rites of January, Derek is joined by longtime contributor and even longer time friend Chris McMillan. Chris is the mastermind behind The Shadow Over Portland, so you know he knows what he's talking about, especially when it comes to 1975's The Devil's Rain (dir. Robert Fuest). This movie was also covered back in the day in the pages of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine,...

Saddle up! This week's installment of The Satanic Rites of January brings us to the land of Hammer Films when author Frank Schildiner joins Derek to discuss the film The Devil Rides Out (dir. Terence Fisher). And to introduce this week's episode, Derek's niece Lexi Deluxe took over the microphone! Professor Frenzy has a Bedtime Story, and Kenny has a Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland. Let's ride...

The movie that inspired this month's theme is on deck this week! The Satanic Rites of Dracula (dir. Alan Gibson) gets the Monster Kid radio treatment with returning guest Alistair Hughes. The last time Alistair was on the show was when he discussed Dracula A.D. 1972 (dir. Alan Gibson), and this week's film is a direct sequel to that film. How does it compare? Does it stand alone as it is? Listen t...

The second week of The Satanic Rites of January brings one of the most devilish of guests to the podcast - Scott Morris from Disney, Indiana. Scott and Derek discuss a movie Scott saw for the first time at a Monster Bash - The Black Cat (dir. Edgar G. Ulmer). To be able to see this film with a room full of monster kids must have been special, and it made quite the impression on Scott. We'll hear a...

Monster Kid Radio brings in the new year with a new monthly theme - The Satanic Rites of January! This week, Derek is joined by author/game designer/podcaster Kenneth Hite to discuss one of Val Lewton's most affecting films - 1943's The Seventh Victim (dir. Mark Robson). This one gets dark, and we can't think of a better way to start this month's devilish theme. Of course, the good Professor Frenz...

The final week of Dancember 2019 sees Derek joined by author Stephen D. Sullivan (Dr. Cushing's Chamber of Horrors, Manos: Talons of Fate, Daikaiju Attack: The Rise of the Goragon, etc.) to explore the mysteries of The Norliss Tapes (dir. Dan Curtis). This 1973 TV movie was originally a pilot for a potential television series, and the fact that it wasn't picked up as a TV show isn't the only horro...

Derek hasn't met anyone who's as big a fan of Dark Shadows as Dominique Lamssies, and this week, to continue celebrating Dancember 2019, she joins the podcast to discuss the second Dark Shadows feature film, Night of Dark Shadows (dir. Dan Curtis). Plus Professor Frenzy's Bedtime Story and Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monsterkidradio@gm...

Dan Curtis has always loomed large in filmmaker Ansel Faraj's life, and during Week Two of Dancember 2019, he and Derek discuss the man's work, the relationships he's formed with some of the Dark Shadows players, the Dan Curtis film Burnt Offerings, and his own new movie Loon Lake (now available on Amazon and TubiTV). Plus Professor Frenzy's Bedtime Story and Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Fil...

For Week One of Dancember 2019, author Jim Beard joins Derek to discuss Jim's new book Kolchak: The Last Temptation. In addition to discussing this official Kolchak novel, Jim and Derek talk about Dark Shadows, Dan Curtis, the upcoming Musing on Monsters book, and more. Plus, Professor Frenzy's Bedtime Story and Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Em...

This week, Monster Kid Radio takes a trip to 1970 when Frank Dietz joins Derek to discuss a movie starring Joan Crawford. Yes. Joan Crawford. THAT Joan Crawford. Don't get too excited, or maybe do get excited because this week's movie is Trog (dir. Freddie Francis). Plus Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland, Professor Frenzy's Bedtime Stories, and a very special trip to Dr. Tongue's World o...

What is it about Manos: The Hands of Fate (dir. Harold P. Warren) that continues to fascinate and inspire us monster kids? Is it because so many people call it "the worst film of all time"? (It's not.) Is it because somewhere inside that film is actually a really creepy story? (Maybe.) Is it because Torgo should have gone down as one of the best monsters EVER in all of monster movie-dom? (Probably...

We here at Monster Kid radio love horror hosts, and Mr. Lobo's one of the best! This week, Mr. Lobo joins Derek to discuss his recent Forry Life Achievement Award, his new DVD deal with Alpha Video, OSI74, and more! Plus Dr. Tongue's World of Monster Collectibles, Professor Frenzy's Bedtime Story, and Kenny's Look at Famous Monsters of Filmland. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monste...

It took Derek long enough to finally finish Monster Kid Radio's look at Toho's "Bloodthirsty Trilogy," but hopefully it will be worth the wait! The Haunted Cinema's Todd Brown joins the show to discuss 1974's Evil of Dracula (dir. Michio Yamamoto). This recording has been sitting in the MKR vault for months, and we'd normally say something like, "This recording has aged like a fine wine," but we a...

Monster Kid Radio's Derek M. Koch hosted and introduced the five films shown at this year's Scare-A-Thon at the Joy Cinema in Tigard, OR . . . and if you were there, you know it was a good time. But if you weren't, MKR has you covered as Derek brought his portable recorder along! You'll get to hear the film introductions, chats with Dominique Lamssies and Jeff Polier, and announcements about the f...

This week, Derek checks in with the Physician of Fright, the one and only Dr. Gangrene (aka Larry Underwood) before exploring horrors From Beyond the Grave (dir. Kevin Conner). This 1974 portmanteau film features one of Monster Kid Radio's favorite Peters, and Derek and Larry can't stop gushing about the Cushing. Also, in the grand comic book tradition of crossovers, this week's episode of MKR cro...

Where's that time machine? Derek wants to go back in time to go to an honest-to-goodness spook show! Until he finds that time machine, though, he'll settle for talking about the cultural phenomenon that was the spook show with fellow enthusiasts Lisa Petrucci (Something Weird Video), Howie Pyro (Intoxica Radio), and Mark Pederesen (Dr. Tongue's I HAD THAT SHOPPE!). Kenny asks a familiar question d...