Bride of Monster Kid Radio

At Monster Bash, author Frank Dello Stritto took us all to ghoul school on the 1943 film The Return of the Vampire (dir. Lew Landers) and its place in Dracula-movie-dom. It was a fantastic presentation, and Frank was kind enough to spend some time with Derek between events at the Bash to make a private recording of his talk. Do you know who hadn't seen The Return of the Vampire before the Bash? Sc...

Let's take a trip to The Land Unknown (dir. Virgil W. Vogel) this week on Monster Kid Radio with Fandom Radio Podcast's Joe Eiden. Does this 1950s sci-fi, lost world flick from Universal deliver? Listen to Derek and Joe to find out! We'd like to say that you'll get what you normally expect from an episode of Monster Kid Radio, but Joe changes the rules . . . of the Classic Five! Monster Kid Radio...

While Derek heals from a recent injury, here's a collection of movie trailers and radio ads to hold you over while post-production continues on the next episode of Monster Kid Radio!

It's time for a check up with the good Dr. Gangrene (aka Larry Underwood) when he joins Monster Kid Radio this week to take a look at the 1981 anthology film The Monster Club (dir. Roy Ward Baker). For years, Larry has been torturing Derek with the music from this film, but Derek really shouldn't complain. A mad scientist like Dr. Gangrene is SUPPOSED to torture people, right? Besides, how tortuou...

Download Monster Kid Radio #327 here! - http://traffic.libsyn.com/monsterkidradio/Episode327.mp3/ How much fun can one person have at Monster Bash? Enough for multiple episodes of Monster Kid Radio devoted to the convention! This week, Derek takes us back to the Bash for conversations with Terri Mount of That's Terri-IFIC, Witch Doctor Films' Elbert Smith and Matthew Parmenter, actress Jo Morrow,...

Author and film historian Troy Howarth (The Haunted World of Mario Bava, Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era) returns to Monster Kid Radio to take a look at another Bela Lugosi gem - 1941's Invisible Ghost (dir. Joseph H. Lewis). He and Derek discuss the film (with SPOILERS!), and sidetrack here and there along the way in the best monster kid way possible! Also, Derek announces the winn...

And so it begins! Derek ran around Monster Bash 2017 with his audio recorder and his friends, and this episode of Monster Kid Radio features just some of this audio (and some of his friends!). Want to hear a Q&A with Bert I. Gordon? Episode #325 has you covered. Want to hear what Jeff Owens (https://classichorrors.wordpress.com/), Rich Chamberlain (http://www.kccinephile.com/), and Scott Morris (h...

Scott Morris is a podcast legend*. He's been podcasting for over nine years at Disney, Indiana. He was a regular contributor to Derek's previous podcasting venture. He's contributed to numerous podcasts over the years. And from 2011 to 2016, he was one of the co-producers of 1951 Down Place, where he, Derek, and Casey Criswell examined a movie from the classic Hammer Films catalog once a month. Sc...

Here's a special announcement about Monster Kid Radio and 1951 Down Place, as well as a note about the upcoming Monster Bash!

Tim Durbin (Viewing the Classics and Classics on the Tube) joins Derek on Monster Kid Radio to discuss the 1932 dark adventure film The Most Dangerous Game (dir. Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack). Derek actually didn't know if this movie would fit in the Monster Kid Radio wheelhouse, but by the time he and Tim are done talking about it, we think you'll agree it's required Monster Kid viewing! A...

Familiar voices and maybe not-so-familiar voices join Derek this week on Monster Kid Radio. First, Fiona Young-Brown (https://www.fionayoungbrown.com/) and Nic Brown (http://www.bmovieman.com/) stop by to talk about their upcoming book The B-Movie Cookbook! This book is set to release soon (and you can still pre-order your copy now!), and after talking with this real-life writing power couple abou...

Ready for some Feedback? We've got it here this week on Monster Kid Radio! Listeners and former guests share their thoughts about previous show topics, Mystery Science Theater 3000, the upcoming film The Mummy, and the Dark Universe. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com 2017 Monster Rally Retro Awards Ballot - http://tinyurl.com/rallies2017/ Monster Bash - http:/...

Stephen D. Sullivan, the mad scientist behind Dr. Cushing's Chamber of Horrors, joins Derek this week for the Monster Rally Retro Awards. First, Steve and Derek review the winners from last year's awards. Then, the ballot for this year's awards is announced. What and who do YOU think was the best in genre cinema in 1933, 1943, and 1953? Finally, despite being hit with a case of monster allergies,...

Michael Legge takes a break from cooking up whatever it is Dr. Dreck is cooking up these days to return to Monster Kid Radio to talk about his book Monster Kidding: Confessions of a Weirdo. This book is MADE for people like Derek, and more importantly, people like the best podcast listeners in the world - YOU. In addition to talk about the book, we'll chat about copyright, the movies of Sideshow C...

Jeff Owens, co-host of the Classic Horrors Club podcast, joins Derek this week to take a . . . um . . . look at the 1940 film The Invisible Man Returns (dir. Joe May). When Jeff isn't working on his own podcast with his co-host (and long-time Monster Kid Radio friend Rich Chamberlain), he's running his site Classic Horrors Club, or writing for Boom Howdy or Downright Creepy, he's been dreaming of...

Longtime friends of Monster Kid Radio Christopher R. Mihm and Mitch Gonzales return to the show to talk about the latest and greatest news from the Mihmiverse. There's a new movie in production right now - Demon with the Atomic Brain - and Derek can't wait to hear all about it from the Mitch and Mihm Connection (while avoiding spoilers). Plus, feedback from the Fandom Radio Podcast's Joe Eiden abo...

Animator, filmmaker, monster kid Mark Bailey joins Monster Kid Radio this week to talk about, among other things, the New York City Giant Monster Attack Map. This incredible project spotlights a number of monster movies (and video games, comics, etc.!) that take the Big Apple and turn it into a giant monster playground. Mark tells Derek (and the listeners) about his background, and they even play...

Clearly, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is copying Monster Kid Radio . . . right? Okay, not really. But it IS a happy (?) accident that MST3k covered The Beast of Hollow Mountain (dir. Edward Nassour, Ismael Rodríguez) and released their episode to Netflix right around the same time Anthony Wendel joined Derek on the podcast to talk about the movie! Anthony is a long-time fan of all things monstrous...

Film historian and author Troy Howarth (So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films, Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era (Volume 1), The Haunted World of Mario Bava, etc.) joins Derek this week for a look at a poverty row horror film featuring one of the patron saints of Monster Kid Radio - Bela Lugosi. The movie? 1943's The Ape Man (dir. William Beaudine). Voicemail: 503-4...

Derek rides shotgun as Scott Morris takes him on a ride to check out the 1977 film The Car (dir. Elliot Silverstein). This casual chat was originally recorded earlier this year, and now that Monster Kid Radio has fully recovered from its recent hard drive failure, we can get this show out of the shop and into your ears. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com Don't...

What is it about the Bride character that makes her so iconic and included in the line-up of classic Universal monsters even though she only has a few minutes of screen time? Cort Psyops joins Derek this week on Monster Kid Radio to discuss this and more when they talk about one of the best sequels of all movie-dom - Bride of Frankenstein (dr. James Whale). Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657) E...

Seb Godin is a filmmaker who likes monster movies . . . and slime, so he's a perfect guest to join Derek this week on Monster Kid Radio to discuss the 1963's The Slime People (dir. Robert Hutton). Seb's taking that love of monsters and slime and directing the upcoming film Lycanimator, so we'll get to hear about that as well. Along the way, we learn what scared Seb as a kid and what movie truly ch...

Not even a Kong-sized head cold can stop this week's epic episode of Monster Kid Radio! Kong: Skull Island (dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts) has stomped its way across movie screens, and the monster kids were there to see it! Tom Daufel joined Derek for an afternoon screening of the film, and after you hear his thoughts on the movie, settle in, because Paul McComas returns to MKR to break down the film i...

Monster kid Greg Starrett returns to Monster Kid Radio this week to join Derek for a conversation about the 1928 film The Man Who Laughs (dir. Paul Leni). One of them has never really watched the movie before, and since Greg is one of the people behind Veidt Radio Theater and even published a zine devoted to Conrad Veidt when he was a kid, it's probably not Greg who's not seen The Man Who Laughs....

Kong: Long Live the King (dir. Frank Dietz, Trish Geiger) is making the festival and convention rounds, and Derek was able to attend the Portland premiere at the Hollywood Theatre. What did Derek think of the documentary? Well, he liked it, but you'll get to hear just HOW MUCH he liked it this week on Monster Kid Radio. After the screening, organizer Greg Hamilton led a Q&A session with Frank Diet...