Bride of Monster Kid Radio

At the 2014 World Horror Convention, Victoria Price shared her memories of her father, Vincent Price, during an hour-long multimedia presentation. With her permission, we recorded that presentation and now we can share it with the Monster Kid Radio listeners. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657)Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com (.mp3s of every episode of Monster Kid Radio is available for downloa...

Derek attended the 2014 World Horror Convention in Portland, Oregon, last weekend. The convention was a horror writer's paradise, and Derek spoke with fellow podcaster Desmond Reddick (from the Dread Media podcast) about his experiences at the convention, and even plays a round of the MKR Classic Five. While most of the panels and content at the WHC were focused on current horror fiction, but Mons...

At last weekend's Monster Kid Radio Crash, before Derek and the rest of the audience leaned back in their seats for the original Godzilla (dir. Ishirô Honda), two men took the stage to introduce the film. Kyle Yount is the producer and host of the Kaijucast, the world's premier Godzilla-related podcast, and August Ragone has been called the best Japanese fantasy film historian working in English t...

The original Godzilla (dir. Ishirô Honda) is in the middle of a limited theatrical run, and Monster Kid Radio crashed a screening at Portland's Hollywood Theatre. Derek was there, and was joined by MKR regulars Ray Jelinek and Chris McMillan. Chris and Derek previous talked about Godzilla last year on Episodes #27 and #28, but this was a first-time viewing of the film for Ray. Also, Derek takes a...

Ray Jelinek continues his Infra-Man stint on Monster Kid Radio as he and Derek thunder fist punch their way into the nitty gritty of this 1975 Shan Hua-directed film. Ray's life was changed the day he saw this film as a child, and Derek wishes he had that same formative experience. In addition to Derek and Ray wrapping up their discussion of Infra-Man, Derek learns about Ray's childhood horror hos...

When Derek first started talking with his friends about about launching Monster Kid Radio, Ray Jelinek started talking about a movie he remembered seeing when he was a kid. That movie was 1975's Infra-Man (dir. Shan Hua), and while it wasn't a movie that would normally find a home in the Monster Kid Radio wheelhouse, Ray's enthusiasm and outright glee when talking about this movie makes Infra-Man...

Derek settles down with an email sent in by one of the listeners and has a chance to discuss the approach he took to his first Monsterkiditorial this past March. Also, Derek does the math and realizes we're getting close to our 100th episode. We need to do something to celebrate that! Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657)Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com (.mp3s of every episode of Monster Kid Radi...

At this year's HP Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon, Derek sat down with Alan Tromp outside the Hollywood Theatre to talk about collecting movie posters, his background as a Lovecraft and horror fan, why he enjoys the camaraderie of monster movie fans, and the book Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657)Email: monsterki...

From the 2014 HP Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon program: Monsters Seen and Unseen. Explorations in the nature of monstrosity. Do we prefer our monsters to be completely alien, or make us discover something about ourselves? With Orrin Grey, Doug Bradley, Allen Koszowski, Pete Rawlik, Derek M. Koch, Brandon Seifert. Plus, the newest upcoming Monster Kid Radio Crash is announced! Voicemail: 503...

Last weekend was the 2014 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon, and Monster Kid Radio was there! For three days, Lovecraft fans took over Portland's Hollywood Theatre for feature films, short movies, author readings and signings, panel discussions, madness-inducing parties...so basically just a really good time! Derek was a small part of the show this year as he was asked to introduce the 19...

Kaiju 101's Andy Camble continues his visit on Monster Kid Radio as he and Derek continue to talk about The Deadly Mantis (dir. Nathan Juran). Andy's own podcast looks at the science of the great kaiju films, so in this episode, Derek asks him how realistic the science of The Deadly Mantis is. They also talk about the ending of the film, further talk about the models used in the movie, those belov...

This week's guest host is no stranger to giant monsters. Andy Camble is the producer of the always excellent Kaiju 101 podcast, and he's joining Monster Kid Radio to talk about a non-rubber-suited monster - The Deadly Mantis (dir. Nathan Juran). How does this film compare to other big bug movies of the time? Do birds really have a skeletal system? And what is Newton's Third Law? Also, Ray Jelinek...

When Scott and Tracey Morris aren't appearing on episodes of Monster Kid Radio, they're producing their own podcast - Disney, Indiana. Recently, they visited Walt Disney World, and while in Orlando, they hopped over to Universal Studios Orlando. They dropped in on the Universal's Horror Make-Up Show and recorded the presentation for us here at Monster Kid Radio. (And congratulations to Scott and T...

The final installment of the 2014 Cinescopio film series happened March 20, 2014, and Derek was there. The movie? Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters (dir. Gilberto Martínez Solares). The event? A Monster Kid Radio Crash. Derek was joined by MKR listeners/crashers Tom Daufel, Ray Jelinek, and Chris McMillan for a night of masked wrestling, monsters, Santo, Blue Demon, a creepy little monster...

Earlier this year, blogger Vanessa Krystle watched The Creature from the Black Lagoon for the first time. She watched the film "live" with her followers on Twitter, and ultimately didn't have a lot of nice things to say about it. In the very first Monster Kid Radio Monsterkiditorial, Derek responds to her review. Voicemail: 503-479-5MKR (503-479-5657)Email: monsterkidradio@gmail.com (.mp3s of ever...

A few weeks ago, Joe Blevins (Dead 2 Rights) joined Derek to talk about the careet of Edward D. Wood, Jr., as well as some of the lesser-known Ed Wood films that Monster Kid Radio listeners might enjoy. This wasn't the first time Derek and Joe had appeared on a podcast together, but it was the first time they actually recorded a back-and-forth conversation for a show. Before diving into the "actua...

Tom Biegler (the sculptor behind the artwork in this episode's graphic) continues his converation with Derek about 1959's The Alligator People (dir. Roy Del Ruth). WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! After talking about the movie, Tom offers a lucky listener of Monster Kid Radio a chance to win Tom's sculpt inspired by the film. Derek also goes over some news regarding the upcoming release of several Godzill...

Even though a couple of doctors seem quite taken with Beverly Garland's appearance in The Alligator People (dir. Roy Del Ruth), the film has a lot more going for it than that! Returning guest Tom Biegler joins Derek to talk about this 20th Century Fox film from 1959 that seems to have all the trappings of a Universal monster movie from the early 50s! Lon Chaney, Jr., makes a splash in the film . ....

At his website Dead 2 Rights, Joe Blevins has been researching the films and career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., and along the way he's discovered more than just Plan 9 From Outer Space and Bride of the Monster. After reviewing various facets of Wood's career in Episode #079 of Monster Kid Radio, Joe presents a list of other Ed Wood films that Monster Kid Radio listeners might enjoy! Voicemail: 503-479...

Outside of the standards (Plan 9 From Outer Space, Bride of the Monster, etc.) or what he saw in the 1994 movie, Derek doesn't know much about Ed Wood . . . but he knows someone who does. Writer Joe Blevins joins Monster Kid Radio to talk about the career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the path he took to get to Hollywood in the first place, and some of the truly artistic elements of Wood's films. They a...

Filmmaker Dennis Vincent is a man on a mission . . . to make a film inspired by the 1967 "not-so-classic" Night Fright (dir. James A. Sullivan). In this episode of Monster Kid Radio, Dennis and Derek talk about Dennis' upcoming film The Cosmic Creature. The film's leads have been cast. Locations have been scouted. Music has been secured. Dennis is determined to make this movie, and if his enthusia...

In 1967, Sheriff Clint Crawford (played by John Agar, one of the patron saints of Monster Kid Radio) saved a small Texas town from a mutant monster running amok in Night Fright (dir. James A. Sullivan). In 2013, a similar mutant monster will take another crack at the earth, and filmmaker Dennis Vincent aims to tell that tale. This week on Monster Kid Radio, Derek welcomes Dennis to the podcast to...

The latest Monster Kid Radio Crash happened last week at the Hollywood Theatre, and not even invading martians could keep us away! Derek was joined by Ray Jelinek, Chris McMillan (The Shadow Over Portland), Tom Daufel, and Rick Myers (The Recovering Ubergeek), and they watched Santo el Enmascarado de Plata vs 'La invasión de los marcianos' (dir. Alfredo B. Crevenna), aka Santo vs. the Martian Inva...

He fights robots, he thwarted the evil Queen of the World, and appears on Monster Kid Radio. Roger Browne, the man behind the mask of Argoman, The Fantastic Superman (dir. Sergio Grieco), generously spent some time on the phone with Derek for an interview for this episode of the podcast. Monster Kid Radio owes a huge thank you to Dorado Films for helping make this interview possible, and, of cours...

Do you know who loves the classic Universal monster movies (aside from Derek)? Artist, sculptor, and easily one of the nicest guys you'll meet at a monster convention Daniel Horne. When he's not creating one of his beautiful monster portraits or sculpting a gorgeous monster mask, Daniel watches these movies on a screen he's set up on one wall of his studio. In fact, he told Derek off mic that he a...