MONSTER ATTACK!

Mark Maddox returns for our 100th Episode of "Monster Attack!" In this special extended episode Jim and Mark talk about two incredible films - 1956's "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers," starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones and Directed by Don Siegel; AND George Pal's 1960 Sci-Fi Classic "The Time Machine," starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot...

It's another Bert I. Gordon classic cult film as Jim excitedly talks about another childhood favorite, 1957's "The Amazing Colossal Man," starring Glen Langan, Cathy Downs and William Hudson. Jim gets so excited, he consistently refers to the female lead female character in the film by the actor's name. But it is all part of the the fun in this HUGE episode of "Monster Attack."

Madeline Brumby returns and talks with Jim about about the 1960 Sci-Fi classic "Village Of The Damned," starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley and Michael Gwynn. A small village in Great Britain  experiences a bizarre 2-hour period in which all living things black out. A few weeks later, twelve women in the village are found to be pregnant. The  children who are born exhibit some unusual charact...

Jim looks at another childhood favorite and a film that influenced several sci-fi/monster writers and directors - 1958's "It The Terror From Beyond Space," starring Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Dabs Greer, Kim Spaulding, Ann Doran and Ray "Crash" Corrigan. A spaceship headed back to earth from Mars picks up a deadly, unwanted guest from the Red Planet. It's a fight for survival on this ep...

Jim looks at an Amicus cult classic form 1966, "The deadly Bees," starring Suzanna Leigh, Frank Finlay, Guy Doleman and Michael Ripper. This Freddie Francis directed film centers around an exhausted Pop singer (Leigh) taking a rest on a small island, which just happens to be plagued with strange bee attacks. Which of the two prominent bee keepers is responsible? It is all ahead on this episode of...

Jim looks at what he believes is the best big-bug film of the 50's - the 1954 Warner Bros. classic, "Them," starring James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Edmund Gwenn, Onslow Stevens and an interesting collection of soon-to-be famous actors in cameo. Giant ants - from extended radiation exposure - threaten mankind. Take a look at this fascinating microcosm of 50's post-WWII society with a st...

Jim takes a look (so to to speak) at Universal's 1940 follow-up to "The Invisible Man" - "The Invisible Man Returns," starring Vincent Price, Cedric Hardwicke, Nan Gray, John Sutton, Cecil Kellaway and Alan Napier. An innocent man, convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, attempts to find the murderer of his brother using the infamous drug, Monocaine. Will he succeed before insanity sets in. Fin...

Two years before George Romero released "Night Of The Living Dead," Hammer Films presented a zombie film into its body of horror film work. Jim looks at a film that many consider to be the best zombie film made prior to "Night" - 1966's "The Plague Of The Zombies" starring Andre Morrell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, John Carson, Jacqueline Pierce and Michael Ripper. A small village is plagues with...

Jim examines a cult favorite from 1956, "Indestructible Man," starring Lon Chaney Jr., Casey Adams, Marion Carr and Russ Elliot. "Butcher" Benton is brought back to life after his execution by a scientist looking for a cancer cure. Unfortunately, that gives him a chance to revenge himself against a crooked lawyer and two guys who ratted him out. The chase is on to stop this Indestructible Man. It'...

Jim looks at the film many consider the standard-bearer for all Hammer Dracula films, "Horror of Dracula," starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling and Carol Marsh. The evil count, after dispatching Jonathan Harker, sets his sights on Harker's fiancé, Lucy. Will Dr. Van Helsing come to the rescue in time? It's all ahead in this episode of "Monster Attack!"  

Jim channels his inner child with a favorite from his early years watching monster movies with this review of 1960's "Dinosaurus!," starring Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson and Paul Lakather. A construction crew working on a remote island uncovers two dinosaurs and a caveman. When a freak lightning storm awakens the three, things get "prehistoric." Find out what happens on this 90th episode of Monste...

Jim examines a 1943 Universal classic that he initially did not like as a kid, but learned to appreciate recently - "Son of Dracula," starring Lon Chaney Jr, Louise Albritton, Robert Page and Evelyn Ankers. A mysterious Count Alucard visits a woman at her family's Louisiana plantation and strange things begin happening. Find out more on this episode of "Monster Attack."

Jim looks at another one of the life-defining movies from his childhood in "From Earth To The Moon," based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name. In 1868, a successful business convinces his peers that they can all send someone to the moon and return them in a book that shows surprising insight into the events that would occur during the 20th century. Find out more on this episode of Monster A...

Man is under attack by "The Birds" in this 1963 classic from Director Alfred Hitchcock - starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright and Suzanne Pleshette. This film is one  that has played well during the 54 years of its existence and Jim digs into the whys and wherefores of its longevity on this episode of "Monster Attack."

It's one of Jim's favorite Hammer Sci-Fi films as he recounts the impact "Five Million Years To Earth" (1967) had on his wanting to eb a filmmaker. The movie, which stars Andrew Keir, James Donald, Julian Glover and Barbara Shelley was directed by Roy Ward Baker and was the third of the popular "Quatermass" films. This "cerebral" film is the subject of Episode 86 of "Monster Attack."

It's another Universal Classic as Jim looks at James Whale's 1935 follow-up to "Frankenstein" - "Bride Of Frankenstein," starring Boris karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa lanchester, Valerie Hobson and Dwight Frye. Victor Frankenstein is having second thoughts about his quest, when Dr. Pretorius shows up with an offer he can't refuse. Find out what happens on this episode of "Monster Atta...

Madeline Brumby is with us again as we look at Roger Corman's classic black comedy, "A,Bucket Of Blood," starring Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Ed Nelson and Burt Convy. The role of Walter Paisley was a career-defining role for Miller, a favorite of monster Attack. Join us for this loving look at a memorable film on the eve of the Monsterama Convention in Atlanta on this episode of "Monster Attack...

Jim examines the 1933 classic "Island Of Lost Souls," starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams and Bela Lugosi. Dr. Moreau is conducting some questionable experiments on an uncharted island that requires animals of all species. And what about the "House of Pain?" Find out on this episode of Monster Attack.

It's a tale about a "real monster" as Jim takes a look at Mervyn LeRoy's 1956 classic, "The Bad Seed," starring Patty McCormick, Nancy Kelly, William Hopper, Henry Jones, Jesse white and Paul Fix. Could 8-yr-old Rhoda really be responsible for the deaths of her school mate and two others? Find out on this week's episode of "monster Attack."

It's man's first trip to the Moon - George Pal style - in this 1950 sci-fi favorite, "Destination Moon," starring John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers and Dick Wesson. In spite of attempts from a scared government to stop their launch, a group of industrialists build and launch a rocket ship towards our nearest celestial body. It's the adventure of the ages on this episode of "Monster Attack."

In celebration of our 80th episode, Jim reaches into the Universal vault for 1942's classic monster flick, "The Wolfman," starring Lon Chaney Jr., in a career-defining role, Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles and Maria Ouspenskaya. Larry Talbot is bitten by a werewolf and is cursed to roam the moors every full moon. It's all ahead on this episode of "Monster At...

Jim takes a look at another childhood favorite featuring the skills and talents of Vincent Price in 1953's "House Of Wax," co-starring Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Frank Lovejoy and Charles Bronson. A mad sculptor finds a unique way of making his wax figures seem amazingly lifelike. What could possibly be his secret? It is all ahead on this episode of Monster Attack.

"Can you see me, now? Can you see me, now?" No, it's not some guy with a cell phone. It's Universal's 1933 classic, "The Invisible Man," starring Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart and directed by James Whale. A scientist slowly descends into madness after discovering a formula that turns him invisible. It's all ahead on this episode of "Monster Attack!"

Two down on their luck archaeologists try to unravel the mystery of Princess Ananka, but get in the way of Kharis, the legendary royal who was buried alive. It's the 1940 favorite, "The Mummy's Hand," starring Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, Peggy Moran, George Zucco, Tom Tyler and Cecil Kellaway. The Epyptian hills of Southern California never looked so good on this episode of Monster Attack.

It's a monster from the planet Venus loose in Rome, Italy features in this 1957 sci-fi classic, starring William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Bart Braverman and Thomas Browne Henry. and the amazing work of Ray Harryhausen. Ymir on the loose! Ymir on the loose on this episode of Monster Attack!