MONSTER ATTACK!

Jim reflects his first viewing of a classic Sci-Fi from 1981 from Director Peter Hyams - "Outland," starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking, Kika Markham, Nicholas Barnes, Clarke Peters, and John Ratzenberger. A Federal Marshall assigned to a mining outpost on Jupiter's third moon, Io, is faced with a drug smuggling operation that is taking the lives of several wor...

Jim talks about a game-changing Japanese film that helped restart the Godzilla franchise, "Godzilla 1984," aka "The Return Of Godzilla," starring Ken Tanaka, Keiju Kobayashi, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yosuke Natsuki, Shin Takuma, Ken Satsuma and directed by Koji Hashimoto. 30 Years after Godzilla attacked Tokyo and was apparently destroyed, the giant dinosaur, now 80 meters tall, reappears and heads for t...

Jim remembers his first viewing of the 1969 TV Movie, "Night Gallery," which served as the pilot for the series and starred Roddy McDowall, Ossie Davis, George Macready, Barry Atwater, Joan Crawford Barry Sullivan, Tom Bosley, Byron Morrow, Richard Kiley, Sam Jaffe, George Murdock and featured directors, Boris Sagal, Steven Spielberg, and Barry Shear. The film included three tales of the weird wri...

Jim looks back on a 1958 Roger Corman classic, "Viking Women and The Sea Serpent," starring Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon, Jonathan Haze, June Kenney, Bradford Jackson, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Jay Sayer, Sally Todd, Mike Forrest, and Gary Conway. Viking women go on a quest to find their men after they fail to return from a journey. Along the way they encounter a large sea serpent and end u...

Jim discusses a classic Black Comedy Horror Film from 1980 written by Robert and Steven Charles Jaffe - "Motel Hell," starring Rory Calhoun, Nancy Parsons, Nin Axelrod, Paul Linke, Wolfman Jack, Elaine Joyce, Dick Curtis, Monique St. Pierre, Rosanne Katon, E Hampton Beagle, John Ratzenberger and directed by Kevin Connor. Farmer Vincent uses a very special ingredient in his famous smoked meats. And...

Jim thinks back on the first time he saw Phillip Kaufman's 1978 remake of "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers," starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin McCarthy,  and Leonard Nimoy. Kaufman gives the story of an invasion of Planet Earth by space-borne seed pods a 70's approach, which has resulted in many considering this to be an excellent remake of the lege...

Jim reminisces about the second "Monster Movie" he ever saw - Roger Corman's 1958 Sci-Fi "War Of The Satellites," starring Dick Miller, Susan Cabot, Richard Devon, Eric Sinclair, Michael Fox, Robert Shayne, Jared Barclay, and John Brinkley. The story centers around man's attempt to explore space while an alien race tries to prevent them from leaving planet Earth. Find out more on this episode of M...

In this very special anniversary episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, Jim reflects on the first time he saw Ken Russell's classic 1980 Sci-Fi film "Altered States," written by Paddy Chayefsky and starring William Hurt, Blair Brown, Charles Haid, Bob Balaban, Thaao Penghlis, Dori Brenner, Charles White eagle, Drew Barrymore, Megan Jeffers, Jack Murdock, John Larroquette, and George Gaynes. Russell's surreal...

Jim reflects on a masterful tale involving a clean-cut suburban lad who goes on a deadly shooting spree in Los angeles - Peter Bogdanovich's "Targets," starring Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Nancy Hsueh, Arthur Peterson, James Brown, Tanya Morgan, Mary Jackson, Sandy Baron, Monte Landis and Mike Farrell. This critically-acclaimed 1967 thriller shocked audiences on first release and developed a cult...

Jim reflects on a 1983 Sci-Fi homage to old 50s films which initially did not do well, but found an audience in Home Video and a nice cult following - "Strange Invaders," starring Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Louise Fletcher, Shawn Wallace, Kenneth Tobey, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Michael Lerner and directed by Michael Laughlin. A college professor and a tabloid reporter go on a quest to find the...

Jim reminisces about his first viewing of a classic sci-fi film from 1987 that has spawned an iconic franchise and following - "Robocop

Jim reflects on his first viewing of a 1984 Science Fiction film which spawned a popular Urban Legend - "The Philadelphia Experiment," starring Michael Pare', Bobby Di Cicco, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Louise Latham, Stephen Tobolowsky and Keene Holliday. A naval experiment in 1943 results in two sailors ending up in 1984. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated T...

Jim reflects on a classic tale of witchcraft based on Fritz Leiber Jr;s novel "Conjuring Wife" - 1962's "Burn, Witch, Burn," starring Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls, Colin Gordon and Reginald Beckwith. With a screenplay written by Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont and directed by Sydney Hayers, the film centers around the wife of a young college professor who...

Jim reflects on one of the first "Monster Movies" he saw after his family moved to North Carolina - "Marooned," starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Mariette Hartley, Nancy Kovak, Scott Brady, Walter Brooke, John Forsythe, and directed by John Sturges. This 1969 Sci-Fi tells the tale of three astronauts trapped in orbit around the Earth with no chance o...

Mark Maddox returns for a rousing discussion of a 1965 classic tale based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft  "Die, Monster, Die," starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Suzan Farmer, Patrick Magee, Freda Jackson, Terence DeMarney and Directed By Daniel Haller. Based on "The Colour From Space," the story centers around a young man (Adams) visiting his British girlfriend and learning of the strange going-on...

Jim reflects on a film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic "The Land That Time Forgot," starring Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Declan Mulholland, Steve James, and directed by Kevin Conner. A group of shipwrecked sailors (both British and German) must work together to survive on an island that has dinosaurs and other perils. Find out more on this epi...

Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton join Jim for a rousing discussion of a Kaiju film celebrating its 50th Anniversary - "Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla," starring Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi, Reiko Tajima, Hiromi Matsushita, Goro Mutsumi, Shin Kishida and directed byJun Fukuda. An alien race seeking to conquer Earth makes a giant robot based on Godzilla. And when the "B...

Jim reflects on the final anthology film by Amicus Productions - 1974's "From Beyond The Grave," starring Peter Cushing, David Warner, Wendy Allnutt, Rosalind Ayres, Marcel Steiner, Ian Brennen, Donald Pleasence, Angela Pleasence, Diana Dors, John O'Farrell, Ian Carmichael, Margaret Leighton, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Ogilvy, Lesley-Anne Down, Jack Watson, Ben Howard and directed by Kevin O'Connor. F...

Jim discusses a film from 1974 that did not do well upon its initial release, but has gained a large following the last 50 years - "PHASE IV," starring Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynn Frederick,  Alan Gifford, Helen Horton and Robert Henderson. Director Saul Bass provides a thought-provoking look into what might happen if insects, namely ants, fight back against what man is doing to the plan...

Jim discusses a classic 1963 Ghost Story based on the novel by Shirley Jackson ("The Haunting Of Hill House") and directed by Robert Wise -"The Haunting," starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Robert Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Rosalie Crutchley, Fay Compton, Valentine Dyall, and Lois Maxwell. This memorable tale about a small group investigating a legendary haunted house has developed a huge cult follo...

Mark Maddox joins us for an in-depth discussion about Ridley Scott's 1982 Sci-Fi Classic "Blade Runner," starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, M Emmett Walsh, Edward James Olmos, Darryl Hannah, William Sanderson and Joanna Cassidy. A former cop (Ford) is forced to hunt down four "replicants" who have returned illegally to Earth. During the investigation, he finds himself having feeling...

Jim discusses n adaptation of a popular Stephen King novel from 1984 - "Firestarter," starring Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Freddie Jones, George C. Scott, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen, Louise Fletcher, Art Carney, and Moses Gunn. Produced by Dino De Laurentis and Directed by Mark L. Lester, the film focuses on an 8-year-old girl and her father who both have special abilities that a secret gover...

Jim discusses a reimaging of a classic vampire tale - 1979's "Dracula," starring Frank Langella, Laurence Oliver, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Jan Francis, Trevor Eve, Tony Haygarth, Teddy Turner, Janine Duvitski, and Sylvester McCoy. Directed y John Badham, the story is based on the Hamilton Deane and John Balderston Broadway play which also starred Lasngella. The Count makes his way to Engla...

It is our 400th EPISODE !!! and Jim discusses what he calls "The Perfect Movie For All Monster Kids," Joe Dante's 1993 "Matinee," starring John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, Lisa Jakub, Robert Picardo, Lucinda Jenney, Jesse Lee, Jesse White, James Villemaire, David Clennon, Dick Miller, John Sayles, Lucy Butler, Belinda Balaski, Naomi Watts, and Kevin McCarthy. T...

Jim dedicates this episode to the memory of his parents, Jim & Phyllis, who would have celebrated their 70th Wedding anniversary the day after this publishes. One of the most-loved "Big Bug" films of the 50's is discussed here with 1954's "THEM!," starring James Whitmore, James Arness, Joan Weldon, Edmund Gwynn, Sandy Descher, Fess Parker, Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory, Leonard Nimoy, Dub Taylor, a...