MONSTER ATTACK!

On this Halloween Episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies, Jim reflects again on a favorite from his early days of Monster Movie viewing, Roger Corman's "The Wasp Woman." This 1959 classic stars Susan Cabot, Barboura Morris, Anthony Eisley, Willian Roerick, Michael Mark, Frank Gerstie, Bruno, VeSota and Roy Gordon. The head of a giant cosmetics firm uses a controver...

Jim discusses a 1954 Sci-Fi film that was not readily available in the U.S. for many years, "Stranger From Venus" aka "The Venusian," starring Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine, Derek Bond and Cyril Luckman. A strange man appears at a small inn with a dire warning for its residents concerning man's use of nuclear power. It's a race against the clock to save the Earth on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!...

Jim takes another look at a classic 1957 Monster Movie that set in motion a series of "Teen Exploitation horror films - "I Was A Teenage Werewolf," starring Michael Landon, Whit Bissell, Yvonne Lime, Barney Phillips, Malcom Atterbury, Joseph Mell and Guy Williams. A mad scientist uses a troubled teen to advance his theory with devastating results. Find out more about this cult classic on this epis...

Mark Maddox joins Jim for an in-depth discussion of Sidney Lumet's critically acclaimed opus from 1964 "Fail Safe," starring Don O'Herlihy, Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Edward Binns, Fritz Weaver, William Hansen and Sorrell Brooke. A series of accidents causing a USAF bomber wing to head into Russia to drop its nuclear payload. It's an intense race against time on this...

Jim revisits another favorite from his childhood by reflecting on 1957's "The Thing That Couldn't Die," starring William Reynolds, Carolyn Kearney, Andra Martin, Peggy Converse, Jeffrey Stone, James Anderson, Carl Horvath and Robin Hughes. The head of a man accused of witchcraft in the 16th century is found and wrecks havoc on a small ranch in California. Find out more about this classic on this e...

Jim revisits his favorite "Brain" movie from his early days as a "Monster Kid," 1957's" The Brain From Planet Arous," starring John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller, Thomas Browne Henry and Ken Terrell. An alien brain inhabits the body of renowned nuclear physicist with plans to conquer the people of Earth. Find out why this film won the heart of a young Monster Movie fan on this episode of MONS...

Jim revisits a classic 1957 Sci-fi from Bert I. Gordon, "The Amazing Colossal Man," starring Glen Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor, James Seay and Russ Bender. After surviving a plutonium blast, a man begins to grow at an incredible rate. Can doctors cure him before he becomes a threat to humanity/ Find out on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Mov...

Jim revisits one of his favorite Sci-Fi/Monster movies growing up - 1957's "The Incredible Shrinking Man," starring Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey, William Schallert and Orangey The Cat. Scott Carey is exposed to a strange mist that causes him to shrink. How does a shrinking man survive in a large world? Find out on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podca...

Jim Revisits a classic 1957 Sci-Fi from Hammer, "X The Unknown," starring Dean Jagger, Leo McKern, Edward Chapman, William Lucas, Marianne Brauns and Ian MacNaughtor. A creature from beneath the Earth's crust and highly radioactive threatens mankind in its quest for food. Find out about Jim's first taste of Hammer on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies. 

Jim revisits one of his favorite sci-fi movies from the mid 1950's, "This Island Earth," starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson and Douglas Spencer. Several scientists are recruited by the mysterious "Exeter" to work on positive uses of nuclear energy. But, something is not quite right. Find out more about this cult classic on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK...

Jim revisits a favorite Dinosaur film form his childhood, 1957's "The Land Unknown," starring Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Phil Harvey, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy and Tim Smyth. An expedition in Antarctica finds four people n a land that has been untouched for millions of years. Can they escape in time? Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK! , the Podcast Dedica...

Jim revisits a classic Universal Sci-Fi from 1957, "Monolith Monsters," starring Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Linda Scheley and Trevor Bardette. Following a meteor strike near a small town in the desert, residents begin dying in a mysterious way. A government geologists races against time to stop the threat. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, the Podcast Dedicated To...

Jim revisits another favorite "Big Monster" movie from his childhood, the 1957 sci-fi favorite "The Monster The Challenged The World," starring Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Mimi Gibson, Casey Adams and Barbara Darrow. An earthquake near a remote naval base in the desert unleashes a group of large sea mollusks that terrorize the community and threaten the world. Can a solution be found be...

Mark Maddox and Clay Sayre join Jim for a rollicking look at the 1972 Cult Classic "Night Of The Lepus," starring Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley, Paul Fix, Melanie Fullerton, Chris Morrell and Stanford Jolley. An attempt to control the population of bunny rabbits results in giant "killer" rabbits that besiege a small rural community. It's Man against Bunny on this episo...

Jim discusses a sci-fi disaster that ranks up there with some of the worst movies he has watched - 1972's "The Doomsday Machine," starring Grant Williams, Bobby Van, Ruta Lee, James Craig, Mala Powers, Denny Miller and Casey Kasem. A manned flight to Venus is doomed form the start as the Chinese set off a "Doomsday Machine" and destroy the Earth. And that's the good part. Find out more on this epi...

Jim revisits another "Big Bug" classic from Universal-International Pictures directed by Nathan Juran - "The Deadly Mantis," starring Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Paul Smith, Donald Randolph, Helen Jay and Bing Russell. A volcano eruption frees a prehistoric giant mantis frozen in the Arctic. The bug creates havoc on its way south toward warmer climates. Can mankind defend itself ag...

Mark Maddox joins Jim for a rousing discussion on a cult film from 1973directe4d by Nathan Juran - "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf," starring Kerwin Mathews, Elaine Devry, Scott Sealey, George Gaynes and Robert Wilkie. While spending a weekend in the mountains, a boy's father is bitten by a werewolf and becomes one. But, no one believes the boy's unbelievable tale. Find out more on this episode of MON...

Jim revisits a classic Ray Harryhausen film and a favorite from his childhood - 1957's "20 Million Miles To Earth, " starring William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry and Arthur Space. An ill-fated mission to Venus brings back a lifeform that threatens Rome. It's a race against time to save mankind in this special effects-laden thriller. Fins out more on this ep...

Jim discusses the European version of Mario Bava's 1963 horror classic, "Black Sabbath," starring Boris Karloff, Mark Damon Michele Mercier, Susy Andersen, Jacqueline Pierreux, Lidia Alfonsi and Milo Quesada. This uncut version differs from the American version Jim and many "monster kids" saw in the late 1960's. Join us we compare the two on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK! - The Podcast Dedicated...

Jim looks back on a classic horror film from Tigon Productions - 1973's "The Creeping Flesh," starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Lorna Heilbron, Duncan Lamont, Jenny Runacre, Michael Ripper, Kenneth J, Warren and George Benson. A scientist's exploration into a possible cure for evil results in tragic consequences. Find out more about this little gem from director Freddie Francis on this epis...

Author Dacre Stoker (Dracula, The Undead, Dracul, The Lost Journal Of Bram Stoker) joins Jim and Mark Maddox for a round-table discussion of the 1922 silent film horror classic "Nosferatu," directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck, Greta Schroder, Gustav von Wangenheim and Alexander Granach. Based on Bram Stoker's classic novel, the story traces the arrival of Count Orlock in a small Germa...

Jim dedicates this episode to the memory of his Mom on this Mother's Day with remembrances of 1953's "The Neanderthal Man, " starring Robert Shayne, Joyce Terry, Richard Crane, Doris Merrick, Beverly Garland, Robert Long, Tandra Quinn, Lee Morgan and William Faucette. An obsessed scientist tries to prove Neanderthal Man was more intelligent than modern day man by creating a prehistoric man. Find o...

Jim reflects on a popular television show that greatly influenced him early in life - "The Adventures Of Superman," starring George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Noel Neil, Jack Larson, John Hamilton and Robert Shayne. From 1952 to 1957,the show was staple for thousands of youngsters and adults as t showcased the story of the last survivor of the planet Krypton. It's a trip down Memory Lane on this epis...

Jim reflects on a film he first saw during his first year of college - 1972's "Asylum," starring Peter Cushing, Barbara Parkins Richard Todd, Barry Morse, Britt Ekland, Charlotte Rampling, and Patrick Magee. A young psychologists seeking work inn an asylum for the criminally insane, must determine which of the patients he meets is actually the director of the hospital. Find out more about this ant...

Jim reflects on an indie vampire film from 1972 that became a favorite of his, "Deathmaster," starring Robert Quarry, Bull Ewing, Brenda Dickson and John Fiedler. Quarry ("Count Yorga, Vampire") once again plays a worldly vampire- this time a guru to a group of impressionistic kids - who sets his sights on starting a commune of the undead. Find out more about this little-known gem on this episode...