The Monster Rally Podcast

Here we are. We're Creechin', baby! The final tentpole of the Classic Universal Monster series is here! Join James & Gary as they put on their trunks & aqualungs, grab Checkov's speargun, and wade into the Black Lagoon to talk about Michael "Creech" Gelman! Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@monsterrallypod⁠⁠⁠ Buy some merch at our ⁠⁠⁠TeePublic ⁠⁠⁠shop! Please give us a follow & leave a like and/or review...

We are quite sorry for the delay, as James had surgery & the Stork dropped off a new bundle at The Big Sombrero's. Do y'all remember in The Invisible Man Returns where Vincent Price is convicted of a crime that he didn't commit, so he convinces a scientist to give him that sweet invisible juice so he can find the real killer & prove his innocence? Well if you don't, you can hear us talk about it h...

James & "James" dip their snoots into the first of the Abbott & Costello X Uni Monstie joint. When Wilbur & Chick unleash the dastardly eternal evil of Dracula & Franklin Stein in lovely South Florida, the two goofballs must team-up with Sad Larry Wolfman & a vivacious insurance investigator named Joan to stop them before Dracula can rule the world. Follow us on Instagram ⁠@monsterrallypod⁠ Buy so...

James & the Big Sombrero are back with this 1946 *technically* movie starring June Lockhart as an heiress who may just be going on a werewolf murder spree a mere week before her wedding, but maybe...just maybe...things aren't what they seem. This one's for you, MacGruber fans. Follow us on Instagram @monsterrallypod Buy some merch at our TeePublic shop! Please give us a follow & leave a like and/o...

James & The Big Sombrero interrupt your regularly scheduled classic horror movie for a fresh take on a tiny piece of the Dracula mythos. Maybe you can still catch it in theaters, but it's definitely available digitally. Make sure you don't sleep on this one. Follow us on Instagram @monsterrallypod Buy some merch at our TeePublic shop! Please give us a follow & leave a like and/or review. It'll tak...

The Mummy's Curse is LCJ's last outing as Kharis, so let's join James & the Big Sombrero to see if he lands it. Spoiler: He doesn't! Programming note: We're taking a slight detour with our next episode to talk about The Last Voyage of the Demeter, which may still be in theaters when you listen to this episode, so try to make it out to see it before it disappears into the depths of streaming Hell....

**Just a warning, dear listeners: this episode of the Monster Rally Podcast definitely earns its Explicit rating.** James & The Big Sombrero are back to talk about Woody Woodpecker, and this time? They're in the studio together. Follow us on Instagram @monsterrallypod Buy some merch at our TeePublic shop! Please give us a follow & leave a like and/or review. It'll only take you mere seconds but wo...

When it comes to mummies, the Monster Rally Fellas are big fans. When it comes to LCJ...well, not as much. That said, you gotta dance with the Kharis you come with, and that's just what we do. There are lots to say about The Mummy's Ghost, but the most important thing? Is this peak dog cinema? Follow us on Instagram @monsterrallypod Buy some merch at our TeePublic shop! Please give us a follow & l...

*Programming note: we screwed up at the end of our previous episode and said that House of Frankenstein. Obviously, you may notice that this episode isn't HoF. Whoops, we screwed up. We will be doing House of Frankenstein, but there are still a couple of movies before we get there.* Sometimes the titles of the Universal Monstie movies don't really match up (looking at you, Mummy franchise). This t...

What happens when you take Dracula, spell his name backwards, cast Lon Cheney Jr as the Count, and sprinkle a little Zatarain's on it? Legally, a movie...we guess. Follow us on Instagram @monsterrallypod Buy some merch at our TeePublic shop! Please give us a follow & leave a like and/or review. It'll take you mere moments, but would mean the world to us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

What happens when you roll that classic Universal Monstie flavor together with beautiful Technicolor? Two Oscars, baby! Gary & James are back talking about Claude Rains's final classic Universal Monster film, and our biggest question has to be is...how long does it take a rusty hacksaw to cut through massive chains holding a gigantic chandelier? The second, of course, is this horror or a romantic...

The Monsties are back with Universal's first Monster Rally movie. Curt Siodmak follows his script for his breakout hit The Wolf Man with a sequel...where he unkills Larry Talbot and has him track down the legendary Dr. Frankenstein. Which one? Heckuva question, since they are *very* cagey about the Franklin Stein lineage. Follow us on insagram @monsterrallypod Buy some merch at our TeePublic shop!...

The year is 2023 and Universal has the guts to release a new Dracula film. Like a siren calling from the sea, Gary & James dust off their microphones and sit down to discuss this weird, fun comedy/horror/action film starring the great Nic Cage as Dracula, Nicholas Hoult as Renfield, Ben Schwartz as Teddy Lobo, & Akwafina as Rebecca Quincy. Follow us on Instagram @monsterrallypod. Buy some of our m...

*Sorry for the amount of dead air & filler sounds, but there was an issue with the website that caused us to lose the final, polished edit. We're trying our best here.* Mike can't be with us for this one, so while James is hoping that his house isn't destroyed while Ida hits New Jersey & Gary's living it up, eating Chicago Dogs & Famous Amos, out in the Windy City, they break the story for how the...

We're really sorry for the delay in getting this episode out, but sometimes life, family, & the general ennui of life get in the way of deadlines.  Have you ever wanted to see a feature-length clipshow? If so, you're in luck with 1942's barely-an-hour proto-slasher film The Mummy's Tomb. Make sure to like & subscribe to the show, and please head over to Apple Podcasts to leave a 5-star review. You...

The Monster Rally Men have been dreading this one since day one, but here it is: Edwin L. Marin's Invisible Agent. Buckle up, kids. Follow us on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter You can get some sweet, sweet MRP merch over at TeePublic. Most importantly, don't forget to follow/subscribe to us on your favorite podcatcher of choice. It's massively helpful if you leave us a 5-star review on A...

A baker's dozen episodes in, and the Monster Rally Men are FINALLY in the studio together. That's right, y'all: the boys are back in town again for the very first time. We're talking about 1942's The Ghost of Frankenstein, which was either directed by Erle C. Kenton, Erle C. Keaton, or Michael Keaton. We say a lot of words in this one: -Would Jason Segel make an amazing Frankenstein's Monster? -Do...

This week, the Monster Rally Me take a look at Gary's childhood favorite: the 1941 Lon Cheney Jr vehicle THE WOLF MAN! Yes, gentle listener, we've officially entered the Cheney (Jr) Era of the Universal Monsters. He's a lot like Roger Moore's James Bond: Maybe not your favorite, but definitely the one in the most movies. Will it hold up to Gary's fond remembrance of it from his formative years? Ar...

In which the Monster Rally Men delve into universal's 3rd offering from 1940, The Invisible Woman! This is a different one for the show, because a) it's not a horror movie, b) it's a slapstick romantic comedy, & c) there are just a bunch of dim-witted mobsters. Thank you for your continued support. Find our Facebook page by searching The Monster Rally Podcast, and we are on Instagram & Twitter @Mo...

This is it. Ten episodes. We made it folks. Time to sell out. Wherein we ponder just why they chose to call this "The Mummy's Hand." Listen to the Monster Rally Men breakdown this super fun proto-slasher flick. Universal is starting to dive into B-movie territory...but does B always mean bad? Follow us on our Facebook page (The Monster Rally Podcast), Instagram & Twitter (@monsterrallypod), and do...

The year: 1940.  The idea: A sequel to the 1933 classic The Invisible Man; alternatively a direct sequel to not the movie but the 1897 novel of the same name by H.G. Wells.  The star: a young, mostly unseen Vincent Price who doesn't get top billing though he is ABSOLUTELY the lead.  The movie: The Invisible Man Returns. Is it as good as the original film? How do the Monster Rally Men score it? I'l...

Guess who's back? Back again? Gary's back; so's Franken.  The Monster Rally Trinity finally got the chance to sit down & talk about the 1974 Mel Brooks immortal Young Frankenstein! What's that? Oops, I meant Rowland V. Lee's 1939 classic Son of Frankenstein (spoiler alert: they're not not the same movie). Follow us on Instagram & Twitter @MonsterRallyPod, and follow our Facebook page "The Monster...

In which, with one of our intrepid hosts on the Inured Reserve, Mike & James have a breezy conversation about upcoming Universal Monster related topics, including, but not limited to: - NECA's upcoming Universal Monster action figure line. - Adam McKay tapped to direct the (strangely comedic?) upcoming Renfield film, cowritten by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ridley. - The bizarrely rad take on Dracula th...

After half a decade, Universal released a follow-up to Tod Browning's masterpiece Dracula, and the Monster Rally Men here to answer some hard hitting questions (or definitely raise some and explicitly not answer them). Does the sequel to such a high profile film live up to the hype? What were some of the possible films we could have seen before this script was settled on? Was that wax Lugosi worse...

Well, they can't all be winners, huh? In an episode that may be not only divisive, but may well go down in infamy, the Monster Rally Men dig into/take digs at Stuart Walker's 1935 classic(?) Werewolf of London. It's the movie that brought us the rules of werewolves as we now know it...but the question  remain: Is it good? Did we enjoy it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...