Monster Movie Reviews
Mark Maddux joins us for an in-depth look at a Sci-Fi classic from 1971 directed by Robert Wise - "The Andromeda Strain," starring James Olson, Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, and Robert Soto as the "Baby." A satellite returning from space carries something that threatens all of mankind. It is a race against time in this thriller from 53 years ago that later proved prophetic. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jim discusses his first experience with a classic 1959 Horror-Thriller based on an infamous London serial killer - "Jack The Ripper, starring Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall, Ewen Solon, John Le Mesurier, Jack Allen, Endre Muller, and Directed by Monty Berman and Robert S Baker. An American police detective assists Scotland Yard in stopping a killer that is haunting London in the late 1800s. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jim discusses a classic Kaiju film that celebrates its 60th anniversary this month - "Ghidora: The Three-Headed Monster, starring Yosuke Natsuki, Yurikp Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, "The Peanuts" as Shobijin, Tkashi Shumura, Hisaya Ito, and directed by Ishiro Honda. A strange monster from outer space shows up as Godzilla ad Rodan are fighting. Mothra tries to convince the two to join her in defeating the threat. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jim reflects on the last film in the Universal Frankenstein/Dracula Universe - "House of Dracula" starring Lon Chaney Jr, Onslow Stevens, John Carradine, Glenn Strange, Martha O'Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Jane Adams, and Skelton Knaggs. Dr. Eidelman (Stevens) known for helping those with unique problems, draws the interest of Dracula and Larry Talbott for relief from their respective curses. Throw in the Frankenstein Monster and you have a full set. Find out more about this 1945 classic on this episode MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Mark Maddox joins Jim for a discussion of a 1981 Thriller directed by Piers Haggard -"Venom," starring Oliver Reed, Susan George, Nicol Williamson, Klaus Kinski, Sterling Hayden, and Lance Holcombe. An attempted kidnapping of a young boy goes horribly wrong as a deadly snake threatens everyone in a London townhouse. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jim discusses a classic sci-fi film from 1940 - "Dr. Cyclops, " starring Albert Dekker. Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, and directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, for producers Merian C. Cooper and Dale Van Every. A reclusive scientist with a laboratory laboratory deep in the Amazon jungle invites three scientists to assist. Upon discovering a horrific secret, they are subjected to experiments involving radiation. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jim discusses the sequel to "Son Of Frankenstein with 1942's "The Ghost Of Frankenstein," starring Lon Chaney Jr, Cedricke Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Janet Ann Gallow, Barton Yarborough, and Olaf Hytten. Produced by George Waggner and directed by Erle C. Kenton, this sequel picks up where "Son" left off except Ygor seeks out the "second" son of Frankenstein for help reviving "The Monster." Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
In this final entry of this year's Halloween Fare, Jim discusses a classic cult film frim 1982 - "Poltergeist," starring Craig T. Nelson, Jo Beth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominque Dunne, Oliver Robbins, Heather O'Rourke, Michael McManus, James Karen, Zelda Rubinstein, Dirk Blocker, and Sonny Landham. Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tobe Hooper, this ghost story dominated the film from Halloween through the Holiday Season. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
In this Halloween Special Episode, Jim reflects on a "vampire" film that greatly impacted him in 1987 - Joel Schumacher's "The Lost Boys," starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Hermann, Â Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Giertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Alexander Winter, Chance Michael Corbitt, and Tim Cappello. A recently divorced woman and her two sons move in with her father in a small California town that has a deadly secret. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jim discusses the one film in the "Halloween" franchise that does not include Michael Myers  - 1982's "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," starring Tom Atkins, Stacy Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie, Ralph Strait Jadeen Barbor, Brad Schacter, Garn Stephens, Jonathan Terry, Nancy Keyes, Al Berry, Wendy Wassberg, Essex Smith, and Madie Norman. In the small town of Santa Mira, there are strange going-ons leading an E.R. doctor and the daughter of a missing man to make a horrifying discovery. Find out more on this special Halloween episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Jim looks back at a Stephen King short story adaption celebrating its 40th Anniversary - "Children Of the Corn," starring Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, Courtney Gaines, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Jonas Marlowe, Robby Kiger, Anne Marie McEvoy, Julie Maddelena, and John Philbin. A fanatical group of children, following a religion centered around :He who walks among the rows," kills everyone in a small Iowa town and threatens a husband and wife who cross paths with them. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
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