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MONSTER ATTACK!

“Monster Attack” is a podcast dedicated to old “Monster Movies,” the ones we all grew up with and fell in love with. These are the films that opened up a new world of scary creatures, sci-fi wonders and frightening tales of the supernatural. Former radio personality Jim Adams re-visits a time when radioactive dinosaurs threatened Tokyo, werewolves terrorized the population at large and mad scientists conducted hideous experiments in large mansions.

Feb 25, 2019

This episode is dedicated to the memory of the legendary Dick Miller, a veteran of more than 180 films who passed away Jan 30th. Dick appeared in this week's film, "The Undead" (1957), directed by Roger Corman and starring Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val Dufour, Billy Barty and Richard Devon. An...


Feb 18, 2019

Jim takes a look at a cult film that made quite an impression on his generation with 1958's "The Screaming Skull," starring John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway, Toni Johnson and Alex Nichol (who also directed). Newlyweds return to the home of the husband where his first wife died in a mysterious accident. Is her...


Feb 11, 2019

Jim talks about another favorite from his childhood and a film starring one of his idols, 1954's "The Mad Magician," starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Patrick O'Neal, Eva Gabor, John Emery and Donald Randolph. Don Gallico is a genius inventor of illusions who has his dream dashed by the man he works for. Revenge is...


Feb 4, 2019

Jim talks about a favorite for AIP fans, 1958's "How To Make A Monster, starring Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Clarke, Gary Conway, Morris Ankrum, John Ashley, Thomas Henry Browne and Robert Shayne. The story centers around a celebrated makeup artist working on the set of a horror film finding out his career is...