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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.

Apr 25, 2022

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...


Apr 18, 2022

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...


Apr 11, 2022

Jim discusses a classic Poe adaptation from Roger Corman - 1962's "The Premature Burial," starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Alan Napier, John Dierkes and Dick Miller. A man haunted by the fear of being buried alive causes concern among his family, friends and newlywed wife. But something is amiss. Find...


Apr 4, 2022

On this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, the podcast dedicated to old Monster Movies, Jim discusses 1962's "The Brain," starring Peter van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Bernard Lee, Jack MacGowran and Cecil Parker. This adaptation of Curt Siodmak's "Donovan's Brain" was the directorial debut for Freddie Francis and opened the door for...