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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.

May 27, 2024

Jim reminisces about his first viewing of a classic sci-fi film from 1987 that has spawned an iconic franchise and following - "Robocop<" starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer, Kurtwood Smith, Paul McCrane, Ray Wise, Robert DoQui, Felton Perry, Jesse Goins, and directed by Paul...


May 20, 2024

Jim reflects on his first viewing of a 1984 Science Fiction film which spawned a popular Urban Legend - "The Philadelphia Experiment," starring Michael Pare', Bobby Di Cicco, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Louise Latham, Stephen Tobolowsky and Keene Holliday. A naval experiment in 1943 results in two sailors ending up in...


May 13, 2024

Jim reflects on a classic tale of witchcraft based on Fritz Leiber Jr;s novel "Conjuring Wife" - 1962's "Burn, Witch, Burn," starring Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls, Colin Gordon and Reginald Beckwith. With a screenplay written by Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont and directed by...


May 6, 2024

Jim reflects on one of the first "Monster Movies" he saw after his family moved to North Carolina - "Marooned," starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Mariette Hartley, Nancy Kovak, Scott Brady, Walter Brooke, John Forsythe, and directed by John Sturges. This 1969 Sci-Fi tells...