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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.

Dec 31, 2018

Jim reflects on one of the ultimate cult classic films - Phil Tucker's signature film "Robot Monster," starring George Nader, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royale, John Mylong, Gregory Moffett, Pamela Paulson and John Barrows as "Ro-Man. Only eight people have survived an attack form the moon-based Ro-Mans. Will mankind...


Dec 24, 2018

Jim looks at the film that inspired "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea," with 1959's "The Atomic Submarine," starring Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Sid Melton and Bob Steele. Something is causing a series of nautical disasters at the North Pole. It is up to the crew of the Tigershark to solve the mystery, which...


Dec 17, 2018

A Roger Corman cult classic from 1957 is in Jim's spotlight this week with "Attack Of The Crab Monsters," starring Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson, Mel Welles and Charles B. Griffith (who also wrote the screenplay). A group of nuclear researchers are trapped on a remote island, hunted by creatures...


Dec 10, 2018

It is our 150th Episode and for this one Jim  is joined by Mark Maddox for a very special tribute to the 40th Anniversary of "Superman." The episode is dedicated to the memories of Special Effects Supervisor Les Bowie and star Christopher Reeve. Join Jim and Mark on a discussion of the incredible impact this film had on...


Dec 3, 2018

Jim reflects on a film that is generally acknowledged to be the first movie to cover the end of the world by nuclear holocaust with Arch Oboler's 1951 classic "FIVE," staring William Phipps, Susan Douglas, Charles Lampkin, James Anderson and Earl Lee. In this bleak, lonely world world, only five remain after the bombs...