Monster Kid Radio

By Derek M. Koch

TV & Film

What's Monster Kid Radio about?

Monster Kid Radio is the Rondo-award winning, weekly podcast celebrating the classic, and sometimes not-so-classic, genre cinema of yesteryear!

Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, John Agar . . . these are the patron saints of Monster Kid Radio, the weekly podcast celebrating the classic, and sometimes not-co-classic, genre cinema of yesteryear. Your host Derek M. Koch is joined by a special guest each episode to talk about a favorite monster movie; favorite classic actor, actress, or director; or a topic relevant to monster kids of all ages. Framed by mostly-spooky surf music, every episode of Monster Kid Radio is your weekly escape to the monster kid playground.

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01.14.2021

Tim Durbin from Viewing the Classics (http://viewingtheclassics.blogspot.com/) joins Monster Kid Radio this week for a look at a little known Cold War flying saucer movie called The Bamboo Saucer (dir. Frank Telford). Mark Matzke brings us a Beta Capsule Review ...

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01.14.2021 Monster Kid Radio #506 - The Bamboo Saucer with Tim Durbin Tim Durbin from Viewing the Classics (http://viewingtheclassics.blogspot.com/) joins Monster Kid Radio this week for a look at a little known Cold War flying saucer movie called The Bamboo Saucer (dir. Frank Telford). Mark Matzke brings us a Beta Capsule Review ...
01.07.2021 Monster Kid Radio #505 - The Snow Creature with Steve Turek We're starting 2021 with a trip to the Himalayas with Steve Turek from the DieCast Movie Podcast in search of The Snow Creature (dir. W. Lee Wilder) . Mark Matzke brings us a particularly prescient Beta Capsule Review, and Kenny ...
12.31.2020 Monster Kid Radio #504 - The Shining with Paul McComas After 40 years, does The Shining (dir. Stanley Kubrick) still trap people in its maze? We'll find out this week on Monster Kid Radio when Paul McComas returns to the show to discuss this 1980 film with Derek. Mark Matzke ...
12.24.2020 Munster Kid Radio #503 - The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas with Scott Morris Remember in the early days of Monster Kid Radio when Disney, Indiana's Scott Morris would swing by the show with a Christmas-themed monster movie around this time of year? We're bringing that tradition back in 2020 with 1996's The Munsters' ...
12.17.2020 Monster Kid Radio #502 - The Winners of the 2020 Monster Rally Retro Awards Stephen D. Sullivan joins Derek this week on Monster Kid Radio to finally reveal the winners of this year's Monster Rally Retro Awards! Every year, we look into the past and ask YOU to help us decide the Best Actors, ...
12.10.2020 Monster Kid Radio #501 - Derek corrects three mistakes The dust is still settling at MKR HQ and the massive 500th episode of the podcast, so this week Derek takes it a little easier and just kicks back to watch three movies . . . that many people have ...
12.07.2020 Monster Kid Radio #500.5 - The Monster in the Machine and the Missing Segments 01001001 01110100 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110011 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000100 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101011 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100110 01100001 01110101 01101100 01110100 Here are the missing segments from Episode #500 (Mark Matzke's ...
12.03.2020 Monster Kid Radio #500 - FIVE-HUNDRED? FIVE-HUNDRED! Derek can think of very few things he's done consistently 500 times in a row, and he's so thankful to YOU, the listeners, the friends and fans, that have supported the podcast over the years! This week, listeners of the ...
11.26.2020 Monster Kid Radio #499 - Top Three Kaiju Films NOT Featuring Godzilla or Gamera with Robert Kelly A Godzilla film or a Gamera film is a kaiju film. But a kaiju film isn't necessarily a Godzilla film or a Gamera film. This week, Derek welcomes fellow podcaster Robert Kelly to the show to discuss their Top Three ...
11.19.2020 Monster Kid Radio #498 - Munster, Go Home! with Scott Morris and Joe Stuber Between Derek, Disney, Indiana's Scott Morris, and Comic Book Central's Joe Stuber, they have nearly three decades of podcasting experience between them. But is all that experience enough to tackle the likes of . . . Herman Munster? 1966's Munster, ...
11.12.2020 Monster Kid Radio #497 - The Creeping Terror with Dominique Lamssies and Chris McMillan After an interrupted recording session at the cemetery, Dominique Lamssies and Chris McMillan joined Derek for a conversation about a movie that has . . . ahem . . . a reputation. It's The Creeping Terror (dir. Vic Savage). Surprisingly, ...
11.05.2020 Monster Kid Radio #496 - Burn, Witch, Burn with Kevin Slick Ladies and gentlemen, the podcast you are about to hear contains a discussion of the 1962 film Burn, Witch, Burn (dir. Sidney Hayers) with Derek and this week's guest Kevin Slick. Even today, in many parts of the world, people ...
10.29.2020 Monster Kid Radio #495 - Old Time Radio with Erik Martin Turn off the lights and make yourself comfortable because this week on Monster Kid Radio, Derek welcomes Erik Martin from the Cineversary podcast to talk about one of Erik's great passions - old time radio. Horror. Mystery. Suspense. And all ...
10.22.2020 Monster Kid Radio #494 - Top Three Hammer Films to Watch on Halloween with Joshua Kennedy We watch monster movies all year round, but around Halloween, we want those monster movies to be special. And Hammer Films? They're definitely special. And this week's special guest - filmmaker Joshua Kennedy - knows his Hammer Films. He and ...
10.15.2020 Monster Kid Radio #493 - An episode put together at the last minute! Steve Turek from the Diecast Movie Podcast helped Derek this week when the Monsters in the Machine tried to stage a revolt and hid the audio files he needed for this week's episode. Fortunately, not only did Steve spend a ...
10.08.2020 Monster Kid Radio #492 - The Long Hair of Death with Steve Turek This week on Monster Kid Radio, Steve Turek from the joins Derek to get wrapped up in The Long Hair of Death (dir. Antonio Margheriti). And you know what happens when a couple of friends get together to talk about ...
10.01.2020 Monster Kid Radio #491 - Monster Rally Retro Awards Nominees with Stephen D. Sullivan We can't let a year go by without another installment of the Monster Rally Retro Awards here on Monster Kid Radio! This week, author Stephen D. Sullivan joins Derek to review the 1936, 1946, and 1956 nominees for Best Actor, ...
09.24.2020 Monster Kid Radio #490 - My Son, the Vampire with Taylor Gentry This week's movie might have had several different names, but it stars the one and only Bela Lugosi! We're calling it My Son, the Vampire (dir. John Gilling) here on Monster Kid Radio this week when Taylor Gentry joins Derek ...
09.17.2020 Monster Kid Radio #489 - Godzilla vs. Megalon with Anthony Wendel Punch! Punch! Punch! Watch out! Here comes Jet Jaguar! And we're not just talking about the band on this week's episode! This week, author Anthony Wendel joins Derek to discuss the 1973 film (although it wasn't released in the US ...
09.10.2020 Monster Kid Radio #488 - The Maze with Jonathan Inbody Will YOU get lost in The Maze (dir. William Cameron Menzies) with Derek and this week's guest, Jonathan Inbody? The only way to find out is to listen to this week's episode! When Jonathan isn't producing his X Meets Y ...
09.03.2020 Monster Kid Radio #487 - David J. Skal, Fright Favorites, and more! David J. Skal (http://www.monstershow.net/) is someone whose name should not be unfamiliar to monster kids. He's a film historian. He's an author. He's a documentary producer. And he's one of us. The newest book from David J. Skal is Fright ...
08.27.2020 Monster Kid Radio #486 - The Vault of Horror and Larry Underwood, PLUS Stephen D. Sullivan's Dr. Cushing’s Chamber of Horrors! It's about time for another doctor visit, and Monster Kid Radio has you covered! Dr. Gangrene - aka Larry Underwood - joins Derek this week to discuss his upcoming movie Tales from Parts Unknown. It's an anthology film, kind of ...
08.20.2020 Monster Kid Radio #485 - The Flesh Eaters with David Annandale One of Derek's favorite things about producing Monster Kid Radio is when he gets to watch a new-to-him monster movie. That is exactly what happened this week when author David Annandale returns to the podcast with The Flesh Eaters (dir. ...
08.13.2020 Monster Kid Radio #484 - Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man with Ricardo Delgado How has Monster Kid Radio gone over 480 episodes and NOT covered 1943's Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (dir. Roy William Neill)?!? Let's correct that this week with special guest Ricardo Delgado! Ricardo and Derek discuss this iconic film, break ...
08.06.2020 Monster Kid Radio #483 - Meet Monster Kid Rob Hampton, co-director of Super 8 Daze Not every monster kid movie maker saved the movies they made with their friends when they were a kid, but Rob Hampton did, and we're better for it! Rob is the co-director of Super 8 Daze (with co-director John Morgan), ...
07.30.2020 Monster Kid Radio #482 - Thriller's "Pigeons from Hell" with David Heath This week, David Heath steps out of Dave's Corner of the Universe and onto Monster Kid Radio to join Derek to talk about one of their favorite writers - Robert E. Howard. How is this relevant to Monster Kid Radio? ...
07.23.2020 Monster Kid Radio #481 - The Invisible Woman with Tracey Morris Disney, Indiana's Tracey Morris steps outside the House of the Mouse this week for a stop by Monster Kid Radio to discuss 1940's The Invisible Woman (dir. A. Edward Sutherland). What do they see in this film? Insert obvious joke ...
07.16.2020 Monster Kid Radio #480 - The Thousand and One Lives of Doctor Mabuse and its director (Ansel Faraj) and lead actor (Nathan Wilson) Filmmaker Ansel Faraj and actor Nathan Wilson sit down with Derek to discuss their upcoming movie The Thousand and One Lives of Doctor Mabuse. This is the third time the duo has taken on the Doctor Mabuse character, and they ...
07.09.2020 Monster Kid Radio #479 - Blood from the Mummy's Tomb with Seb Godin Trust us. Derek and this week's guest, filmmaker Seb Godin, DO talk about 1971's Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (dir. Seth Holt, Michael Carreras) in this episode of Monster Kid Radio. But they also talk about other Hammer films, ideas ...
07.02.2020 Monster Kid Radio #478 - Bride of the Gorilla with Tom Gurganus Go Forth and Game's Tom Gurganus wasn't playing around when he bought the movie Bride of the Gorilla (dir. Curt Siodmak) to Monster Kid Radio. (Tom might have stacked the deck. It's hard to go wrong with Lon Chaney, Jr.!) ...
06.29.2020 100 Years of Harryhausen! Happy Birthday, Ray! Let's celebrate Ray Harryhausen's 100th birthday with Kenny and his special Classic Five look at The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (dir. Gordon Hessler). We'll also learn how many times Kenny met the legendary filmmaker and storyteller . . . and ...
06.25.2020 Monster Kid Radio #477 - Atragon with Anthony Wendel, and Kaiju Con-Line with Kyle Yount We've got a double dose of kaiju action this week on Monster Kid Radio! First, Kyle Yount drops by to talk with Derek about the upcoming virtual event Kaiju Con-Line. There's no G-Fest this year, but Kaiju Con-Line is looking ...
06.18.2020 Monster Kid Radio #476 - Ron Adams, Creepy Classics, and Monster Bash 2020 We may not get to see him in person over what would have been this summer's Monster Bash weekend, but we can hear from Ron Adams when he joins Derek on Monster Kid Radio this week. The Monster Bash Conference ...
06.11.2020 Monster Kid Radio #475 - The Colossus of New York with Todd Brown Derek's been sitting on The Colossus of New York (dir. Eugène Lourié) for a while now (there's a reason for that, and it gets mentioned in this episode). When The Haunted Cinema's Todd Brown suggested discussing this movie on Monster ...
06.04.2020 Monster Kid Radio #474 - Isle of the Dead and Paul McComas We don't talk about Val Lewton enough on Monster Kid Radio. Let's fix that this week with Paul McComas joins Derek to talk about one of the Karloff-Lewton films - 1945's Isle of the Dead (dir. Mark Robson). And, of ...
05.28.2020 Monster Kid Radio #473 - Wrestling Women vs. The Aztec Mummy with Mark Pedersen Lucha de Mayo 2020 comes to an end with a look at 1964's Wrestling Women vs. The Aztec Mummy (dir. René Cardona). It's about time Monster Kid Radio took a look at the ladies with this luchadora film, and he ...
05.21.2020 Monster Kid Radio #472 - Blue Demon vs. the Infernal Brains with Kenny Week Three of Lucha de Mayo brings Blue Demon to the table when Kenny joins Derek to discuss 1968's Blue Demon Versus the Infernal Brains (aka Blue Demon contra cerebros infernales) (dir. Chano Urueta). Blue Demon has more than the ...
05.14.2020 Monster Kid Radio #471 - Jonathan Inbody and Neutron vs. the Death Robots Lucha de Mayo 2020 continues when podcaster/writer/filmmaker Jonathan Inbody returns to Monster Kid Radio with a luchador movie to discuss. The movie? 1962's Neutron vs. the Death Robots (dir. Federico Curiel). The film doesn't feature any of the "Big Three" ...
05.06.2020 Monster Kid Radio #470 - Frank Schildiner and Macabre Legends of the Colony Happy Lucha de Mayo! To celebrate, Derek kicks off Monster Kid Radio's annual look at luchador-flavored genre films (or is it genre-flavored luchador films?) with the 1974 film Macabre Legends of the Colony (Leyendas macabras de la colonia) (dir. Arturo ...
04.30.2020 Monster Kid Radio #469 - Steve Turek and Gargoyles The 1970s was a good decade for horror on American television, and this week, the Diecast Movie Review's Steve Turek returns to the show to share his love of 1972's Gargoyles (dir. Bill Norton) with Derek and the Monster Kid ...
04.23.2020 Monster Kid Radio #468 - Rod Barnett and The War of the Planets After almost four years, Rod Barnett (NaschyCast and The Bloody Pit of Rod) returns to Monster Kid Radio to finally continue their journey through Antonio Margheriti's Gamma One series of films. The War of the Planets is on deck, and ...
04.16.2020 Monster Kid Radio #467 - Rich Chamberlain and The Beast from the Beginning of Time Up until a few years ago, The Beast from the Beginning of Time (dir. Tom Leahy) was a movie that no one in the podosphere was talking about. That changed when Rich Chamberlain introduced it to the late podcasting legend ...
04.09.2020 Monster Kid Radio #466 - Stephen D. Sullivan and Dracula vs. Frankenstein You've no idea how long Derek has wanted to talk about Dracula vs. Frankenstein (dir. Al Adamson) on Monster Kid Radio, and, finally, after over 450 episodes, he's making it happen. He's joined by writer Stephen D. Sullivan to talk ...
04.02.2020 Monster Kid Radio #465 - Joe Stuber and The Time of Their Lives Comic Book Central's Joe Stuber returns to the show, and he's bringing The Boys with him! Joe and Derek are determined to have the time of their lives with The Time of Their Lives (dir. Charles Barton). Steve Turek stops ...
03.29.2020 Bride of Social Distance Saturday
03.26.2020 Monster Kid Radio #464 - Steve Turek and Sh! The Octopus The Diecast Movie Reviews Podcast's Steve Turek joins Derek this week to see if together they can unravel the mystery of Sh! The Octopus (dir. William C. McGann), but not until they go over the results of the first round ...
03.19.2020 Monster Kid Radio #463 - Nicole Cushing and The Old Dark House Award-winning author Nicole Cushing (no relation) joins Derek this week to talk about a very underrated film - 1932's The Old Dark House (dir. James Whale). This is one weird movie, in the best way possible! And since it's March, ...
03.12.2020 Monster Kid Radio #462 - Joe Stuber and Abbott and Costello Go to Mars Get ready to hop in a rocket ship headed for Mars . . . sort of. This week, Comic Book Central's Joe Stuber makes a long-awaited return to the podcast to revisit MKR-favorites Abbott and Costello. This time, he and ...
03.05.2020 Monster Kid Radio #461 - Dark Universe Round Table Man, oh, MAN! Derek is really excited about this one! This week on Monster Kid Radio, he's joined by three other members of the Monster Conservancy - Joshua Kennedy, Christopher R. Mihm, and Stephen D. Sullivan - to talk about ...
02.27.2020 Monster Kid Radio #460 - Charles Babbage and The Time Machine Flashback February 2020 concludes by looking back in time at a movie Monster Kid Radio has already talked about - 1960's The Time Machine (dir. George Pal). Charles Babbage joins Derek to spin those talking rings to discuss this classic ...

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