Xenorama, the Podcast of Heroes and Monsters

In which X7 takes a look at the very first full-length werewolf movie, The Werewolf of London! This was Universal's first attempt at a lycanthrope, but it would be another few years before they had a hit. It is a good movie, but there are reasons we never saw a sequel. Watch it all and find out why!

In which X7 lovingly reviews the great Shaw Brothers movie Marco Polo, AKA The Four Assassins, from 1975. There is really not much more to say about it, since it is just a fun, if very historically inaccurate, movie. Let's roll!

In which X7 is supposed to talk about 1959's Lil Abner, but seems to have been stupified by something. We are checking on him, but he did get the episode finished. It is a really funny movie, and most of the songs are great. It does qualify for the Friday Music theme! Let's roll!

In which X7 watches the first three episodes of the second season of Land of the Lost. It has been almost three decades since he has seen these, so it is like watching them again for the first time! Let's roll!

In which X7 reviews a great new book (for his collection) The Art and Science of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs! The book is available at your finer book purchasing establishments. Go get it! This is a basic overview, so don't expect anything in-depth. Let's dig in!

In which X7 looks at Tsuburaya's fine effort to rehabilitate Ultraman Taro, i.e. The Ultraman Story! It does an admirable job of that, and also being quite entertaining. There are no human characters in this movie at all, for those people who only want heroes and monsters! Let's roll!

In which X7 reviews the final four episodes of The Adventures of Waldo Kitty, and we bid a... fond farewell to the series. Sorta. These are probably four of the better episodes, since the writers seem to have gotten a better handle on the characters. Apparently it was supposed to run 16 episodes, but NBC only funded these 13. As much as X7 like cats, he is probably gonna wait another 50 years before watching this series again!

In which X7 reviews the best giant bug movie of the 50s, The Black Scorpion! This is mostly due to the wonderful stop-motion animation of Pete Peterson and Willis O'Brien! We also get to cheer some arthropods on when they try to eat Juanito. Alas, they don't succeed. Still a great movie, so let's roll!

In which X7 looks at Jimmy Wang Yu's epic movie, Beach of the War Gods! The scope of this spectacle is hard to believe, and it is a very enjoyable movie. Sure, it is a remake of The Seven Samurai (1954) but it takes on a life of its own as well. Go watch it!

In which X7 looks at a very underrated KISS LP, 1980's Unmasked! It is one of his favorites, and has a lot of great power-pop songs on it. Here are seven cuts! Let's rock and roll!