"Who says horror has to be dark and gloomy?" One of my favorite examples of horror working despite the lack of constant doom and gloom is The Legend of Boggy Creek.

James truly is the king of B-Movie trivia

Giant Claw is not #1? But it's big as a battleship.

Leslie Nielsen being in Forbidden Planet blew my mind

Even after all these years, that ending of the original "The Fly" still gets me.... "Help me, Help meeeee"

I was so hoping forbidden planet was going to get recognized. I actually caught this movie late one night and was like alright when it gets sci fi cheesey I'll watch something else. I ended up watching the entire movie. Later I told my pops that I seen a great sci fi 50s 60s flick and told him forbidden planet and he told me it's his favorite movie.

I love how the "top ten tuesdays" never actually is a top ten

"Film now a days is about giant bugs; giant spiders; giant grasshoppers! Who would believe such nonsense?" *-Bela Lugosi (**_Ed Wood_**, 1994)*

The war of the worlds 1950's version is my all-time a favorite movie.

Another reason "Forbidden Planet" was a groundbreaker was because it was patterned after Shakespear's "The Tempest," which is a concept that caught on in all manner of genres. "West Side Story" was an update of "Romeo & Juliet," then by some point, Hollywood just started making Shaksepear movies in the modern era.

Seeing The Tingler in the theatre, twice, with people who set up some William Castle antics was a great experience.

Another great classic sci-fi flick from the 50s is Warning From Space. Just like the Day the Earth Stood Still, the aliens are trying to save us. It's from Japanese film company Daiei (Famous for the Gamera films), and I highly recommend it. Great video James!

The Incredible Shrinking Man was fantastic.

Any fan of the band the Misfits owes it all to these films. Without these films there wouldn't have been the band. Bravo Cinemassacre

Loving all the Monster Madness X videos this Halloween Season. Great final Series.

Finally someone who knows what he's talking about,and he's a young guy.(No dinosaur like me who grew up during the golden age of horror)

Thank you SO much for including The Shrinking Man in this! My dad showed me this masterpiece not too long ago and I was blown away. I was sure you'd mention it some day, and I'm really happy you did. I absolutely recommend it. The philosophical questions in the end of the film overshadow any message made in today's movies. No exaggeration

Cinemassacre is the best KZfaq channel.

I had the same Fly viewing experience, back to back. The original is definitively the best of the two and one of the greatest horror movies of all time.

"Spoiled by Jeff Goldblum " - James Rolfe

This is probably the Monster Madness to rule them all. Amazing work as always.

James Rolfe, It's very obvious to your viewers that your Monster Madness reviews are done with care and a passionate knowledge of your subject. This review, however, has reached a new level of sophistication. All I can say is... "WOW!" Intelligent, insightful and excellent choices in your sub-genres. You've saved the best for your last Monster Madness series, it seems; all eleven reviews have so far been outstanding! Thank you for everything you've given us in these reviews (and your other series', of course). I have your videos on all the time; it's like listening to an old friend you're very comfortable with. Looking forward to your future work. All my best to you and yours!

My own Top Ten Science Fiction Films of the Decade (although I could easily go up to twenty): 1. The Thing From Another World 2. Forbidden Planet 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4. War of the Worlds 5.The Incredible Shrinking Man 6.Them! 7. The Quatermass Xperiment 8.The Monster That Challenged the World 9. The 4-D Man 10. The Magnetic Monster

I'm looking forward to how you divide the '70's and '80's! Glad to see Monster Madness going out on such a high note. Thanks James.

My mind never connected the similarities between "Them" and "Aliens". You just blew my mind!

I've been marathoning all of James' Monster Madness videos that he's made over the years, this month. I'm loving it!!

James and Mike, the amount of work you are putting in this year is INSANE. Monster Madness is part of what makes October my favorite month. Thank you so much for putting this together!

John Carpenter's Thing is my favourite movie. But yeah, I love the original also. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is another fantastic movie with an equally good remake.

The Incredible Shrinking Man is my kind of film.

This is really well done. I don't know how you do it James. You have a high quality top ten every week, along with other great retrospectives.You are giving Monster madness the farewell it deserves. We will miss it, but we are glad to still have you.

Some great suggestions. I recently rewatched the original 1958 "The Fly" movie, and I gotta say, it still holds up well. Great story, great performances, and one of the most spine tingling endings to any sci-fi horror movie ever.

It's been so long since I saw a lot of those old horror movies. I remember TCM played them in October when I was a young teen. I remember watching the fly. Thanks for sharing these classics with everyone, James.

When researching William Castle's 'The Tingler' I discovered that Sony Pictures owns the rights. I can imagine that Sony could release a special version of the film which uses the force feedback controllers to replicate the buzzer sensation.

Thanks for pumping these out James. You have been a huge inspiration to watch some great films.

The Day the Earth Stood Still is where the Evil Dead "Cloteu Verta Niku" came from.

Looking forward to the Bronze Age the most.

Forbidden planet was great.

So... How bout hotline Miami for James and mike Monday's? Keep up the good work

And I'm also remember "The Day of the Triffids" 1962. :)

I just realized how that a lot of these movies must have had some influence on the Fallout series.

Wow, never would have imagined Shrinking Man to top the last list. It's one of my absolute favourite movies of all time and I must've seen it dozens of times.

I seriously need to make time to watch all of these >_> ... you've introduced me to so many great classic films James thank you for being so passionate about movies !! ❤️

please dont let this be the last monstermadness . amazing job james

Another great installment! :D However...the part (12:57) describing how Dr. Morbius builds a machine to turn thought into reality is incorrect. :( The machine was left over from the Krell civilization and is implied to have been the reason for their disappearance. Just wanted to point that out! (Ginormous nerd that I am!) Forbidden Planet is one of my favorite films and I watch it fairly regularly. What a classic! It scared the CRAP out of me as a kid! Keep up the good work guys! Love Monster Madness! :D

This is great stuff. The love and reverance (sp?) you display for each of these movies is absolutely wonderful. Hearing you talk about them and seeing you smile and laugh shows how much you love this stuff. Seeing creators getting to geek out and enjoy themselves is always fantastic ^_^

I know this 5 years too late but, thanks to you, I now know why the restaurant in monsters Inc is called harryhausens! I don't watch horror movies so I don't know the legends of the genre. Great video though, I might check out some of the movies you mentioned. The Tingler sounds interesting👍

Don't forget "It! The Terror From Beyond Space" --1958.

All great films from a decade that introduced so many new genres in horror.

I was The Thing - the original movie a couple of years ago. I had the right mindset and I really enjoyed that version too, it was quite good.

I fucking love anything with James in it. This channel and their extra channel is all I watch now on KZfaq. Never stop guys!!

My local indie/art house theater does the usual October horror movie nights but this year they announced they'll be showing the Tingler! When I commented something about how I would have loved to see that in the 50's with all the Castle gimmicks they replied "Don't worry, we have plenty of surprises in store for that movie" I'm almost as stoked for this as I was getting to see my all time favorite movie, Halloween, on the big screen there. Can't wait!

YES! Thank you James Rolfe for mentioning war of the worlds. The classic is great :)

Can't wait for the 70s and 80s

Damn, James, these are so good. Thanks so much for putting so much effort into these capsule reviews. Hopefully, they attract some people towards experiencing decently made film, and possibly introduce them to something they'd never seen before. The little girl screaming in "THEM!" creeps me out to this day. I'm really hoping Hitchcock's "The Birds" is in your 60's list!

I'd sort of like to see a remake of Fiend Without A Face! :)

I'm really enjoying the detail you've put into making these lists. It's a much better way to do them rather than just saying, "Well, here's my top 10!" It allows me to see more of your opinions on the films of the time, as a whole, as well as the individual ones you have for each film. Thanks for another fantastic Monster Madness!

James soon will become a mainstream face of horror movies like something iconic and in the future he will inspire others to do!

I miss the game reviews but this is a master class in classic Sci Fi movies. Vary much appreciated 🙂

that rob zombie tee tho \m/

Love your content. From probably one of your more "veteran" viewers. I've see all of these, laying on the couch Saturday mornings in a pillow fort lol. One thing, in Forbidden Planet it was the Krell that in fact built technology to create "monsters from the id". Remember that was their downfall..."my poor Krell". Easily in my top 5 sci fi. Thanks for all your shows.

Forbidden Planet is awesome! It is still one of my favorite movies even today (even if effects are bad). But two thing: 1) He didn't created machine! It was alien supercomputer what wipe out its creators and Morbius only find and activated it. 2) It is funny that they try make Robie appear as potential villain when he is in fact a positive character. Red Herring indeed..

I am a teacher, and I have to say. James I hope someday you are hired as a film professor. Your insights and passion for the material make you so interesting. I feel smarter after watching one of your reviews.

The reason I love Monster Madness so much is your passion. It is really entertaining listening to you go over your favorites and I get the sense that you know what you're talking about, even if it is only opinion. It's a great contrast with the nerd videos. Best part of October!

I kinda hope we never get a straight up top ten on top ten Tuesdays.

I love the theme song for "The Blob". It sticks in my head and becomes an ear-worm!

I wonder if The Blob was inspired by the shoggoth of Lovecraftian lore?

Thanks for recommending The Tingler, I've never heard of it before and looks great.

I'm going back and rewatching these and it just dawned on me: The Fallout 3 quest "Those!" is a direct omage to the movie "Them!"

Whoops. In "Forbidden Planet" Dr Morbius isn't the inventor of the thought machine - it comes from the civilization that existed on the planet before (and killed itself off using their creation). Good episode, James.

interesting fact: the beast from 20,000 fathoms did not inspire he original japanese version of godzilla because both films were made only a few months apart of each other. it's just pure chance they were made almost at the same time. that movie did however inspire for the Americanized version to be made 2 years later because sci-fi monster movies were profitable at the time. i think that is where people get confused.

Surprised This Island Earth wasn't mentioned at all. The MONSTER from THAT flick is pretty iconic.

I just love the way James speak about things he is passionate about . (and incredibly funny when he speaks about things he hates)

You guys should play " The Deadly Tower of Monsters". It's heavily inspired in Forbidden Planet and other 50's movies!

I've plucked a few flicks from this list and added them to my "Movies To See" list...💯✔️

I love these series. Can't have enough of listening to James talking about anything he loves!

Where is The Giant Claw?

Now i see the influence from the Spirit Drinker monster from the X-Men Shi'ar storyline. It's straight out of Forbidden Planet!

What I plan to do, starting next year, is rewatch all of the Monster Madness episodes over the course of October, organized in chronological order of the movies' release dates. I figure I'll watch around ten reviews per day on average. I'll probably throw in some non-MM horror reviews that James has done as well.

There was a movie from 1985 called "The Stuff". It's a 1950's style horror movie made 30 years later. Definitely worthy of a viewing.

Thanks for doing this every year James.

loving monster madness. been waiting for this since march. im a big halloween guy. it pretty much lasts all month for me. we have a habit of putting on the days monster madness flick and letting it roll each night. really helps me gear up for the actual holiday.

Cronenberg's The Fly is the only remake of a Fifties science fiction film that I prefer to the original, and I still love the 1958 film.

To tell the truth James, 98% of your list favorites are mine too!! Great Choices! =D

Thanks for doing such a great job with these monster madness videos. They're so fun to watch. You guys do a great job.

You should really do a video on Ray Harryhausen at some point. Like a top 10 creatures, or movies, or even just a video talking about his collective work. His influence on movies and future film makers who came after him is undeniable.

The image you used of the monster from 20,000,000 Miles to Earth is legitimately terrifying. It made want to buy the movie.

Awesome list, James. Your passion and knowledge for classic genre films like these are super impressive.

Amazing work James! Thanks for all the hard work.

I love your reviews, James, and look forward to seeing more of your work. keep up the awesomeness!

I've only ever seen The Fly from 1958 and not the remake and it's one of my fav horror films, I should definitely get around to watching Goldbloom get mutated as well The original is on Netflix if anyone wants to watch it!

This is a great crash course in classic sci-fi. I'm taking a Science Fiction Film course at the moment and you've hit almost all the films we watch in class.

The cg gargoyle at the end of Your Monster Madness videos is far better than anything i have seen in the Michael Bay TF movies.

i really hope james can do more movie review stuff. the guy is like a historian with tons of interesting facts and trivia

Awesome episode. I'm looking forward to next week with the Hammer films.

11:35 And this was also in the movie "Looney tunes Back in action" and it did spook me when I was younger

thanks for making these James. I love these reviews!

The Gill Man got a serious improvement in Monster Squad. That costume was unreal.

I've seen must of these great movies already thanks to you James, your recommendations are always the best and most reliable on all of the internert, in my opinion. Sad to see this incredible reviews end soon

Watching this has reminded me of "The Misfits - Famous Monsters", which is a great album with some great tracks and after seeing "Them!" on your list I now have that song in my head.

I am loving Monster Madness this year. I feel like I'm learning so much about horror films every day. Great stuff!