Vintage MEXICAN MONSTER Lobby Cards

Here's another great batch of classic Mexican Lobby Cards from The RODAN Collection... Enjoy!!

4th of July Fireworks / INFRAMAN - 1975 / Music by Yung-Yu Chen

Okay here is Tabonga' best pick for 4th of July celebration, great flick from HONG KONG!! Hey, you like insane, non-stop action wif' craziest monster you ever seen? Then, INFRAMAN is flick for you!! Shaw Bros. produce one swell diversion, one of Tabonga' top 10 Weirdies of all time for sure!

Awesome music is by Yung-Yu Chen, he have 151 composing credit from 1971-82!!! That average to about 11 credit per year!!.. DUDE! All are action-whatever! A few other Chinese title he compose for are: THE LADY PROFESSIONAL, NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN, FIST ATTACK, THE HUMAN GODDESS, THE DEVIL'S MIRROR, SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON, MAN OF IRON, THE PIRATE, THE SUGAR DADDIES, BRUCE TAKES DRAGON TOWN, GHOST EYES, QUEEN HUSTLER, THE KILLER SNAKES, BLACK MAGIC, KILLER CLANS, CRAZY SEX, OILY MANIAC, MR. FUNNYBONE, THE KUNG-FU KID, BATTLE WIZARD and tons more!

So, here is little taste of master music man from Hong Kong work... INFRAMAN!! This flick was banned in Norway!!

Unexplained bad thing happening, so Science Rangers go into high gear trying to figure out why!

Dragon Mom and minions have invade Earth and want to take over!

This Tabonga' kind of monster here, he have rotating drill bit hand and super-excellent sense of humor!! Make great combo!

Time to make... INFRAMAN!

Monster guy capture Science Ranger dude and they have little surprise ready for him!

Time for brain redo, then he can be spy for Dragon Mom! Check out eyeball in hand, hell yeah!!

Monster have no chance against acrobatic move like that... JEEZ!!

Now, that Tabonga kind of pad!! Serious.

Okay, finally!.. HAPPY FIREWORKS DAY, EVERBLOODY!!

Three great pics!!

Inframan finally nail Dragon Mom with atomic fireball, and, well, that the end of her!!

Nice place, too bad it gonna esplode in about 7 second!

Too cool, Science Ranger gang get to leave on fancy boat!!

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

DAWN OF THE MUMMY - Like a Tribute to Shuki Levy (1981)

Here's a good one for all you Mummy lovers out there! In a crapshell, here's what's going on! A high fashion photo shoot interrupts the unearthing and grave robbing of an ancient Egyptian tomb, which in turn, awakens the minions of the dead, who then dig their way back to life just in time to terrorize a local wedding party, before getting blown to kingdom come, and then some, maybe even to Hell and back!!!

Israeli composer Shuki Levy gets credit for setting the mood. Shuki was half of the European pop rock duo "Shuki & Aviva" in the 1970's.

Shuki Levy is one of the most prolific composers for TV and movies of all time, is still working today, and besides composing for way too many cartoons than I can list, he also gets credit as partner with Haim Saban in helping create the phenomomen of "The Power Rangers!" Period!

Make way, coming through with the pizzas you ordered!!

Ellen Faison as model Melinda, and Diane Beatty as model Joan needed some good background music for their shoot!! As far as I know, there was never a soundtrack released for this movie, I hope that Shuki doesn't mind if we showcase a little taste of his amazing work right here as a tribute to his awesome work over the years!!

Here you go, it's time for snippets and bits of "Dawn Of The Mummy"!!!! It's kinda like a movie trailer for what's left of your mind!! Whoa!! That's one ugly lookin' Mummy!! Good place for one of those, "Your Mummy's so ugly, even the dog wouldn't eat it" jokes!!

Introducing, The Dead!!!! They've been asleep a long time, and boy, are they hungry!! If just having zombies coming up at you in the desert, in the middle of the night, wasn't bad enough, let's throw in a few large cacti to make it even more uncomfortable!!

Aw, who cares?? Not John Salvo, as the model, Gary, in his mind, there's still time left for a Hootenanny and a Hookah Hullaballoo!

Meanwhile, Joan Levy as Jenny decided to go out shopping!! Should have stayed out of the bargain district Jenny!!

The guy who owned the Hookah House was also getting married, I'll just say, it doesn't really work out to well after all the dead boys crash the party and decide to munch down on the bride!(This is a dancer, not the bride, or the zombies would have been kept busy longer!!)

Barry Sattels as Rick went on to have quite a nice career in TV, and in this scene, he really thinks he's going to finally get the gold!! As Bill Cosby used to say, "Right!!"

Great seriously ugly makeup job by Maurizio Trani with help from Hassan Taha!

The stupid dead party crashers spoil the party again! This movie goes from laffs to guts in a few seconds time!! Those dead people are just out of control, I wouldn't even bother trying to socialize with them, I've tried reaching out before, but it's just not worth the effort!! Have a good weekend, but be careful who you hang with!!

THE AMAZING MR. X / Ben Stoloff - 1948 / Music by Alexander Laszlo

Tonight at Dungeon we have decent lil' flick from great year of 1948!! Star Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari (she replace Carole Landis, who commit suicide a few day before shooting start!), Richard Carlson and Donald Curtis. Great cast of actors in this ghost noir thriller, main writer was Muriel Bolton.

Dungeon love music guy Alexander Laszlo because he did stuff for NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST and ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, both directed by Dungeon pal Bernie Kowalski! Mr. Lazlo also compose for BLACK MAGIC, HIGH POWERED, SCARED STIFF, JOE PALOOKA, CHAMP, HOT CARGO, TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN, 56 TV episode of RACKET SQUAD, 13 TV episode of ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER and more!!

So, on wif' da show!.. Tabonga' pet tarantula Ralphie have honors tonight to push big red 'GO' button, drum roll pleeze... THE SPIRITUALIST!

Lynn Bari have big dilemma, should she remarry after 2 year of husband' death? She talk with fake spiritualist Mr. X about problem, then lover boy Richard Carlson show up at very bizarre beach, at night even!.. Nice hat!

Rich press issue as portrait of dead husband Donald Curtis leer at happy couple.

Is ghost real or not?!

Who the hell care? Time to get lit!!

Uh oh, Lynn hearing dead husband voice, how can that be, he... DEAD!! Time to pack bags for nut house!

Mr. X find out Donald still alive and is messin' wif' wifey for $$$$.

Richard get shot but still able to cut electricity in basement with ax! Good job!!

Things starting to unravel big time for Don as he try to shoot wife.

Rich try to climb stair to get to Lynn, but cops come in and shoot up Donald just in nick of time!

Mr. X and girlfriend like to talk to raven, take very serious, they not crazy though!!

CIRCUS OF FEAR - Johnny Douglas - "Three Just Men" (1966)

"Circus Of Fear" or "Psycho-Circus" as it's known in one of it's other incarnations, is based on a novel by Dungeon Hero Edgar Wallace, entitled "The Three Just Men," and is a crazy story with enough twists and turns to keep Chubby Checker or Mario Andretti happy!! The theme music is quite MOR, but that might have something to do with the fact that composer Johnny Douglas was the music director on a boatload of those "Living Strings" records that RCA cranked out in the 60's and 70's!! Want to check out more of Johnny's work, go to any thrift store, and you'll find them right next to all those TJB records!! Here's the real surprise, Johnny also provided music for a number of TV shows in the 80's like "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends", "The Incredible Hulk", "Dungeons & Dragons", "G.I. Joe", AND 98 episodes of "Transformers!" Put that in your "Living Strings" and smoke it!!

Because it's an Edgar Wallace tale, there's going be a lot of rationalizing, so you get a whole lot of scenes like these with Leo Genn as Elliott putting the pieces together!!

This German poster gave the viewer a good idea of what's going on, and because he was so popular in Europe, Edgar's credit is right at the top!

Nothing says lovin' like smokin' in the wagon, yeah, Circus Monkey Love!!

This is another one of Mr Wallace's trippy twisted tales, so who do you think is up to all the mischief in this here psycho circus??

Is it Klaus Kinski as Manfred Hart? Klaus always has to be a contender for suspect, just because he's so nuts, no matter what character he's playing or what film he's in!!

Was it little guy blackmailer Skip Martin as Mr. Big causing all the fuss??

Maybe it's Mario, the knife thrower played by Maurice Kaufmann! People are getting stabbed with a throwing knife, so he's a really fine suspect!!

Could it possibly have been the stupid comedian Eddie, portrayed by Eddi Arent? He's way too innocent!!

Christopher Lee as Gregor looks anything but innocent, but is it possible, is he really horribly misunderstood & disfigured underneath that hood?

I have too much respect for the writing of Edgar Wallace to give away the ending, so you'll just have it rent it yourself!!

On this poster in English, they don't even mention Edgar Wallace!! It's just all so weird some times!!

The Dungeon SATURDAY AFTERNOON FLICK - "King Kong vs. Godzilla" - 1963

Dungeon bringing you real classic 'rock'em sock'em' total action feature this afternoon! Star everbloody favorite, King Kong + Godzirra wif' lots-o cool stills to satisfy happy place in you nut brain!

Japanese version have music by Akira Ifukube, who else?.. We have nice clip where kid get to sing on magic radio, thank you Eegah!! He always make it fun!

Okay, now we startin' the show!.. KING KONG CAN'T MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF US! Ha, just keep saying that to you silly self!

Dirty ratz-a-fratz!.. Drunk Navy guy crash brand new atomic sub into iceberg, let us see wha' hoppin'.. Hey, guess what?! Godzilla wuz asleep in there!!! Pretty sure called 'double whammy' in professional gameshow world!

Now Godzilla all grumpy and pissed at same time, was almost ready to score in excellent dream he was having! Better take cover, human jerk!!

Lots of weird adventure tracking down big hairy ape King Kong on lost island!

Easy to trick stupid animal when it come to taste buds!.. Knock out drops in ice cold beer! Hey, where is King Kong' pillow, anyway?.. Yawn!

And, when I wake up, King Kong wuz in Japan!!.. Come on, WHAT HELL!!

Uh oh, Godzilla still pissed!! He need anger management class!

Crap, Bireley's is closed!!!

To get King Kong to fight area they first humiliate him with giant balloon flight over downtown Japan!! KK say in interview later, "Everbloody could see my butt!"

Now, four action still to enjoy!!

See, nice!!

These guy know how to fight!.. DIRTY!!!

Might as well document it, can use for blackmail later!

KONG RULZ!!!

The world watch as King Kong swim back to his lost island! Goodbye, old pal! And, thanks for helping tear the crap outta Japan!.. Again!! Thanks!!

MEMORIAL VALLEY MASSACRE - Jed Feuer - "Valley Of Death" (1988)

Well, it's a hot time, Summer Friday night, and 38 years from last Wednesday, and to celebrate we have one of the best worst movies I've ever seen, but a Helluva lot of fun to break down, "Memorial Valley Massacre"!!! The music was composed by Jed Feuer in one of his rare outings!

The great thing about movies like this, is that you don't have to spend a lot of time justifying it's existence, it is what it is, and that ain't much, so take it for what it's worth and don't expect a lot, drink a couple of extra margaritas, and have yourself a good time without having to have to think a whole lot!! How bout we all get it from Netflix on the same night, and celebrate 'Give Your Brain A Break' night!!

It's the big Memorial Day weekend and all the happy campers are going to the new campground that just opened up!

But it seems they got a big hitch in their didgywidget and a lot of the stuff isn't ready, like the restrooms!! Veteran actor still working today, John Kerry plays George Webster, the ranger in denial!

So the owner of the project, Cameron Mitchell, who I dare to say has been in as many slasher and horror films as anybody, and the 'big' name in this film, throws a shit fit in a small role as Allen Sangster!!

But the real problem that nobody knows about, is that this guy, John Caso, in his solo acting venture, and who looks and acts like a cross between Ben Stiller and Ted Nugent, with a vicious streak to challenge Jason or Jack The Ripper also lives in this valley, is severely socially dysfunctional, and doesn't like space invaders!!

It all starts off innocently enough with a couple of snakes!!

Even the party ready bikers sense something ain't right, but it's okay because they got free product placement Tecate!!

Then after a couple of people get killed, it starts to rain on the party for real!!

Most of the campers go out on a search party, and this big dummy finds a skull in a cave with a bunch of other stuff belonging to the killer, and decides to keep it because he thinks it's cool!! I forgot what his number ended up to be!!

Another big name in the small role of General Mintz was William Smith! Linda Honeyman played his wife, and you gotta love it, Pepper Mintz!!

Pepper says, "Do you smell gas?" So much for The General and Pepper saving the day!! So, who's the hero of this movie gonna be??

The biker chicks are terribly distraught, but still have a good grip on their beer even though like 9 people have got killed in the last day or two!

Despite all the death and dismemberment, this gal still decides to walk into the woods alone in the dark! How sympathetic can one person be when that kind of idiocy prevails??

There must have been too much free beer on the set, they couldn't even get "Tecate" spelled right in the credits! That couldn't have gone over real well!!

THE FLYING SAUCER - 1950 / Colonial Productions - Mikel Conrad / UFOs in Alaska

Well, here is Wednesday already! Time for lil' 1950 weirdie produce by and star Mikel Conrad, only flick he produce. He also appear in PHANTOM VALLEY, ARCTIC MANHUNT, ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF, FRANCIS, THE TALKING MULE, THE BANDIT QUEEN, HOODLUM EMPIRE, UNTAMED WOMEN, GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS and more!!

Music by Darrell Calker in this early UFO flick. This is very first movie he do in 1950's!

Interesting what they think Flying Saucer sound like back then! Tabonga' pets Ralphie and Piff taking nap, so, here is UFOs In Alaska!!

Mikel Conrad play Mike Trent, alcoholic egotistical jerk playboy reporter!! He get special assignment to go to Alaska and look for UFO some people been seeing there! So, he get all drunk and shove off!

Hard for Mike to concentrate on special assignment!

Did Tabonga mention that Mike having big problem concentrating on special UFO assignment?!

Whoa, better hide balloons!

Oh no, alien from other planet!!!....... Wait, no, just bear from Alaska!

Mike is total pathetic booze hound!

Holy crap, Denver Pyle!! He play bad guy!

Hey, look what old fisherman find on chunk of ice floating in ice water!.. Mike, after he get plastered!

Mike make lots of Russian enemy in Alaska, then, ice cave in on bad guy and Mike escape!!

At least Flying Saucer wuz cool, look like B-2 Stealth Bomber from certain angle!! Turner start it up and whiz away into wild blue yonder, 'cept!..

"It was a small bomb, but, Turner didn't know it was there!"

MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE - Librado Pastor (CAM) - "Pieces" (1982)

I should tell you out front, I'm not a big gore or slasher fan, (No, it's all right, I know a lot of you out there love this stuff), it's just that I personally would rather just bludgeon people! I also really never thought I'd be writing about a film made in the 80's, but shit happens, so get ready, because here comes tonight's madcap feature, "Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche", and despite all that other jive, Senor' Librado Pastor supplied the flick with some pretty damn smooth and groovy music as a backdrop for all that evil bloodletting!!

Fancy that, a near nude girl swimming in the moonlight with nothing but the faint sound of a chainsaw off in the distance drowned out by the suave sounds of CAM!!

Can you believe that? The Killer has mental problems!!! What will they think up next?? He made a puzzle with the victim's face on it, how quaint!!

There are more than just a few suspects on the campus!!

Hey, what a perfect time for another dance rehearsal workout, this time accompanied by a "Funky Town" style groove brought to you by CAM!

Does heavy breathing or panting constitute as liking something??

The literal translation of the title of this film would be,'The Night Has A Thousand Screams' and that's where a good chainsaw comes in handy!!!

Did I remember to mention that the music was by CAM!!!??

More MEXICAN MONSTER Lobby Cards

Here are more nice Mexican lobby cards from the RODAN! collection.

CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN / Hippie Filmmakers - 1974 / "Welcome to the Nut-Barn!"

HEAVEN HELP EVERBLOODY TONIGHT!

Usually, the worst the flick, the better the soundclip from Eegah!! Great stuff here, make you believe hippie should not go into movie biz! Funny, production company that make CURSE OTHH, Kirt Films, produce 44 other flick between 1968-74, this is very last one!! So, here are other title Kirt Films produce: SPREAD EAGLES, I WISH I WERE IN DIXIE, DOGGIE BAG, SEX CIRCUS, THE TEENIE SWAPPERS, X, GIRL'S PRISON, HOT LINE, CONSTRUCTION GANG, WALL STREET WALKER, TURNED-ON GIRL, PAY THE BABY SITTER, USE THE BACK DOOR, FAST BALL, HEAD NURSE and others!!

Tabonga' pet tarantula Ralphie buggin' the big guy to press el big red 'GO' button for soundclip! So, now you can enjoy tonight' audio rollie coaster ride! Hit it, Ralphie!.. CURSE OF THE HORSELESS HEADSMAN!!

Dude inherit old country ranch and think he can pay bills by letting stone dude do Cheech and Chong ripoff!!

Oh yeah, professional 'old west' cowboy dude who hate hippie have afternoon show and live there too!

Now, here is scary part, arm come down holding sword, then, dude stand there and sumbloody stage right throw bucket-full-o-chicken-blood on him...

Hard to believe, but this dude on fashion cutting edge for back then! Probably how he get such swell part!

Okay, here is Tabonga' WTF! impression of tonight flick!!

Two of best parts!

Wait now, you know, one way to bring in tourist is have HORSELESS HEADSMAN come around and scare everbloody who visit there!!

Afraid to go outside? Well, stay inside and get all tore up! What's the dif?!

Of course, dude who inherit ranch is bad guy, and he get it in the end... Errr, crotch!!

Wait!!... HUH?!

SÜPERMENLER - "Los Tres Supermanes Contra El Padrino" (1979)

Welcome back to the new deal kids!!! SÜPERMENLER is one very strange movie, & it's up to you to figure it out, because I'm sure as Hell not going to try and explain it!! I will tell you one thing, there's three Super Men, and one other thing is that without a doubt, whatever you do, and I'm warning you out front, whatever you do, DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS THEME SONG MORE THAN ONCE, or you will go absolutely insane, and might become a cereal killer, wolfing down big handfuls of Cheerios with nothing to wash them down with except your own rancid slobber! It's like some kind of voodoo, and I'll tell you that I personally woke up in the middle of the night in a cheap hotel in Istanbul, in a cold sweat stinking of tequila and gin, and what is the only thing on my mind? This song!! For the weaker of you, don't even listen to it, period, and please do not play it for anyone without warning, that just wouldn't be fair or nice!!! There are no credits for the musicians!!

This is how a Super Man flies!! Half-gainer with a full twist!!

"Los Tres Supermanes Contra El Padrino" is a Spanish movie made in Turkey in 1979, is it really supposed to make sense???

D-DAY ON MARS - Republic Pictures - 1966 TV Release

This how they have to watch TV in old day! Hey, dude can look and talk at same time!! Would be perfect if he smoking though!

But, serious... We have everbloody favorite Mars Man, PURPLE MONSTER here at Dungeon tonight! In 1945 Republic make movie serial THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES, so 21 year later this flick show up on TV for kids!

All is studio stock music composed by Maxwell, Rosen and Skiles.

Great soundclip here, Eegah!! workin' overtime to put together stuff like... WHERE'S THE PURPLE MONSTER?!!

PM crash into ground at 500 mile per hour, but get out of space pod like just wake up from nap!!

Then, Dr. Layton find out later that he give lift to the wrong dude!!

Craig Foster and Sheila Layton like to play Junior G-Man and Junior G-Gurl. Craig all nosy, Sheila work for Dr. Layton/PM!

Mars has best drugs in solar system!.. MARS RULES!!

PM so stoned he fading out!

Stupid gurlz!!

Craig have to waste valuable time to come and rescue Sheila from water pit she fall into like big airhead!

Man, whotta gig!!

Hey, everbloody, look at what Tabonga get terrific deal on!!

...OOPSIE!!

Then, Big Dork Boss call and say he sending Mars Gurl to help. Hey, she dig Martian drug too!! Mmmmm, petuli!

Craig like to fight, he trouble-maker and never learn how to get along wif' others!

PM blow it big-time, so he decide to get the hell out of Dodge City and go home by stealing Earth rocket!

But, Craig is tricky and he aim atomic ray-gun at speeding rocket.

WHAM!.. BULLSEYE!.. PERFECT END!!

LA NOTTE CHE EVELYN USCI DALLA TOMBA - Bruno Nicolai - "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" (1971)

All right gang, Eegah!! is back, until something else pisses me off, so I guess I'll be here on Mondays to get your week started, and then back again on Fridays to kick your weekend into gear, so without further delay, let's roll!! Here's a little piece of historical cinematic trash for your enjoyment called "The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave!" It's a jolly little title that stirs up lots of memories of candy and puppies and picnics in the park, and has some of the killerest music you'll ever be lucky enough to hear in a movie!! So without further delay, here's the queen of 1971, my ex-girlfriend, "EVELYN"!!!!!

It was shortly after I escaped from the mental institution that I realized everything was different, and nothing was ever going to be the same again!!

There was no other place for me to go besides the only place I can call home, the local strip club!!

So, what the Hell!!! Just have another drink!! It can't be that bad! C'mon, everything's going to be all right!! Cheers!!!

Then I met this gal who looked and acted a whole lot like that wild eyed cat we brought home from the pound!

I remember something about chains and the smell of acrid but sweet perfume!

Time to have another smoke before the plot gets too thick!!

"It's all just outside appearances Allen, you can't imagine what's going on in here!"

Like a moth to a flame, Evelyn she came!! Pretty cheap date, give this gal a cigarette lighter and she'll entertain herself for hours!!

I have no idea who this freakin' terrific band is, but they are the best part of the film, without a doubt, and had a great sound for 1971!! Everybody else in this movie, I just wanted to lift up over my head and toss in the pool!!

SONS OF HERCULES In The Land Of Darkness / Italy - 1964 / Music by Francesco De Masi

OMG!.. WTF!.. SOB!.. We're back!

Finally, we can get that out of the way...
So, here's Tabonga!

Hello everbloody, again! Old monster naps over now, so, time for Phase II of project. We have plenty of surprises for our unsuspecting victims, we bringed in the old torque wrench and ratchet thing up a bit, so, get ready for Dungeon new carnival rides coming to you ear! You might not ever know what to expect, no kidding!!

Like tonight!

Eegah!! and Tabonga! have new theme song and premiere it here... We so old and so tuff that we must be SONS OF HERCULES!!! Sing along if you know words!

Music dude Francesco De Masi end up with 130 composing credit starting in 1959 and did all kind of genre. Theme song was probably generic for series written by ?.

Dan Vadis dude as Ercole is one of strangest lookin' 'Sons' you ever gonna see but he make lots of sandal anyway! He also play cowboy and Indian.

He show up the very second that Princess is going to get nekkid! Whatta jerk!!

HEEEEEY!.. STOP THAT!!

If he so cold, why not just wear pants? ...Jeez!

Man, that one ug-a-ly varmint there!

Most of Ercole' time is spent wif' this idiot bastard who Tabonga pray would get ax in head or worse at some time during flick, but never happen, he live!!

Awesome miniature set with horses crossing bridge into castle fortress!

Here is best part, Ercole flip everbloody into quicksand pit!.. Hell, yeah!!!

Then, he get all caught!

Hey, that look like Tabonga' playroom!

They were expendable!

Tabonga love this pic!

Ercole get so mad at bad guy he knock everything down!!

Tune in Monday for Eegah!!

13 MEXICAN MONSTER Lobby Cards

Here are 13 nice Mexican Lobby Cards that RODAN! used to own...

89 YEAR OLD WHITEY THOMAS, ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY GLENN MILLER ARMY AIR CORPS BAND, STILL BLOWS A MEAN HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

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Every day is your birthday when you have friends like Whitey Thomas! Happy Birthday to each and every one of you!!!

And Happy New Year from Tabonga!!!

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NEW BEGINNINGS 1978 Style

I was cleaning up some screen caps, and I stumbled onto this shot, how cool is it that Max Fleisher Superman cartoons are in the public domain!! Looks like we should be up and running again in no time at all, as soon as we get past that infernal 13 interference!

In the meantime, take a couple of minutes and enjoy this little tune from one of the best unheard albums of all time, by Bud Cockrell and the late Pattie Santos, with a killer sax solo by former Cannonball Adderly sideman, and Tonight Show band member Ernie Watts, because it is starting to feel like a "New Beginning"!!!

UPCOMING FEATURES!!!

It'll still be a couple of weeks until Eegah!! comes out of hibernation and Tabonga goes into germination, so hang in there and we'll be back in no time at all with some amazing titles like Galaxy Invader, Circus Of Fear, Curse Of The Headless Horseman, Horror Of The Zombies, Sons Of Hercules In The Land Of Darkness, and of course, Slave Of The Cannibal God, just to name a few!!

TABONGA'S MONSTER LAFFS!

Tabonga bored, so he make these to kill time! Enjoy, everbloody!

THIS IS A TEST, THIS IS ONLY A TEST!!!

Just like any old burned out band waiting for more adulation from their insatiable minions, going out for their third encore to an empty house, we've decided we must continue in some form, so before you delete all your links, just let it be known that all you need to do is rename them, because we plan on digging deeper into the underside of filmology, in an effort to entertain you with more blasts from the past without time restraints! This is a very time consuming process, and we do need to take a major break, so we can re-introduce ourselves to our families, and basically watch a whole bunch of movies, so I'm not actually sure how long this process is going to take, but, it's going to be a few weeks without a doubt, so check out the new header and manifesto, dig through the archives and see what's left, and we'll be back in no time at all with a new schedule, probably about four times a week!! "This is only a test!"

BUCKET OF BLOOD - "Like Endsville" (1959)

Okay Kids, that's it! After a long and hard deliberation, we've decided we need to have our lives back, and to end this blog once and for all. It was fun while it lasted, but it was going to have to end some day, so it might as well be today! I still have one more song left from the movie that was one of the main reasons we decided to do this in the first place, the best horror comedy ever made, "Bucket Of Blood" and "The End For Walter", just substitute one of our names for Walter's when you're listening! I'd also like to take one last opportunity to thank all you readers, some who have been with us from the start! Tom Frost, Buzz, Flinty, Zilla, GG, Prof Grewbeard, Kreng, and so many more, and the whole list of awesome followers, and all the great sites that link to us, I'm sure we'll meet up again some day, Cheers, and now....

Tabonga's also got something to say......

Hey, Tabonga here, life is very funny event. One day you so great, then next day you need nap!!

To end thing here, Tabonga offering free sealed copy of THE CREEP for who answer question correctly through comment!! THE CREEP is very first flick produced by Dungeon gang and release on DVD in 2001. This is really great lil' lo-budge b/w horror comedy shot in Bakersfield, mostly at night! Also, Guardian Angel Forrest J. Ackerman host show in 2 segment!!

CONTEST OVER! Question wuz...

BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and NIGHT OF THE GHOULS are all part of trilogy.

Q.- What is element that tie ever'thing together??

Tabonga answer is... Ta Da... THE OLD HOUSE ON MARSH LAKE! That is where PLAN 9 dude park UFO and where Dr. Acula have swizzle stick seance in NOTG!

***Tabonga hear a heart beat!

MANOS: HAND OF FATE - Huddleston/Smith Jr. (Vocalist Unknown) - "The End" (1966)

Okay, I admit it, I'm lost and confused! When we first started this blog, I thought it would be a couple hundred songs and we're outta here, but you folks all seemed to enjoy it, and we've had a good time doing it, so despite the odds, we just kept going!

I have held on to this one song, and had always planned that it would be the last one, it just seems so perfect, but this isn't THE END, I guess, but just a transition!

Switching over to strictly public domain films should be great fun for all of us, and this film is a perfect example, but what a stinking grey area it is! I've already wasted too much time trying to figure that one out, seems like everybody's got a different list of what films are PD, so we're going try, but as far as I'm concerned, it's all in "The Hands Of Fate", and just like in any cheap horror flick, well, you know what can happen!!! So, "Don't forget the silly way we met!"

"We defy you to guess the ending!!"

BRIDE OF THE MONSTER / Ed Wood, Jr. - 1955 / Music by Frank Worth

Welcome to the Dungeon ever'bloody, here is great lil' lo-budge flick from The Edster. Hey, did U know that Eddie have 49 writing credit, 18 directing credit and 15 acting credit?!! Tonight' flick is actually part 1 of 3 part story along with PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and NIGHT OF THE GHOULS! Does anybloody know what the tie-in is?..

Music guy Frank Worth have very few credit, but work on WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY and ROY ROGERS! BRIDE OF THE MONSTER/ATOM was very first project for him...

And, he do great job too! Eegah!! put together nice clip with ultimate ending! Tabonga' pet gnat, Piff, breathing down Tabonga' neck to push big red 'GO' button, so, here you 'GO!'... ATOMIC BLUSHING BRIDE!

Flick start with guy lost in swamp. They want to go inside Bela' (Dr. Eric Vornoff) house to dry off, but he say 'no' and have Tor (Lobo) chase away!

Bela go watch as pet monster octopus kill dude! Make him all happy inside!!

Harvey. B. (NIGHT OF THE GHOULS, TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE) Dunn, Loretta King and Tony McCoy. Loretta play reporter who going out to swamp for story about monster there.

Commie Prof. Vladimir Strowski find out hard way that Bela have hard feeling about the past, so Bela have Lobo put kabosh on him!

Huh?.. Bela have Drac power!!.. (Eddie probably love it!) Oh, and, Here come the bride!.. Dum, dum de dum!

Thing not going that great for Dick after he show up on scene!

Lobo turn on Bela because HE want to marry bride! Then, he turn on the juice!!

Harvey and Don Nagel cannot figure out what in hell going on at Bela' house.

Now atomic monster, Bela kick Tor' ass! Okay, one of Tabonga' favorite thing, Bela' stunt double elevator shoe!.. So cool.

Bela escape outside and he really look like HELL!.. Tony run over to Kelso. See giant boulder at top right there? Tony push boulder down on Bela!!

Bela get all tangle up in own rubber monster octopus. Then lightning strike him, and viola, atom bomb wif' tracers!!!

"He tampered in God's domain!"

Hey, how come they not crispy critters?! They only 32 feet away!!!

- - - THE DUNGEON OF THE FUTURE - - -

Due to a giant blast of gamma radiation, the Dungeon has undergone a transformation, and, we think, for the better! We can no longer deal with any chance of copyright infringement!!! Case closed!

We will only be doing movies that are in public domain from now on, and there's a ton of them. There are a lot of movies we've posted that are in public domain already, and, those soundclips will remain. Soundclips from movies not in the public domain are not available.

Our schedule will change according to the new material, not sure there will be 'Sunday Classics' so to speak. We may not post every night, Eegah!! needs some breathing room, but then, Tabonga has plans for some monster humor to fill in with.

Like we say, its going to be better because we're free to post films from the 1930-90. Besides, all our posts are in the past, its been done, so, we're looking to the future. Tonight's awesome post will be up soon.

Thanks, the Management.

DUE TO A WALL COLLAPSE AT THE DUNGEON, THERE WILL BE NO POSTING TONIGHT! - SORRY

SANTO CONTRA CAPULINA / Mexico - 1969 / Music by Manuel Esperon

Feliz Cinco de Mayo ever'bloody!!!

So, here come SANTO y CAPULINA! Viva la Mexico!! Tonight is first time for weirdo Capulina here at el Dungeon. Capulina also was in CAPULINA SPEEDY GONZALES, CAPULINA CONTRA LOS VAMPIROS y CAPULINA CONTRA LOS MONSTRUOS and do total of 70 flick!.. Arriba!

Mexico music god Manuel Esperon have 394 composing credit!!!!!! and SANTO CONTRA CAPULINA not even on his IMDb compose list!!!!!!!! Some a bip!! He start in 1938 and end in 1991! Like Tabonga say, he music god!!

Tabonga' pet tarantula Ralphie getting very close to big old red music 'GO' button. Now he putting out lil' leg and now it time for!.. THE SAINT + THE KNUCKLEHEAD!

Capulina go to work to guard warehouse and first thing he do?.. Go to bed, what else!

Of course, Santo come and beat bad guy up while Capulina have sweet dream!

Then, Santo go see chief of Police Crox Alvarado, aka Pinacate/El Ángel from AZTEC MOMIA Triolgy!

Capulina want to be like Santo, he see Santo mask in window so go inside store and mayhem follow shortly thereafter!

Ever'bloody think Santo all drunk or sumpin'...

Okay, break time!.. Here is gurl robot that Santo going to throw in pool and blow up!

Here is bad guy' bossman in wheelchair and head mad science dude who make people robot replica.

Santo have to fight robot dude and then he ask Capulina tough question.

Great pic!!

For some reason, they make Capulina duplicate!

Why they call flick SANTO CONTRA CAPULINA?!

LADRÓN DE CÀDAVERES - Federico Ruiz - "Body Snatchers" (1957)

If you're a mad scientist in Mexico, and if you need good bodies, common sense would tell you that, you might as well dig up dead wrasslers, and if there are no dead wrasslers, then you just kill some!!!

The raven sitting on the car was a stroke of genius, kudos to director Fernando Méndez and cinematographer Víctor Herrera for their vision in this opening scene, and throughout the whole movie!!

Sorry about the 'L' getting cut off the title card!!!

Mexico, 1957, a better time you might think, but not necessarily so, if tonight's movie, "Ladrón de Cadáveres", has anything to say about it! The composer of the music for this film is Federico Ruiz, a name we have not heard around here before, because this seems to be the one and only lucha libre mostro pelicula he ever worked on, but he obviously knew his stuff, since he'd worked in the movies since 1932! The man was a master of any style, as you will hear when you listen to the story of "Ladrón de Cadáveres", or as they might say in English, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers!"

"Ladrón de Cadáveres"

Eleven years later Yerye Beirute, here playing the body snatchin' Cosme Ramírez, was in "La Camara Del Terror" with Boris Karloff, a film we covered a couple of months ago!

Federico's music in this movie is great, but they saved the best and swingingest part for this scene right here!!

This gal, who I'm assuming is a lady of the night, walks out of the motel, but she can't get her cigarette lit!

So she goes up this this guy to get a light, and gets quite a surprise, the reason he's ignoring her is because he's dead!

Like el difunto rey!! But you know what they say, "Los muertos no hablan!"

Hubba, Hubba!!!

Okay, Now I get it! It's all starting to make sense now!!

I will always remember the first time I saw a picture of this monster, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it was issue #13 of "Famous Monsters" magazine. I remember because it was quite horrible at the time and unlike anything we were used to, that's for sure. I really think it had something to do with the drool!!! I still have a couple of "F M's" left, but I couldn't find the picture. It was pretty interesting looking through them though and flashing on the pictures from all the movies we've written about since we started this project, and I found it quite interesting to re-read references to movies I always wondered about, but never saw with titles like "Killer Smog" and "Mutano the Horrible." What was even more interesting was trying to look them up on IMDB, and not finding anything, which made me start to wonder how much of that info they tossed at us was actually fact & how much was just good writing!!

Well, you know what they say about payback, and this film is no exception!!!! Ow!!!!

SON OF GODZILLA / Toho - 1967 / Music by Masaru Satô

Hey, yo!! Heads up, everyone, GODZILLA's looking for his son!! Jun Fukuda gives director Ishirô Honda a break and handles this one.

Masaru Satô had already done the Dungeon all-time favorite GODZILLA vs THE SEA MONSTER prior to this outing. Then, his next project would be GODZILLA vs MECHA-GODZILLA in 1974, and, that would be his last one for the series. He ended his career with 211 composing credits between 1952-1999!.. Wow!!

Obviously, the studio heads wanted a playful feel to the music, and, well, that's what they got! GODZILLA had been turned into a 'children friendly' monster and Toho was now competing with Daiei's GAMERA for the top spot with that audience.

Akira Kubo plays Goro Maki, a reporter that drops in to get a story!..

The island is a research outpost for weather manipulation.

And, ever since the atom bomb tests back in the fifties, there's also giant preying mantis referred to as GIMANTIS!!

For some unknown reason, Godzilla shows up on the island!

The Gimantis unearth an egg, an egg that hatches little Minya, the SON OF GODZILLA!! Can you say... WAAAAAGWAAAAAA!!!

Luckily, Bibari Maeda, as Riko, shows up to help out the baby monster, and make the boys in the audience happy!

Pops shows sonny boy how to fight and use their fiery, atomic breath! Minya struggles with the new power at first.

Great shot!!

Oh, yeah, don't forget about the web spitting giant spider, what makes pop and son miserable! At one 'point' the spider pokes Godzilla right in the eye with his spiked mouth!!

The science guys give one last shot at making it snow on the island.

In the meantime the big guy drops a boulder on Minya's tail, and viola, he now has the full power of his breath! Then, the boys really turn up the heat on the pesky arachnid!

It starts snowing like crazy and Minya can't make it back to the sea with his dad!

The gang make it off the island and Godzilla decides to stay with Minya, like a good dad, afterall...