In today's story, Steve Denham locates his missing fiance, 'Kitty' Riordan, in a mental hospital, she believes that she's possessed by a Dullaghan, a spirit from Irish folklore that enters a person through an open mouth! The thing must have possessed her when she kissed her father farewell at his funeral. Steve investigates and learns that her father had been a famous ventriloquist, and his dummy was named Mr. Dullagham.
It stars Glenn (THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, MUTINY IN SPACE) Langdon, Stella (lots of British TV) Andrew, Berry (THE TIME TRAVELERS) Kroeger, Doris (the excitable Mrs. Clause in SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS) Rich and Frank Gallop as the narrator.
Frank really likes to get in your face when it's time to start the show, and, he has some things for you to think about before the credits roll, you know, creepy stuff...
It stars with Steve Denham locating his fiance at a mental hospital, she has been missing for ten days. He talks with her doctor about the case...
Kitty is brought in and she tells Steve to just forget about her, she's now possessed by a freaking Dullaghan, things can never be the same again... And, she's
KWAZY!
The doctor does a few tests and the Dullaghan, exposed, starts speaking through Kitty's voice after she gets a headache...
Steve decides to go to the place where Kitty's father lived. He's greeted by a sauced Madame Flora, she's the landlady, the place is for actors and performers only, which her father was.
She fills Steve in on all the details about Kitty's father and asks him if he'd like to check out the dummy, Mr. Dullaghan. She opens the trunk where it's stored and Steve looks it over before he heads back to the hospital to see Kitty.
The little dummy definitely has a sinister look to him...
Steve goes to Kitty's room and says that the whole thing was in her mind and that he's there for her and everything will be fine! Kitty wants to believe, but, she gets a headache just before!..
Her and Steve give each other a big old passionate kiss!
And viola, Steve is now the one possessed by that gall danged Dullaghan!! Nice twist for a good old horror ending.
Frank tries to scare us one last time before meeting again in a week's time. Eegah!! will be here on Wednesday with another load of something for us, even though we all seem to be in a reality show horror movie...
Lights Out is pretty uneven, as was Tales of Tomorrow, but it had some real standout episodes. I remember asking Leslie Nielsen about one of the Lights Out shows he did, The Last Will of Dr. Rant, or somesuch episode title. I seem to remember him not only remembering it, but liking it as well.
ReplyDeleteI have about 30 episodes of Lights Out on DVD-R that I bought from somebody about 15-20 years ago. The quality is varied, but they were fun to watch.