INVISIBLE GHOST / Astor Pictures - 1941

Hello again everbloody, and welcome to Mittwoch Oldie Moldie B+W Spook Theater! Starting this Friday, we're rearranging our schedule a bit, so, I, Tabonga, will post on Wednesday and Friday, then he, Eegah!!, now has Saturday and Monday!..

This week we gots another feature starring Dungeon best pal, Bela Lugosi! Check out the misspelling of Polly Ann Young's name on that classic Mexican lobby poster.

Astor Pictures also distributed FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE, ROBOT MONSTER, CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON, SHE DEMONS, GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN, MISSILE TO THE MOON, FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, THE BLOODY BROOD and PEEPING TOM!.. Some good shit there!

What an awesome title card!! The cartoonish music is all redone stock compositions from their vast library of sounds, so we can move along...

Lil' Dungeon pet Rufus the Gnat just finish his banana smoothie and say he all ready to push that big red 'GO' button and start today's Eariffic Earclip rolling up the hill! Okay, he push it, here's!.. INVISIBLE GHOST!

Bela opines about his dead beautiful wife to Evans the Butler.

This SUC-KER! gets mixed up with his girlfriend's maid, and now she's trying to blackmail him!

For no reason ever explained, Bela's 'dead' wife comes around at times and gives him the evil eye...

...And, commands him to do things!

Actually, bad things! Like, smothering the maid with his jacket!

Of course, frisky train driver is blamed and gets thrown in prison!.. Dames!

Bela gets the vibe again.

Guess it's time for another surprise attack on some unsuspecting victim!

The very best part of this flick is that Evans the Butler, played by Clarence Muse, is the most intelligent person in the house, and doesn't speak in the stereotypical way as others did. Now, that's damn refreshing!

She's baaack!..

Im beginning to understand!.. I'm dead!!

Everbloody gets to see for theirself that Bela's not entirely in control of his own actions.

Great Caesar's Ghost!!

OPERAZIONE PAURA - Carlo Rustichelli - "Dead Eyes" (1966)

"Operation Fear" would have been the literal translation of this title, but in an effort to be more shocking, they came up with "Kill, Baby, Kill"!!! It was also released as a living dead title, this time as "Curse Of The Living Dead!" Killer title card!!

Almost smack in the middle of Mario Bava's directorial career, we find him with his hands all over the camera, along with co-cinematographer Antonio Rinaldi, creating one atmospheric scene after another!

The music is provided by Masestro Carlo Rustichelli, who composed his first film score in 1939, worked with Mario Bava on some of his classic titles like "Blood and Black Lace" and also wrote the music for a number of titles in the "Toto" series and more, like "The Day The Sky Exploded," "7 Men and One Brain," and "Black Lemons!"

Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Doctor Paul Eswai, a man on a mission!!! Yet another take on that age old question, why are all these people dying?

Did you ever get that feeling that people are looking at you, and you're not really welcome?

I'm really going out on a broken limb here, but I am willing to say that without a doubt, this is the best shot ever of a lantern in a movie!!

Barely there, but just enough to be pretty dang odd!

There seems to be some real confusion about who the dead little blonde girl is, the IMDB lists the role for Valeria Valeri as Melissa Graps, and have Valeria's year of birth as 1925, that would make her 41 in this role, and they list another character, Micaela Esdra as Nadienne, and say that she was born in 1952, making her 14 when this film was made. There are also claims that it wasn't a little girl at all, but a little boy, according to some sources!

I've stated this fact before, but the truth is, you just can't go wrong with a good stairwell shot, especially a spiral staircase!

W H O A! Whose hellacious old ass is this? Giovanna Galetti as Giana Gomorrah Giocatrice Grant Graps!! The mother without a cause!!

Creepy Hallway!

Creepy oil painting of Melissa Graps!!

Creepy Tombstone, ah, so she's only supposed to be 7 years old!!

Creepy out of focus shot! Melissa even haunts the camera!

I just really dig these two shots, the top one looks like a classic painting to me, the lighting and hot and cold colours are freakin' prefect!!

"Kill, Baby, Kill!" Let's face it, there's nothing much creepier than a demonic, but cute, little blonde girl! It's worked before, and it'll work again, especially when a guy like Mario Bava was pulling the strings!!

HAUNTS / American General Pictures - 1977

Welcome everbloody, to Saturday at the Flicks, here, again at The Dungeon. Today's feature is a twisted little tale shot in Mendocino, California. The story is about a farm girl who's convinced that her uncle is responsible for the bloody scissor-murders of some local girls. The murders trigger her mistrust of men and relationships due to some bad things that happened to her as a child...

Tagline reads - "A psycho-sexual thriller of a woman possessed."

Music is by heavyweight, Mr. Pino Donaggio, who ended up with a hefty 177 composing credits and is still working today! Here are some other titles he's worked on... SMILING MANIACS, CARRIE, PIRANHA, TOURIST TRAP, DRESSED TO KILL, THE HOWLING, BLOW OUT, HERCULES ('83), BODY DOUBLE, SAVAGE DAWN, CRAWLSPACE, GOR, OUTLAW OF GOR, DEMONS 4, ALL LADIES DO IT and MISTER DOG!

Welp, here is Dungeon pet Ralphie the Tarantula, slobbering all over Tabonga, in anticipation of pushing big red 'GO' button for today's Eariffic Earclip! And, what you know? He pushed it!.. HAUNTS!

The story starts, what else, with a murder!

May Britt plays Ingrid, local farmgirl hottie!.. Man, whotta getup, she reminds me of Big Bird! May was wife of Sammy Davis Jr. A few other movies she worked on are SHE WOLF, SHIP OF LOST WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE, THE YOUNG LIONS and MURDER, INC.

There are plenty of peripheral characters to keep you entertained.

Local punk in pickup's out looking for pickups!.. Go figure!

This weirdo chases Ingrid and attacks her! Hey, it kinda looks like...

Good old Aldo Ray! Here, he plays the less-than-perfect Sheriff of the small town, and who's job it is to figure out what the hell's going on. And, well, he ain't doing that great so far!

For Tabonga, this is best shot in the whole flick!!

This freaky broad (I think that's the correct term) wants to know if this dude at the bar wants to be her father!

TIME OUT!.. Check out that nice Shoebox, man!!

Ingrid runs like Hell to church, maybe a hymn'll help!

After the pastor prays with her, this freakin' happens! Damn, what the hell!!

Aldo locates his daughter, he breaks in and has a few words with Romeo!

Boyfriend Frankie is played by William Gray Espy, who did bit parts as hoodlums on 2 popular soap operas!

Ingrid watches TV as they show the suspects in the murders.

Cameron Mitchell has a little crush on his niece!

Ingrid dies in a fire and gets buried... Bottom pic is for Eddie!

Aldo and Cameron just found out that their SAG cards got pulled!!