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LEVIATÀN - Alice Cooper - "Identity Crisis" (1984)

Here we go, just about halfway through the Halloween Countdown, and time to start getting down on it! If nothing else, The Dungeon is all about monsters and music, and what better personifies all that bullshit than the hard to find "MONSTER DAWG", featuring one of the month of October's favourite sons, the man himself, Mr. Alice Cooper!! 

Born Vincent Damon Furnier, Alice Cooper will always remain heads and cut throats above the rest, if but for no other reason than that anarchistic and thematic lyric, "School's out FOREVER!" What kid in his right mind can't identify with that concept?

"MONSTER DOG," on the other hand is something completely different, but then that's why you're here, right?

Alice Cooper is a rock icon, no doubt, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Shame this very year, but I can't still believe that Steve Miller, along with the originator of the barre chord, Link Wray, have still never even been nominated! 

As a three minute music video, this film is top notch, probably better than 97 1/3% of the rest of the stuff out there! 

Alice Cooper is a good actor, and I'm certain "Monster Dog" is searchin' for something a little further bit out on the edge, but it just never manages to quite find it! Sometimes he feels like Sherlock Holmes! 

Sometimes he feels like Jack The Ripper!!

Alice Cooper wasn't always doom and gloom, in the beginning, it was all about wham and glam, as the back picture on the first album "Pretties For You" so deftly illustrates! 

Spanish Director Claudio Fragasso is also responsible for stuff like "Troll 2," "Zombi 3," "Zombie 4: After Death," and "La Casa 5," and is so proud of his work, that he is often credited as Clyde Anderson or Drake Floyd! 

The title song is so joking around pop that when the whole thing goes south, it's almost surprising! 

Alice is feeling pretty sick, and he looks it!! His character has a lot of very deep-seated problemos! 

Alice's girlfriend in this film is Victoria Vera, a spectacular woman who just last month posed in the 35th anniversary issue of Interviú magazine at the age of 55! Victoria created quite a stir in 1974 when she appeared on stage naked in the play "Why Do You Run, Ulysses?" which was quite scandalous at the time, and the premiere was marred with the boot from the opposition!

"Monster Dog" is a perfect example of why our tastes in film pretty much comes to a screaming halt in the 60's or 70's, but I'm sure it's a lot of freak's favourite film, and if you really want to see it, then head on over to The Web Of Mystery and see if you can rip a copy out of their bony old decrepit dying hands!

THE NIGHT WALKER / William Castle Productions - 1964

Welcome to Friday Night Halloween Countdown Drive-In with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. Our offering tonite is by one of our very favorite directors, Mr. William Castle, and, was written by Robert (PSYCHO) Bloch. By the way, we just scored a disc of Castle's PROJECT X, so, look for that one in the future!

The story's about a woman, Barbara Stanwyck, who's haunted by recurring nightmares which seem to be instigated by her husband, Hayden Rorke, who was supposedly killed in an explosion.

The catchy theme music is by another Dungeon favorite we've featured lately, the awesome Vic Mizzy! Vic made the most of his 33 composing credits by creating classic themes for THE ADDAMS FAMILY and GREEN ACRES.

Letz bring in our littlest Dungeon helper and button pusher, natcherly, it's... Rufus The Gnat! As they say in Green Acres, Hello der, Rufus!.. The lil' guy's here to start our Eariffic Soundclip, so, push the big red 'GO' button, now, Rufus! Here's... THE NIGHT WALKER!

What are dreams?..

What do they mean?..

When you dream, you wander into another world where everything is strange and terrifying... When you dream, you become...

A big ole' eyeball in a dude's fist?!.. No, you become... A Night Walker!!

The great Paul Frees does the narration. Paul has done some of the coolest narrations and character voices that it makes you head spin to see the list! Here are a few things he's done to remind us... He played Dr. Vorhees in THE THING, Barney Bear in MGM cartoons, the alien voice in EARTH vs THE FLYING SAUCERS, various voices in the US version of THE H-MAN, played a doctor in SPACEMASTER X-7, various voices in BEANY And CECIL, various voices in THE BEATNIKS, the Talking Rings in THE TIME MACHINE, Boris Badenov in ROCKY & BULLWINKLE, Dirty Dawson in ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS, various voices in TOP CAT, Disney's Ludwig Von Drake, various voices on FRACTURED FLICKERS, Barnyard Horse in MARY POPPINS, George and John on THE BEATLES TV series, Dr. Who's voice in KING KONG ESCAPES and Singer of 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball' in THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES!

Hayden Rorke plays millionaire Howard Trent, Barbara Stanwyck plays his wife Irene, and, Robert Taylor plays their lawyer, Barry Moreland.

Howard and Irene don't get along that well, as you will hear in the soundclip.

One night, Howard goes up to his room/lab and there's an explosion, killing him... Or, did it?!

Love this, the floor never gets fixed the entire movie, making sure you know it'll be an important part in the story!

Hayden makes an exceptional Night Walker!

Irene finally gets to meet the mysterious man in her dreams!

He convinces her to marry him immediately, so, they set out to find a justice of the peace. They find an open establishment.

The pews are packed!

As Fred Sanford would say to the minister!.. You big dummy!!

Then, Howard shows up and ruins all the fun... Great visuals here!

Irene's having kind of a bad day!

And, the time is exactly!..

So, who does this mysterious arm belong to?!..

Barry reveals what a total creep he is when he takes off his disguise!

There's a gun shot and Barry falls to the floor, dead from a bullet in the back!

Irene finds out from The Dream that there were actually two plots going on to aquire the money from her husband's estate.

The Dream tries to use a fire extinguisher to back Irene into the hole in the floor, but, ends up falling through it himself!

Bill leaves us with another one of his twisted little signatures!

Here's the Spanish poster...

Tune in tomorrow as we continue the 2011 Halloween Countdown!