THE LEGEND OF BLOOD MOUNTAIN - Bestoink Dooley (1965)

It was something like 5 years ago that Professor Grewbeard told me to check out this movie, and I forgot about it until just a couple of weeks ago, and what can I say? This is a different movie, and it's in a league by itself!

Tonight's Saturday Especial was made in 1965, and was originally called "The Legend Of Blood Mountain!" It escaped as a video 20 something years later titled "Demon Hunter!"

It opens with narration about why there is a "Legend Of Blood Mountain!" It seems that at certain variables the mountain gets mad and bleeds and a monster comes out from nowhere and starts killing people like this hunter in the opening sequence!

This is the star and hero of the movie, Mr. George Ellis as Bestoink Dooley, a lowly office worker at a newspaper with aspirations of  becoming a top notch journalist! George was in a couple of other weird movies and became a popular horror host in Atlanta, Georgia during the 60's and 70's also using the name Bestoink Dooley

Bestoink relaxes at home listening to some MOR music, with milk and cookies! He's just that kind of guy!

 

But in his dreams, a whole different persona shows up, a much bolder Bestoink! I'm not kidding, I did like this movie, but I have to tell you, that short sequence right there takes about 20 minutes, so there is some filler, and I mean a lot of it!

Bestoink's Boss allows him to investigate the wild stories about Blood Mountain! While in the hills he meets up with a Doctor Stinson who is investigating this rare phenomena, and his blond assistant Ava, and his daughter Phyllis! Not to sure about Ava, but Phyllis was played by Erin Fleming. Erin's story is a sad one, from actress to being Groucho Marx's bad guardian the last years of his life, to homeless person, and finally suicide victim!

Things start to get a little livelier when Phyllis decides to walk through the room on her way to the swimming pool! Hubba, hubba!

 

And if that wasn't enough to get your pulse racing, Ava changes into this two piece outfit to accompany Bestoink and the Doctor on their investigation!

Just let me ask you one simple question Dr. Stinson, are you some kind of referee?

I'm not really sure that the first time you see the monster in a movie that the first word that pops into your head should be dumpy! He doesn't look like he's going to kill anyone, he looks like he's heading to the nearest doughnut shop!

Only three credits to his name, but give some credit to cinematographer Joseph Shelton for giving this movie some credibility!

I give the makers of "The Legend Of Blood Mountain" a lot of credit! With what they had to work with, they got it all right! Hot chicks in bathing suits, a beach party, and a rubber monster, the three main ingredients that make for a perfect film!

Nothing like a little product placement! The IMDB has the estimated budget of this film set at $750,000.00! Taking into inflation, that would be $5,602,139.42 in 2014! That's right, over five million bucks! I think they got the decimal in the wrong place, I was going to say $750.00, but they might have actually spent about $7,500.00, and if Pepsi paid anything, then they made this movie for nothing!

Phyllis is left behind alone when suddenly she hears a noise......

...........Oh, No!!! The monster is real!!! This monstrous creature was created by George and Cindy Parrish, and it might have killed them, because they were never heard from again!

Up to this point, the movie was pretty enjoyably stupid..........................

...........But then they had to finish up with this comical monster chasing Bestoink sequence that was just silly! I did see one poster that stated "All adults must be accompanied by a child," so I guess silly makes sense!

The monster pins Bestoink to a wall, but spinning like an NFL running back, Bestoink manages to do a quick turn and get away!

The monster proceeds to stage four of the Hokey Pokey!

Bestoink finds a flame thrower!! That's it kids, game over!!  So what did the narrator say at the beginning of the movie,  "And now to prove that the silly season is upon us........." That pretty much sums it up!

 

Who knows what tomorrow may bring, so Keep on Chooglin'!!

THE FACE OF MARBLE / Hollywood Pictures Corporation - 1946

It's Freaky Face Friday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. We gots a rare low budget thriller about reanimation starring the great John Carradine as the fairly normal 'mad' doctor and involves a love triangle involving his wife and younger lab assistant. Throw in an old hag housekeeper with voodoo powers, a black butler, a huge Great Dane hound and director William Beaudine, well, you have a weird little flick!

Eegah!! sent over a lil' soundclip of the theme and some lab sound from this movie for our earjoyment, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there in the noisy mad lab, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's a taste of... THE FACE OF MARBLE!

John Carradine plays Dr. Randolph, he's working in his lab trying to reanimate a dead sailor found washed up on the shore with his assistant, Dr. Cochran, played by Robert Shayne, who all of us that grew up in the fifties remember well as Inspector Henderson on ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN. Robert was also in THE NEANDERTHAL MAN, SPACE PATROL, TOBOR THE GREAT, INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, KRONOS, THE GIANT CLAW, SPOOK CHASERS, WAR OF THE SATELLITES, TEENAGE CAVEMAN, HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER and THE LOST MISSILE, that's just in the fifties!!

Even though the sailor opened his eyes for a moment, he is still dead after the experiment. The police inspector shows up, asking questions about the odd condition of the sailor after the doctors placed him back on the shoreline to be found.

The weird old housekeeper, Maria, likes to play with dolls... Voodoo dolls!!

The doctors experiment on a Great Dane, but, Maria puts a spell on the dog. Now, it's hostile to the others, bullets don't effect it and it can walk through walls and is only controlled by her!

Maria gasses Dr. Randolph's wife, Elaine, and puts her in a death coma, so, the doctors experiment on her to bring her back to the land of the living.

It works, but, now she's controlled by the evil Maria!

Maria commands Elaine to kill her husband, and so, she knifes him in the back!

Luckily, the butler, Shadrach, saw everything and goes to tell the Inspector what he has seen! Willie Best plays Shadrach, Willie was also in UP POPS THE DEVIL, THE MONSTER WALKS, THE NITWITS, MUMMY'S BOYS, MR. MOTO IN DANGER ISLAND, AT THE CIRCUS, THE GHOST BREAKERS, WHISPERING GHOSTS, A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO, THE MONSTER AND THE APE and HIGH AND DIZZY. Sadly, Willie died at the young age of 45 and is buried in North Hollywood.

Everything's calm when the police arrive at the doctor's home, and, Maria is dead by her own hand at the fireplace! Tune in tomorrow for another dose of Eegah!!

UCAN DAIRELER ISTANBULDA - "Flying Saucers Over Istanbul" (1955)

Time for another wild and Weirdass Wednesday, and they don't get much weirder or cheaper than some of these 1950's Turkish movies, and that's just what makes them so good!

This movie is titled "Ucan Daireler Istanbulda" or "Flying Saucers Over Istandbul!" When the economy is bad, there's nothing quite as satisfying as free movies, and "Flying Saucers Over Istanbul" can be downloaded without guilt for free from The Internet Archive!

I'm just supposing that the mid-1950's was a weird time in Turkey. In 1955, they were having lots of violent riots! I'm sure mindless movies with a lot of cute dancing girls like this were a bit of fresh air at the time!  Here's just a small sample of what musically to expect!

This pair of buffoons are Zafer Önen as Sapsal on the left, and Orhan Erçin as Kasar on the right! Orhan also wrote and directed this film! Okay, is this bar and his camera really both made out of cardboard boxes? Amazing, but I think it's true!

You just have to hope this wasn't a beauty contest!

This group of rocket surgeons have a telescope that looks like it's made out of papier-mâché, but it might not quite even be material that high-tech!

This control panel is also painted cardboard! I thought our 90's "Offbeat" public access TV show was cheap, but it was "Star Wars" compared to this!

A flying saucer lands and out comes a giant cardboard Robot! They must have bought all the tinfoil in town to make this space ship! It wouldn't be until eleven years later that "El Planeta De Las Mujeres Invasoras," the Mexican version of female space invaders was released!

There's nothing quite as sexy as a space chick with a ray gun! This is Özcan Tekgü as Uzayli!

Nice cast shot!

Okay, not a whole lot of anything else going on, so let's bring on the next dancing girl! As you'll see when you watch this movie, they all have slightly different styles and techniques! I like this one, she's a little more subtle!

At one point even the Queen of the space cadets breaks out into a dance number herself on board the saucer!

Sapsal and Kasar are totally mesmerized, as you will be too!!

And then just when you think space Princess Uzayli is going to zap the guys with her ray gun......

.................She breaks out into another dance routine!!

Those Turks are tricky, and they save the best for last! It's some bleach blonde bimbo Marilyn Monroe wannabe! She's got a couple of pounds on Marilyn though, that's for sure!

This particular gal was so popular, they used her twice in one shot!!

There's nothing that turns me on quite as much as a chick with a big band-aid on her elbow, now that's sexy!!

I think I possibly left out a couple of dancers, but anyway, the guys end up getting launched into space themselves along with the girls, so nobody's got anything to complain about!