STING OF DEATH - Neil Sedaka - "Boat Party" (1965)

Seems like the party just never stops out there in the everglades until some stinging monster or as in this case, stinking monster, gets involved and wrecks all the fun. Check out the picture of the guy falling off the boat, I hate to be redundant, but that's the same guy that gets pushed in the water in "Death Curse Of Tartu."

Never could figure out why a bunch of collegiate geniuses would be so mean to the poor deformed guy either.

These people look like they are all in their 30's & they act like twelve year olds who had got into their parent's liquor cabinet. Maybe it was like a built-in, anti-booze public service announcement or something. A movie that even Neil Sedaka couldn't save! Here's the song from the boat being docked to the pier party, which really isn't that bad. There's some interesting dialogue with a little Beatles put down. Maybe the title is "Don't Be Stingy Baby"

DEATH CURSE OF TARTU - Al Jacobs - "Tartu Dance" (1966)

Meanwhile, back in the swamp, we still got kids dancing & guys getting tossed in the water, before they get killed. Try and find some more information on the music from this scene! Good luck! It's probably another Neil Sedaka variation, but really, it sounds a lot like Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns, The King of Tex-Mex Rock & Roll, if ya'll need some kind of reference point. This is a pretty good upbeat song, a bit ahead of it's time, that is definitely worthy of a title, maybe "Joe Joe"? Once again, clear up the mystery & get yourself a copy! 

 

Tartu Dance

THE WASP WOMAN - Fred Katz - "Main Title" (1960)

Fred Katz! What A Story! Almost seems impossible, but Fred Katz composed the music for "A Bucket of Blood" in 1959, "The Little Shop of Horrors" in 1960, "The Wasp Woman" in 1960, and "Creature From The Haunted Sea" in 1961. It was like the man hit a grand slam home run, then zip, nada, zero, until he resurfaces with "Boogie Nights" in 1997! Now that's one hip Kat!! Fred, wherever you are, you're our hero, man!! A Dwrayger Dungeon Hall Of Famer if there ever was one!! Thanx!!! Another sidenote tidbit, why do they show a beekeeper at the begining of a film about wasps, that's what we really want to know!  

Wasper Woman

 As an extra added bonus, "The Wasp Woman" also has DD Faves Barboura Morris, Michael Mark, Bruno VeSoto & Frank Wolff, and that amounts to an all-star cast as far as we're concerned!!!

 

Go and get yourself a copy for that Halloween party you've been thinking about!

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Fred Katz - "Main Title" (1960)

There's nothing we could possibly say about "Little Shop Of Horrors" that would be new or unique, but it does have to be included on this list anyway. More brilliant music from Fred Katz & Ron Stein, & amazing performances by Jonathan Haze, Dick Miller & Jack Nicholson!
Now if you try to trace the history of "People Eaters" through time, you will only have to go back a couple of years, & not have to use a whole lot of imagination to remember in 1958 there was a quite famous purple "People Eater," that was created by the masterful Sheb Wooley, who also recorded by the name of Ben Colder, singing parody covers of other people's hit songs. Do you remember "Hello Walls # 2" where the guy comes in home drunk & goes into the neighbor's house & can't recognize anything? Same guy wrote & sang "Purple People Eater." Bang, two years later, more "People Eater" history is made with "The Passionate People Eater," AKA, "The Little Shop Of Horrors." Coincidence? I doubt it!
People Eater

DAS PHANTOM VON SOHO - Martin Böttcher - "Two Scenes" (1964)

"The Phantom Of Soho" revolves in and around a strip club, so it makes good sense to use a composer with great jazz sensibilities when it comes around to the soundtrack. Bring in Martin Böttcher if you want the best. This is Good Stuff!!! Cool And Sleazy, those horns just stretch across the soundscape, it's too much! Two Scenes

 

LA MORTE VIENE DALLO SPAZIO (The Day The Sky Exploded) - Carlo Rustichelli - "Two Scenes" (1958)

Wow, this is one Happy couple!! You know, we're really starting to see a pattern forming in these films now, back in the 50's & 60's, if the people aren't drunk or total lushes, then they are just super extra bitchier than ever! It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to realize that the whole reason this guy wants to go off into space, is to get the hell away from her!!!! We're the lucky ones, we get to hear the nice jazzy score without having to be in the same room with her! 

 

Yow! Are we having fun yet? You'd think the sky is falling or something!! The Sky Is Falling

GOJIRA, EBIRA, MOSURA: NANKAI NO DAIKETTO (Godzilla Versus The Sea Monster) - Masaru Satô - "Big Battle" (1966)

"Godzilla Versus The Sea Monster" and the music of Masaru Satô are riding high on the old Christmas gift list around here this year. Godzilla for everyone, anytime, anywhere, 24-7, that's what we always like to say, and this is some of the best! It's a big battle with some classic 1966 rock! Merry X-13Mas!

Merry X-13Mas