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Saturday, April 23, 2016

13 MOVIES THAT LORD LITTER LOVES!

...13 movies I watch again and again...Lord Litter...April 2016...
This was really easy, these movies came to my mind without thinking..it only can be a first part. These seem to be all-time classics of mine..but then there is too much missing..not a single Japan_Monster_Sci-Fi movie, no Jack Arnold movie, no *real* Edgar Wallace movie, no silent movie, no Ray Harryhausen, no Hammer movie, no Christopher Lee????..no..etc etc ..plus..this is no scale of values, no *hitparade*. It's just the order they came to my mind today.

1. Der Todesraecher von Soho - Jess Franco - 1972
Call me totally insane.. I like ALL Franco movies. If it gets too much pornography it gets pretty boring cause nothing happens but .. well you know... but ... also his late completely out of control video experiments are nothing but psychedelic feasts. For example you get 20 minute dances of naked people in a hall of mirrors, dancing to wild music...I've chosen *Der Todesraecher* cause I just LOVE Wallace movies and this is one - Bryan Edgar Wallace..of course solid Franco style.

What a statement! ..early 1950s cry for freedom..a bizarre *essay* styled movie..."...one is wrong because he does right - one is right because she does wrong..." Bela Lugosi intro monologue - you wouldn't believe how often I've seen this movie.

3. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Bunuel - 1972
It is a real shame that there weren't more *intellectual* directors to go over the top into truth like Luis Bunuel..put the finger into the wound and act surreal! This is one of the movies that started my addiction!

4. Basket Case 3: The Progeny - Frank Henenlotter - 1991
I love all 3 Basket Case movies - but - The Progeny is so very much over the top and with a strange/strong social affinity that I've chosen this one.

5. Die Hölle der lebenden Toten - Bruno Mattei - 1980
When it seems that absolutely everything is exploited from a theme .. then comes Bruno Mattei and shows everyone what you really can do .. they say he's one of the worst .. exploitation trash?..hes one of the best!! Bruno Mattei is totally over the top .. all the time..


6. Blood Dolls -  Charles Band - 1999
I always knew that I was into the bizarre .. but THIS MOVIE!!!...I couldn't believe it..EVERYTHING is perfect here incl. the female Heavy Metal band in a cage that gets tortured if they play not loud enough or the wrong song. By the way Band's brother Richard Band is one of the most underrated film score composers around!!

7. Nightmare Concert (Cat in the brain) - Lucio Fulci - 1990
Lucio Fulci analyzing his own mind .. if you want to *understand* Fulci, watch this movie..if you dare. THIS is Fulci's definite statement.
In a different world Jean Rollin would've been one of the most respected movie directors.... on planet earth they didn't know where to put him.

THE perfect combination of a bizarre/thrilling movie and a cry for *equality* ..the *normal* are the freaks and the *freaks* are normal..
EVERY film with Vincent Price is TOTALLY up my alley. Theatre of Blood is probably his *statement*. Price plays Shakespeare actor who kills critics that don't like his acting - absolutely bizarre when he makes Robert Morley eat his beloved poodles...

11. The Black Cat - Edgar Ulmer - 1934
EVERY film with Bela Lugosi is TOTALLY up my alley. The Black Cat combines Lugosi, Karloff and Ulmer, has incredible surreal looks and a story between reality and bizarre_ism - a total winner...just like Bela, who is always around me somewhere..

EVERY film with Boris Karloff is TOTALLY up my alley. Especially in his last movies he proved that he just had to be on the scene and the scene started to *live*. Plus Reeves was a rare director to keep the idea of a horror movie but go a real different way..what a shame there are only 3 Reeves movies.

EVERY film with Lon Chaney, Jr. is TOTALLY up my alley.. both, Lon Chaney Jr. and this movie, I discovered pretty late. Chaney with his friendly, mellow, sad way of acting is something really special and this movie is the perfect *world* to live his character...completely bizarre ..caring about his *family*.

PS:.. Price, Lugosi, Karloff and Chaney Jr. are with me all the time .. I may meet one of them tonight ...LL

Bonus Time: Here's an instrumental track I really like off of a collaboration that our band Hermanos Guzanos did with Lord Litter back in the 80's! It 's called "Jumbo Walk" and sounds an awful lot like soundtrack music to me! The tape was called "Surfin On The Moon" and we released it as Hermoonos Guzanos and Lord Lunar!
 Cheers!!!
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Saturday, August 7, 2010

LA NOCHE DE LOS ASESINOS - Carlo Savini - "Night Of The Skull" (1976)

Welcome all you wild cats and cool kittens to the Saturday Night Spooktacular down here in The Dungeon, Post #1013, to be precise, which means it's time to break out something that is the epitome of what we're trying to present around here in sound and pictures, another Jesus Franco Freakfest for your late nite Breakfast, a film that has been released under various titles, like "Night of the Assassins" or in this case, "Night Of The Skull!"

Well, actually they meant Rubber Skull Mask, and the guy wearing it is really pissed off, as you can tell!

The composer of the music for this film was Maestro Carlo Savini, a brilliant man, who also worked with the other Euromaster of horror, Mario Bava, on films like "Lisa E Il Diavolo!" His other film work includes a crazy palette of movies ranging from "Kill The Poker Player" and "Naked Girl In The Park" to "School Of Erotic Enjoyment" and "Thirteenth Is A Judas" just to mention a couple!

The story is an amalgamation of thoughts from the team of Edgar Allen Poe, Edgar Wallace, and Jesus Franco, or was it really John Willard and James P. Johnson? Probably nobody really knows except Jess Franco!

Just a simple question. Would you have sex with this version of Yelena Samarina?

We've seen him before as Morpho, but in this film, the renown Luis Barboo has the role of Rufus!

Just like in Edgar Wallace's "The Terror" there is the reading of a will, and the one subsequent character unhappy with the outcome! Mildly Giallo and Gothic in nature, "Night Of The Skull" is actually a pretty straight ahead affair for being a Jess Franco flick!

The killer has a penchant for literature, and likes to play by the rules of "The Apocalypse," and the first line reads, "Earth to bury us!" or Tierra Para Enterrarnos!

"Wind to scourge us!" Vendaval Para Arrasarnos!!

"Water to drown us." Agua Para Ahogarnos!!!

"Fire to burn us!" Fuego Para Incinerarnos!!!

They intentionally left out the line, "Wine to drunk us!" Vino Para Beber Con Nosotros!!!

Now this is some freaky-deaky crapola!

What are you talking about? There aren't any zombies in this movie!!

The line of the century! And what if they hadn't been, then what kind of trouble would you be in??

Very few of Jess Franco's main squeeze, Lina Romay's roles are as innocent as she is here, as Rita Derian, and boy, is that an understatement!

"I woke up in a Soho doorway, a policeman knew my name, He said you can go sleep at home tonight, if you can get up and walk away, I staggered back to the underground, and the breeze blew back my hair, I remember throwin' punches around, and preachin' from my chair!" - Pete Townsend

And finally a big shout out to Tabonga's little button-pushin' buddy!! The little guys behind the scenes never get enough credit! This one's for you pal!!
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Saturday, November 27, 2021

THE FLYING SQUAD - "Our Miss Brooks" (1940)

 
This week's Saturday Night Special is a 1940 British film penned by Dungeon Hero Edgar Wallace called "The Flying Squad."

 
When I first saw the title "The Flying Squad," I immediately thought this was a war film, but it's not. "The Flying Squad" was an independent arm of the law formed in 1919 that was originally called "The Mobile Patrol Experiment." Their job was to conduct surveillance and gather intelligence on known robbers and pickpockets. They were given no boundaries and were attached to no divisions, and basically only answered to themselves.

Mark McGill is a dirty no good, lowdown murderer and dope smuggler played by Jack (Theater Of Blood) Hawkins.

Pretty Phyllis Brooks is a gullible and naive woman named Ann Perryman.
Phyllis was born in Boise, Idaho, and traveled in social circles that included people like John F. Kennedy, who was the Godfather of her oldest son. She was also in two Charlie Chan movies.

Sebastian (Anakin Skywalker) Shaw is Inspector Bradley of "The Flying Squad."

Ann Perryman's brother Ronald is up to his neck in trouble, and Tiser is Mark McGill's henchman.

Sedeman is washed up out of work actor, and Li Joseph is a senile olde man who only knows how to play one annoying song on the violin.

The trap door in the floor is a straight drop into the river. McGill uses it to throw out the trash.

Ronald introduces his sister to McGill.

The olde man Li is driving the gang crazy with his incessant violin playing.

This looks like a shot from some Edgar Allen Poe film.

McGill kills Ronald, and poor olde Li saw it happen, so he has to be disposed of too.

Rat dog McGill convinces Ann that Inspector Bradley was responsible for the death of her brother, even though he was really the one who did it, and she falls for it.

These two are just regular colourful Edgar Wallace characters.

Phyllis Brooks was engaged at one time to Cary Grant, but she ended up marrying Torbert Macdonald, who had been John F. Kennedy's roommate at Harvard University, and went on to become an 11-term Congressman in Massachusetts.

Dumbass McGill blows his cover when he leaves the phone off the hook after talking to Ann.

Before it's over, McGill has Ann moving drugs for him, and she doesn't even know it.

"The Flying Squad" is only 64 minutes long, so it doesn't waste your time with a bunch of fluff and filler! It's a bit droll, but it's worth an hour of your time.
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