THE OUTER LIMITS / "Second Chance" Season 1 Episode 23 - 1964

Welp, I guess it's time to hit the Outer Limits Zone! In today's classic story, a carnival space ride becomes frighteningly real when a weird alien bird-man called an Empyrian secretly rigs it up with actual rockets. The alien carefully selects his unknowing crew of misfits including the carny ride captain who's a closet intellectual, an angry middle-aged man, and a star high school quarterback accompanied by his adoring buddy and his steady girl.

This one stars Simon (THE NIGHTSTALKER) Oakland as the Empyrian, Janet De Gore, Don Gordon, Yale Summers, Arnold Merritt, Mimsy Farmer, John McLiam and Angela Clarke.

Welcome to the Joyland carnival, it has everything a kid back then could want, rides, attractions, food, games, and even a ride into space!!.. We see the security cop making sure all the people are off the premises after closing. He goes inside the Space Ride for inspection and then mysteriously disappears... Forever!!

Okay, I showed this Tilt-A-Whirl for a reason, I hate this fucking ride!

Anyway, the Empyrian accosts a number of people with free tickets for the Space Ride...

But before the take off, the alien knocks out Dr. Crowell, the commander of the ride. Then the hostess, Mara Matthews, has to be restrained before he can proceed...

After the ship takes off, things get real for the passengers. The top pic speaks for itself! Tell 'em all about it, Eegah!!

Then, the realization sets in.. They... Are... In... Freakin'.. SPACE!!!

Buddy throws a tantrum where he attacks his best bud Tommy, then Tommy tells Buddy's girlfriend Denise that the quarterback cheated during the winning game. The alien then zaps Buddy a goodern!

Tommy totally flips out and ends up opening the airlocks, and gets sucked out into space!! A little shock to keep the hard core viewer satisfied.

So, the beans get spilled all over everything and it's revealed that the Empyrian is trying to prevent the Earth from being hit by an asteroid called Tythra. He had planned on attaining help from the earthlings on board, but it's decided that the unwilling passengers be taken back to Earth and be replaced by volunteers, which Dr. Crowell assures the alien, will be numerous! The viewer is left to believe that the problem will be solved by mutual help.

And, if you have any kids giving you trouble at home, you can get your very own Kid Zapper Medallion! - We're back on Wednesday with another Dungeon Delight, or something like that, just for you!

HOT RODS TO HELL / Call Them Punks, Call Them Animals... But You Better Get Out Of Their Way! - 1967

In today's super wild adventure, Tom Phillips, his wife Peg, their teenage daughter Tina and younger son Jamie drive through the California desert heading for a new life by running a motel. Things go south when teenage bad girl Gloria and her two delinquent boyfriends, Duke and Ernie, chase and harass them in a Corvette! With Duke attempting to seduce the daughter, it finally drives dad to take action against the sadistic trio. Filmed at Lake Los Angeles, Calabasas, Antelope Valley, Wilsona Gardens and Culver City.

It stars Dana (CURSE OF THE DEMON) Andrews, Jeanne (CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN) Crain, Mimsy (THE BLACK CAT '61) Farmer, Laurie (RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP) Mock, Paul (ANGELS FROM HELL) Bertoya, Gene (executive producer of ROCKY!) Kirkwood and Jeffrey (THE DUNGEONMASTER) Byron.

On his way back home for Christmas, Tom Phillips' car is hit by a drunk driver and he sustains multiple injuries. After he gets out of the hospital, he must choose a new life and a friend helps him aquire a motel establishment in the Californian desert...

Here are Tom and his family driving to California in their 1961 Plymouth, I think, the ugliest car Plymouth ever made. The next year though, the 1962 version was super nice!

A few miles away from their destination, the family meets up with one of the hot rods headed to Hell, back in the day when crazy girls (like in THE GIANT CLAW) could legally sit like that in a vehicle. Those are Gloria, Duke and Ernie in the Vette, all are poor little ass hole rich kids with nothing else to do, naturally.

At one point, Ernie calls his friends to help harass the the family.

Duke likes Tina and stalks her at a park when the family stops to rest from dealing with the little fuckers. Problem is, Tina is attracted to Duke...

Finally, Tom is able to talk to a policeman about the situation and he is relieved when the officer says he'll keep an eye on the brats.

Tom is taking over the motel and roadhouse, and that night a great little band is playing live, and, it's none other than Mickey Rooney Jr. and his Combo!! Love those threads, man!

Tina goes to the roadhouse to see what's going on and Gloria confronts her (she thinks she's Duke's girl) and there's a bit of drama... Then guess who shows up and flatly tells Gloria (his girl before Tina arrived) that she ain't his girl, ouch!!

Tom can't find Tina at their place so goes out looking for her...

Not cool, Tom finds Duke putting the make on Tina!!.. Uh-Oh!!

That's it, Tom and the family pack up and head to the nearest police department 30 miles away to file a complaint against the delinquents! But Duke finds out so him and Ernie set out to stop them! Then at one point, Duke nearly runs Tom into a wall before the shits finally leave!!

Tom comes up with a plan, mom and the kids stand at a distance (check out that matte painting used for close ups in the background) while he turns the car around and turns on the lights. You see, the jerk asses have been tormenting the family on numerous occasions with a deadly game of chicken, so...

Duke and Ernie are laughing their asses off until they realize they're going to crash unless THEY swerve this time!! They end upside down in the dirt and weeds (I was actually hoping they'd run into the car!).

Tom's not taking any chances with these little bastards and has his handy equalizer ready and set to go!

After saying this is what he'd like to do to both of them, he starts beating the crap out of the wreck!! He gives them a few more lectures before...

The cop takes them away and the Phillips family head back to motel to live, peacefully!.. Tune in tomorrow for more mayhem, here at, The Dungeon!!..

IL PROFUMO DELLA SIGNORA IN NERO - Francesco Barilli - "The Perfume Of The Lady In Black" (1974)

 Lord Litter turned me on to tonight's Saturday Night Special, and I'll tell you the exact same thing I told him, Whatinthemotherfuckinsonofabitchinhell was that? Whoa!

"Il Profumo Della Signora In Nero" is one of THE weirdest movies I have seen lately, and I guess if I was a true researcher I would go and read what others might have to say as far as explaining a lot of it, but I don't really have time to do that, and besides, it's all just mush to me anyway! There is more than one kind of weird movie, and by weird I don't mean so cheap and stoopid that it's unwatchable, au contraire, this film is visually stunning, intriguing, and intelligent! I just didn't know what the Hell was going on most of the time, but it was still very interesting to watch! It poses many unanswered questions, and it's a freak fest!

Mimsy Farmer is Silvia Hacherman! Sylvia is a very complicated character, in fact I'm not really sure if she is a character in this film, but more of a metaphor for all kinds of things instead!

 This is the odd place that Silvia works. The movie starts off innocent enough, but then they throw everything out the window, or literally over the edge along with Silvia's Mother!

Silvia's friends and her lover are all very strange! You never know what's going on, but you know something ain't right, especially when they are not around her! There's something going on for sure!

 Silvia's boyfriend has a very cool blue Volkswagen convertible, and as you can see, most of the time the surroundings are very opulent!!

 This is Silvia's weird nightstand with a Mickey Mouse alarm clock, and a little ugly figurine that seems very important to her for some reason that will never be revealed!

Unusual people are watching Silvia, and you don't know why, or what their connection is to the other weird people she's surrounded by!

Mimsy is truly great through the whole mess! Silvia's life is a tangle of reality, bad dreams, morose memories, guilt, and fear!

Here are just a couple of random shots to show you all the amazing attention paid to details in this film! Visual details that is, not story line details!

Once the weird ball gets rolling, it just keeps picking up speed, and it's all headed straight downhill for Silvia!

Silvia's Mother is either a whore, or just has extremely bad taste in men! As a little girl, Silvia caught them in the act, and stabbed this dude in the face near his eye, and it's a very haunting memory for Silvia!

One thing that isn't weird is Silvia's cool record player!

Silvia's seemingly rather droll but kind neighbor is anything but that description, and is really a super weirdo! The neighbor was played by Mario Scaccia.

This is Silvia's neighbor Francesca, and even though you can't really tell by this shot, she actually isn't that weird! Francesca was played by Donna Jordan in the last of her two title credits. This movie might have done it!

Why are these varied people with nothing in common, all dressed up in lab coats and walking into this weird tunnel??

Then this super freaky little girl shows up? Is she real? Is she a hallucination? Is she Silvia as a little girl, a dream, a weird imaginary friend? Good luck!! The little girl was played by Lara (Ghosthouse) Wendel!

 Mimsy Farmer's performance here is every bit as good as Audrey Hepburn's in "Wait Until Dark!" 

"Il Profumo Della Signora In Nero" is the first full length movie directed by Francesco Barilli, who also has a sister who is a costume designer named Eveline, a great Uncle Bruno who is an actor, a first cousin once removed named Cecrope who is an actor, and a second cousin named Carlotta who is an actress! It's a movie kind of family!
I will not disclose the end of this movie even if it was freakin' 43 years ago. Some things you just need to find out on your own, so here you go!
Knock Yourself Out!!