BLOOD OF DRACULA - Paul Dunlap - "Party & Theme" (1957)

When we first started this thing, our object was to feature 'real' songs from the monster movies, you know, titles like "Vickie" by Arch Hall in "Eegah" or Frank Sinatra Jr. singing "Dance, Baby, Dance" from "The Beach Girls And The Monster," or any of the songs from "Horror Of Party Beach" by The Del-Aires, but it became increasingly clearer as we went along that a lot of really good stuff was getting left behind!! A perfect example is the Herman Cohen production "Blood Of Dracula" that had one of the best songs in a monster movie ever, Jerry Blaine singing the classic "Puppy Love," but right before and after that song is some Super Coolcat Party Music!! 

 

Inscecure Sandra Harrison as Nancy makes the BIG mistake of listening to Miss Branding! 

 

Nancy loosens up a bit, but her career still pretty much bombs shortly after this flick! 

 

Oh, No!!! Party Crashers!!! And they brought their own music!! AAAAHHHH!!!!! 

 

Oh, well, the girls are just dancin' with themselves and the cushions off the couch anyway!! 

 

The Goober Girls think having some guys around ain't that bad of an idea! 

 

Nancy tells Tab (Jerry Blaine), "I choose my own partners!" Ouch! but he comes back with the right on "Okay, but wait til you ask me to dance!!" The music cooks in the background!! 

 

Wow, is this dude hep or not! Cast your vote!! I only wish I knew the titles of all the records he brought to the party!!! 

 

Louise Lewis as the ever so evil Miss Branding was one of those not so lucky actresses that were actually blacklisted as a Communist in the 50's! In this scene she has got her grill overly greased and can't take that music no more!! Just to show the juxtaposition of Paul's talent, here's the pompous and overbearing theme that gives you no clue as to the cool stuff that is going to come in this movie!  

The Theme From "Blood Of Dracula"

PROJECT MOONBASE / Galaxy Pictures, Inc. - Sept. 4, 1953 Release / Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert

Music dude tonight is the man! Look for self on Movie Database, WOW!.. You faint!! So, here is super spacey... Theme & Moonwalk! from PROJECT MOONBASE. Robert Heinlein one of story writers!!

 Hayden Rorke, Donna Martell and Barbara Morrison. Babs play most obnoxious and irritating broad on planet newspaper reporter, POLLY PRATTLES!.. See, even Hayden want slap her!.. And, he nice guy!! 

 

Rocket ready to blast off to Moon!

 To make it look in space, they tilt camera to side! 

 

This how make baby space-stations! 

 

An' this how Tabonga like space gurlz! 

 

How he have time to play on swing is anybloody guess! 

 

Hey, get that rocket out of the pizza!!

 Willy Makit?.. Betty Dont!.. 

 

Hey! Bill's dead, Briteis!.. So, come on, give Pappy a little peek! 

 

Oops! Oh, hi Bill, you're not sore, are you?!.. What I meant to say is!... I now pronounce you man and wife!.. So, go make some Moonbabies while we figure a way to get you guys down from up there! Oh, and, leave the telescreen on! 

 

This Tabonga's favorite pic of flick!

HANDS OF ORLAC - Claude Bolling - Dany Carrel - "In The Club" (1960)

Personally, I like this movie, "Hands Of The Strangler" or "Hands Of Orlac" or whatever you want to call it, just don't call it "Hands Of A Stranger", that's a completely different movie! This is a fun but creepy film, it's kinda sleazy, but with a great cast and a very swinging soundtrack composed by chid prodigy pianist Claude Bolling, one of France's finest Jazz musicians!!! 

So you can see that Mr. Stephen Orlac was no musical slouch either! He had a record deal!! Not bad Steverino, but I think it's time to jazz up your act! 

Orlac goes in this club and Li-Lang is doing her act!! Bam!! Off with the dress!! 

Mel Ferrer is impressed!! How many nights do you think Mel had to stay up to get this look?? What a great actor! 

The snuggly cute Dany Carrel was born Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles du Chaxel in French Indochina, better known today as Vietnam, and is as good a reason as any to check out the French section of your local video rental store!! The guy on the right had the best seat in the house and is using it to full advantage! 

Right about here Orlac forgets completely how to play the piano! 

Christopher Lee as Nero or as it says on the wall Neron is great as always, and it's worth the price of admission just to see his magic act, that is until he goes off and gets all diabolical!!

FRANKENSTEIN 1970 / Allied Artists - 1958 / Music by Paul Dunlap

The One...The Only KING OF MONSTERS as the new demon of the atomic age! (tag line) Music maestro Paul Dunlap returns to the Dungeon tonight with FRANKENSTEIN 1970 His last outing was THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE. 

 

This movie has tons of great little elements!.. If this isn't the best Frankenstein monster pose, I don't know what is!!

 Excellent!.. No?! 

 

Yeah, its just a movie! That's Don 'Red' Barry as the director! 

 

Boris needs the money, so, he has the crew stay in his castle location as paid boarders while they shoot their movie. He hates them! 

 

He plays creepy tunes on his organ! 

 

Now, if you don't see the underlying evil in this face... Yer blind!!

 No modern mad lab is complete without floating eyeballs in a jar!.. 

 

... Or, an atomic microscope!!

 And, the monster is just... TOO COOL!!

VOYAGE TO PLANETA BUR OF THE PREHISTORIC WOMEN PLANET - Stein/Benjamin (1962-1968)

There was a movie made in Russia in 1962 entitled "Planeta Bur" or "The Planet Of Storms." It was bought and chopped up with new insertions using name talents Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone and re-released in 1965 with Curtis Harrington at the helm as "Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet." Then in 1968 wunderkind Peter Bogdanovich tried his hand at it, but this time they tried the sex angle, and used blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren as Moana and the Venus Vixens as inserts, and released it as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" but unfortunately, it still sucked! By the way, none of these movies should be confused with "Prehistoric Women" from 1950 or "Slave Girls" aka "Prehistoric Women" from 1967 or "Women Of The Prehistoric Planet" from 1966! 

 

For being a quite stunning gal, Faith Domergue looks pretty trashy with this big space hairdo! Mostly she's just bored! 

 

Actually, I still can't get over the fact they named Mamie Moana!! The guy that thought that one up is still institutionalized somewhere!!! 

 

Robby The Russian Robot!! 

 

Here's four of the reasons Roger wanted to remake this movie!! 

 

Here's some of the scarier footage from the original film! 

 

Here's five more reasons to remake this movie!!! 

 

"Planeta Bur" was probably the best version, they should have just left it alone!!! Roger Corman obviously really thought this film had a lot of potential and was in it up to his elbows, and the poor unknowing American chump moviegoers were duped out of another 25 cents because of it! Some things haven't changed!! 

 

Oh, no, they killed the equivalent of Hugh Hefner, the Venuisan girls God!!! 

 

Man, we're all in trouble now, Moana Mamie had to put on the big chef hat!! That's it!! We're all doomed!! 

 

Ron Stein added some music to the 'Planet' version, Keith Benjamin did his best with the 'Women' version, but really, even the music isn't that great!!  

"Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet Of Prehistoric Women"