DR. JEKYLL Y EL HOMBRE LOBO - "Dr. Jekyll Vs. The Werewolf" (1972)

It's another Saturday night, and I ain't got nobody, so you're stuck with me and The Dungeon Saturday Night Special, "Dr. Jekyll Y El Hombre Lobo," also known as "Dr. Jekyll Vs. The Werewolf!"

"Dr. Jekyll Y El Hombre Lobo" is just one of the many wild monster movies of the 70's featuring Paul Naschy in every monster genre like "The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman," "Hunchback Of The Morgue," "Horror Rises From The Tomb," "Vengeance Of The Zombies," and "The Mummy's Revenge!"

 I haven't watched a Paul Naschy film in a long time, because basically they all look the same to me, and now I finally figured it all out! Paul plays the character Waldemar Daninsky in at least 13 movies, and it's not even the same character, it's Paul! He also plays more than one character or monster in at least 16, that I counted, of his 121 credits, like in this movie, he's Waldemar Daninsky, The Werewolf, and Mr, Hyde! I just think he liked dressing up like monsters and feeling up good looking young actresses, and getting paid for it, because that's what most of these films amount to!

 Velcome to Transylvania!!

 Greetings! Now we kill your husband!!

Shirley (The Hassled Hooker, The Devil's Nightmare) Corrigan is the newly widowed Justine!

 Larry, Moe, and Curly here get the bright idea to rob a place where a werewolf hangs out!

These are the yoyos that viciously killed Justine's husband, so that coupled with the fact that they are just plain stoopid, makes you not care about them one bit. Bring on the monster, these greedy idiots deserve whatever happens to them!

Meet Waldermar Daninsky, he's a very nice guy most of the time, but watch out when the moon is full!

 This movie is so insane, it jumps all over the place, so Waldemar has saved Justine from those horrible men, and now they are in love, and decide to go to England to see her friend, a fellow named Dr. Jekyll, who she is sure will be able to cure Waldemar from his Lycanthropic disease, cause Dr. Jekyll has got some of his grandpappy's olde serums stashed in the basement!

 

 Unfortunately the lift going up to Dr. Jekyll's office breaks down, AND it's also a full moon again already, so, the cat's out of the bag, the genie's out of the bottle, and another woman is dead!

 So Waldemar Werewolf goes on a three woman killing spree, starting with the gal in the elevator!

 Dr. Jekyll and his evil assistant Sandra have big plans! Dr. Henry Jekyll was played by Jack Taylor, who was actually born in Oregon as George Brown Randall! Jack has had an incredible international career that includes "Succubus,""Neutrón Contra el Dr. Caronte," and "Conan The Barbarian!" Argentine born Mirta (Santo Versus Dr. Death) Miller is Sandra!

Here's the plan! Tie Waldemar up when it's the full moon, and when he turns into the werewolf, shoot him up with some of Dr. Jekyll's juice, and let the two of them have an internal struggle, and it works! The werewolf turns into Dr. Jekyll!  Wow! What a krazy roller coaster!

Sandra loses her shit, and kills the Doc, who was also her lover, because she was jealous of Justine, and then she tries to control Mr. Hyde, but that doesn't work for crap and he rapes and kills her instead! You know, regular stuff!

At this point, Paul, Mr. Hyde looks like a whacked out combination of Robin Williams and The Joker playing with an Etch-A-Sketch!

Mr. Hyde's killed like everybody he knows, so lookin' all rico suave now, it's time to go out clubbing, and meet some new birds!

At first I thought this was a Monster Club, and that guy on the left was another werewolf!

Dr. Jekyll's potion wears off during another full moon. Apparently back in 1972, they had full moons like every three of four days, but then I don't believe the word continuity was in Paul Naschy's vocabulary either!

Fr'instance, where, when, and why did Waldemar have time to go home and change sweaters? He's a freakin' werewolf, not a GQ model! Paul Naschy died in 2009 at the age of 75.
I'm pretty sure he's not resting in peace!

BATTLE OF THE WORLDS / Astounding! Awesome! Fantastic! - 1961

Here's a redo from a 2007 post which only had 3 pics! Also, it's a movie Eegah!! and I saw together way, way back in 1961 at the good old Sierra Theater, where, we'd roll down the aisles whenever we got bored! A great way to impress the girls... This story's about a runaway asteroid dubbed "The Outsider" that mysteriously begins orbiting the Earth and threatens it with severe weather and deadly flying saucers!

London born Claude Rains stars as Professor Benson, I take it that he's an American scientist living in space age Italy (wow, what a concept!). Claude only had 78 acting credits but they include THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, THE WOLF MAN, CASABLANCA, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, NOTORIOUS, THE LOST WORLD and more!

Here's Professor Benson, he's a busy guy, lives in his own little world, and, he doesn't like people!! But, a huge asteroid is headed this way and is on a collision course with Earth and the other scientists (who he really hates) come begging for his help!! He finally gives in but not before he humiliates them X to the 9th power!

In the meantime though, Earth's rockets and pilots are being pummeled in space by the asteroid's saucers and gravitational fields!

Then, we start doing the same thing to the alien saucers, this one here crashes but good.

As the Outsider gets closer and closer to Earth, the weather gets as bad as it can get!.. And, if you need to go get a pack of smokes, well buddy, good luck getting to a 7-11 in that!..

The Outsider has gone into orbit around Earth exactly at the distance the professor had predicted. So, he demands that he go with the space crew on a mission to land on the asteroid's surface! They land safely.

Of course this is a sixties Italian production, just look at those Euro designer spacesuits!

The professor uses one of his gadgets to open a portal into a system of super weird pink tubular caves. As they explore, they come across what the professor says are the long dead aliens, but, you can decide for yourself what that stuff is!

Then, the crew gets the word from Earth to get to their ship and head back asap! Nice shot, I'd have to believe that the art director was on some pretty good drugs!

Of course, the professor finds the Outsider's brain and starts chatting with it, holy crap, he's finally found something that truly understands him!!!..

Anyway, the crew blasts off without the professor, he has elected to stay behind with his new found friend! Then, nuke-filled Atlas rockets from Earth bear down on the asteroid and completely annihilate it to smithereens (great word). THE END!.. So, check in again tomorrow for another Dungeon Treat for your bag!

INTIMATE INTERVIEWS - "Bela Lugosi" (1931)

It's a Welcome Wagon Wednesday down in The Dungeon, and I've got a special little gift for you called "Intimate Interviews" that was a series of three short films made in 1931. Each of them lasted about six minutes, and beside this one, there was an interview with James Cagney, and one with Walter Huston!

A short casual interview with Bela Lugosi is just about as cool as you would expect it to be!

The interviewer was a New York gal named Dorothy West.

Bela explains to Dorothy that he is from Hungary, and that he liked becoming an American citizen, because "It's nice to live in a country where people mind their own business."

He also tells her that he's working on learning American slang, like the word "Baloney!"

When she asks him if he goes to a lot of parties, he tells her "No, because I don't know how to play the ukulele!"

He shows her a picture of himself as Dracula on stage!

Then after being this warm and friendly guy..........

................Bela starts talking and looking weird!

Dorothy gets spooked, and turns and runs away!

Bela cracks up, and it's just cool to watch him laugh!
It's just a short interview, so whenever you need a shot of six minutes of feel good, just follow this link!

Bela Lugosi Interview
And while you're there at The Archive, go check out the latest radio show offerings from Lord Litter, since he was the guy who found this interview for me and you in the first place!