THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - "A Hit and Miss Affair" (1974)

The Saturday Night Special of the hour is the classic James Bond movie titled "The Man With The Golden Gun," so don't expect a whole lot that you don't already know!

 I usually watch movies right before I do this, but this time I watched this particular movie in October, and since there was no way to use it as part of the Countdown To Halloween, I waited until now!

 "The Man With The Golden Gun" was Roger Moore's second outing as James Bond.

 You probably know Roger Moore also as "The Saint" but before that, he had a starring role in three other TV shows.

 From 1958 to 1959 Roger starred in 39 episodes of "Ivanhoe" in the lead role, from 1959 to 1960, he starred in a show Called "The Alaskans" as Silky Harris for 37 episodes, and he was also Beauregarde Maverick on "Maverick"for 16 episodes from 1959 to 1961.

 From 1962 to 1969 he was "The Saint" for 118 episodes!

 I think Roger deserves to take a rest after all that, but he was really just getting started!

 His foil in this film is the iconic Sir Christopher Lee as Scaramanga, the hit-man who possesses the golden gun!

 Believe it or not, but Chris Lee and Roger Moore had worked together before in 1958, when Chris played Sir Otto from the Rhine in an episode of "Ivanhoe" called "The German Knight!"

 Who wears it better? Christopher Lee or Maud (Octopussy) Adams?

Besides the giant talents of Roger Moore and Christopher Lee, the cast also includes a giant of a man in a 3'11" frame, Hervé Villechaize!

Everybody knows Hervé for his roles on "Fantasy Island," and in "Forbidden Zone,"
but I didn't know until right now about an 80's music video!

Here's Hervé Villechaize doing his part in a very amazingly "Ambitious" music video by Jeff Beck from 1985.

Here's the whole video! Not a bad song, and I thought it was kinda funny!

All James Bond movies have to have beautiful women in them, and in this one, it's the always alluring and still kicking, Britt (Stiletto, Asylum, The Wicker Man) Ekland!

The same company put out another wine that same year called Uckphay Ooyay.

 If you have never seen it, yes, they are going to drive (If you want to call it driving) across this bridge!


You're probably asking yourself, how many golden things can a man actually have, and I'm here to answer that question! Over the years in movies and TV, besides a golden gun, there have been all these things!

 Starting in 1955, there's been "The Man With The Golden Arm," "The Man With The Golden Nose," "The Man With The Golden Bum," "The Man With The Golden Wrist," "The Man With The Golden Hand," "The Man With The Golden Tongue," "The Man With The Golden Ears," "The Man With The Golden Feet," "The Man With The Golden Guts," and "The Man With The Golden Brain!"

  Besides all those body parts, there's also been "The Man With The Golden Charm," "The Man With The Golden Cells," "The Man With The Golden Spring," "The Man With The Golden Egg," "The Man With The Golden Gloves," "The Man With The Golden Winchester," "The Man With The Golden Hat," "The Man With The Golden Touch," "The Man With The Golden Retriever," and "The Man With The Golden Voice!"

 
 Since everything's all topsy turvy around here, we might as well end at the beginning!

 
 Cheers!
Bottoms Up!
Here's looking at you!

Literally in the end, the master switch meets it's master!

THE LIGHTHOUSE / Frank Dietz: Monster Kid Home Movies - 1976

You know, XMAS is really about the kids, so, here at The Dungeon, it's all about those crazy Monster Kids!! Here's a little movie by Frank Dietz from 1976, looks like these kids are doing their own version of the famous lighthouse scene from THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, which I saw in 1953, the first monster movie I saw at the theater as a kid!

We start with a shot of the lighthouse, just another night of keeping the ships safe on the bounding seas... Right!

Here are the lighthouse keepers like in the movie. One's playing the concertina while the other kid is smoking his pipe, making for a perfect night in...

Then, out of the water appears a huge dinosaur, curious about the lighthouse. And, the guys inside are unaware of the impending situation about to take place! What's up with that head gear, too clean and way too white! Probably his mom's.

Anyway, the keepers looks out the window and see the monster lookin' back at them!

The beast take a bite out of the lighthouse and all Hell breaks loose!!

The keepers are knocked around inside the building, bringing on fraught terror!

Then, the damn thing nudges the lighthouse and in comes tumbling down!!

So, the monster goes ashore to cause a giant pile of trouble for us puny humans... Join us tomorrow when Eegah!! brings on the pain with more XMAS stocking stuffers!!

JAPANESE TRAILER TRASH TALKIN' (1955 - 1967)

 I was watching some of these trailers for Japanese monster movies the other night, and decided it was a good time to give you an early X-Mas present, so what I've got here are more exploitionary descriptions of what you could expect from any of these films!

Welcome to a Wild But Winsome Wednesday down in The Dungeon!

They're not all savage, but this one from the 1955 monsterpiece "Jû Jin Yuki Otoko" or "Half Human" certainly was!

 Getting a little personal there in the 1956 film "Sora No Daikaijû Rado," or as it's better known......

 

....."Rodan."

 The 1959 film "Uchû Sai Sensô" put the Earth in a precarious predicament!

 

 Poised and ready to take care of business!

 The English title was of course, "Battle In Outer Space!"

 In 1959 they came out with double feature that doubled as a double shocker!

One of the films was the French movie "Les Yeux Sans Visage," also known as "Eyes Without A Face!"

The second half of this terrifying double feature was "The Manster!"

There wasn't much left after this 1961 film called "Sekai Daisensô," or "The Last War!"

Alles ist Kaput!

Also in 1961, even though the world had been destroyed, there was still time for the spectacle that was known as "Mosura" or "Mothra."

And because being different just wasn't enough, this is what we got in 1962 from "Yôsei Gorasu" also known as "Gorath."

I guess it could, at least for a little while, but there's still plenty of time for this scenario!

These two are also from "Gorath."

I don't think the world was quite ready for the 9th Wonder in 1963, but the makers of "Kaitei Gunkan" or "Atragon," had a different idea!

Still in 1963, things got even scarier in "Matango," or as it is better known, "Attack Of The Mushroom People!"

In 19 and 65, the thrills and horror got even stranger in "Furankenshutain Tai Chitei Kaijû Baragon," or "Frankenstein Conquers The World!" It's hard to imagine there was much even left of the world at this point!

In 1966, we were subjected to the masterful suspense of yet another Furankenshutain!

Starring Tom Thumb himself, Russ Tamblyn, and the movie with one of the worst songs in recorded history, "Furankenshutain No Kaijû: Sanda Tai Gaira or "The War OfThe Gargantuas" was anything but "Filmed in absolute realism!"

I hope you can swim if you watch the 1967 flick "Kingu Kongu No Gyakushû," that is "King Kong Escapes!"

Last, but not least, also from 1967, is "Uchû Daikaijû Girara," aka
"The X From Outer Space!"

This last one from "The X From Outer Space" probably gives the most simple and yet best advice!

Just go watch the damn thing!