CARNIVAL OF BLOOD / Kirt Films - 1970

Here's a bloody little flick for a Friday. A maniac is on the loose at Coney Island in New York and he's ripping women apart in the process. A couple of amateur sleuths discover that prior to their gruesome murders, the victims all seem to have visited a dart game booth and the fortune teller who foresaw their deaths. This is a production from Andy Milligan clone, Leonard Kirtman, and, he also produced the very horrible, CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN.

I have a wild 'n' weird sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our broken down Wild Mouse ride, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's... CARNIVAL OF BLOOD!

Just wanted to show this pic, for me and Eegah!! this is what the good old days looked like...

Here's the fighting married couple as heard in the sound clip, they're perfect for each other.

The Fortune Teller is a very excitable crazy person when she sees that someone is going to get murdered on a ride at the amusement park.

Here's another pic I like. You'll notice the U DRIVE 'EM sign there, well, here in California we had U HAUL. I swear, in the early fifties the slogan was U HAUL, YA'LL! The world has changed.

The lovely couple go on the spook house ride and wifey finally gets her big mouth shut for good... Thank you, God!

Wow, flashback!.. The early hippie days were really great until idiots like Charles Manson took over the movement and narrative.

Our amateur sleuths meet at the bumper car ride to discuss crimes and crashes. Love those classic vintage bumper cars there, they look like either a Dodge or Desoto, nice!!

Sometimes the killer dumps the bodies under the wharf.

Tom and Gimpy run the dart game booth, Tom's the boss. Here, they have a fun little conversation after a long day of giving out stuffed toys to winners. This was Burt Young's second acting credit as Gimpy, he's still working hard today with seven upcoming productions!

This is Gloria Spivak as the extremely annoying, Dumpy Woman. In the early sixties, my sisters had a Debbie Dunbar doll, so, Eegah!! and I called her Dumpy Dumbell and that really got them upset!

She gets her eyes ripped out by Gimpy, believe me, she deserved it big time!

It looks like Tom is giving Gimpy a big hug, but, he just inserted a big knife into his gut.

Anywho, Tom has some creepy little secrets to hide. Dan pulls off the mask to reveal Tom's dark past... I'm pretty sure Eegah!! has an interesting post for us tomorrow, later dudes!

A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT - Fleischer Studios (1937)

I'm Beat! So here's a quickie from the Fleischer Studios in Florida, circa 1937!

"A Car-Tune Portrait" is the simplest of tales!

And they were able to do it with just a handful of people!

It starts with a cartoon artist drawing some of the different characters in a cartoon orchestra!

Then he draws the stage and curtains!

The lion conductor comes out and announces in no certain terms that tonight's concert is to show that a bunch of cartoon characters can actually perform seriously when they want to!

If you want to hear his speech, then click right HERE!

The lion's voice is done by actor and narrator David Ross!

The tune the orchestra chose to perform to show off their chops is "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" by Franz Liszt!

I like these two shots of the musician's silhouettes!

It was all going so well, but it doesn't take long for everything to go into the crapper!

As the whole thing breaks down, it turns into one calamity after another!

The lion can't take it any more and completely loses his cool!

And the whole stage turns into one gigantic free-for-all royale rumble!

The lion tries desperately to make them all stop, but it's too late, the damage has been done!

But it's not over without one last final insult!

As it turns out, animated characters can't be trusted to be serious after all!

If you've got seven minutes to kill, and you like frustrated lions, you can find the whole kit and caboodle on right Here on Youtube!

DARK STAR / Bryanston Pictures, Jack H. Harris Enterprises, University of Southern California - 1974

It's time for a visit to this wild little flick directed by John Carpenter in his first full length feature. Before that, John wrote and directed these short movies from 1962-9... REVENGE OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, TERROR FROM SPACE, WARRIOR AND THE DEMON, SORCEROR FROM OUTER SPACE, GORGO VERSES GODZILLA and GORGON, THE SPACE MONSTER! DARK STAR is about four astronauts in deep space whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems. As their mission draws to completion, they have to cope with a runaway alien, a faulty computer system and a smart bomb that thinks it's God!

I have a wacky sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our exploded world globe, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's a sample from... DARK STAR!

John Carpenter composed the music for 37 productions, including this one!

After Dark Star blows that planet up, they get the computer readout, mission accomplished!

Here's crewman Pinback trying to get in some tanning time when Boiler comes through, he wants to practice shooting his laser rifle! Pinback is played by Dan O'Bannon. If you know nothing about this guy, well, he went on to write ALIEN, DEAD AND BURIED, BLUE THUNDER, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, LIFEFORCE, INVADERS FROM MARS, SCREAMERS and many more. And, he was also director of possibly the best zombie flick ever and a personal favorite, THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD... This guy is awesome!

Pinback has to go tend the weird space aliens they have captured while on their mission.

Wouldn't you know it, the beach ball alien gives him a hard time and makes Pinback's life miserable by attacking him and pushing him into deadly situations!

Even though Pinback finds a way back to safety, the damn opening is too freaking small!

Planet Bomb #20 is stuck and will not drop, oops... Now what?!

Well, FLIP OUT!!.. That's a good place start...

Doolittle goes out to talk to the bomb, you know, to try and use logic to get it to abort the countdown. Alas, all it can do is reduce the explosion to a mile in diameter!

Everyone gets into their spacesuits and quickly exit the ship, trying to get to a safe distance from the explosion. After the detonation, parts of the ship surround the area.

Since you're going to die in space anyway, you might as well grab a piece of flat metal and surf your way to oblivion!! See us again Wednesday for another piece of our giant movie review puzzle...