THE ADVENTURES OF EEGAH!! & TABONGA! Part 1 - 1959-66

Here's a look at some of the things that two monster dudes were up to in a small agricultural town in central California. There really weren't any other kids that could match our fervor for monster fever, we stood alone.

My dad was a good sport, he took this classic photo of us in 1964... Monster Dudes, man!

This is one of my favorite pics, we also let the spider monkey out to chase around!

Here's a pic I had to get off a slide, you can see that I have the image reversed, but, big deal. This photo is from 1960, we had already surrounded ourselves with the world of Famous Monsters!

Here I am in my closet, consoling my little monster head I created for art class. Check out the VOODOO WOMAN poster on the door along with some FM covers.

This is another picture I love, the jacket was literally falling apart. Eegah!! took this one with his parent's Polaroid camera.

My back yard had some interesting structures my dad built, we definitely used them to our twisted advantage!

Two cool pics of Eegah!! made up as a devil, my dad called Eegah!!.. Mel.

This photo booth pic was probably taken in 1959, the year we met in 6th grade... Crazy kids!!

This is a drawing that Eegah!! drew of him laying on his bed, reading a sci-fi novel. The drawing is accurate considering we both had paperback book shelves, there's even his poster of CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF!

Okay, this is what we used to do in German class, we sat next to each other in the back, we called these tag team art, we liked cars. Eegah!! would start with a wheel or two, hand it back to me, I'd do a few things, hand it back to him, like that until we were done. We did about 16 of these, still have them. We just wanted to have fun, that's it!!

One of my favorite drawings from back then, the Ymir from 20,000,000 MILES TO EARTH, I cut it out and mounted it on the red background, really made it pop!

I would just get out my crow quill pen and ink and let it go, making up monsters is so cool.

This is my first oil painting, done I believe in 1964. I love shading and oil paint blends much better that acrylic. I'm still very proud of this piece.

Here's a good story... I had a few beers one night and decided to do a painting while under the influence of alcohol (pot came to our town in 1967). I disliked this acrylic painting so much that I have never drank before doing art ever again!

Eegah's!! mom was a costume whiz, she came up with our attire for our Sadie Hawkin's dance. We're supposed to be press reporters but Eegah!! is carrying a violin case with a freakin' machine gun inside! Wouldn't you know it, a horror twist... Eegah!! has something for us on Wednesday, so, be there!!!

SOUL OF A MONSTER - "You'll Shudder!" (1944)

I wanted to see "The Soul Of  A Monster" because, number one, it has a cool name, and number two, it had this cool poster! Unlike a lot of other movies, at least the statements on this poster are true! It's just unfortunate that they are not that spectacular!

So welcome to the Saturday Night Special in The Dungeon! Tonight's obscure little feature from 1944 is less than an hour long, is supernatural, and doesn't spend a lot of time dicking around! If you would like to see it, you have two choices, you can either buy a DVD from Amazon for $17.99 or you can watch it with a couple of short ads for free on YouTube!

"The Soul Of A Monster" has a small but durable main cast that includes Rose (The Mad Ghoul) Hobart, George (The Alligator People) Macready, Jim (Phantom From Space) Bannon, Jeanne (Eraserhead) Bates, and Erik (Song Of The South) Rolf!

I don't know what the deal is, but the version that is on YouTube looks like somebody is shining a flashlight right into the middle of the picture! I don't know whether it is intentional or not, but it's weird! It's a very dark and soft copy (you can thank PhotoShop for the beefed-up stills I have here for you), but for the price it's okay, or perhaps it's just a dream!

A well respected Doctor has a terminal disease and is dying!

This guy has saved so many lives, everybody knows about it!

Maybe he's just tired of having that flashlight shining in his face!

His best friend stays devotedly by his side!

The Doctor's wife doesn't feel like her many prayers to God have been answered, so she turns to the dark side for help!

She really had no clue what she had bargained for!

Out of nowhere, a woman by the name of Lilyan Greg shows up after a long walk that includes getting hit by a car, and in a matter of a few hours, the Doctor miraculously recovers! 

Fully recovered except that he has no pulse, he no longer bleeds, and he's killed his beloved German Shepherd!

The witch, the devil that now controls his life, makes him turn on his two best friends, another Doctor, and a Preacher!

They never really explain her at all, she's just diabolically evil!

His best buddy could have been saved after the witch ran over him with a car, but the voices in the Doctor's head made him unavailable for service!

And now it's become a legal matter! He's accused of murder!

The Doctor doesn't care because he has no idea who he is or what he's doing anymore!

Was it just a crappy dream??

Here's a little combo of Franz Lizt's "Mephisto Waltz" and the styling of the marvelous Clarence Muse! Clarence was a musician and an actor, and it's said that he was the first Afro-American to 'star' in a movie, and his career spanned everything from "The Invisible Ghost" to "Car Wash!"
Stay cool, and have a good weekend!

FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND / The Mount Company - 1990

It's Friday the 3rd, that mean it's time to check out this $11,500,000 production filmed in Italy, starring John (Caligula) Hurt and Raul Julia and directed by the man hisself, Roger Corman! It's a story based on a novel by Brian Aldiss, when the ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe to use develops side effects including time slides and disappearances, the scientist behind the project (Hurt) and his car are ripped from the year 2031 to 1817 Switzerland, where he finds Dr. Victor Frankenstein to collaborate with.

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our atomic lava lamp, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's some... FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND!

John Hurt plays Buchanan, his death machine has some problems, a time rip shows up as a huge bizarre cloud that reaches across the sky.

Buchanan ends up in Switzerland in the year 1817, and, he meets Frankenstein's monster.

Here's Buchanan's futuristic car that ends up with him is Switzerland, it looks like a converted Nissan to me. Where the Hell's he going to find a freakin' gas station?!

The monster kills Frankenstein's fiancée by pulling out her heart!! So, Victor plans on bringing her back to life, the monster is now part of the lab crew and throws the switch.

This still cracks me up big time, these orbs were popular in the eighties and nineties.

You can hear in the sound clip where Victor cries out... She lives.. SHE LIVEEEES!..

What the Hell's wrong with you, man!! You call that shit living?!..

Then, the devious Buchanan tells Frankenstein... Now, meet my monster!!.. What a SOB!

The lightning charged up his death machine, he wants to return to the future...

But, it destroys the world instead, another miscalculation by the maniac.

The monster pulls off his arm and uses it to clobber Buchanan!

Buchanan then uses his insane machine to decimate the monster, interesting effects...

Anyway, Buchanan inherits a dead world, a just dessert!.. Check in tomorrow when Eegah!! dishes out another tasty Saturday Special serving.. Later, ya'll..