TEEN-AGE STRANGLER - Dean/Davis/Smith - "Yipe Stripes" and more (1964)

Kids and cheap movies always end up with bad reps, but I want to tell you out front, Teen-Age Strangler" is not a bad movie, and unlike anything on TV and 99.7% of all movies made today, it didn't put me to sleep, and that's because just like last night's feature, this movie rocks!!! Hence, the perfect double bill!!

You girls should be careful hanging around here at night, let me walk you home!!

Then of course, you got your local tough guys!!!

You guys get out of here and don't come back!!!

This is what the world is missing today, spontaneous local entertainment! Stacey Smith breaks into a rousing version of "Yipe Stripes"!!

All the kids in the joint go nuts, they are so in awe of her thrill-a-second performance!! Check out the moves on that guy dancing!!

Crazy stupid kids!! Don't they know there is a homicidal maniac going around strangling young girls???

This kind of scene almost always leads to trouble, and this is no exception!

You can't keep a love as strong as Jimmy and Betty's apart and at home, even though Jimmy's been in a lot of the wrong places at the wrong time with no excuses or alibis lately!!

Stacey sings the much les memorable "Willows Wept" as the kids exit the cafe. It won't take you long to figure out why nobody's in much of a hurry to unearth this stinker!! Both songs were written by Clark Davis!! The rest of the ultra cool hot-rod music soundtrack was composed by Danny Dean, in his solo outing!!!

GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, at least they had enough money for colour film, and the use of these two beautiful T-Birds, one blue and one red, how perfect is that??

Double featured with "Teenage Gang Debs," this is without a doubt the sweetest deal of the century!!! Got it??? Get it!!!!

TEENAGE GANG DEBS - Lee Dowell-Steve Karmen - "Don't Make Me Mad/Black Belt" (1966)

Yeah, you're right, it's not really a Monster Movie, but you can never have enough movies about whacked-out, psycho teenagers, and Lord knows we've already written about a few, so here's the facts Jack: It's Friday night and time to rock, and that's one thing this movie does!!!

For a lot of people in a lot of places, just like Joey, Nino, and Hawkeye here, it might not be the greatest time in history to be alive, but for any lovers of music or movies, it is without a doubt, the best time in history to be alive. Never has so much information and entertainment even been close to this accessible. Movies you thought you'd never see, and music you thought had been lost forever, and now a good deal of it is quite readily available. The super El cheapo East Coast JD flick "Teenage Gang Debs", is a freakin' great example and I wasn't really familiar with it, until Zillogord suggested checkin' it out, so I searched, and found out this film was distributed by those fine folks at "Something Weird Video", and not only was a very nice quality copy available for a very decent price, it was a double feature with yet another classic "The Teenage Strangler!" I cannot even possibly think of a better bargain, and after you hear this music, your mind won't give you any other option than to lay your grubby little mitts on a copy as soon as is inhumanly possible!!

Terry just moved here from Manhattan, and her parents don't understand why she doesn't want to hang out at home with them!

Well, the reason is, Terry is a tramp!! Here she is already in the sack with Joey, the "Prince" of the gang!

So Joey wants to put his mark on her with a cigarette or by cutting her, and Terry doesn't dig it, so she goes to #2 guy Nino, and turns him against Joey!! The amazing "Rumblers" style soundtrack really starts heating up as this film fades seamlessly from knife fights to club nights!!

And then the teenage madness jumps full throttle into high gear with, "Don't Make Me Mad", words and music by Steve Karmen with vocals by Lee Dowell, who kinda sounds like a poor man's Tom Jones!!!

A little over a month ago, we had a request (like this is some kind of 50's radio station) from our buddy Zillagord for the song "Black Belt", so here you go, man!! Thanx again for the suggestion!! I can think of no possible rationale why the Macarena or the Soulja Boy dance could become so popular, and this piece of history was left in the trash!!

Terry, Angel, Ellie, Maria, Shirley, and Sally are very displeased with all of Terry's shenanigans, so don't be some meathead loser, go get your own copy to find out exactly why they call it "Teenage Gang Debs!!"

ONNA KYUKETSUKI aka VAMPIRE MAN / Japan - 1959 / Music by Hisashi Iuchi

Happy Givingthanks Everbloody Day from Dungeon crew ~ Tonight is very nice flick from 1959 Japan. Tabonga totally recommend this one!!

Mr. Iuchi only compose music for this one flick! He was in music department in 1944!!! And, he produce two flick in 1952!.. That's it!.. Total!!

Listen now to great stuff though... VAMPIRE MAN! Get this! Alternate title: THE LADY VAMPIRE!!

Everything start with excellent oil painting in art museum. Wow, Vampire Man pretty danged debonair dude! Anyway, he interested in lady in painting for personal reason!..

Okay, here is where get really weird!.. He turn into Vampire Man when he see full Moon!!!.. Yeah, Moon, go figure!!

Of course, he like gurlz too much an' he like to bite!

Vampire Man kidnap lady in painting and turn her into Lady Vampire! He have lil' servant who help him out. Lil' dude name... Tiny!!

Vampire Man have Gurlie Vampire too, but he want Lady Vampire for Queen because painting get him all hot!

Eventually hero and cops find hidden lair in boulder on mountain!

To prove Tabonga have sense of humor, here is 'funny' series of photo.

Make Tabonga chuckle!

At end, Vampire Man turn into old yucky dude so he jump into boiling water spring in basement and die!.. Monster lose again!!

THE NEANDERTHAL MAN - Albert Glasser - "Uptight Ape" (1953)

In my humble opinion, "The Neanderthal Man" is missing something bigtime when you compare him with some other primitive heroes, like, let's say, "Eegah!!" Here's the basic problem, he's not a real caveman, he's just a monkey, he's a scientist, Professor Richard Groves, played by Robert Shayne, aka Inspector Henderson in the 1952 TV Superman series, who turned himself into a caveman via chemicals, and that makes a big difference!!!

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He just lacks the savoir-faire that cave dudes should have, and despite the fact that he looks like a real lover on the lobby card, he really doesn't even like women or girls, except to kill, of course!

Game warden George Oakes played by Robert long gets quite a scare when the sabre-tooth tiger jumps on his hood!! It's at this point that composer Albert Glasser, gets to slip in a little swing as music on the radio! It's funny how Albert's scores are usually pretty straight ahead BIG orchestrations like this theme, but he always tries to sneak in a 30 second jive piece somewhere!!

So, really, what was director Ewald André Dupont and everybody else who had anything to do with this movie possibly thinking when they allowed the various pieces of footage of the 'sable-tooth tiger' be viewed? In one scene, it's obviously a normal striped tiger, then when it attacks the game warden in his car, WTF, it's a big cuddly-lookin' stuffed animal. Back then, they could just flash crap on the screen and get away with it, but catch that one frame and it really makes you realize, just exactly how much they did get away with!! Amazing!!

For your holiday treat, in 1947, Doris Merrick seen here as Ruth Marshall, the Professor's fiancé, was in a movie called "The Pilgrim Lady!"

My favorite movies are always when normal women are so blinded by love that they can't see that their fiancé is totally out of this world, and over the top insane!! Here she playfully musses the Professor's hair in an attempt to get some attention!! He doesn't mind or care!!

Feeling like this was what was really on his mind. Testosterone gone mad, but this make-up job was a much better look than that mask!!!

And on top of all that, that mask wouldn't have looked so bad in a low light situation, but, what is it with those eyes? I don't care if it's 1953, they could have done something better than that!

The old Doc is looking just a little worn out after his latest killin' spree, and transformation back to human. Talk about a hangover!!!

Beverly Garland as Nola Mason, the waitress, is gorgeous in this early role that was her first Monster Movie appearance!!

Here she's being used as a model in a pre-attack photo shoot!!

Trust me, there is no cave there, you just find a place in the shadows and walk away from it!!

One of the more interesting parts of this film is the use of Tandra Quinn, who we know from her role and dance in "The Mesa Of Lost Women" as Tarantella! Here as Celia, the housekeeper she communicates with to co-stars Joyce Perry and Richard Crane!

This is an outstanding makeup job by Dungeon Hero, Harry Thomas! That good ole Professor Groves experimented on Celia before he tried it on himself!! Nice guy cut from the same Whit Bissell School of Dirty S.O.B's! Always in the name of science!!!! The special effects were attributed to Jack Rabin!! What an all-star crew!!!

What a great lookin' posse, 3rd from the left character actor Robert Easton stood a bit taller than his fellow actors and was used quite often as a hick, which is funny, since he has an extra high IQ! In 1956, he played a soldier named Ackerman of all things, in the movie "Hold Back The Night." Robert is still active today and just had his 78th birthday a couple of days ago on November 23, the day before another Ackerman!